>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m., friday, july 10 tam is off, eva pilgrim joins us, here's what's happening. >> the industry state area is hit with another round of severe weather, one storm is strong enough to topple an old school. confederate flag will cease to fly over the capitol grounds in a couple of hours. >> a woman who said she was fired because she was gay speaks to "action news." >> david murphy is outside matt pellman has traffic.

>> reporter: we have had some reporting station reporting humid air, but the numbers will starting to drop. the storms are gone, you might have tree branches on roads but you want to avoid that. the clouds have cleared out and the humidity is dropping. 68 in allentown. 75 for an early morning stroll down the boards where it might feel a little bit more humid. 72 by 8:00. noon 82. it does look like it's going to be a nice afternoon. warm, 86 degrees by 3:00 p.m. high of 87 around 4:00. lowering humidity a lot more comfortable. you get drinks going and hydrate yourself and get outside and get stuff done. when i step outside, what about the weekend call, we'll have that for the sure coming up next. matt pellman what about the roads on friday. >> reporter: not bad despite the construction, but the crews are

clearing out like spring garden by the schuylkill expressway. extra work is ut-oh of the way. you're left with the normal construction pattern. on the big picture vine street expressway westbound is reopened that is closed overnight. it will close on the eastbound side, but after that we should be done with the complete closures of the vine at least for the rest of july. of course the work continues on the ben franklin bridge, westbound toward center city in the right lane, that's giving us delays each day this week we expect them this morning. delays are forming on the southbound side of i-95, speeds in the 30s by cotman, a little building volume. we have a few downed trees in chester county along 401 near 345. stay on route 23, ridge road instead of conostoga road. coatsvilleville, scene along the

30 bypass drying out with no delays on this friday morning. parts of the delaware valley are cleaning up from the intense round of fear weather that rolled through the region. katherine scott is live in meade i can't delaware county sure -- media, delaware county surveying the damage there. >> reporter: i have an update in media. just a few minutes ago they moved the barricades on kirk lane it is reopened. crews were making repairs when multiple homes lost power when a utility cloud came down. a funnel cloud spotted in berks county. about a mile from there winds ripped the roof off blue mountain elementary school. two people were inside, but got out safely. the national weather service could be called out to investigate the funnel cloud if contacted by the county. new new castle delaware, a different funnel cloud was seen

around 7:45, 25 to 30 feet above the grounds. delaware river industrial park on dock drive collapses into two commercial buildings. the side of the building ripped open debris everywhere. >> we have roof damage and wall collapses on both buildings. >> reporter: in media this tree came down snapping a riew tilt pole -- a utility pole. this family lost power for four days after storms ripped through late last night. >> we can't use our toilets we can't run any water we have a gridironed plump pump so we lose our sewage. >> reporter: how frustrating is this for you? >> very, we have five kids in the house. >> reporter: the road was closed for work, it is now reopened. progress is being made. there's still cleanup to do today. katherine scott channel 6

"action news." >> thanks, katherine. you can flash flooding was a problem because of the storm. this is viewer video from manayunk. water poured down the tow path step. remember you can share your photos and videos by emailing them to join the action at 6abc.com, use the #6abc action when posting to social media. new on "action news" two people were injured during a fire at an east mount airy home overnight. crews arrived late torched heavy fire on the first -- to find heavy fire on the first floor of the home. two people were rushed to the hospital. one a woman suffered smoke and burns and is in critical condition. no word on the other person's condition. >> after an intense political battle the confederate flag president bush will be lowered

for good. governor nikki hailey assigned the bill to remove the flag. confederate flag has flown on the state house grounds for the last 54 years. the naacp will kick off its 106th convention at the pennsylvania convention center. this year's these people, liberty in the face of injustice. the convention runs through wednesday, july 15. >> a cell phone carrier wants you to reach out and touch someone even if they don't live in this countries. maribel aber has the market report live frments -- from the nasdaq. >> reporter: nooches -- futures pointing to a higher open. if you're a t-mobile customer in the u.s., you will be able to talk, text and browse

the web in canada and mexico with no extra charges. mobile without borders wants to create seamless communication across north america. a lot of travel is done by customers in canada and mexico. facebook is giving you a new way to sort out your friends. you can read your news feed with the profiles you want to see. you can see a list of people you stopped following. the option is available on ios mobile app and will be offered to android and desk top user next week. >> don't worry you'll always be at the top of my news feed. >> and yours on ours, as well. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're dry in the wake of last night's storms. as we look outside a nice morning buildings lots of sunshine, a few clouds around and the humidity in the process of going down, down down from

the morning into the afternoon. 7 # in philadelphia. 68 -- 73 in philadelphia. 68 in allentown and 65 in trenton. 75 along the boards. in chalfonte last night our twitter and facebook follower ray shot this picture of a lightning bolt. be aware of downed wires and tree branches from storms last night. there are the watch boxes we had last night they are gone the precipitation is gone, now with a northwest throw the humidity is on the way down it looks like a nice one. allentown, 85 degrees, less and less humid partly sunny skies up north. at the shore beautiful day on the beach. lots of sunshine, a few occasional clouds, less humid in the afternoon in particular, high of 84 with ocean temperatures still in the 70s along the new jersey and

delaware oceanfronts. 87 in philadelphia. you want to keep the cool drinks handy. with lowering humidity and partly sunny skies it will be a pleasant summer afternoon. 72 degrees by 8:00. 80 by 11:00 a.m. 85 by 2:00 p.m. we wait until 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. when we hit the high of 87. down the shore 73 degrees in the water. overnight the next couple of days we talked about how today will be a great beach day. saturday andy sunday, as well. 82 on saturday, lots of sun. i do expect ocean temperatures to hold in the low 70s. saturday night on 6abc, the philadelphia union take to ppl park's pitch against the portland timbers. 86 for the start. 82 in the 90th minute. fireworks after the game, they have the u-campout feature.

you get breakfast and work out with the players in the morning. warm and humid less humid 87 degrees, tomorrow sunny warm 89. sports drinks a good idea, but humidity on the low side. clouds and sun to wrap up the weekend on sunday. a hot high of 90. maybe a little bit more humid but not too bad. monday tuesday wednesday that's when it gets sticky again, full force. we'll have a pop-up thunderstorm all three days, one day might feature a frontal boundary passage that gives us a strong thunderstorm. right now if i had to throw a dart, i would say tuesday but stick with us on the time of that. the. >> chilling surveillance of two murder suspects before they murdered a couple in their sleep. >> margey winter in her own words, for the first time you'll here from the gay educator who lost her job. >> reporter: route 1 city avenue between conshohocken nothing in

your way except the red traffic lights, of course. coming up a couple of things going on this week and a check on 422 when "action news" continues on this friday morning. "action news" at 6:00 a.m. is respondersed by temple university, 40,000 students and # hundred thousand alumnae strong.

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hard-hit region of new castle county delaware. high winds ripped the roofs 0 off homes and buildings. this is a mobile home park on new castle avenue. this was the area that was evacuated last night. we'll have more on the damage across the delaware valley. you can see that mobile home looks out of place like it's been moved. the. >> let's check the commute with matt pellman. >> reporter: i keep saying the damage isn't as bads the last few storms, bus stop for people who were hit the damage is real and not so pleasant. we're thinking about them and hopefully they can get everything cleaned up in a timely fashion. on 42 in camden county traffic is moving well. we'll see southbound traffic heading toward the shorepoints. this morning not a ton of northbound traffic this happens sometimes in the summer, people make it a long weekend. 422 by the oaks interchange

eastbound go the tail lights toward king of prussia no volume delays. just a few downed trees and downed wires in the suburbs. 401 remains shut down near 345 bulltown road, stay on ridge road to get around that. chester county, still have that emergency construction closing the knocks -- knox covered bridge. that's out of commission. valley road in paoli will be shut down they are working on the pedestrian sidewalks over the train tracks. valley road closed between central avenue and route 30. that construction, closure starts at 9:00 a.m. and lasts through sunday evening. >> this is new video at 9:00 a.m., a group of people stormed a home and gunned down a

couple. none of their five children were harmed in the ambush. police say the attack does not seem to be random. >> we're hearing from marjorie winters, she believes she was fired from the main line school because she is gay and married to a woman. >> she asked me to resign or be fired. >> what did you say? >> reporter: i was dumbfounded. that was marge winter's reaction when she found out she was losing her job. she said the principal knew she was gay and married. >> on my request she advised me you can be open with the faculty and staff, but with the parents i would be conservative. >> reporter: winters said a parent learned of her same-sex marriage and wrote a letter and said gay marriage is against the church's beliefs. >> in my mind to see sign means

that what this woman and what she believes the church is saying is true, i don't believe that's true. so i couldn't resign. >> reporter: winters wife said pope francis teaches caring and she would like to meet them and share their story. >> if he would look at our lives and what margey has done at schools it could be a start of the a change. >> reporter: apparent and students stopped by to show support. >> we want to know what's the reason the concrete reason. >> i was devastated for the reason, it was horrible. >> reporter: winters says if they were to offer her job back she would have to think about it. the school released a statement saying it it is catholic school and must comply with church teachings. >> 1 million soccer fans are

expected to line the streets for the ticker tape parade for the u.s.a. champs. we'll get a live report on the final preparations in the next half-hour. >> 6:18. toying with trouble. mcdonald responds to claims that its happy meal toy has a filthy mouth. >> reporter: it's warm with temperatures in the 70s in most neighborhoods. look at this, dewpoints remember how we were over 70 making it feel tropical. we were at 70 about an hour ago. 65 now. the only 70s are down the shore, those numbers are dropping, as well. i'll have the day planner forecast next, we'll check out severe weather across the country in case you're heading out of town on vacation, that's next. so i feel like i'm ready to take on anything.

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>> lunch hour traffic on fridays can get hairy but today in pittsburgh it will be furry and weird. residents and work are stepping out for a bite to eat will see

people in animal outfits. >> reporter: any thoughts on what you would be if you were to become a furry. >> may i pass? [laughter]. >> things he can't say on tv. >> reporter: mass transit on patco running on the construction schedule for the rest of the summer that's this week. njt river line is running because of storm damage from lrchlt between the walter rand transportation center and entertainment in camden. septa regional railings are on time. west trenton will not be stopping at west trenton yardley or woodburn those three stations this weekend, you'll be on the buses if you use those stations. >> reporter: temperatures climbing in the 70s, by 9:00,

74. the humidity is lowering, by this afternoon we should feel -- frankly it feels more comfortable out there right right now than it did this week. we'll be warm, 87 degrees, if you're out there working or playing, you want to keep the cool drinks going but those are nice numbers for this time of the year and the humidity being lord is a big bonus. severe weather is possible along the virginia, north carolina border, through kentucky and missouri and kansas and other spots farther to the west. if you're traveling in any of those destinations, keep an oif on the e-mail -- an eye on the e-mail in case the airline has bad news for you. the rain in boston has cleared. >> it's not just the kids who need to eat more veggies we need to load up on them, too. of reachers looked at what americans are eating everyday.

only 13% eat a cup and a half to a cup of fruit. avoid a scalding from health experts and load up on the fruits and vegetables. >> yes, ma'am. new at 6:00, a film crew plays the role of crime fighter in a real life case. >> katherine scott is in delaware county and the surrounding suburbs looking at cleanup. >> reporter: cleanup is underway, we'll have the latest here and elsewhere in the area at 6:30. the

>> the production crew film the latest ghost busters movie in boston helped with a real life crime. the crew saw a woman shove an elderly woman to the ground wednesday. the crew tracked down the attacker. the elderly woman died. she lashed out because the he would he werely woman bumped into her on the sidewalk. new 0 on "action news," cameras were rolling when a road rage i want broke out in toronto. the argument escalated with police feet right away. >> hey! now is the time. hey! get back in the car! grow up! >> yeah you hear the police officer there. looks like the motorists were about to come to blows if not for the scalding they got from the officer. the two got in their cars, it's

not clear what started the commute. mcdonalds says customers complained that a talking toy is using curse words. the company said the sounds made by the figures are nonsense words and not offensive or profane. mcdonald's admits a few customers have contacted the company with concerns about the toy. >> time is 6:27 our storm coverage continues next. the damage is so bad at a mobile home park in delaware, that people had to spend the night in a shelter. we have an update on the cleanup efforts there when "action news" comes right back.

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valley. >> urgent care patients are left scrambling to find other doctors when fbi closes several clinics across the region. >> we go live to new york where final preps are underway for a parade. good morning tam is off eva pilgrim joins us, karen rogers is off, we have david murphy and matt pellman. >> reporter: the sun is up and the humidity levels are dropping and will continue to drop as we head in the afternoon. starting out with satellite and radar, be careful there can trees arena wires down on roads as you drive around. generally speaking it's a nice one buildings. 73 in the city. in the upper 60s in allentown and reading and lancaster. 72 in millville. 75 on the boardwalks. noon 82. 3:00 p.m., 86 we'll probably hit a high of 87 around 4:00 p.m. low humidity partly