>> good morning everyone, it is 5:00 a.m. odds -- on this thursday july 9. tam is off, eva pilgrim joins us. >> a community rallies around a school teacher who was fired for being gay. >> after a deadly derailment in philadelphia, the white house is taking steps to make sure amtrak trains are safe. we'll explain how. we're on the look out for rain. david murphy is here along with matt pellman for karen. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you a little bit of that, no lightning out there but we have showers

pushing through chester bucks county picking up some of this. a lighter sprinkle up in allentown. in lang county additional showers are forming. the big picture is heavier rain and thunderstorms that will be developing ahead cold front that is pushing toward the east. it will take most of the day for this to get here, after 5:00 p.m. or so look out because we could have heavier hitters on the way from the west. there's a probability there's a low risk are but the entire region is covered by this, some thunderstorms could feature strong damaging winds gusts and lightning and heavy downpours. 77 degrees, much of the area is dry, especially philadelphia and south, but it's muggy. allentown, 68. 73 in millville. mid 70s down the shore. the humidity is still oppressive it's been that way all weekend

long, dewpoints over 70 south of delaware and new jersey. as we roll through the day. 78 degrees by 9:00. 85 by noon, 89 is the high, we'll sit on that for 2 1/2 hours or so. and 6:00 p.m., 8 # -- 87 degrees, more on the storm on future tracker 6. better weather in the seven day. >> reporter: things are looking nice for the thursday morning ride on the schuylkill expressway by the vine street expressway, everything is reopened. overnight construction crews said goodbye heading back open. on the boulevard, the lights are out. it's a dark ride. watch out for that this morning. on the ben franklin bridge don't forget that westbound heading toward center city right lane is out of commission around around the clock for the rest of the summer because of the patco work

on the northbound side tracks. that's the set up for the next couple of months. 130 southbound or 30 eastbound north park drive there's construction in the right lane until 6:00. paving work between cherry hill and moorestown along 38 that ran late yesterday and caused delays. we have work along 55 between little mill road and glassboro road. apparent and students are outraged at the firing of a teacher at a main line school. the former catholic school teacher claims she was let go because of who she married. katherine scott is live at the satellite center. >> reporter: her supporters calling this discrimination, they sayy -- margey winters was

married in 2007 and openly gay. margey winters walked inside a closed door meeting with her wife in fairmont attended by students and parents and alumnae in connection with the decision not to renew the religious director's contract. organizers say she is gay the school knew that when they hired that. >> it's discrimination. it's discrimination of anything, color, race, sexual preference. there's no difference i teach in my home or my family. >> reporter: the school principal said our school roadwayses the authority of the archbishop of philadelphia especially in the teaching of religion. to continue as a catholic school mercy must comply with the teachings. the archdiocese said it's a

private catholic school and said the decisions are made without the oversight of the archdiocese. the school has received state money if she was fired for sexual orientation, that could change the decision. "action news" did reach out to winters before the meeting. she had no comment. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> eva. >> new this morning a north carolina man accused of bringing millions of dollars in fake poker chips to atlantic city has been indicted on theft and counter fitting charges. the 43-year-old flushed his chips down a toilet in delaware, but the chips clogged the pipes and guests complained that water was dripping into their room. awareness group is calling

on president obama to revoke the presidential medal of freedom. a deposition opened from seven years ago where he admitted he gave women drugs because he wanted to have sex. the group made a petition to the white house yesterday. if it gets 120,000 signatures next month. no president has ever revoked the medal of freedom. >> an awed vision text -- audio visual technician is behind bars the trial will begin in the

death of the shooting at the courthouse who was shot by his father who then killed himself. autopsy will be performed on two bodies found in cape may yesterday morning, the man and woman were found at a homeless camp in the rio grande section of middle township. police say the two were in their 50s and there's no sign of foul play. >> obama administration is drafting regulations that would require railroads to install video cameras to watch the actions of engineers. the engineer has no memory of events prior to crash. the federal railroad administration said other steps aimed at reducing human error are in the works. >> 5:07. we've been celebrating almost friday. >> baby friday.

>> reporter: i like that. good name for thursday, it's sweaty baby friday. we have instability in the atmosphere and showers around. we have a decent line of steadier rain that is pushing through coatsville through the other side of it. areas to the north of oxford, chester county picking up some of this and farther up the pike north of norristown, the northeast extension of the turnpike is picking up lighter rain every now and then a heavier patch. the lehigh valley picking up lighter stuff and more gathering west of i-95 in maryland north of ballot -- baltimore. as we look outside we have muggy conditions out there. once the showers are done we'll see sunshine breaking out from behind the clouds occasionally. 73 in trenton. 68 in allentown and mid 70s

alongalong the boardwalks current i. we get into afternoon it's a clouds and sun mix and very humid. after 5:00 p.m. we'll be on the look out for the western suburbs a cold front will push through the region and use all the high warmth and humid air to manufacture storms. by 6:00, 7:00, the model has these coming in a fairly decent organized line west of philadelphia and passing throw and not getting out of here until 10:00 p.m. tonight with residual showers behind that. the problem with the storms late today and this evening is many fold but especially severe qualities. dangerous lightning from strong thunderstorms today and tonight. wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. that means you could wind up with trees down and property

damage. flooding downpours an issue and there might be weak rotation involved northwestern suburbs would have the best chance of that and that means an outside tornado in spots couldn't guard tee it, but it would not be out of the question. in the lehigh valley, strong evening thunderstorm, warm and humid, otherwise. down the shore 84 degrees is the high, warm and humid conditions with an evening thunderstorm more than likely. during the day you're okay. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, shows a philadelphia high of 89 degrees, very humid and those afternoon late day and evening thunderstorms which could pack a powerful punch. take cover from any storms lore floors indoors today and tonight. 86 tomorrow, less humid saturday we have high of 89, low

humidity. sunday, a little more sticky, high of 90. monday, tuesday and wednesday more unsettled and more humid and tuesday we could be looking at another round of small thunderstorms, but relief is in sight. >> newer stories you didn't see last night. including a graphic footage of a violent altercation between a manager at a new york city pa panera bread and someone else. >> reporter: northbound come the headlights on the northeast extension. we'll update you there. >> pop star donut licking video is making the rounds, now police may be getting involved.

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>> happy thursday morning to you, sky6 live hd taking a live look on our temple university camera into center city. 75 degrees, 5:14. >> things are dry mostly everywhere out there right matt. >> reporter: a little sticky out there for sure. it's going to be a sticky day for golf. golf is the buzz in lancaster where my family is because of the women's -- big stuff going 0 on out there. traffic implications, if i was out there, i would be telling you about that, but around here in our burbs pretty quiet. in doylestown as we looking live 202 at 611 not a whole lot of

people out and about. everything is ready for you there. if you're on the pennsylvania turnpike heading westbound between bensalem and willow grove, that overnight construction zone has cleared out. farther west they are working through valley forge and route 29 the e-z pass exit they are working on that. westbound lane out commission heading toward quakertown. balligomingo road is closed in conshohocken in case you were wondering stay on 320 by gsk instead. edgemont township, delaware county gradeyville road the road partially collapsed. shument -- shut down indefinitely. time for the commuter report brought to you by the waze app in the lehigh valley

valley. westbound 78 watch out for a vehicle stopped on the shoulder. thanks to uncle hottie reporting that to us. >> a british airways flight was diverted because a passenger assaulted his traveling companion according to police. the plane was heading from london to houston and stopped in boston instead. officials say others had to restrain the passenger in the plane, they believe the man was intoxicated. police arrested him and he is expected to be in court later today. armed with a bat two women came to the rescue of a young man in the middle of a brawl. one man is on the ground with another man on top of him as another man takes off the victim's shoes and seconds later two women appear one is holding a baseball ballot. bat. the at aickers take off.

nobody has charged with a crime. a male manager in a pa panera restaurant brutally smacked down a woman. the woman in the process of quitting. the woman throws her chips on the ground and screams. the company said it has no tolerance for the behavior caught on tape and both employees were terminated. >> the flyers development camp continues in voorhees after the trial on isle. the players completed exercises like paddling the bay. later the flyers held the skills clinic for young skaters. >> 5:17 coming up on "action news," an egg crisis is cutting supplies at most locations. >> you thought your dog eating your homework was bad wait

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>> new this morning arc lab's retriever's remarkable appetite and tastes put him in the hospital. they found enough hair bands for seven softball teams and enough under pants to last someone more than a week. tiki is recovering from surgery. >> he was stocking up. >> reporter: honey did you leave my socks in the laundry. on on the platt bridge there will be enough rise looks like. things look good if you're flying ray long the airport to get to a flight this morning. no problems on the platt bridge. don't know if it's the best night for this, a couple of 5ks around the region. the midsummer night 5k block portions of sussex road and

spring avenue. there's one in wilmington, 6:45. glen avenue and south park drive will be blocked for the run david. so we're off to another warm and mucky start a couple of showers around 9:00 a.m. 78 degrees, 85 by noon, this afternoon we'll cook with a high of 89 degrees, humid conditions. late this afternoon after 5:00, 6:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. we're on the the look out for strong gusty thunderstorms coming in from the west and coming in the evening. new york philadelphia, washington baltimore and areas east of pittsburgh have the potential of thunderstorms and slight chance of tornado. more out to the west. some of the country is dry without the severe weather chance. as we look at the big board the only rain we've got in the most commonly traveled destinations

is chicago. >> eva. taking antidepressts are linked to birth defects. the risk is low. microsoft is organizing their business plan which means thousands lose their job. >> layoffs at microsoft. the company says it will cut 7800 jobs because of the purchase of nokia phones. the move was a mistake. rita's ice is dropping can you custard because of egg shortage

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connected with her, she said this is stemming from her childhood obesity. she didn't buy the donuts she liquid. yesterday she pulled out a concert sighting the need to recover from oral surgery. she only liquid them. >> still who knows. it is 5:27. we continue to follow breaking news out of south carolina. the confederate flag is down we'll live with the details.

breaking overnight lawmakers decide the confederate flag must come down, we have a full report on the decision in south carolina. >> skies are clear this morning, but all that could change this evening. accuweather tracking a chance

for strong storms. later gater wildlife teams wrangle a reptile from a north jersey river. good morning everyone, 5:30, tam is off, eva pilgrim is here, david murphy, well you're supposed to be here. >> reporter: and you, too, matt, we have high humidity, we have showers popping west to east, some of them are producing yellow on the radar which means it's a brief but steadier dose of rain. most of it is light though, just making roads wet. no lightning out there. as we look at the wider view on storm tracker 6 live double scan we have a cold front to the west slowly pushing toward the east. ahead of it we are expecting the development of downpour producing thunderstorms. and maybe some severe thunderstorms with strong gusty winds. doesn't look lik