also an arson investigation is underway after 13 fires in camden county over past few days, next up on "action news". "action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist, melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. from the city to the shore, it was a day to spend outside, a little bit overcast

near the ocean but pretty mild there and in the city. all and all today was another winner but, rain could cause problems for your fourth of july plans. sunday night and the big story on "action news" is threat of rain for the fourth of july in fact it the might be bad enough to force changes to your fourth of july plans. lets go right to meteorologist melissa magee with details in the first check of the accu weather forecast. hi melissa. >> hard to believe we will end our fourth of july weekend on a soggy note because so far so good across the region. yesterday was not bad. high of 80. today we maxed out at 78 below the normal, normally we should be in the upper 80's this time of the the year but humidity was low. it was nice and comfortable owe far over the weekend. currently in philadelphia 71. sixty-seven in allentown, lehigh valley. west in lancaster in the 60's. at the coast in cape may 66. 69 degrees in beach haven. here is the change we are tracking storm tracker six live double scan radar 3-d,

showing a frontal boundary across the ohio valley and back down through mid mississippi valley as well. we have ripples of energy as well long this front one out to the south and west and one out across areas in georgia and carolinas. we have tap into this moisture tomorrow, coming in from the southwest to northeast direction and with that there is a concern for some of the fourth of july displays. at the shore tomorrow 72 degrees. the cloud which that afternoon rain developing. the in the city we will max out at 79 increasing cloud throughout the day and then we're track ago this evening rain. up in the poconos a high of 75. cloud which rain developing at night. overall a comfortable night on the way but we are track ago this rain for the fourth of july and then things are heating up fairly quickly later this week. we will talk about the details with the full and exclusive accu weather forecast. >> we will keep an eye on that. now to a problem that will affect a whole lot of commuters especially when tuesday morning rolls rolls around. septa discovered many of the trains on the regional rail

lines has cracks in their beams and so the transit service is pulling a full third of the regional rail fleet out of the service. christie ileto is live in manayunk with details about the problem, christie? >> reporter: well, walter one of the newest and should have been most dependable cars are now out of service and many riders are wondering how long they have to wait for repairs or even replacement. >> all aboard, lets go. >> reporter: septa riders are now bracing for tuesday. >> if we have a bunch of trains out of commission that is going to be a strain on me. >> this will be really inconvenient. >> reporter: 120 silver liner five cars also known as one-third of the septa's fleet are sidelined after a major structural defect called the g crack where is discovered. >> only five of the 100 cars inspect so far do not have any cracks. >> reporter: the cracks were spotted in the rail care suspension system that looks like this had a septa employee

not notice add i slight lean of one of the cars. >> the concern would be at high speeds you could have a derailment. >> safety is important and i'm glad to hear they are on top of that. >> reporter: one of the newest and should be most dependable cars had problems before including with its doors during inclement weather. >> my money bought them, right? wow. get out of here. >> they were supposed to be top notch and this and that and to hear they have these crack that is could be dangerous to us as travelers, it is scary. >> reporter: while septa modifies schedule to serve customers, passengers are making modifications of their own. >> i will leave a little early and start to use something else, or i don't know start using a bus, car pool more. >> reporter: now, starting tuesday septa will run on a modified saturday schedule with additional trains. those details will be finalized on monday. the reporting live, i'm

christie let the owe for channel six "action news". christie, thank you. now to a developing story out of camden county. investigators are looking in the rash of weekend fires that injured seven fire fighters. in fact, there have been 13 buyers over the last two days, including this one in the 800 block of pine street. this is viewer video. most of the fires have been at vacant homes just a short time ago. we have learned that an arson task force has been activated. some fires broke out while crews were on the scene of the different fire. they had to call in peck zahn even and bellmawr to help out. investigators are asking for your help. >> we don't know how these fires have started at this point but it looks like suspicious activity. people avoiding eye contact. walking through allies. and we think that most times, they are entering from the rear of the vacant property. >> the fires were started in broad daylight. if you know anything you are asked to call (856)757-7042. we have put that number on our

web site. a third watercraft accident has been reported at the new jersey shore over the past 24 hours. today coastguard air lifted three people after their jet skis struck a navigational aid and back bay area. good samaritan spotted the crash and called 911. responding crew rescued a man and two children. the man suffered leg lacerations and the children were in shock. that is after a boat ran a ground earlier today, and after a father a and son were killed yesterday during a jet ski crash in somers point. today was a bit overcast at the shore but still it was a fourth of july weekend. a few clouds did not stop visitors from enjoying the day. "action news" reporter trish hartman is live now in ocean city where people are still out and about on the boardwalk tonight, hi there, trish. >> reporter: hi there sarah yes, cool night on the boardwalk in ocean city but plenty of people are making their fourth of july weekend. plenty of people out the here on the boardwalk enjoying

themselves. they have been keeping an eye on the forecast and whether or not there is rain on the fourth, businesses we visited are still hoping to bring in the big bucks from the holiday crowds. after a day on the beach working up an appetite people waited outside for dinner at crab trap in somers point. crabby jacks on the water was pack with regulars too. >> every fourth of july, it is a tradition. it has been ten years plus. >> reporter: they say business has been steady all weekend but showers on the fourth of july might not be a bad thing. >> the rain brings people off the boardwalk and they do come in the restaurant. >> two more funnel cakes. >> got it. >> reporter: on the boardwalk in ocean city fried oreos and funnel cake was flying through the window as fast as they could make them. >> twenty-one years of experience. >> reporter: the philly's twist girl said a weekend like this one her staff will make at least 1,000 fried oreos. >> this has been just awesome. the sees on was off to a slow start but so far, it is fourth of july that has been great.

>> reporter: t time golf was pack with putters and we found a friendly competition between wanda and tim velasquez. who is winning so far. >> he is. >> reporter: for this former marine celebrating independence day is about much more than just entertainment, he received a meaningful reminder of that right here on the boardwalk. >> i was wearing my marine core jersey and an older vet can came up and said thank you for your service. i do the same thing. younger generation after that. >> reporter: so certainly an important reminder for all of us. i'm here with julie on the boardwalk. isn't it too cold for ice cream. >> yes. >> i like the ice cream because it is really cold. >> reporter: but still delicious. if you are planning to head out to the fire works for the fourth of july tomorrow night, keep an eye on the forecast, that may affect some things. check with your town to make sure there aren't any weather related changes.

reporting live, trish hartman for channel six "action news". >> weather is always right for some ice cream, thanks, trish. crowd erupted, in upper darby delaware county this evening. >> they gathered at stadium behind upper darby high school to enjoy the fire works. before the big show there was a patriotic line up of performances that included the band british invasion and upper darby susa band. fourth of july festivities continue tomorrow morning with the bike and wagon decoration contest at aronimink elementary school. there is no better place to be on this fourth of july weekend then right here where american independence was born. a "action news" reporter annie mccormack made her way around philadelphia to see how people here are getting in the spirit of the patriotic weekend. >> reporter: july 4th in the city of philadelphia starts here on independent mall. >> i have always said we should do this. >> reporter: stage is set for philly pops, to play tonight

and the pottstown band made it a patriotic picnic. locals and out of towners waited in line to see independent hall, the liberty bell, and they got a glimpse of philadelphians 1776. >> it is like, we're always overlooking it and it is right on top of us and we wanted to be part of the festivities. >> we figured the weekend of the fourth what better time to be in philadelphia. >> reporter: ashley donovan from arkansas made sure to honor our forefathers but also included another famous guy from a couple of centuries later. you have your rocky shirt on right now. >> i do have my rocky shirt on right now. you cannot come to philly and not check out rocky. >> reporter: no summer holiday is complete without a block party. >> the beef jerky, it taste really good and really sweet and tasty. >> reporter: the the festivities leading to the big day continues, this cook out was all about family. >> happy fourth of july. >> reporter: over near the belmont plateau the garfield/gillmore family mixed

the fourth with the graduation party laying out a spread of family favorites. >> banana pudding, deviled eggs. >> reporter: the weather made it the easy to enjoy everything the city has offering, i like the breeze and it is just a lot to to and it is free. >> reporter: so many of the weekend's events are free including a number of museums, and the national constitution center is one of them, offering free admission on independent day. in olde city, annie mccormack for channel six a "action news". "action news" has you covered on line and on social media, this holiday weekend. get live traffic and weather updates anytime on six abc.com and be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter for any updates, this independence day weekend. is there much more to come on "action news" tonight the a teenager steps on a explosive in new york city central park leaving him severely injured. what investigators are saying about that device. also president obama is

looking forward to the future. what he and first lady did today to prepare the way for his presidential library and how that building will have a philadelphia connection. new philadelphia 76er ben simmons worked out with the team for the first time today. jeff skversky has sports when "action news" continues.

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a warning is tape to the door of the home after police say somebody broke in the place in northampton county. the burglar left with his hand severed after the victim for the back. police say right around midnight two men broke in the basement of the house on the 1300 block of canal street this northampton boro. they attacked the man sleeping there. victim was injured but managed to grab a machete and slashed one of the intruders severing his hand. burglars fled but the injured suspect was dropped off later at a local hospital and flown to philadelphia for treatment. police tracked down and

arrested the second suspect. investigators in new york city believe a homemade fire work caused the blast in central park that seriously injured a young man who stepped on it. the 19 year-old from virginia was walking with friends, when they heard a loud boom. officials say the injured man is undergoing surgery on his left foot at a hospital. the bomb squad rushed to the park and scoured the area. >> those that could have been a experiment with fire works or homemade explosives. we do not have any evidence of a construct device or commercial grade fire works. >> authorities don't believe that the experimental device was meant to cause harm but they are still investigating. the victim is in stable condition. officialness iraq say a car bomb in september rally with baghdad has killed at least 120 people. the islamic state has claimed responsibility for 29 bombings that happened hours apart. bombs targeted family and young people at restaurant and shopping malls. the white house condemned the attacks saying u.s. will

continue to intensify efforts and root out isis terrorist networks and leaders around the world. noble laurel eighth and holocaust survivor eli weasel was remembered during a private ceremony in new york city. mourners shared their personal stories, weasel shared his story of a time in auschwitz at the a teen through his memoirs entitled knight, one of the most widely red discussed books in the 20th century. he passed away yesterday at 87. to the campaign trail, hillary clinton and her supporters and detractors are all anxiously awaiting from news from the justice department. up investigators are about to wrap up a long investigation into allegations that the former secretary of state, mishandled governmental secrets. abc's mary bruce has more. >> reporter: hillary clinton successfully dodged reporters and cameras driving to and from fbi headquarters from her three and a half hour sit down with investigators but the interview did not stop talk about a possible indictment if she's found to have mishandled

classified information on a private e-mail server when she was secretary of state. presumptive democratic presidential nominee again denying any wrongdoing, in a phone interview with ms nbc. >> i never received nor sent any material that was marked classified. >> reporter: ohio senator brown who is not denying he is being vetted as a possible vice-presidential running mate defended clinton on this week. >> she's really 55,000 pages of e-mails, 31,000tive rent e-mails. >> reporter: outcome rests with attorney general loretta lynn hotch sparked a political fire storm when she met privately with bill clinton last week. encounter in the feign i can airport tarmac generating ammunition. >> bren this meeting before bill clinton and lynch, trump campaign had essentially seen this investigation as a win/win, either she's prosecuted in some way or if not, they would claim whitewash. >> reporter: trump tweeting it

is impossible for fbi not to recommend criminal charges against hillary clinton. what she to was wrong. lynch says she will accept whatever recommendation is made from the lawyers and fbi agents investigating the case. mary bruce, abc news, washington. for his part it appears president obama is already looking ahead. he and first lady spent the day talking about his presidential library. couple met with the group planning the design and construction of the library. new york architectural form that designed the barnes foundation right here in philadelphia was picked to design the presidential library. it will be built on the south side of chicago. much more to come on "action news" tonight, the perfect weekend, to ask the question which is the best beach at the new jersey shore. a new poll found the answer and we will tell how won. taking a live look at the atlantic city tonight, nice evening out there but rain could be on the way tomorrow. meteorologist melissa magee has your exclusive accu weather seven day forecast for the fourth of july when

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one of the philadelphia's great traditions the independent day regatta wrapped up on the schuylkill river. rowers from across the world were in town to take part in the races. originally called the peoples regatta. this year more than a thousand boats from 82 clubs competed. time for a check of the accu weather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee. fourth of july shaping up to be dicey. >> it is cloudy throughout the first half of the day tomorrow and then we're tracking showers. we need to find tune where there could be possibly a postponement because of the rain that moves in later tomorrow night, guys. we will show you what is going on with storm tracker six live double scan radar, it is dry right now, no issues with precipitation. outside sky six live in hd still really nice outside, and penns landing. we are looking at delaware river and spruce street harbor park and we have partly cloudy skies, turning cloudy throughout the rest of the day

on monday and then we're tracking some showers, working its way in to some steady rain. high in philadelphia certainly wasn't bad at 78. normal for this time of the year is 86. below average but nice and comfortable with dew points fairly low. sixty-seven in allentown. seventy-one in the city. sixty-six in cape may. in lancaster 67. poconos coming in at 65. here's satellite six with action radar these cloud starting to build across mid-atlantic region. what we are tracking is essentially a frontal boundary across the ohio valley and then extending down to the south and west. a few ripples of energy along this front as well. moisture will move from the southwest to north east direction as we go throughout the day on monday. future tracker six showing 8:00 in the morning brighter skies to the north of the city and to the south of philadelphia, right through south jersey and delaware looks to be a mostly cloudy sky with that southeasterly win. at 6:00 in the evening we have those showers overhead that will be a approaching, they

are scattered in nature but moisture will pick up in intensity as we get into 9:30 tomorrow night. you can see pockets of heavier rain the two south of philadelphia and also in our northwestern suburbs from allentown down to lancaster. overnight in, to tuesday, we're track ago this moisture that will start to depart from the west east direction with a left over shower as we get in the day early tuesday morning. so what can we expect for the fourth of july? cloudy start tomorrow. light afternoon rain on the way. steady rainfalls between 9:00 p.m. and during overnight hours right into 3:00 in the morning. over tonight there could be a concern with flash flooding especially where one of these heavier bursts of rain moves in. so if you are down the shore tomorrow not the brightest on have beach days. high temperature of just 72 degrees. mostly cloudy with afternoon rain. low risk tomorrow for finding rip currents in the region. in the poconos turning cloudy throughout the day with rain developing at night and a high temperature coming in at 76.

the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast showing increasing cloud throughout the day tomorrow, afternoon rain and steady rain as we get into monday night a high temperature of 79 degrees. we will monitor forecast closely and see where they develop as we go throughout the day on monday. showers early on tuesday and then it is a humid one in at 88 degrees. quick line of temperatures on wednesday, in at 94. hot and sticky on thursday in at 94 degrees, a possible heat wave is likely on friday as we have three straight days of temperatures in the 90's. it would be first official one of this season. on saturday hot with the spotty thunderstorm 92. staying in the 90's even as we get into next sunday. it is cloudy tomorrow, try start but definitely wet finish guys. >> thanks, melissa. ocean city has taken top honors in a contest that allows people to choose their favorite beach in new jersey. cape may county cher town got this years best overall beach in a survey conduct by the new

jersey sea grant consortium. contest included picks for each of the four coastal counties. brigantine was number one in atlantic county. sea side heights topped ocean county. sandy hook won in monmouth county. in cape may county wildwood crest was runner up to ocean city. they all sound nice to me. >> absolutely. up next, jeff skversky has sports including the first appearance of ben simmons as a sixers. just in time for the fourth of july how a afghanistan war vet managed to free a trapped eagle when "action news" comes right back. alzheimer's means...

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