place of democracy celebrates the anniversary of independence. >> police are trying to find out what was behind an explosion in central park that servered the food of a teenager. september is getting ready for possibility of major

disruptions in the days and weeks ahead. >> during a news conference today septa officials said tuesday will be raw for some commuters and asking the commuters to be patient. "action news" reporter, christie ileto live at 30th street station. christy? >> reporter: there's no word on how much it will cost or replace or make repairs. for those who heavily rely on septa, come tuesday there could major headaches. >> this will be inconvenient. >> reporter: the news spread fast on the platform. >> last call. >> reporter: soapt at -- septa regional rail cars and likely crowded trains are what riders can expect throughout the summer. >> inspections performed have noted small cracks in one of the 8 possible locations. only five of the 100 cars

inspected so far do not have any cracks. >> reporter: the rail cars where the cracks were discovered look like this, they were discovered on the equalizer beam which bears the weight of the body. the september employee noticed the crack. one of the newest cars and should be the most dependable had problems before. now with a third of the fleet sidelined. i'm coming from philadelphia to wilmington. riders are bracing, essentially those who travel far. >> it would affect my schedule, i would have to deal with it. >> i would leave a little earlier and probably start using something else. i don't know start using a bus, car pool more. >> safety is important. i'm glad to hear they are on top of that. >> reporter: now, starting tuesday, septa will run on a

modified saturday schedule with additional trains details will be finalized on monday, details will be at 6abc.com. reporting live at 30th street station, christie ileto channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. turning now to accuweather, it was a bit more humid today than yesterday, still a great day to be outside, looking ahead to the weather for the 4th of july and all the cookouts and fireworks. melissa magee over at the big board with the first check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: we have changes on the way as we get into the holiday for the 4th of july we'll be tracking clouds and showers especially by day's end tomorrow. hot today in philadelphia, 78 degrees, nice and comfortable. dewpoints low across the region. 76 in philadelphia at this hour, 78 in allentown, the lehigh valley, 76 in reading at the coast in cape may, 71. beach haven in the lower 70s. if you're stepping out on the town for the rest of the evening we've got you covered,

7:00 p.m., 78. a few clouds at 8:00 p.m. temperature of 74. a partly cloudy sky for the rest of the night and temperatures in the lower 70s. we'll hit 69 degrees at 11:00 p.m. here's the change on the way. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar 3d shows an area across the mississippi valley and an area of low pressure across the heartland and the ohio valley. we'll be tapping into the moist southwest to the northeast direction throughout the day on monday. if you're at the shore, the city or the poconos, we've got you covered for the 4th of july. in the city, rain developing throughout the day and 75 in the poconos tomorrow. here's what to expect. it's quiet and comfortable for the rest of the night. we're tracking the rain for the 4th of july. things are quickly heating up, temperatures in the 90s later this week. we'll talk about the details in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> that sounds like july in our

area. >> time to head to the shore, sea isle city to be precise where we find trish hartman spending time with vacationers enjoying the long holiday weekend, hi, trish. >> reporter: hi, warmth, i hope everyone enjoyed the perfect day down the shore yesterday, balls today got off to a soggy start in sea isle. there must have been cabin fever going on, balls we found people -- because we found people enjoying themselves on this cloudy afternoon. >> were you debating about whether to go to the beach or did you need to get out of the house? >> we needed to get out. >> reporter: despite a cool breeze and overcast skies, the beach was packed in sea isle after a rainy morning. there were sunbathers and anglers who showed off their latest catch. >> we started at 1. it was a debate whether to stick

it out or not. >> we were in the water yesterday, it was freezing. today i put nigh toes in it was just as cold. >> we found a novice surfer who was thankful for the wet suit and calm waters. >> it's to that will he good, i already nose dived, i might have done that five times again. >> now, more clouds and showers are in the forecast tomorrow, check with the town's fireworks plans before you go, margate has canceled and postpone their fireworks until july 9. >> there's no better place to be on this 4th of july than right here in the place where the nation's independence was born. and mailed her way -- annie mccormick made her way around philadelphia to see how people were getting in the spirit of the 4th of july weekend. >> i said we should do this. >> reporter: the stage is set

for the phillies pops to play tonight and the buglers made it a patriotic picnic. many waited in line to see independence hall and the liberty bell and got a glimpse of philadelphia from 1776. >> it's so local, we always overlook it on top of us. we figured the weekend of the 4th what better time to be in philadelphia. >> ashley make sure to honor our forefathers, but included another guy from several century's later. you have your rocky shirt. >> i do. >> reporter: no summer holiday is complete without a block party. across the city the festivities leading into the big day continued the cookout was about families. >> happy 4th of july! >> reporter: over near the

belmont plateau, the garfield family mixed the 4th with a graduation party. >> banana pudding. the weather made it ease easy to enjoy the city was all of these. >> it's great, there's a lot to do when it's free. >> reporter: so many events are free including a number of museums, the national constitution center is one of at home offering free admission on independence day. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> in upper darby members. highland park fire department helped their neighbors celebrate the 4th of july a little early. they held their annual parade and it was a family fun day at the firehouse. first responders tossed water balloons around with the kids and the children took turns in the bounce house. a teenager suffers severe leg injuries when something

explodes in central park. we have the latest on the investigation. >> a water main break causes a huge mess in the rawnhurst section of the city. >> we have a look at ben simmons working out on the first day with the r -- sixers. jeff skeverski has the video when "action news" comes right back.

>> it was a mess dwr morning in rawnhurst after a water main ruptured in the overnight hours creating a muddy creek developing in the neighborhood. it happened on arthur street. neighbors were left without water service for a while. crews spent the day making repairs. police in philadelphia are investigating an overnight homicide in port richmond where the victim was found lying between two parked cars. at 5:00 a.m. officers were called to the intersection of jasper and east bear street.

they arrived to find the unidentified man lying on the street. he was pronounced at the scene. no arrests have been made. north hampton county a burglar's hand was severed after the victim fought back. two men broke into the basement of a home on the 1300 block of canal street in north hampton borough. moments later they attack the the man who lived there. that's when the victim grabbed a machete slashing toward the intruders serverring his hand. the person who lived at the home was not injured but posted a sign showing two hands on the door with beware written out. new york city police are trying to figure out who put a homemade explosive in central park today that detonated leaving a teenager with severe leg injuries. the victim an 18-year-old from virginia was walk winning friends when he stepped on something and it blew up. they reported the explosive

appears to be homemade fireworks and was there for more than a day. they say there is no evidence this is terror related and say the teen and his friends had nothing to do with it. >> it first thing i asked his friends i said come on guys, what did you have? they said he stepped on something. it was it was an explosive of some sort. the teen faces a possible amputation, he is in serious, but stable condition. we'll have the latest on the investigation coming up at 6:30 after "action news." >> unique nautical artwork is on display at museum at penns landing. it recognizes the ship's history. members. several ame churches across the city took part in a run in honor

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ben simmons making his debut as a sixer. >> reporter: ben simmons signed on the dotted line now it's time for the sixers number one overall pick to earn the first nba contract four years $26 million. it's time for simmons to get to work. check out the number one pick on the court. ben simmons showing energy and passion during the summer league

practice in utah. simmons said he feels a little rusty, but loves being on the court playing for the sixers for the very first time today. >> it's been amazing, it feels good to be part of a team, being on the court, you know, first time i played since my final game at lsu. i'm enjoying the process of being here. fitting in. meeting everybody, learning to play with everybody are getting ready for tomorrow. i know a lot of people will be coming for me, because i got the number one spot. it's always been that way for me. i love playing the game, being a part of the sixers it's a honor. >> reporter: sixers open summer league play tomorrow. the sixers are trying to score players on the free agent market. they offered jamal crawford a contract. crawford played 16 years in the nba, the last four with the l.a. clippers. how about these fireworks,

the phillies have been popping off at the plate, since june 21, the phillies have the number one batting average in all baseball give fans something to ooh and ah about. he takes a little longer to warm up. he heats up, he allows 2 runs, phils strike first, first inning, cameron ruf the other way. they are jump out to a 3-0 need. cody ashy into the upper deck. look at this. 4-0. phils. ashy, ruf anne franco combine for 6 hits. franco way out of here. phillies win 7-2 that's seven wins in the last ten games. they won back-to-back series

since mid may. >> we've found our groove and working it, offensively pitching has been better. we're having fun. >> we've staged our offense since we left on the road trip. we carried it through coming back home. we've gone through ten days or so where we've been swinging the bats pretty well. >> reporter: sometimes you just need a break and that's exactly what the phils are doing with aaron nola he will not make his next start in colorado and won't start until after the all star break after a brutal outing last night. he has allowed 27 earned returns over the last 18 innings. he insists he is healthy. >> i understand, i think anytime it's good you know, try to get my work in, and get ready for the next day. >> what to do with aaron nola

that will be among the hot topicses on "action news" sports sunday, plus we'll talk ben simmons and the sixers and the enormous free agent contracts up for debate. we'll be in the studio at 11:00 had -- 11:45 p.m. up next on "action "action" athletes from around the world were in philadelphia to compete in a regatta that dates back to the 1800s. >> melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, including, of course, the 4th of july when "action news" comes right back. hi, i'm dominique wilkins.

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one of philadelphia's great traditions, the independence day regatta wrapped up on the schuylkill it was originally called the people's regatta. more than 1,000 boats from 82 clubs competed. >> time for a check of the exclusive accuwether seven-day forecast. yesterday was perfect, today was good. >> reporter: a good second place as far as holiday weekend is concerned. >> reporter: lots of clouds moving in tonight we're tracking showers as we get into the 4th of july. >> that's third place. >> reporter: thank you walter. let's show you what's going on outside, here's storm tracker 6 live double scan radar. you notice light showers are already in south jersey and cape may and to the south of dover, we're tracking a frontal boundary an area of low pressure that would be moving on in as we go throughout the day on monday. with that said there could showers that could have an

impact on fireworks displace scheduled across the delaware and lehigh valleys tomorrow night. we'll talk about that. in the near term we'll show you the picture outside. the action cam was outside earlier today there in fairmont park. you can see the schuylkill river and boathouse row. we had a fairly cloudy sky across the region, we have breaks in the clouds, overall, the clouds prevail as we as we o the nighttime hours and tomorrow. the record 104 set back in 1966. at this hour, 76 in philadelphia. same thing in reading. same thing in the lehigh valley in the poconos, 73. at the coast, temperatures in the lower 70s and 72 in dover where you're dealing with showers. satellite and radar you can see the thick cloudy cover starting to build across the mid atlantic region. we had showers earlier across the areas of south jersey and

delaware, so certainly probably it was the best of these days. we're tracking moisture over the ohio screal and the mississippi -- valley, and the mississippi valley, as well. this will move southeast to northeast direction on monday partly cloudy, comfortable in the city. 60 in the suburbs for the overnight low. 66 degrees in philadelphia. so here is future tracker 6 as we go throughout the morning hours on monday 4th of july, lots of clouds around for philadelphia and points south and east. you can see the showers in dover at that time. even as we go throughout the rest of the afternoon hours, i would allow for showers across the region scattered about the region. as we go throughout rest of the night into monday night, i should say, 11:00 p.m., you notice the showers across south jersey which could heavy at times. there will be a period overnight monday into tuesday where we track a wave of energy moving on

threw that could enhance the rainfall across the region. we'll talk about what to expect. it's a cloudy start for the 4th of july on monday. the models have been somewhat all over the place as far as the arrival time of the precipitation, with the moisture moving on threw i would allow for the rain to develop sometime between 3 and 5:00 p.m. the steadiest of rain will be heavy at times, 9:00 p.m. through the overnight hours, 3:00 p.m. on tuesday, flash flooding is a possibility across portions of the region. down the shore tomorrow, for the 4th of july, mostly cloudy, the afternoon rain we're tracking, 72. up in the poconos tomorrow, looks like we'll have clouds to start and turning out to be arraigny day monday night into tuesday with the high temperature 76. here's the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, increasing clouds tomorrow, afternoon rain a high of 79. showers early on tuesday, humid and 88. 94 on wednesday with a quick

rise in temperatures, hot and sticky on thursday, 94. if we hit 82 on friday, it could be the first official heat wave of the summer. temperatures in the 90s next week. >> make it a barbecue brunch tomorrow. >> reporter: that's a clever idea. i like that sarah. >> eggs on the grill. "action news" has you covered online and social media, get live weather and traffic updates at 6abc.com. and follow us on facebook and twitter for updates on independence weekend. >> abc "world news" is next on channel 6. don't miss "action news" on phl17 and we're back here on 6abc at 11:00 p.m. for melissa magee, jeff skeverski, and sarah bloomquist, i'm walter perez. we'll see you back here at 11:00 p.m.

tonight, holiday on high alert. the explosive scare in new york city. a mystery blast severely injuring a tourist in central park. the bomb squad on the scene, a nation on edge. from thousands of extra officers at airports to extra searches at fireworks shows from coast to coast. more fbi fallout. inside hillary clinton's three and half-hour interview. grilled over her private e-mail server. as donald trump calls for criminal charges. a small plane crashes into a lake. the fall from the sky. >> did i seriously just survive a catch, and now i'm going to drown? >> how they all managed to make it out alive. a toxic invasion this holiday weekend. dangerous, foul-smelling algae. closing beaches. keeping families away. is there an end in sight?