line moving across our viewing area, this is associated with a cold front, once this moves through its the humidity buster but is moving into warm, moist air, we have 262 lightning strike in the last 15 minutes in this view alone. we have lightning and gusty winds, this section of the storm is moving into burlington county, 85 lightning strikes and heavy rain near writes town and heading towards browns mills and route 70, woodruff and ft. dix and browns mill and burs mill, are in the panel of the storm but it's not severe, the rain is falling at an inch and a half to two inches per hour, if it sat there an hour you would end up with two inches of rain, it's not sitting there but moving at 20 miles per hour, it make its difficult to drive in this situation, also, we have a pretty strong cell working into

sussex county delaware, the national weather service posted a warning with that for the potential of gusty winds and that extends into cumberland county and moving to the northeast at 20 miles per hour, fortescue are you getting it within the next 20 minutes. we have pockets of heavy rain west of philadelphia, and ridley park is drying out. this system is moving quickly and it will bring an end to the oppressive humidity. this is what to expect for the next couple of hours, dangerous lightning and brief downpours and a few isolated wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour, it's moving quickly and clears the coast at 8:00, more on what so expect behind the system on the accuweather forecast. >> this note, philadelphia international airport is reporting a ground stop able there at 5:15 tonight in the next 14 hints or so.

things have come to a stand still until 5:15, we'll keep you updated. be sure to check in often at 6abc.com/weather, live street level forecasts from storm tracker 6. in other news tonight, a fire at a home in chefrt county, claimed the life of a woman in her 30s, it happened early this morning in parks burg, david henry is live at the scene of the 300 block of main street, he has the very latest. >> rick, working smoke detectives helped to save lives here this morning, but one woman who is wheelchair dependant was not able to get out thanks in part to what you see here on the sidewalk in front of the house. >> firefighters faced a dangerous situation, after they got here at 4:45, this morning can the house was engulfed in flames and they were not able to get inside safely thanks to what

appears to be a hoarding situation, it's heavy accumulation of belongings as they enterred the house and that on instructed it to some extent. >> they moved debris from the house where they found the body of melissa cortez, her mother died this month and friends said she needed constant care. >> getting in and out of the car into the wheelchair, everything she needed assistance with everything. >> tiffany days lives next door and the fire heavily damaged her house and flames broke through the wall of her daughter as bedroom. >> we heard a bunch of screaming and we got out picked up our dog and my daughter and got out. >> sources say that the home that burned was equipped with working smoke detectors, everybody got out safely except

melissa who needed assistance. >> upon the arriveal there were heavy fire conditions on the first floor, they found the victim and removed the victim and unfortunately it's a fatality. >> state police and fire marshals continue their investigation, it appears to be caused by unattended cooking. david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. police believe a bus involved in a deadly hit and run outside of police headquarters has returned to philadelphia, the accident happened just before sock this morning at the interests section of north franklin and ray streets, a 48-year-old man was crossing the street when the bus turned the corner and struck him and the bus left the scene headed to washington, police were able to get it to return to the city this afternoon and the driver is now being questioned by detectives. the wilmington mother that

was murdered in a triple shooting is now identified. 25-year-old latrice blacksheer was shot and kill fld a home on the 500 block of west 7th street and her 4-year-old daughter was also shot and remains in critical condition and a 51-year-old woman is also hospitalized and no arrests so far. a member of kathleen kane's security detail surrendered himself today. patrick reece is arraigned in the case against kane. accused of rifling through a crime system, they say that he was looking for sensitive details on the case investigating kane at the time. kane is expected to address the allegations during a news conference in harrisburg, we'll veal that live at 6abc.com. >> preparations for the pope's

visit are happening around the clock and that includes building the stages for the eventses he will take part in. employees at staging dimensions in newcastle are supplying all the staging for the pope's outdoor events in philadelphia and washington, d.c., while the company light action is providing lighting equipment and the owner of the company says that this is the large of the staging job they have ever done. >> brought in an extra 15 to to% of people just to get this manufacturing part of the job done. >> many portions of pope's staging will have to be custom built and involve 30,000 staging platforms to pull it off. these companies have worked on made in america and wawa welcome america. as we prepare for pope francis' arrival, stay on top of the

updates at 6abc.com, we'll have the latest information you'll need to know to help you plan for his visit next month. and you can also get updates by following "action news" on our special twitter handle, at 6 abc pope. target created a contest to find new innovative ideas to make living in a dorm easier and more affordable for college students and four local designs were selected created in a class at philadelphia university. katherine scott introduces us to the student designers and shows us the creations now sold in stores and online. >> more than just a laundry bag. >> it's stylish and functional and now in target stores, chloe muller designed the roo, a laupdry bag that hooks over your dar and has a velcro shoulder strap, one of four designs made by students for students part of

target's back to school line. >> we train our students to be attentive to the needs of people and watch how they live in their space. >> target selected the winners, they were looking for innovative solutions, samuel pollack's desk organizer the cacti is flying off the shelves at the rate of 2,000 a week. >> i thought how can we bring that all together, there is not something out there that holds all the eceptionales. >> the trig pin board is for your wall, they got it right to post a variety of objects pictures and octobers. >> i work tropical disturbance all wait through. >> the bonky bed stand solves the problem where to put your phone and tablet if you don't have a nightstand, you can

thread them through these opening and everything stays within reaches. >> it comes off the bedside and you can put your tablet and books and phone there. >> having their design sold at target stores say resume builder for these students and they get royalties for their products. >> he never realized i could make a product and have it in stores. >> amazing opportunity for the kids. >> katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> that is amazing. >> time for the "action news" traffic report, let go to matt pellman in the traffic center targeting trouble spots. a rainy ride home tonight. >> i live there by philadelphia university, they need to come reorganize my house, the target is to get home on time and that is not happening tonight, because of several issues like this one, a new crash on 95 southbound side by academy road taking out the left lane causing

heavy delays as you come down from woodhaven road and the northbound time is slow with the normal afternoon volume and a broken down vehicle along 95 approaching the vine taking out the center lane. in the burbs a bunch of accidents, rupert road is the better bet, near hanover street, in westtown township, look for a motorcycle accident, not a good afternoon for the motorcycle, near 252 and johnny's way, and delco at monarch billiards, near fairview road, downed wires, that is landis avenue by big oak road, and both are along broad street, find a better route than broad that is probably a good idea. we'll check it again rick and monica in the next half hour. >> still to come on "action news" at 5:00, some parents are choosing not to have their newborns given a see an

essential dose of an invite man after birth. and governor wolf is aiming to sign a bill for keeping kids that go to summer camp and day care safer.

in just a matter of hours, flails are burning 100 miles north of san francisco season higher humidity and cooler temperatures should have helped to contain the flames and 1400 square miles have been charred and caused the residents to evacuate for the second time in

two weeks. and more on popular testosterone supplements for men. ali gorman is here to explain. >> the use of supplements in older men have doubled dramatically and the long-term risks and benefits are not clear. gel suggests it does not speed up or slow down a hardening of the arteries, larger studies are needed to look directly at the risk for hear attacks and strokes but they did not improve sexual function or energy for men. and parents of newborns may be passing up a life saver for their infants, parents are opting out of vitamin k shots when they opt out of vaccines after birth, vitamin k helps

bones to form and they see a number of babies with internal bleeding that didn't get the shot. >> babies can present with such vague symptoms unless emergency providers are not aware this is happening they may forget to ask. and go through the wrong workup. >> vitamin k is passed from mothers to newborns even in breast milk, the injection likely saves thousands of infants since it was introduced in 1961. they started using body mass index as a tactic to make a report card for kids and stop childhood obesity. but may not be working for teenagers, ten states, including pennsylvania, schools must send parents a look at what their

child's bmi's is, they say it has not results in curbing obesity, now they are stopping sending them to high school juniors and seniors, kids that are overweight probably already knew it and would see the letters as nagging, the center says the money is better spend on programs to get teens to be more physically active. >> we'll see what other states decide to do. >> thank you. from our delaware newsroom, governor jack markell sign aid bill aimed at keeping children in delaware safer today, the bill expands background checks from youth programs rather than just year round facilities beau biden once the attorney general made prosecuting child crimes a priority. vo: today's the day.

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bicycles made by a philadelphia company are being recalled because the peddles can fall off, they announced the recall of breezer bikes by sports interests national. there are reports of the pedals

coming off of spin dalles, they were sold nationwide until may of 2015, they range from $450 to $650, if you have one of these bikes you should stop using it and contact the dealer for a replacement. >> hungry children in cumberland county got a meal, they sat down with local officials in bridgeton, new jersey. this is one place where the needy can get a balanced lunch, last year they served 178 million meals at 50,000 sites, this year is the 40th anniversary of that federal program.

time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. >> we had downpours early this morning and both commutes are affected and lawns and yards are happy, we need this rain, the rain is pretty much over for southeastern pennsylvania, and one lingering shower for lehigh valley, this line of showers working across delaware and south jersey, is dropping a lot of rain and producing a lot of lightning strikes, this one band, an arc of thunderstorms

moving across eastern sussex county delaware into cumberland county new jersey, 15 lightning strikes and fortescue you are getting hit and morristown as well. it will hit mount pleasant and gibson landing, so when you hear the thunder the skies get dark and you have to get indoors immediately, there is no safe place outside, lightning can strike up to 15 miles away from a storm. the national weather service just posted a severe thunderstorm warning for this cell, browns mills right now getting heavy lightning and downpours and it's between route 206 and state highway 70 and this is moving east at 20 miles per hour, that severe thunderstorm warning extends from burlington county into ocean county including lakehurst and toms river and forked river could have gusty winds with that

cell, as far as the rain we got a good soaking and philadelphia .74 inches and reading 1.29 and the sunshine is back out in reading and hockessin delaware, 1.4-and closing in to an inch in atlantic city. temperatures 78 in philadelphia, rain cools but the sunshine is back out, 84 degrees and millville 73 and dew points in the 70s, it's a very humid air mass but satellite 6 along with action radar showing once this cold front seeps through you'll feel the humidity levels decreasing as you head through the overnight hours, some evening thunderstorms should be off the coast and clearing skies and 70 in philadelphia, and 62 in allentown and 66 in trenton and 70 for the low in cape may. the five-day at 5:00, showing tomorrow a breath of fresh air, lower humidity and the high 85 degrees and the afternoon could

have an isolated thundershower, south of philadelphia, but generally a nice day for the union game, thursday pick of the week, low humidity, loads of sunshine and we bump it up to 87 and through the weekend it's going to be hot with a high of near 90 degrees, perhaps a few afternoon thunderstorms, that is likely the beginning of heat wave number four, adam will talk about that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. the heat is coming back. thank you very much. >> whenever rain and storms move through check in at 6abc.com, live street level forecast for you right there from storm tracker, keeping you ahead of the curve always. quick break.

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"action news" continues. >> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tuesday night. new details on the deadly crash on the new jersey turnpike involving comedian, tracy morgan, why the big rig drive thar caused it should never have

been on the road in the first place. and the state budget impasse continues and the pope will call a windward seminary home during his visit to philadelphia. >> first wrerk continuing to track the scattered storms traveling through our area bringing heavy downpours and lightning and thunder, are you looking live at the platt memorial bridge and the darkening skies over south jersey, take a look at that, keep your umbrellas handy because the storms crop up rather quickly. adam joseph is at the big board with the latest from double scan radar. the sunshine comes rights back up and it's in center city and points westward and cold front is passing through and mainly in southern new jersey and delaware with the broken line a strong line of thunderstorms and one severe thunderstorm in parts of burlington county and ocean county, mainly it is in ocean county by this point, the

warning is in effect until 6:30 for lakehurst, toms river and forked river, the main threat for this particular area and this florida thunderstorm. as we look at double scan live radar a decent amount of lightning strikes, 53 in the last 15 minces, the heaviest with it at wrightstown and tacker knackle and the slit of 72 misougt on the heavier rain and some towns it is heading towards, roosevelt city and toms river by 6:05 p.m., after the storms pass through the atmosphere drys out. you can see now the sunshine is back and the humidity will be dropping and we'll talk about the beautiful part of the forecast for wednesday and thursday coming up in the seven day in just a little bit. >> thank you sir. again wherever rain or storms come through, check in at

6abc.com/weather, the live street level forecast from storm tracker 6 in your neighborhood, stay ahead of changes and the updated hourly forecast. in other news tonight, philadelphia and jenkintown police are sorting out a double shooting this afternoon, they responded to a report of a shooting at 78th avenue in west oak lane, they found shell casings but no victims and then detectives received a call from jenkintown police, saying they had a man and woman with gunshot wounds being treated at abington memorial hospital. police are also looking for the person that shot a man in south philadelphia overnight, this is the scene just after 1:30 a.m. along the 1500 block of south colorado street, the 36-year-old victim was hit in the legs and arm and is expected to be okay. several parks cars were also hit

by gun fire. a delaware county money manager is one of several people charged in a unique insider trading scheme tied to international hackers. police say the suspect from glen mills and eight other people made $38 million from this scam they allegedly hacked into financial press releases before they went public and gained early access to corporate earnings figures and traded ahead of that on wall street. detectives are searching for the folks that robbed a wawa in northeast philadelphia, here on cotman avenue on july 30th, authorities an a woman acted as a lookout when a man acted like he would buy cigarettes, he grabbed the employee and grabbed some cigarettes and ran off, they jump nood a dark colored saturn and the clerk was not

hurt. if you recognize either person please contact philadelphia police. at the "action news" big board, there is new information on the highway crash that injured comedian, tracy morgan last june, the driver of a wal-mart truck was fatigued behind the wheel and is to blame for the deadly pileup, investigators release this animation depicting what happened on the new jersey turnpike, police say that kevin roper, the wal-mart driver was awake 24 hours, when he slammed into the bus of tracy mar gone, he was seriously injured while his friend and comedian, james mcnair was killed. now wal-mart is addressing proper sleep amongst its drivers. >> they supplied the board with multiple steps in addition to the training, they are also going to alert the driver on

their call come and sending out daily messages about fatigue. >> driver fatigue was a major factor in the crash but the board also said that morgan and other passengers riding in the limousine van were not wearing seatbelts and that contributed to the severity of their injuries. over to rick. it's only 45 days until the pope visits philadelphia for the world meeting of families, he will call the seminary in wynnewood his home away from home. but it's not a relaxing time for people living around that area, road closures will likely create headaches for drivers and reads. vernon odom has more. >> we are looking forward to welcoming pope francis to the seminary. >> i walked the grounds of st. charles seminary with bishop

timothy sr., he has been here since the 170s, popes have stayed here during trips to america before and after they became pontiff. the chapel will pope chapel will meet with the 185 bishops from around the world that will gather here for the world meeting of families, he will sit in this chair the one that pope john paul used when he was here in 1979. >> there is going to be an opportunity for him to speak to the bishops again and the family life and challenges that families are facing all over the world. >> the saints charles seminary, this historic landmark is the pope's home, he is coming and going a lot from here and hopefully getting rest in between. >> security measures will no doubt have an impact on the

reads of lee wood, they are bracing for the weekend for months now, and most are taking it in stride. >> we were originally going to try to ren out our house and decided to stay put and see what the fuss is going to be about. >> as long as elected officials do what they should and keep everyone informed and take proper precautions we should be in good shape. >> we were not allowed to photo the apartment where the pope will lay his head, security reasons we were told. >> by the way we listed all the highway closures and traffic restrictions for the pope's visit and check in itinerary as well. for the continuing coverage for the pope's arrival there at 6abc.com. pennsylvania governor, tom wolf, took aim at republicans over the state budget. there does not look like there

is a deal in sight. he laid out at $34 billion budget plan, the republicans countered with their own $30.2 billion one and governor wox called it a sham and says is it doesn't add up. >> it's not just a disgrace but an insults to us in pennsylvania, that continue to rely on our representatives in harrisburg to be stewards of our financial house. >> republicans are trying to cut out tax increases, wolf says they are necessary to boost funding for education, they expected to come back to the bargaining table later this month. and now the highways on this somewhat tricky tuesday. >> several tricky traffic troubles for the trip home. brought to you by the letter t. we like the light we are seeing in the sky, the sunshine is back in northeast philadelphia, not liking all the flashing lights

in the southbound lanes of 95 south of academy road working on the multivehicle accident scene taking out the left lane, from woodhaven you are on the brakes from academy and northbound is busy with the afternoon volume but the broken down vehicle by penn's landing has cleared out. farther south in newark there is a crash, taking out the right lane, speeds are in the teens coming down from christiana, in wilmington an doesn't scene to avoid on lincoln street and the delaware memorial bridge from the southbound new jersey turnpike look for a crash taking out the left lane,p mercer county, look for a broken down vehicle approaching city road. lots going on good luck getting home. >> back to you. >> thanks again, more to come on "action news" this evening, a white house staffer is facing criminal charges stemming from a run-in with a police officer who

happened to be her boyfriend. we'll explain what happened. >> and we'll tell you where police nearly arrested him. we continue to track a broken line of storms, and tracking a brief break in the humidity and yet another heat wave on the way. we talk about the up's and down's in the seven day, the eagles are back on the field for training camp and ducis rogers has that and more. consideration

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residents in colorado are cleaning up after heavy rains overwhelmed streets and homes there. outside of colorado springs, officials said they installed special drains but they were clocked with mud and debris causing flash flooding and one car was pushed down the street from the flooding and the water spilled into several basement. an employee is on leave after allegedly shooting her boyfriend who is a capital police officer, she alemly shot him after he would not tell her

his cell phone password. singleton a white house assistant now has a mugshot and no longer has access to the white house by the way. and officials are cautiously optimistic of cleaning up after this environmental accident, the epa mistakenly released 500 millions of polluted water, pollutants with led and mercury, that could be dangerous to animals. they are trying to figure out the extent of the damage. >> we don't feel there is potential risk for human health, is it appropriate for livestock and irrigating crops, we don't have those two particular answers yet. >> the even if the water returns to normal, the chemicals could remain in the sediment of the

creek bed. turning to sports, eagles are back on the field for training camp today, ducis rogers is live now with the latest. >> reporter: we are getting closer to the first preseason game we cannot wait, the eagles will host the indianapolis colts on sunday and jaime apody is live now with more on the preparations. >> reporter: hey there, for the first time since it was very cold outside, we can say there is a football game in town this week, eagles getting set to take on the colts, keiko alonso is still out with a concussion. and demarco murray was out there but out to the side with the trainers, everyone wants to see this guy on sunday, sam bradford. can he get in his first bit of game action as an eagle, his first bit after a long time after the acl injuries, well not so fast, chip kelly has said he

is not sure how much or if bradford will play. >> that is completely up to coach, that is his decision, obviously for me, i think i need to get back on the field and get the reps, it's been a long time since i have taken live team reps, whether that happens in the first game, second game, thord or fourth game. it's up to coach. but it's beneficial for me to get out there. >> in bradford doesn't go, it will be the sanchez show. he will be the backup if sam is healthy. >> a good feel of the offense and get a couple of completions and make the right reads and throws and you want to get however many plays it is you make the most of them and try to maximize all of this talent we got. let the guys do all the work.

>> by the way jaylin watkins got the reps in place of shepherd. and coming up next hour, there is something going around saying the people wants the pope to bless sam bradford's knee and bradford heard about that what does he have to say? coming up at 6:00. >> that is a tease. we'll talk to you then. sunday 6 abc is the place to be, we are debuting a new show, sports sunday, brandon graham will be our cohost, it airs sunday night following "action news" at 11:00. the phils will take on the diamondbacks again. harangue got rocked last night and he lasted five and one-third innings but gave up eight runs on 12 hits. he is 1-10 over the last three

months and the phillies were crushed 13-3, chase utley is placed on waivers and that means the team could trade him by the end of the month. rick over to you. >> thank you. a hand gliding pilot who flew over a prison almost found himself in jail. the 67-year-old hang glider was flying to close to a facility to a helicopter. crew decided to follow him, after a brief chase, the man landed his motorized hand glider and was briefly detained. turns out he was on a joy ride and nothing more. blinds to go's

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downpours and individual lightning between browns mill and the split of 70 and 72 as you head to long beach island and lakehurst heavy rain and this rain will be lingering for at least the next 30 to 40 minutes in that part of burlington and ocean county, we have storms moving across the open waters of delaware bay towards cape may county, if you are anywhere from ocean city, or cape may start to head indoors, or call them if you know they are on the beach. nothing severe but they are packing a bunch especially over the open waters of the delaware bay just 5 to 10 minutes ago, we saw the cylinder pop up as they head over the waters, the winds turn up a bit and there is the possible of that waterspout over the open water, it's only there a brief moments, and it fell apart towards cape may and still a strong storm heading to the

southern part of cape may, new jersey, temperatures have cooled off because of rain from dover to millville, trying to recover along i-95, after the rain and sun returning 78 in philadelphia, where the sun has popped out for an hour or two, it's back into the low 80s from allentown and reading and lancaster. satellite and radar, the cold front is passing through and sparking the storms, we clear out quickly, right behind the storms and when the rain ends, 62 for 70 for the overnight low and high pressure is to the west a breezy bathroom day, but low humidity, could be a spotty shower especially north in the lehigh valley or the poconos and then thursday the sunshine takes control and a light wind and 83 degrees, a gorgeous day with wall-to-wall sunshine, 74 is the ocean temperature, a weak sea breeze really some areas not

seeing the sea breeze with a temperature coming in at 83 degrees, so a much better day to hit the sand at your favorite shore town. your exclusive accuweather forecast, a brief dip in the heat and humidity, wednesday and thursday pretty decent days, the humidity jumps up a little bit at 87 degrees, hot and saturday with an isolated storm and 90 degrees, we should stay at 90 or above at sunday, monday and tuesday, looks like a dry stretch so if we hit the 90 for four days in a row, that would be heat wave number four, we take advantage of the next couple of days because the heat is returning. >> we knew it would.

from newark delaware, diamond durant is trying to rebuild their charity after

thieves stole everything, she is trying to honor her sibling who has cerebral palsy but this year's backpack give away had to be canceled because of a break-in on robinson lane last month, someone stole 100 bags donated from area stores, but durant is not giving up hope, she will do what she can to have more backpacks ready before scol starts. >> coming up next at 6:00, philadelphia police are now questioning the bus driver who may have struck and killed a pedestrian there morning. and an aide to kathleen kane is arraigned in a scheme to help his boss. it may be the biggest floating bed and breakfast you have ever seen, booking rooms during the pope's visit, a look at the accommodations on board. >> those stories and more at 6:00, for cecily tynan, ducis rogers, jaime apody, sharrie

williams, and rick williams, and the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass have a good night. consideration i'd like to put in my 15-year notice. you're quitting!? technically retiring, sir. with a little help from my state farm agent, i plan to retire in 15 years. wow! you're totally blindsiding me here. who's gonna manage your accounts? this is a devastating blow i was not prepared for. well, i'm gonna finish packing my things. 15 years will really sneak up on you.

jennifer with do your exit interview and adam made you a cake. red velvet. oh, thank you. i made this. take charge of your retirement. talk to a state farm agent today. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >> tuesday night and a delaware man is charged with the murder of his mother, and philadelphia police search for two suspects in a tire vandalism spree, but the big story on "action news" tonight is drenching rain across the tri-state area, a cold front is moving through and causing torrential downpours, some

thunder and lightning and the front will cleanse the atmosphere to give us a great day tomorrow. lets get the latest information from accuweather and meteorologist, cecily tynan. >> jim, this line of thunderstorms is moving out of delaware, and across new jersey right now, really racing towards the coast and there is one active line moving through the delaware bay, this is moving east at 20 miles per hour, heading towards cape may county, if you know friends or on the beach or maury's pier call them and tell them to get inside right away. we have 14 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes, ocean view and wildwood crest, north wildwood and stone harbor in the path of the lightning and farther up to the north, burlington and ocean county, we have a cluster of storms moving out this is no longer severe, the national weather service canceled the warning and the garden state parkway,