>> here's what's happening on this friday july 10. down trees damaged homes and power outages the region cleans up from another round of severe weather. >> a woman who lost her job because of same-sex marriage sits down with "action news." >> the ticker tape parade and the floats are ready. it's parade day for lloyd and the u.s. women's soccer

team. >> karen rogers is off, matt pellman is hear and david murphy is here. >> reporter: we have a cold front off the coast and severe warning boxes across the state of pennsylvania, but things are settling down. 75 in philadelphia. 70 in allentown. 73 in millville. 77 on the boardwalk in sea isle city. the humidity levels are not as high as yesterday and they continue to drop into the afternoon. you can see on the wide view we'll be in the low 70s between 6 and 8:00 a.m. heading to the car. on the storm tracker 6 live app 75 degrees, 82 by noon, 86 by 3:00 p.m. i think we'll get a high of 87 today rather late in the day we'll be on that on or about 4 or 5:00. lower humidity, partly sunny skies, the weekend call and the review of some of the damage we had last night coming up, matt

pellman. >> reporter: i was thinking this morning we'll be dodging tree branches and limbs and debris on the roads and we're dodging not surprisingly construction. vine street expressway, westbound was blocked a police officer is backing up, maybe the reopening of the eastbound lanes of the vine. eastbound will close at 11:00. after that they should be the end of the overnight closures on the vine at least for the rest of july. they will pick up in august. overnight construction that blocked the lower chunk of the mlk drive by eakens oval, that's out of commission for the next half-hour. looking good by ridge avenue. up ahead the overnight headlights are out it's a dark ride until the sun comes up. is if you ride the route 10

trolley you're on the bus between 64 and 53. >> residents are cleaning up from another round of severe weather that pushed through. 4,000 are waking up without power. delaware county was the hardest hit. katherine scott is live in the county seat of media. >> reporter: matt that's right we've seen fierce last night damage from berks county to delaware here in media, you can see perth lane is closed off. quite a few homes lost power after the storms ripped through. you could hear the strong winds on the cell phone video a funnel cloud spotted at 7:45 last night 25 to 30 feet above the ground in new castle delaware. at delaware river industrial park on dock drive the side of a building was ripped over,

debris strewn on the ground. walls collapsed. >> heavy straight line winds or tornado. we have a video of a funnel cloud. >> reporter: an "action news" viewer certainty this to us, about a mile from there heavy damage at blue mountain elementary school. strong winds ripped the roof off the building. in media this enormous tree came crashing down snapping the utility pole and knocking out power at kicker lane. >> i was looking out the window and the smoke came flying through, it almost got on my food, i was scared. >> reporter: the national weather service could be called out to investigate the funnel clouds spotted at some of those sights if they were contacted by county authorities. >> the action cam found damage

in new castle delaware, the storms tore apart a mobile home park on new castle avenue. dozens were evacuated. a block away this telephone pole was sliced in half. in hockessin a woman said her house was hit by lightning. a neighbor said it was so loud she had caused. two cars got stuck in rising water on north gulph road near the mall. if there's storm damage in the area show your pictures and video e-mail them at join the action at 6abc.com or use 6abc action when posting social media. >> other news, a woman who said she was fired for being married to a woman is speaking out for the first time. winter was fired at the end of june at waldron mercy academy.

a parent found out about her marriage and went to the principal. she said the principal has known about her relationship. >> my mind to resign means what this woman and what she believes the church is saying is true, i don't believe that's true. >> the principal recently sent an e-mail to parents stating in part our school recognizes the authority of the archbishop of philadelphia. to continue as a catholic school we must comply with those teachings. >> delaware county fire officials are investigating a fire that broke out at a ford dealership. the action cam was there at 9:00 p.m. as crews put out the flames inside the garage. the garage was the only building

damaged. the drug enforcement agency is investigating seven urgent care clinics across the area. the feds are looking into whether the centers illegally sold prescription drugs. dea agents took a doctor at the city avenue location into custody and questioned the workers there. a teenager is accused of setting an 11-year-old boy on fire in southwest philadelphia. the victim told police 17-year-old threw hand sanitizer on him and held a cigarette up to his skin. he is behind bars facing a number of charges including aggravated assault and arson. edwin olivo is charged with homicide by vehicle. investigators say he didn't

properly secure the trailer on his truck. it detached and slammed into a big rig in audubon april 27th. the other driver was killed. a national nonprofit that aims to protect animals is blasting a chicken farm that claims abuse. it shows workers clubbing chickens to death and breaking their necks. the site has a contract with tyson foods. tyson said it does not tolerate improper treatment and takes animal abuse seriously and investigating. 24e69s -- thefts from homes and vehicles have risen from last year. police said it's important to stay alert and if they see anything suspicious call them in

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>> world cup champion and carli lloyd and her treatments get a rare honor today. the new york city is throwing a ticker tape parade for the soccer team. crews spent all day and all night building floats and ma making sure the confetti is ready to go. you can stream it live at 11:00 a.m. nora muchanic will have reports throughout the day right here on "action news." >> nyc seeing similar weather to us. which is nice.

>> reporter: we'll see improvement today the storms from last night are gone. as we look at storm tracker 6 live double scan dry conditions. heading outside the promise of pleasant of sunshine, you're seeing the clouds breaking up and brightening on the horizon. 75 in philadelphia. the dewpoint hanging high, we'll see the dewpoint number drop in the morning and the afternoon. it might feel muggy to start out, things are getting better. out west that's not where we have a lot of humidity. a lot of storm reports coming in not as many as overall. downingtown and police officer ut meeting wires down, and power outages. new castle, partial building collapse and sussex county a house caught fire because of

storm reports. berks county school that got leveled by what may have been a tornado. the national weather service will hold off until they get reports from emergency managers to see if they are asked to come up and investigate this. this comes from ben hasty reading eagle we thank those guys for that. we see clouds breaking up across the region. drier air comes in from the west, so the humidity will be less and less. it's going to be a warm one but feeling better than the rest of the workweek. 87 is the high, we'll hit that around 4:00 p.m. it's a slow climb to that high temperature at 4 and 5:00 p.m. 85 degrees in allentown. 87 in philadelphia. 85 in wilmington. 83 in cape may, new jersey. temperatures along the coast still pretty good. 73 in the ocean water. maybe a couple of degrees cooler

than the last couple of days, but not bad. and mid 80s down to rehoboth beach and 76 near the mouth of the delaware bay. for the weekend 70s in the water along the jersey and delaware coastlines and low 80s, lots of sun saturday and sunday, it will be a great weekend for sunscreen right? and all that beach activity. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, warm, less and less humid as the day goes on today, high of 87. saturday, sunny and warm, 89. humidity on the low side. looks like a great night for soccer ppl park 6abc game at 7:00 p.m. portland in town, fireworks after the game and you campout where you can by a ticket and camp out on the field overnight. 90 degrees on sunday, more clouds and sun humidity rides back up on tuesday and wednesday. we have thunderstorms in the

early part of next week. maybe tuesday we could be looking too late -- at another round of strong thunderstorms. >> a ride that a family will never forget. >> oh, my god. just before two teenage friends were launched into the sky on the ride, the bungee cord snapped. it left a four inch hole in the concrete. 13-year-old is on the ride. his dad is the one who captured this close call. >> thank goodness, the guy standing behind him didn't pull the lever to let him go. >> if they would have launched us it would have been broke on the way back down, it could have killed us both. >> well, the company that

operates the ride said it's been fixed. however those two say they are not going back to get on it, matt. >> pretty scary stuff. tuition at pennsylvania state owned universities like west chester, cheney and kutztown going up 3.5%. tuition for instate students rise 7,000 a year that 240 hike. technology fee is going up. t-mobile will let its customers call and text and use apps and browse the internet within the could not netanyahu of north america. that means -- within the continent of north america. futures point to big gains at the opening bell. facebook allows you to choose the profile you want to see

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past few storms. in chester county one is closing 301 between 34r5, stay on -- 345, stay on ridge road. we have police activity on on the route ten trolley. buses running between 64 and 53 instead. defense team for colorado theater shooter james holmes is expected to wrap up its case today. lawyers are trying to approve that holmes was delusional. holmes told the judge that he not testify. closing arguments are expected to begin next week. >> massachusetts state police are releasing an i image of a child whose body around ashore in boston. police have been looking for her family or anyone who knew her for almost two weeks now.

more than 45 million people have seen the image and still there haven't been any leads. a couple from bucks county returned from their honeymoon only to deal with a big hot mess. a 27-ton septic truck crashed through the springfield home. the careened around the corner and broke through the couple's fence and plowed into the back of their home. he saidess heartbroken and so is his bride. >> it's heartbreaking. >> nobody was injured but the house has structural damage and raw sewage spilled all over the basement. >> engineers recommended shoring up the first floor before tow trucks attempt pulling the septic truck out. >> storm cleanup underway

across the area. a roof is ripped off a school and trees are uprooted. caught red handed, a police officer catches a woman shoplifting in wal-mart and his reaction leaves of them this tears, the story is next.

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insulation of the home as crews were trying to get in. no injuries were reported a mother and child were safely out of the home. investigators are calling the fire suspicious because there was no electric or gas connected to the house. a kansas police officer caught a woman stealing from wal-mart but instead of argue her, he helped her. the first thing he noticed was that the woman's daughters' feet were covered in dirt. the woman was homeless and lived out of her car. he ducked back into the store and bought diapers wipes and shoes for the children. >> she said thank you i mean the look on her children's face with the shoes and everything, that is a all that had to be said. >> he helped when nobody else would. >> robinson said she is embarrassed by what she did but had run out of people to turn

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>> good morning everyone, it is 5:00 a.m. on this friday, july 10. tam is off, eva pilgrim joins us here's what's happening. >> the sphrie state -- the tri-state area is hit with another round of severe weather. >> a symbol of hate will seize to fly over the capitol in a number of hours. >> the woman who said she was fired because she was gay is speaking out for the first time. >> we have weather and traffic with matt pellman and david murphy. >> reporter: the storms are over, as you go through the morning and the