"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon i'm alicia vitarelli rick and sara are off. in the news this friday, police are investigating a fight that

started at a carnival and ended up with three people stabbed in bucks county. and new jersey governor, chris christie, shuts down road projects across the state after the gas tax proposal collapsed. >> and a potentially stormy start to your holiday weekend. taking you outside showing you the jersey shore in cape may, it is cloudy and it is humid and a chance for rough weather across the entire region just as millions of people hit the roads for independence day. melissa magee is checking the conditions on the "action news" big board. >> reporter: we are tracking the showers and storms into the afternoon and evening hours. but it gets betser into the holiday weekend. right now in philadelphia coming in at 82 degrees, same thing in reading and 81 in allentown and the lehigh valley 74 and 80 in millville and upper 70s in cape may. dew point numbers are certainly

higher this afternoon than they were the same time yesterday. 70 degrees in philadelphia 72 degree dew point in wilmington. can you feel the oppressiveness in the air. and allentown 67 in lancaster. moisture is on the move, here is stormtracker 6 live double scan what we are tracking is it's cold front off to the north and west and this will make its way eastward through the rest of the afternoon hours and into tonight. you have the front essentially clashing with a very warm and humid air mass across much of the delaware and lehigh valley. the storm prediction center placed our region in the slight risk of finding severe weather. everyone is at risk of finding it later today. it could be damaging wind and hail. the key time frame for finding the downpours and storms today. between 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.,

the storms are spotty but across the region. the best lift and dynamics to find potential rotation will be north and east of philadelphia. coming up we have future tracker 6 on stand by, we'll time out the precipitation and let you know when the showers and storms will spaurk up across the region and just in improvement for the actual 4th of july weekend. >> all right melissa, thank you. travelers flying into philadelphia international airport are facing a delay, the faa says that the airport is underground stop due to potential storms and an equipment outage. it has not released details on equipment affected. so far only arrivals are impacted. "action news" has you covered online and on social media, get live traffic and weather any time at 6abc.com. and follow us on facebook and twitter for any updates this

independence day. the other big story for you this noon is happening now in atlantic city. nearly 1,000 casino workers from the taj mahal are on strike. they walked off the job at 6:00 this morning and they have been very vocal on the boardwalk. as you can see. "action news" reporter john rawlins live on the picket line with the details. >> reporter: we are told that talks broke off at midnight between the management and union. they struck deals with four other casinos but could not get an acceptable deal here. those folks are from the hospitality side of the business, housekeepers, bartenders and porters and cooks and yes they are making a lot of noise. >> some picket lines can be sort of quiet but not this one. this one is designed to make noise when holiday merry makers arrive on the boardwalk, the

strikers at the taj mahal will not get lost in the crowd. >> yesterday we were able to come up with settlements with four other casinos, the taj mahal did not recognize the value that these workers bring to the industry. >> two years ago the bankruptcy court terminated health and pension benefits for the workers. putting them behind other casino workers. >> we are fighting for what they took away 20 months ago. most importantly our health care. >> there was an offer of health care. >> they don't have pediatricians and don't take care of little kids and doesn't sustain yourself either. >> the taj remains open but this guest says it's quiet inside. >> not much at all going on in there.

i would say 30 people in there at the most. all the restaurants are pretty much closed. >> reporter: well, back live now. that is an endless loop picket line stretches 200 to 300 feet. they have walked out and withheld their services. at this point we are told there are no talks scheduled between the two sides. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. also, in new jersey today. governor chris christie is shutting down road projects after the tax deal collapsed. today the state's current transportation trust fund ran out of authority to borrow. christie was backing a plan to up the gas tax and cut the sales tax and that passed the assembly but remained stalled in the state senate. last night he issued an

executive order to shut down work that was not considered essential by tomorrow. three people are recovering from a stabbing outside a buck county carnival. police believe that the fight stemmed from a large fight with teenagers in tully town last night. officers found one person with stab wounds in a parking lot on route 13. two more victims showed up at hospitals overnight and everyone is expected to survive and now police were questioning several people but no charges have been filed just yet. authorities do believe they have identified the mastermind of the terror attack that killed 44 people in turkey. officials say that he planned and directed the suicide bombings at the istanbul airport on tuesday. his whereabouts are unknown. the three men that actually carried out the attack were killed when they detonated

explosives. the suspects were originally from russia uzbekistan. they believe they had ties to the islamic state. travelers to the bus terminals or train stations may notice an extra law enforcement presence. abc's marcy began zol is joining us with more on that added security. >> reporter: hi alicia. extra officers will be on patrol for the entire country for what is expected to be the busiest travel weekend of the summer. >> a potentially busy travel weekend with 43 million americans expected to hit the roads, rails or skies. >> everybody heads out of town to a lake or family reunions. >> half a million more people to fly than an average day this summer and the crowds across the country are seeing extra security. >> there will be so many

security measures and personnel including plain clothed troopers mingling through the crowd and looking for suspicious activity. >> in response to tuesday's deadly terror attack in istanbul and for the holiday. >> once i got to the airport i was that much more aware. >> at bus terminals and tourist hot spots. >> we are beefing up the visibility in the major thoroughfares. >> people are opting to drive to their destinations because gas prices are the lowest in more than a decade. the average price is owe 50 cents cheaper than a year ago. it's encouraging more people to get on the road and start driving. traffic say concern and they say the worst time to head out is this afternoon between 3:00 and 5:00. they explain how to avoid

stress, wait to leave until later tonight. marcy gonzales, channel 6 "action news." >> we are all about eliminating the stress. marcy thank you. today we are learning more about the possible error affecting hundreds of dui cases in philadelphia. private defense attorney joseph kelly found that the breathalizer machines were using an expired solution. kelly estimates between 500 and 1,000 could be affected by improperly calculated machines. but they say the results should be barred from court and the d.a. asked them to review cases involving breath tests from january 17th to june 29th and in the meantime the breathalyzers are fixed and returned total service. an urgent situation off the coast of new jersey, why a medical helicopter responded to a cruise ship. >> and rescued in las vegas, the

desert storm that took people by surprise. we are tracking storms off to our north and west and they make their way eastward through the afternoon and evening hours, big risk of finding severe weather later on today. details coming up. we'll have those stories and much more when "action news" comes right back. i drive a golf ball.

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on washed out roads. one woman believes she had a heart attack while being helped from the strip. loretta lynch will accept the recommendation following charges for hillary clinton's use of a private email server her days comes days after an impromptu meeting with bill clinton. a federal judge in mississippi made a last minute decision to block a law allowing merchants to stop services to same sex couples, it was to go into effect today. they say it's the state's attempt to put lgbt citizens

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looking low to fund the spending plan. lawmakers sent governor tom wolf the main bill but won't sign it without the revenue to fund it. today lawmakers are on a quest to finance more than $1 billion in new revenue to balance the $31.5 billion budget. and now a controversial vaccination law takes effect in california. if they are not vaccinated they cannot go to school. period. it's unacceptable to skip vaccines for religious reasons. they must be properly vaccinizes or have a medical reason, or they will be held from school. and coming up today on "action news" at 4:00, it is freebie friday in addition to all of the 4th of july events, we have details of free

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well, it wouldn't be independence day weekend without fireworks of course. and the party gets started tonight. you are looking at sky 6 hd from the delaware river waterfront where the skies will light up later tonight. the public is invited to watch the show from penn's landing and

it's scheduled to begin at 9:30. if you are looking for a fireworks show, go to 6abc.com and it's broken down by state and county and times. we posted that information on the "action news" facebook page. some meteorologist, melissa magee, with the details. we just have to get through today and maybe a nice weekend? >> i mean if are you heading over to penn's landing, it looks like the bulk of the activity is exiting at 9:00, 10:00, here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, still dry and quiet across the region. you can see just to the west of our viewing area. west of dover, a spotty shower be to the west of the poconos, north and west of philadelphia we are tracking some moisture that is starting to gather, it's very warm and very humid so as this cold front moves through through later today there is isolated but strong showers and

storms firing up. the action cam was outside earlier today along lower merion along river road, a cloudy start to the day and a few more puffy cumulous clouds across the region, sun gives way to more clouds as the day wears on and enough moisture to fire up the atmosphere with showers and storms. philadelphia 82 and 82 in reading, 75 in the poconos and at the coast in cape may, 76 degrees and 80 in atlantic city and the same thing in trenton, here is satellite 6 along with action radar the clouds are starting to build and thicken across the region. the low pressure is in canada with the trailing cold front, it makes its way eastward into a warm and ripe atmosphere as far as showers and storms develop. as it makes the way eastward the showers and storms fire up and that is why the prediction center put a good chunk of our region into the severe weather

category. 3:00 today you can find the showers and storms firing up north and west of the city at this time from the poconos to allentown and reading and lancaster, i wouldn't be surprised if before 3:00 in the afternoon we had a renegade shower or storm fire up because the atmosphere is warm and humid and still the showers and storms across the region and it looks like right now the best dynamics to find strong rotation with the showers and storms looks to be north of philadelphia and up to the lehigh valley and the poconos. the wet weather persists from friday at 7:00 p.m. tonight from the poconos to lancaster, we'll start to clear out at 9:30, 10:00 from a west to east direction and nice improvement for the start of our holiday weekend, as far as the risks tonight, lightning is a high risk and downpours is a main threat with the showers coming through and a high concern for that and strong winds look to be on the high side, and a low risk of finding tornados.

once again the heaviest threat and the major concern for tornadic activity looks north of philadelphia. if you travel down the shore as we head into the weekend, not bad. high pressure returns bright and sunday and the same thing on sunday. and here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. today humid with spotty showers and storms, a high of 87. and mostly sunny and nice on saturday in at 84 degrees and beautiful on sunday 86, for the actual holiday 4th of july monday, clouds and sun and high of 86, we'll track an area of low pressure to the south we'll see how far that my greats to the north and see if that impacts the fireworks by then but tracking the storms today gets better by saturday. >> and crossing our fingers for monday. >> should be okay. >> thank you. there is more ahead in the next half hour of "action news" at noon, a reminder to leave the

fire works to the pros, we have tips from the experts on how to stay safe on the 4th of july and families can enjoy and explore their inner artists at the philadelphia museum of art. we have details at 12:30.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.

hello again, i'm alicia vitarelli rick and sara are off. here are some of the stories we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30. it's a hot start to this holiday weekend, we have storms to worry about later this afternoon. melissa magee will break down when and where. the jersey shore was foggy this morning but it will be bright and sunny this weekend. we are live in ocean city, new jersey, with what this there is to see and do for this 4th of july. and great tips to best style your hair to look great on these hot and humid days. and now the details, the 4th of july weekend is here from barbecues to parades and beach days and pool parties, people across the region will be celebrating independence day in many different ways and we all want to know about the weekend forecast. lets look live, and see what is looks like in cape may, people are just starting to file on to the beac