ng an update from military leaders about u.s. and global efforts to defeat isis. >> the terror group has been gaining ground over the past few months and just this weekend they released a new video showing the executions of two activists in syria. president obama has ordered increased airstrikes. last month he also announced he's sending 450 more u.s. military personnel to iraq. now, as soon as the president takes the podium, we'll be bringing that to you live. we've also been tracking some storms heading our way so let's get i was first look at the accuweather forecast. >> meteorologist adam joseph is live at the "action news" big board with the latest on a monday afternoon. >> it is very muggy this afternoon. thankfully all of the storms have been out of our viewing area west of lancaster in the central and western parts of pennsylvania but for us it is very hot very muggy, 86 right now in philadelphia, 85 in wilmington. it feels a little better at the shore upper 70's for air temperatures but that is not

very comfortable air because as we take a look at the dewpoints it is extremely oppressive especially philadelphia down to the south with those dewpoints back into the lower 70's. 75 in sea isle city is truly tropical air. 73 in wilmington and upper 60's in the lehigh valley. when you factor in those dewpoints with the air temperature it feels more like 91 in philadelphia, 92 in wilmington, 91 in millville lower 80's at the shore and on the verge of 90 degrees in berks county. as you look at double scan live radar we have upper level low pressure system between collateral ton and pittsburgh. closer to the low is where the atmosphere can fuel itself with some of these downpours and thunderstorms. there's one renegade one moving into sussex county and most of them moving from the south to the north so it's not pushing from the west to the east so what we're going to go through here this evening and overnight and into tomorrow morning, some very spotty downpours or a quick thunderstorm. best bet would be the farther

you are west of i-95, again right now nothing in the viewing area, heavy downpours and there could be an isolated severe storm but again, that is very minimal chance for that. when i come back we'll talk about even more heat and humidity and a better chance of some downpours and storms in the middle of the week. we'll have the timing in that full accuweather forecast. >> add a dam thank you. you know people all over the country are sell gating the u.s. women's soccer team and their blowout win in the world cup finals. they're particularly proud in new jersey. delran's own carli lloyd led the way with an historic hat trick. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic is live in trenton where soccer fans are all smiles at a. lots of jersey pried going on nora. >> reporter: you can't even imagine. people are crazy today they're so happy. this u.s. win has energized france everywhere. we'll hear some from some pint sized players in a minute. first those smiles biggest in delran where carli lloyd has her roots and where fans are

still gushing about last night's game. >> very exciting to see delran represented like that. two minutes into the game carli lloyd everybody is talk about her, she's unbelievable. >> reporter: delran is bursting with pride. still in awe over the outstanding performance of carli lloyd who dominated play in the women's world cup u.s. victory over japan. >> everyone's really proud. delran pried a lot definitely, i can tell. everyone is really happy for carly. >> reporter: carli lloyd graduated from delran where she wore the number 10 and still does. this is her senior picture. she's come a long way. a olympic medalist now the winner of the golden ball at the world cup after scoring three goals in the first 16 minutes of the game. the first ever hat trick is a women's world cup final. >> she's a superstar in delran. she's now a superstar i think for the world. >> wow. that's how 11-year-old violet donahue is reacting to the u.s. women's team's performance violet is attending a soccer camp at

veteran park in hamilton and says the awesome play of carli lloyd and the u.s. team is motivating her to work harder. >> it makes me want to play and get into the game, you know. >> reporter: they really inspire you. >> yeah. >> she shot three goals in six minutes. it makes me feel like more encouraged that she did that and i want to play better. >> reporter: maybe you can do that some day, too. >> yes. >> reporter: that's carli lloyd and her team are inspiring kids everywhere with the message that when you work hard and you play your heart out, dreams can come true. i'll be back at 6 o'clock with more reaction to this fabulous u.s. win. live in trenton i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news." alicia. >> fabulous for sure nora thank you. those girls are too cute. much more on carli lloyd and that world cup win on 6abc.com. you can watch her hometown's reaction as she led the team to victory and see our interview with her ahead of that championship match. there's also a look at her rising profile after her

stunning performance. find it all right now on 6abc.com. >> turning to other news an early morning water main break caused problems for people in south philadelphia. some families woke up with water in their basement. others had no service and that includes a local day-care center. john rawlins is live on wood stock street today where crews are making the necessary repairs. john. >> reporter: hey, rick. the crew behind me sheer waiting right now for a part to be coming in here that will help the repair of the water main. the good folks of the 2400 block of south wood stock it's been long day without much in the way of running water. the normally quiet 2400 block of south wood stock not so quiet today. a water department crew digging down find and repair a possible leak that left the little becky's day care and an estimated 50 others without running tap water. the water believed running out of a 6-inch water main and

flowing into basements mid block. the trouble started overnight. it was discovered as residents awoke. >> 5 o'clock this morning, turned on the water and no water but my instincts said to go to the basement and take a look and see what we got. >> reporter: you had plenty of water but in the wrong place. >> right, right, plenty of water, first time in the 24 years of being here. >> reporter: some basements just wet, others reporting as much as a foot of water. >> that was the maybe we didn't pay the water bill. checked that. no, that's not it. went down the basement, water was coming in from the basement and went next door to her house and that's the same thing. >> reporter: homeowners scrambled for pumps and wet dry vacuums. using a hose from a neighbor on a street behind him who had water bob used this connection to get water and then offered it to his neighbors. >> oh, yeah, everybody i said if you need to get a couple buckets of water flush the toilets, put a pot of coffee on get up and help yourself.

>> reporter: again waiting for the people to bring a part here so that they can work on this water main that was broken as of this morning. the idea, the prognosis is g the hope is that they will have water restored at least by dinnertime. john rawlins, channel6 "action news." alicia. >> john, thank you. lasalle university has a new president today and it's a move that comes with a bit of history. colleen hannich was named to the post back in february. she's the 29th president in lasalle history but she's the first layperson and the first woman to hold the job on a noninterim basis. that covers all 152 years of lasalle's history. she says she's still trying to assess just what the school needs most. >> we need to set some priorities. we need to figure out what it is that lasalle is going to be five years from now, 10 years from now a hundred years from now and that is a process that will involve the entire community.

>> she took place as brother michael mcginnis who stepped down in 2014 after 15 years with the school. speak of school hundreds of philadelphia teachers spent the day of their summer vacations back in the classroom today. kindergarten through third grade teachers and principals got new training at martin luther king high school in west oak lane. the goal is to improve student literacy. the lenfest foundation and the william penn foundation helped pay for the program with a $30 million investment. >> workers in philadelphia spent the day cleaning up the ben franklin parkway after another successful fourth of july jam. the action cam found crews taking down the stage and removing the fences near eakins oval. 10s of thousands of people packed the area to see the roots, jennifer nettles miguel and others. police say there were no serious issues. >> ♪♪ >> of course the city still buzzing about saturday's concert especially this moment. mayor michael nutter spent his final fourth of july on stage with the roots giving us a performance of the classic

song rappers delight and when it was over an out of breath nutter dropped the mic the way celebrated ropers do rappers do. >> ♪♪ >> for another moment that had everyone talking they sampled the "action news" theme song here in philadelphia and in case you missed it or you just can't get enough, we have videos of both of these moments on our web site. just go to 6abc.com. it was a fun night. >> and you guys did an incredible job. >> thank you. >> i had the best seat in my house from my couch. >> we had pretty good seats, too. but it was a lot of fun. >> really g next year you got bring back a reprise of that rappers delight. it is time for the "action news" traffic report. >> matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. how we looking monday?

>> at the roots of our problems this afternoon the roads. several accidents giving us issues. speeds dropping as a result rick and alicia but on the vine street expressway we had one here on the eastbound side that just cleared out. it was clocking the left lane and the shoulder there. everything moved out of the way now here by broad street but still a little bit slow as you come away from the schuylkill expressway. middletown township bucks county has a crash this afternoon that's closing 413 near penncrest drive. that's a good spot to avoid. as we said at the top of the hour avoid highway one in bear new castle county because of that overturned dump truck with debris all over the roadway. it's impacting both directions of travel. it has both the northbound lanes closed. just the shoulders squeezing by but southbound you're looking at just 7 miles per hour because there the left lane is blocked as well. so, 13 a much better bet or even 301 but highway one this afternoon not where you want to find yourself. we had a vehicle fire on the new jersey turnpike southbound in gloucester county. that's cleared out.

patco new construction schedules took effect over the weekend so if things look a little different today that's why. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this back to work monday afternoon. our friend diane says watch out for a crash along route 73 in winslow and we'll check it again, rick and alicia in the next half hour. >> okay. thanks matt. >> president obama is updating the nation on the fight against isis. >> intelligence diplomatic, economic, development and perhaps most importantly the power of our values. last month i ordered additional actions in support of our strategy. i just met with my national security team as part of our regular effort to assess our efforts. what's working and what we can do better. secretary carter chairman dempsey i want to thank you and your team for welcoming us and your leadership. including general off the thirty nine is leading the military campaign and i want to summarize briefly where we stand. i want to start by repeterring

what i've said since the beginning. this will not be quick. this is a long term campaign. isil is opportunistic and it is nimble. in many places in syria and iraq including urban areas it's dug in among innocent civilian populations. it will take time to root them out. in doing -- and goingy doing so must be the job of local forces on the ground with training from our coalition. as with any military effort there will be periods of progress but there are also going to be some setback as we've seen with isil's gains in ramadi and iraq and central and southern syria. but today it's also important for us to recognize the progress that's been made. our coalitions now hit isil with more than 5,000 airstrikes. we've taken out thousands of fighting positions tanks vehicles bomb factories training camps. we eliminated thousands of

fighters including senior isil commanders. and over the past year we've seen that when we have an effective partner on the ground isil can be pushed back. in iraq, isil lost at the mosul dam. isil lost at mount sindra. isil lost rep petedly across province. it lost a quarter of the populated areas it had seized in iraq. in syria isil lost at koban. >> reporter:. endured losses across northern syria including the key city of talibia. denying them a supply to its base of operations in syria. these are reminder that is isil's strategic weaknesses are real. isil is surrounded by countries and communities committed to its destruction.

it has no air force. our coalition owns the skies. isil is backed by into nation. it relies on fear. its untreery strained brutality often alienate those under its rule. isil can and will be defeated. indeed we're end tense if i go our efforts against isil's base in syria. airstrikesy strikes will continue to target oil and gas facilities that fund so much of their operations. we're going after the isil leadership and infrastructure in syria. the heart of isil that purges funds and propaganda to people around the world. partnering with other countries sharing more information, strengthening laws and border security allows to us work to stem the flow of foreign fighters to syria as well as iraq and to stem obviously the flow of those fighters back into our own countries. this continues to be a challenge and working together

all nations are going to need to do more but we're starting to see some progress. we're going to continue to crack down on isil's illicit finance around the world. by the way if congress really wants to help in this effort, they can confirm mr. adams steuben our nominee for treasury under secretary to lead this effort. this is a vital position to our counter terrorism efforts. nobody suggests he's not qualified. he's highly qualified. unfortunately his nomination has been languishing up on the hill and we need the senate to confirm him as soon as possible. meanwhile we continue to ramp up our training and support of local forces that are fighting isil on the ground. as i said before, this aspect of our strategy was moving too slowly but the fall of ramadi has galvanized the iraqi government so with the additional steps i ordered last month we're speeding up

training of isil forces. more sunni volunteers are coming forward. some are already being trained and they can be a new force against isil. we continue to accelerate the delivery of critical equipment including antitank weapons to iraqi security forces. including the tribal fighters and i made it clear to my team that we will do nor train and equip the moderate opposition in syria. now all this said, our strategy recognizes that no amount of military force will end the terror that is isil unless it's matched by a broader effort political and economic. that addresses the underlying conditions that have allowed isil to gain traction. they have filled a void and we have to make sure that as we push them out that void is filled. so as iraqi cities and towns are liberated from isil we're working with iraq and the united nations to help them

rebuild services and governments they need and we continue to support the efforts of prime minister abbad dee to forge an inclusive and effective iraqi government that unites all people of iraq. in syria the only way that the civil will end in a way that the syrian people can unite against isil is a transition to a new government without bashir assad a government that serves all syrians. i discussed this with our gulf cooperation partners at camp david and during my recent call with president putin. i made it clear the united states will continue to work for such a transition and a glimmer of good news is i think an increasing recognition on the part of all the players in the region that given the extraordinary threat that isil poses, it is important for us to work together as opposed to cross purposes to make sure that an

inclusive syrian government exists. while the focus of our discussion today's was on iraq and syria isil ideology posed a great threat beyond the region. we've seen deadly attacks in tunisia, kuwait and egypt's sinai peninsula. we see a growing isil presence in libya and attempts to establish foot holds across north africa, the middle east the caucuses and southeast asia. we've seen attacks in ottawa, sidney, france and copenhagen. so i've called on the international community to unite against this scourge of violent extremism. in this fight the united states continues to lead. when necessary to prevents attacks against our nation, we'll take direct action against terrorists. we'll continue to also partner with nations from afghanistan and nigeria to build up their security forces. we're going to workday and night with allies and partners to disrupt terrorist networks and thwart attacks and to some

other isil cells that may be trying to develop in other parts of the world. this includes remaining vigilant in protecting against attacks here in the homeland. now, i think it's important for us to recognize the threat of violent extremism is not restricted to any one community. here in the united states we've seen all kinds of home grown terrorism and tragically recent history reminds us how even a single individual motivated by a late full ideology with access to dangerous weapons can inflict horrendous harm on americans. so our efforts to counter violent extremism must not target any one community because of their faith or background including patriotic muslim americans who are partners in keeping our country safe. that said, we also have to acknowledge that isil has been particularly effective at reaching out to and recruiting

vulnerable people around the world including here in the united states and they are targeting muslim communities around the world. numerous individuals have been arrested across the country for plotting attacks or attempting to join isil in syria and iraq. two men inspired by isil opened fire in texas and because of our success over the year in including our homeland security we've made it harder for terrorists to carry out large scale attacks like 9/11 here at home but the threat of lone wolves or small cells of terrorist center citys is complex. it's one of the most difficult challenges we face and preventing these kinds of attacks on american soil is going to require sustained effort so i want to repeat the good news is that because of extraordinary efforts from law enforcement as well as our military intelligence, we are doing a better job at preventing any large scale

attacks on the homeland. on the other hand these small individual lone wolf attacks or small cells become hard to detect and they become more soffit indicated using new technologies and that means that we're going have to pick up our game to preventer these attacks. it's also true why ultimately in order for us to defeat groups like isil and al-qaeda is going to also require us to discredit their ideology, the twisted thinking that draws vulnerable people into their ranks. as i've said before and i know our military leaders agree this broader challenge of countering violent extremism is not simply a military effort. ideologys are not defeated with guns, they're defeated by better ideas. the more attractive and compelling vision. the united states will continue to do our part by working with partners to counter isil's hateful propaganda especially online. we'll constantly reaffirm

through words and deeds that we'll never be at war with islam. we're fighting terrorists who distort islam and whose victims are mostly muslims. around the world we'll insist on partnering with muslim communities as they seek security prosperity and the dignity that they deserve and we're going to expect those communities to step up in terms of pushing back as hard as they can. >> you've been listening to president obama updating the nation from the pentagon. he made a very rare visit to the building pentagon today and he's updating the nation about the fight against isis. the president says we will continue to step up efforts to combat isis both overseas and here at home. we're continuing to stream the president's remarks. you can go 6abc.com if you want to continue to hear the president's speech from the pentagon but for now we'll take a quick break and we'll bring you more news in just a moment. staystay with us.

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all over the place. >> yeah, it feels tropical out there today. as we look at double scan popping a couple downpours in parts of delaware and some areas in the lehigh valley but most of the action is way to the west with the low near pittsburgh and charleston, west virginia but at 7:30 tonight there will be some scattered downpours around, maybe a rumble of thunder in a couple of locations with temperatures in the upper 70's and low 80's at 11:30 tonight still a scattered shower mainly it's west and north of i-95 and as we go into tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, still have an opportunity for those pop-ups around, 79 in allentown, 79 in lancaster. already starting in the low to the mid 80's by mid morning tomorrow for philadelphia, down to the south. again, that piece of energy will be lifting north of philadelphia tomorrow morning and then by tomorrow afternoon and evening it's hot it's humid again. 90 in philadelphia, 88 in wilmington as well as reading. 88 in trenton but notice all of the energy with that particular system is now into new england and we have a

decent amount of sunshine tomorrow afternoon but we'll be tracking another front that closes in for the middle of the week, turns a little more active. we will have that along with your weekend forecast coming up in that seven day in the next half hour. >> okay. thank you, adam. >> yeah. >> more "action news" at 4:00 right after this. >> smoke. >> ♪♪ ney. ride on, ride proud. geico motorcycle great rates for great rides.

>> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues. >> hello again. it's 4:30 and "action news" continues with details on the husband and wife who were busted down at the shore for allegedly stealing from beach

goers. why they were also charged with child endangerment. >> new information about the young man who died after shooting off a fire work from the top of his head. we'll tell you how he's tied to disney world. plus hear what his blotter say he was really trying to do at the time. >> also was it soap or maybe a cloud. we may not know exactly what this floating blob is yet but we know it had part of north philadelphia phat fascinated this weekend. the experts weigh in on this mystery mass coming up. but we begin with new developments in the murder of an elderly mount airy woman. one week ago today 85-year-old regina bruner holmes was found stabbed and beaten to death insides her home a former hand man was arrested in connection with the crime. hours ago police say they got another break. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live in the victim's neighborhood with details on the new arrest, also information on two other suspects. annie. >> reporter: and, rick, even though that major arrest was

made police say that this is still an ongoing investigation because at this point they're still looking for two people that they believe continued to use the victim's credit cards. an arrest was made for the man they do believe was responsible for her murder on saturday. they tell us though they believe that the person who was caught was a local handyman in this neighborhood and he may have been caught by the victim in the act of stealing from her home. they do believe that many other people in this neighborhood used the same handyman. saturday morning u.s. marshals arrested 37-year-old leroy wilson for the brutal murder of 85-year-old regina bruner homesholmes. police say he worked as a handyman. after connecting the dots detectives found the victim's stolen car and laptop at addresses connected to the suspect. saturday morning they arrested him at his girlfriend's home in norristown. police say his girlfriend turned him in after they discovered the suspect gave her the murder victim's laptop

laptop. detectives also linked purchases on the victim's stolen credit card to wilson. holmes' family said the timing of the arrest helped the grieving process. homicide detectives notified family before saturday's press conference. >> i believe that it was also comforting to all of the people the 500 plus people that came to that service and the community members who couldn't be there to know that the person who committed this kind of crime was now in police custody. >> reporter: the victim's sons are urging children of seniors to vet hired help oregon to use background checks. er also praising the work of the philadelphia police department who worked around the clock on their mother's case checking in with the family every step of the way. >> to everybody every police person that we spoke to and interacted with, that we felt like they treated us like friends and our mother like a -- like their relative. >> reporter: and captain clark also said today that the

girlfriend was expected to be charged with receiving stolen property for receiving that laptop. those charges have not been announced yet. now, according to the crime reports, multiple thefts were reported in this neighborhood since around the time of april. there have been more robbery reports that have been submitted to police that they believe may be linked to leroy the handyman. however, they are still investigating those claims. for now reporting live in east mount airy annie mccormick channel6 "action news." >> all right, annie, thank you. a senior citizen ticketed after she slammed into an italian restaurant in wilmington this morning. the action cameo on the scene outside canteena dee napoli. a 67-year-old woman hit the gas instead of the brakes. the mixup sent her car over the curb into the entrance of the restaurant. fortunately no one inside was hurt. the woman was treated for minor injuries and released. the restaurant is being inspected for structural damage. officials in chester county are looking for the driver who hit a covered

bridge in tredyffrin township then took off. chopper 6hd was over the scene on yellow springs road west of valley forge road. that's where a truck slammed into the bridge around 2:30 this afternoon. penndot's engineers say the structure was compromised in the crash and will be closed pending further investigation. >> a philadelphia man is going to prison for slashing tires in his oxford circle neighborhood. david toledo will spend three to six years behind bars. you might remember he was arrested last year when prosecutors say he was caught trying to flatten the tire of a septa bus. toledo was previously convicted and sentenced to probation for slashing tires had his old neighborhood in mayfair in 2012. >> a philadelphia couple accused of stealing from beachgoers at the jersey shore on the fourth of july. north wildwood police responded to the beach off 17th street for reports of a man and woman stealing from bags. officers arrested 36-year-old kelly cos stands is a a block away. she was with her three children at the time.

police say they found her husband, 39-year-old larry hall in possession of a stolen cell phone. the couple is charged with theft and child endangerment. philadelphia police are looking for three people who robbed a port richmond deli. this is new video from the market on the 2900 block of frankford avenue last week. police say a female suspect ordered a sandwich to distract the woman behind the counter. the employee went to the back of the store make the sandwich and that's when two accomplicesaccomplices came inside and stole from the register. still unclear how much money they took. anyone with information is asked to contact philadelphia police. >> turning now to a mystery mass that has been fascinating both north philadelphia and us here in the news room today. 6abc viewer hector garcia shot this video near seventh and tioga streets yesterday afternoon. see it there fast moving clear blob floating across the skyline. some people believe the mass is some type of factory grade soap bubble due to the

shimmering aspect while others say it could be some type of transparent weather balloon. we even sent the video to our friends at accuweather with no hard explanation on this one so technically speaking the blob is an unidentified flying object or ufo. and paul our weather producer hot on the case. >> he was on the case. we looked at him and we said. >> we don't know. >> we have no idea. we can tell you it is not weather related or a cloud or anything like that but maybe some soap bubbles. >> the skies were clear enough that you could see it. >> yeah. but the clouds are bubbling up around there. >> a blob being a blob. >> take a look north of philadelphia over the ben franklin bridge, there you can see them kind of bubbling up here and there, these are the cumulus clouds, not towering all that high right now with that heat and humidity but a couple of spots are seeing a downpour or a quick shower along route 100 just to the west of green lane, another near hamburg an few north of 22 and the lehigh valley

heading towards the poconos. as we head to the south and delaware you can see a couple north of middletown in between dover and milford. no lightning and thunder, no severe weather but they're just some quick passing downpours passing by parts of the area. when i come back we'll talk about a seven-day forecast that has heat, humidity and a break as well from it coming up in just a little bit guys. >> okay, thanks adam. >> yes. breaking news we're following for you at this hour. chopper 6hd live over the scene in manayunk where philadelphia fire crews have been working to put out a house fire. as you can see now the fire is out and it broke out in the a two story twin home on the 4300 block of free land of a area 4:15, just about 20 minutes ago. the crews arrived there and were able to but that fire out. no word on whether anyone was home at the time but we are continuing to follow this story for you that house fire on the 4300 block of freeland avenue in manayunk. summer months bring out

the bugs and that means dealing with bug bites. "action news" anchor monica malpass joins us live in the news room with details on how to treat them. monica. >> reporter: hi, alicia. there are several types of treatments for bug bites and they work differently on different types of people so there are creams with an anti histamine, others have a steroid. there's even a baking soda based product. abc news put these products to the test and found out that no one product is better than the other. we'll tell you why that is coming up on health check tonight at 5:00. also carli lloyd she is now a hero in her new jersey hometown and frankly around the world she's an international superstar thank you. hear from the soccer club team that lloyd played with years ago that she will now be helping to coach. how lucky are they. jaime apody will be live with the medford strikers for you coming up later tonight. we just think carly rocks. back to you. we'll see you in a bit. >> see in you the studio mon today. philadelphia is gearing up for its annual salsa celebration. the dance not the dip, of

course. >> ♪♪ philadelphia city hall today's hoping reception featured live latin music. salsa forever is the name of the week long event in the city. councilwoman maria quinones sanchez was on hand to run down all of the festivities that will lead up to the hispanic festival at penn's landing next weekend. >> love the dance love the dip, too . >> [laughter] still ahead cable bills can cost families thousands of dollars a year. but there are ways to save big if you know where to look. we'll explain. >> also new details about a man who was killed instantly after he put a fire work on his head and then lit it. we'll till how he's tied to disney world and hear why his brother says he wasn't being stupid at all. >> plus, a georgia couple isn't upset that their five-year-old was restrained by her dentist during a procedure. they're upset because they never gave their permission. details in big talker. >> meteorologist adam joseph is back with the full forecast

from accuweather when "action news" at 4:00 continues in just a moment.

>> ♪♪ >> the brother of a maine man killed when he sought off a fire work on top of his head over the weekend says the whole thing was actually a freak accident. devon staples who once played gaston died instandly on saturday. police say the 22-year-old put the reloadable mortar tube on his head then lit it after a day of drinking. staples brother maintains that devon was holding a lighter and it actually caused the fire work to go off. he went on the tell the new york daily news that his brother was the kind of person who would pretend to do something stupid to make people laugh, not actually do something stupid. officials in turkey still trying to decide whether to charge the parents of a baby found floating in an inflatable crib in the middle of the ocean. the mother and father reportedly placed their 10 month old child in the toy left her in the water while they sunbathed. officials say because of

strong winds the girl quickly floated away. the parents only realized that was gone when other beachgoers started screaming. the cowgrass queued the baby nearly a mile off shore. she was still asleep peacefully unaware of her dangerous journey. >> unbelievable. at the big board in georgia some parents pretty outraged after finding out that this is how their dentist was restraining their kids during cleanings and checkups. this is five-year-old elizabeth in what's called a papoose board. her father and grandmother said they weren't allowed into the exam room but when they heard her screaming they ran back and found her like this. >> what in the world are y'all doing to her? why is she strapped down? she don't want to cooperate. what do you mean she don't want to cooperate? she's only five years old. >> i couldn't see my kid in

that body bag just strapped down to the bed. i just couldn't handle it. >> and the worst part they say is they were never asked for their permission for this go on. the contraptions are legal in georgia but academy of peete pediatric dentistry warns they can cause psychological harm. peter lost his bride grace last year. peter says he believers in miracles after a sign from grace came by way of his change at the sandwich counter. many years ago peter and grace each signed a dollar bill and he always kept hers in his wallet. always. but five years afghanistan he accidentally spentago he spentit. he recently took his granddaughter to lunch. his change, three dollar bills. one of them was grace's. >> i never thought i was going get that dollar back again.

first thing i said grace she did this to make me happy and her to be happy too. >> well, he says he will never lose sight of that dollar again. he put it will in a little section of his wallet where he won't accidentally spends it. rick how beautiful reunited just for a moment over that little dollar. >> quite a story. thank you alicia. time to get the story on the commute home on a monday. matt pelman back in the "action news" traffic center with an update. penny for your thoughts, matt. >> not so surprisingly not quite as heartwarming as that story. we went back to work and we're trying to get back home and we're dealing with ob obstacles on the way. a vehicle fire near mlk boulevard. there's not much left of it. getting trod tow the vehicle. all the northbound lanes headed towards the ben franklin bridge are reopened. no big deal there. we've seen a lot of shore traffic throughout the day. i think people took an extra day and were down today, now

heading home so we've seen heaviness on the northbound side of the garden state parkway and now not helping us out there's a crash northbound at northfield pleasantville just as you head towards the a.c. expressway. the big problem is in bear new castle county continue with the overturned dump truck. look at all the red traffic single digit speeds. accident happened on the northbound side. both lanes are blocked there. traffic just squeezing by on the soldier. southbound everything is reopened but still just 10 miles per hour. so you still want to stick with route 13, maybe route nine or even stay on 301 896. this is the schuylkill expressway. had a disabled vehicle on the westbound side by the vine street expressway. that just cleared out but warning for you if you live in roxborough or east falls. new milling work begins tonight. you could be looking at a recover ride over the course of the next few weeks along walnut rain, midvale avenue east falls and the upper chunk of kelly drive.

>> taking a look outside sky6 hd in atlantic city. these people have the right idea today. hot and humid, the beach is the place to be. meteorologist adam joseph will have your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast coming up next. >> ♪♪

>> ♪♪ >> meteorologist adam joseph back now. talking about the heat out there, rick, kind of feels like it's in the 90's but we didn't get that. >> no, 87, 86, 87 so far in philadelphia but felt like it was 91 when you combined the humidity that's very tropical this afternoon. if you were out and about like the action cam got a little sweaty at times this afternoon in franklin square. you can see a few folks on the carousel and that little breeze to help you out spinning you around cooling you off. most the area, it is hot humid but there's a little

speck here and there with some downpours and a quick little thunderstorm that has developed south and west of newark delaware, west of bear, moving right across 40 and then i-95 heading to the north into southern parts of chester county eventually, nothing severe there, nothing severe to the north either, just some downpours near green lane, also the northeast extension about to approach near quakertown and a few north of the lehigh valley but again, there's that lightning detector, zero in the last 15 minutes. as we look at the heat index again it feels like 91 philadelphia. the same for millville. 92 in wilmington, 85 in the lehigh valley. so, it does feel a lot more oppressive than it did over the upcoming weekend. and it's all because of high pressure off the coast. in addition to that high, we have low pressure near pittsburgh and you can see most of the action is west of washington and that i-95 corridor down to richmond. closer to the energy of that low but we just have a few scattered that are popping under the heating of the day. 68 73, that's your split in

temperature overnight tonight with that spotty thunderstorm around. otherwise it's warm and sultry for most of us and in fact that high pressure that is off to our south and east, a bermuda high since it's situated right off of bermuda sending southerly winds our way so it brings in the heat and humidity again tomorrow, up to 90 degrees. the first front is going to lift away so any spotty thunderstorm looks to be in the first part of the day tomorrow and then a mixture of sun and clouds in the afternoon and then this cold front will collapse through here on wednesday throw a lot of clouds our way midweek an few showers and thunderstorms around with temperatures again in the upper 80's to near 90. 75 the ocean temperature. it's like bath water right now so if you're down there tomorrow, enjoy it. 82 degrees, clouds and sunshine. there could be a stray thunderstorm the first part of the day tomorrow but again it is mainly dry at the shore for your tuesday. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecasts it's hot it's humid tomorrow at 90 degrees. a few pop-ups anywhere between the morning hours until about

noon, early afternoon and then it starts to dry out tomorrow afternoon and evening. but that front closes in on wednesday with numerous downpours and thunderstorms of 90 degrees. another ripple of low develops along that front that stalls on thursday. so still an opportunity for some pop-ups of 86 but that front will push to the south here by the end of the week dropping humidity, really nice friday of 86 and that kind of excels right through the beginning of the weekend here. it stays the same. 87 on saturday with low humidity. but then we'll start to kick up the temperatures and the humidity sunday into monday. maybe a couple of scattered storms sunday and especially monday. wednesday, thursday, the best chance for those thunderstorms around. >> okay, typical summer week. >> that it is. >> adam thank you. what's the deal is coming up next.

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bundle in their area that saved them $120 a year. >> i'm going to try that out. >> reporter: in all, the macs can now save more than $1,000 a year. >> pretty good stuff. that was abc's rebecca jarvis. she says you should call your cable provider every six months to see if they have any updated deals and bundles and finally save money by reducing your internet speed unless your household streams a lot of video then rick, you know you need that speed. >> that's for sure. we do. thank you alicia. finally this afternoon a french bull dog named abbey who had a great time with a roll of toilet paper over the weekend, well, she thought her friend another pooch would have her back but boy was she wrong. check out what happened when the owner came home. >> who played this mess? she did? she pointed at you. >> there you go.

that's right. pointed and everything. china the big bull mastiff turned into a little rat when mom started asking questions. abbey will think twice before going on a tear before the long arm of the paw again. >> busted ann little bit caught red pawed there because the toilet paper was a -- >> at least she didn't try to flea. >> you're on fire today. that's it for "action news" at 4:00. for the always funny and talented rick williams, adam joseph i'm alicia vitarelli. reminder to join us tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> "action news" at 5:00 is next.

>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody meteorologist cecily tynan rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> warm and oppressive, that's how you can describe the start of the work week. as we look live from sky6 hd a nice shot of the clouds and blue skies over the ben franklin bridge. not feeling as nice as it looks out there. >> storm tracker6 live double scan keeping an eye on it for us and the humidity is much

higher than we have seen in recent days. that unsettled air could create thunderstorms tonight. monday night the big story is the uncomfortable weather conditions across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys right now. >> let's check in with meteorologist melissa magee to get the latest on the forecast. >> hi, rick, monica. we are tracking the scattering of showers and storms that are starting to pop up across the delaware and leafs because of that building warmth and humidity. storm tracker6 live double scan radar showing you activity across new castle and kent counties in delaware and also moisture moving north and west of that 95 corridor. we'll widen out the picture because these showers and storms are moving through the north at about 20 miles per hour but the main area of low pressure is currently over west virginia. it's an upper level low and this will continue to move to the north and east as we go throughout the next 24 to 36 hours here with the scattering of activity across much of the northeast. so, as far as what we can expect tonight we're tracking those spotty showers and thunderstorms and the best bet to find that activity will be