to strike over the delaware valley through tonight. monday night, rick is off tonight, brian taff joins us and the big story on "action news" is that heavy rain that we could be in store for this evening. >> that's right. right now parts of our viewing area are under a flash flood watch. meteorologist cecily tynan keeping a close eye on storm tracker6 right now live at the big board with the forecast. cecily. >> and brian and monica, we are seeing some heavy drenching downpours beginning to pop up especially across parts of delaware and south jersey. i've been tracking this one cell that's really been expanding over the past hour. it extends from kent county, delaware, into cumberland county, fortescue right now, we've had 38 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes but really the main problem with these downpours, the heavy rain, the rain falling there at the rate of about 3-inches per hour. and the pennsylvania 400 was rescheduled in the poconos from yesterday to earlier today and the race is done

which is good ns because it is just pouring right now right along i80, lake harmony right now heading towards mount pocono. also some lightning strikes and there is more on the way and the problem is that some areas the ground is already saturated from this week. you can see the areas circle including near baltimore where they had that deadly flooding near lancaster, near trenton, near lakehurst. we had three to 6 inches of rain so any additional rain in a short period of time could cause some flash flooding so the national weather service has extended that flash flood watch really all our northern suburbs until 6 o'clock tomorrow morning could get one to 2 inches of rain very quickly in less than an hour and you really have to take flash flooding very seriously. it happens in an instant in a flash that's why it's called that. do not drive through flooded areas. you can't see how deep that water is and it only takes about 2 feet of water to just carry away a van or an suv or a truck and 60 percent of all flood deaths do occur in vehicles so i always say turn

around, don't drown. i am tracking a change in our air mass finally. i'll talk about when coming up from the full accuweather forecast. brian. >> cecily thank you. septa in the middle of a major change to the afternoon commute. for now customers heading out of center city won't be able to buy tickets on the train. instead, they have to present them before they even set foot on the platform and that's causing some issues as you might guess. "action news" reporter bob brooks has been talking with septa riders all afternoon today. he's live in center city with their response. bob. >> reporter: brian, with the shorshortage of rail cars i'm td this had to happen. people weren't paying for their train ride. you can take a look at that line. you got to the go through it to get to the platform. you got to show your proof of purchase. luckily it's moving pretty fast. you can see people are getting through pretty quick.

do you like lines? well, most people don't. so, you might not like to hear this. from 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. monday through friday, you have to go through this line to catch your train out of center city. that's just the way it's going to be now for riders of the regional rail line and here's why. >> there's so many people on our trains that the conductors can't get on the train and off the train safely and collect fares at the same time. >> reporter: so what carla of septa is saying is that after the rail car shortages took effect trains are now very, very crowded so much so the conductors who validate your pass after boarding can't get to everyone and some riders were ripping the system off. >> it was our passengers who complained to septa about the fact that some of the passengers weren't paying. >> reporter: as you can see it's pretty simple. you hand them your pass or if you have a ticket you give them that and then you get to walk right through.

>> i'm going to lose all those free rides i had the last two weeks. i'm bumming. >> reporter: you were one of them. >> oops. >> reporter: she admits that was wrong and this is only -- >> yeah, it's fair. >> reporter: though it might be fair others say their commute shouldn't be affected. >> it's not right. this whole mess isn't right. >> reporter: today again is the first dane the station's impacted by this are on your screen now. they're the temple, jefferson, suburban, 30th street and university city stations. okay, back out live here take a look. now, you see, i mean, it's in seconds you're right through the line and you can go down to your train. when you're on the train you don't have to pay your conductor. that's been done. you've proven that. you can sit back and relax after a long day at work. reporting live at jefferson station, bob brooks channel6 "action news. monica. >> thank you bob. "action news" has just identified a second person shot and killed in a montgomery county home. police spent the day at the forest gardens apartment in ambler looking for clues. family members tell us one of

the victims was 54-year-old janice trunk and the past five minutes police now say 44-year-old kevin milton smith was also killed in that shooting. sarah bloomquist will have more on this developing story for us coming up next at 6:00. in new jersey state police say a miss communication led to the shooting of a 76-year-old man in his cumberland county home. but tonight the victim's family is stale laying blame on the troopers who opened fire. "action news" reporter walter perez live at cooper hospital in camden where the victim is recovering tonight. walter. >> reporter: hi, monica. you know we're three report that gerald sykes has been moved out of the icu and has been upgraded from critical to serious but stable condition. meanwhile this case has been handed over to the new jersey attorney general's office. >> these are the three shotsism family members showed us the bullet holes created by an exchange of gunfire that nearly took the life of 76-year-old gerald sykes of upper deerfield. moments later diana lafou says she couldn't believe what she

was hearing after receiving a phone call from her mother. >> jerry's been shot three times please call 911. >> reporter: the started late friday night when sykes and his wife margo woke up to the sound of their dogs barking. >> both stepped into the great room and saw two figures standing right at their front doors like right up against the door. >> reporter: that's when sykes grabbed his shot gun but what happened next is now the subject of a state attorney general's office investigation. sykes' family says the troopers shot first without warning. >> after he collapsed on the floor, he listed the gun up and shot one shot out the door, not knowing who was there. >> reporter: while state police officials have not said who fired first, they do say that the troopers did identify themselves. also it turns out that while the troopers were there in response to a 911 call, 33 responded to the wrong house. sykes was flown to cooper university hospital in critical condition. family members say it was only after he awoke from surgery when the 76-year-old found out the men on his porch were not

intruders. >> his eyes got as big as saucers and he said what? those were state troopers? they never gave me a warning. they shot me without even a warning. >> reporter: now, one trooper was grazed either by flying glass or by the one round that came from sykes' shot gun sykes was shot three times. his condition has been upgraded from serious to stable condition. >> thank you will walter. florida health officials have found another 10 people infected with zika virus likely from mosquitos. the cdc today urged pregnant women to stay away from that area in south florida that is affected by the virus. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman joins us at the big board with more details. >> on friday we knew of four locally transmitted cases in florida. now health officials have diagnosed 14 people with zika virus not related to travel. the cdc is sending an

emergency team. the main focus will be to protect pregnant women and to stop the spread of zika. a warning from the cdc, pregnant women should avoid traveling to the known zika affected area in south florida. women living there should preventer mosquito bites and protect themselves against sexual transmission. there are now more than a dozen cases of locally acquired zika virus in florida. that means some o mosquitos in the state are carrying and spreading the virus. >> once something starts, we nip it in the bud. >> mosquito control is out sprague but cdc officials admit it's a tough battle. >> in miami, aggressive mosquito control measures don't seem to be working as well as we would have liked. >> governor rick scott has asked the cdc to activate its emergency response team which is under way. teams will help the state investigate cases, control mosquitos and monitor for birth defects linked to the

virus. workers have already been going door to door to test more people. 80 percent won't have symptoms. but if they have the virus and are bitten again by a mosquito it could spread to the bug's next victim. dr. mike cal tobias says it's possible we could see local cases in our area but it depends on how quickly the virus spreads and how far north it will travel. he's part of a team that launched the first human trial of a zika virus vaccine. he's optimistic but time is of the essence. >> i hope we win the race in that we get there before the zika mosquito gets to us. >> and the advisory actually stretches back to june 15th. if you are pregnant and you were in the area any time after june 15th, then y should talk to your ob doctor and anyone who was there during that time, should you use insect repellant for three

weeks after you return. that way if you have the virus, it will help prevent it from spreading to more mosquitos and hence to more people. brian and monica, back to you. >> keeping a close eye on this one ali thanks very much. time for the "action news" traffic report. >> monday night let's go thrive matt pelman see what's going on on the roads. >> lie, guys.beginning of augusg a whole lot better than the end of july here on 95. no more weight restrictions, no police checkpoints this week on the southbound side. so, traffic headed towards center city is moving okay. northbound here by girard just a little bit of typical afternoon volume with about an eight minute delay. but there is a crash in south coventry blocking the southbound lanes of 100 this afternoon at 23 there by the malvern federal savings bank. i would stay over on bird school road to get around that 100 southbound closure. a crash in berlin along the white horse pike. guess if you have to have an accident that's a good spot in which to have it. tacony palmyra bridge back down, traffic moving but the ship is moving northbound towards the burlington bristol. i would expect an opening there around 5:45 and a bunch

of regional rail delays again this afternoon but at least the lansdale doylestown line has a new train today. leaving 30th street at 5:30. we'll check it again, brian and monica, in the next half hour. >> all right, sounds good. thank you, sir. much more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 including new developments on that historic and deadly flooding in maryland. ahead at 5:30 a group of individuals the u.s. senator is now hailing as heroes for their brave efforts. >> new demands from casino workers at the trump taj mahal one month after they went on strike. more news when we come back.

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>> we want to take you to southern california right now where a car chase is still under way at this hour. we first showed this to you in the 4 o'clock newscast. all of this started when police apparently tried to pull over the driver of that black suv you see there for reckless driving about 30 miles northwest of los angeles. it's been more than an hour now. this chase still going on. about 40 miles south of l.a. so it covered about 70 miles right now speeds have topped 110 miles per hour pattern points. we are streaming this chase live right now on 6abc.com. today donald trump brings

his campaign back to pennsylvania. about two hours ago trump made an appearance in ohio. he'll complete his is this through the rust belt with a stop in harrisburg tonight. trump's running mate governor mike pence will campaign in the key state of nevada. hillary clinton will focus her efforts on nebraska today, one of just two states where electoral votes can go he to more than one candidate. senator tim kaine will attend a homecoming event in virginia. meanwhile the controversy continues tonight over trump's comments about the muslim american parents of a soldier killed in iraq. one of the very latest fallout from those remarks and what he is or is not saying about it coming up at 5:30. >> casino workers at the trump taj mahal who have been on strike for one month now want to collect unemployment. about a hundred workers rallied at the statehouse in trenton today. they were joined bylaw makes who introduced a bill that will allow striking workers to collect unemployment after 30 days. >> you should be able to voice your concerns to make a livable wage and good working

environment and benefits and not be held hostage that you cannot put food on your table. >> the casino workers want better pay and health benefits. they've been on strike since july 1st. the casino once owned by donald trump is now owned by billionaire investor carl icahn. >> health check at 5:00 tonight business at trampoline parks is jumping but so are the injuries connected to them. a new report says injuries have soared 12 fold as the number of parks and popularity has risen. in 2010 there were 581 emergency room visits from 25 parks in 2014 get this nearly 7,000er visits from 350 parks. kids suffered the most injuries which include broken bones and sprains of the legs and feet. despite the increase, home trampolines still account for more er visits. that's about 91,000 every year. >> summer is always a tough time for blood banks but the red cross is offering a sweet incentive to roll up your

sleeves and done 98 this month. this morning the red cross kicked off a month long partnership at dunkin' donuts at this blood drive in north philadelphia. donors who give blood will get one of 25,000 coupons for a freed medium ice the coffee an doughnut. right now the red cross has an emergency need for all blood types. still to come on "action news" a come back 10 years in the making takes home the top spot at the weekend box office. >> and a new ban on pokèmon go. the group of people new york's governor wants off that popular app when "action news" comes right back tonight.

>> a mixed day for wall street. the price of oil took a nose dive today bringing energy companies along with it. the dow jones lost 28 points by that closing bell. the nasdaq gained 22. the s & p 500 fell 13 sex offender barred from playing the game pokèmon go. the state's department of corrections has added the popular app to a list of prohibitions as a condition of parole for sex offenders. governor andrew cuomo says it's part of an effort to protect children playing the game. cuomo has also sent a letter to the developer of pokèmon go asking for its help to keep

sex offenders off the app. >> took just about a decade for matt damon to reprise his role as jason born but apparently it was well worth the wait. his appearance topped the weekend box office. jason bourne netted $60 million over the weekend debuting in the top spot. star trek beyond dropped to second bringing in 24 million and bad moms opened in a close third growing 23.4 million over the weekend. big flight for bachelorette fans. tonight jo-jo hands out her final rose. will it be jordan or will it be robby? the competition for jo-jo's heart ends tonight 8 o'clock right here on 6abc. the burning question. it's all part of the three hour bachelorette finale. jo-jo explains her decision live on after the final rose, that's at 10 o'clock and then of course stay tuned for "action news" at 11:00. >> still to come on "action news" at 5:00 we will check that accuweather forecast. >> sky6 hd showing you the commodore barry bridge and you

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the "action news" big board. >> that's right, meteorologist cecily tynan here with the forecast. a little dicey in some spots cecily. >> it certainly s the air is really saturated with moisture and we're beginning to see some downpours breaking out. i've been tracking this one line of thunderstorms stretching from the border of new castle and kent county delaware into southern cumberland and it's barely moved over the past hour. it stretches from smyrna across the delaware to fortescue. we've had 53 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes here but really the big issue is the heavy rain. we can flip this over and show you the rainfall totals and we've seen generally about an inch to about an inch and a half of rain with this cell about an inch and a half near smyrna, 1.2 in fortescue and this shows that there's just a lot of moisture in the air so any of the showers are thunderstorms can release a lot of rain in a short period of time. and this shows you the dewpoint across-the-board except for trenton above 70 degrees so that's a tropical air mass and that is what has all of that moisture. temperature-wise it's not the heat, it's the humidity. temperature is actually on the cool side, philadelphia 78, allentown 77, wilmington 78

and cape may currently 79 degrees. satellite6 along with action radar you can really see the showers and thunderstorms bubbling up and there is more activity across central pennsylvania. that will continue to push to the east as we head through the evening hours but it's one of those situations where not everyone will get the thunderstorms and the downpours. those who do can get hit very hard. they're slow moving, there's nothing to really stuart along and that means we could get generally about one to 3-inches of rain in about an hour or two and that's enough to cause localized flash flooding especially areas north of philadelphia where the ground is saturated from over the weekend and the possibility of some of those gusty thunderstorms generally to the south. so, future tracker showing if you're heading out tonight take an umbrella, some scattered downpours around 7 o'clock in the evening. they continue really to push north to the lehigh valley. overnight don't be surprised to if you hear a rumble of thunder or two around 4 o'clock.

tomorrow morning most of the activity will have diminished. scattered light showers early in the morning. by the afternoon we'll see the return of some sunshine. in the meantime, tropical satellite showing that there's tropical wave that's heading towards jamaica. last hour i talked about how a hurricane hunter was heading into that. they actually had to turn around so they will be sending out another recon mission. right now the national hurricane center is giving that an 80 percent chance of becoming tropical storm earl. in 48 hours it will head towards jamaica bring heavy rain and likely hitting the cayman islands. fortunate no threat to the u.s. five day at 5:00 slowing tomorrow kind of a transition day, morning clouds spotty shower sunshine late in the day still on the humid side but not as oppressive as today. 82 degrees. the best part of the week wednesday and thursday with low humidity, temperatures in the mid 80's. it gets a little bit more humid on friday, 88, music fest begins on saturday. hot humid and stormy 91 degrees. i'll let you know if that

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>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> hello again. rick is off tonight, brian taff joins us and here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. the presidential candidates continue on the campaign trail. one is drawing fire for controversial comments while the other is enjoying a bump in the polls. the lives of countless children in philadelphia will be spared thanks to a device here that philadelphia police are giving away for free. and two thieves armed with a strategy targeted restaurant. they did not count on the surveillance camera though that captured them in the act. >> and now the details. donald trump continues to feel the heat from both sides of the aisle over a confrontation with a muslim american parents of a soldier killed in iraq. abc's lana zak has more. >> reporter: president obama says he's sick of people disparaging the u.s. military. >> no one has given more for our freedom and our security than ourd star families.

as commander-in-chief i'm pretty tired of some folks trash talking america's military and troops. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: while donald trump is digging his heels in deeper in his feud with the parents of a fallen u.s. soldier. army captain humayun khan tweeting this story is not about mr. khan who is doing interviews but rather radical islam make terrorism in the u.s. get smart. the khans appeared at the democratic national convention speaking about their sacrifice after their son died pro texasing his troops in iraq. >> you have sacrificed nothing and no one. >> reporter: but over the weekend trump made some of his most controversial comments to date. >> how would you answer that,? what sacrifice have you made for your country. >> i made a lot of sacrifices. i've worked very, very hard. i've created thousands of jobs. >> reporter: trump also questioned the silence from mrs. khan during the speech suggesting she was oppressed by her religion. this morning on cnn she answered nine critique saying

she was overcome ziegler deceased son on stage. >> anybody can see how hard that time that was when i was standing there in front of america. >> reporter: other military republicans republican senator john mccain and the head of the v.f.w. have rebuked trump's comments even though mike pence called captain khan a hero. another part that of making headlines trump saying putin would not go into the ukraine and then revising his position after being told that troops are already there. lana zak abc news, washington. >> well, donald trump did see a bounce in the polls after the republican national convention and as was expected so did hillary clinton. at the conclusion of the dnc here in philadelphia. the cnn opinion research corporation poll was released justnutes ago. it shows hillary clinton with a nine-point edge over donald trump nationally. she has 52 percent of the vote right now, donald trump's

43 percent of the vote at this point. a poll released earlier today also shows clinton bump just a smaller one. this one shows clinton with a 7 percent add advantage over trump, 46 fours 39 percent. you remember trump tide clinton at the conclusion of the rnc. he had a three-point gain within the margin of error. we have to see how these latest polls fluctuate then will as we get closer to the general election which is less than 100 days away. >> the citizens of ellicott city maryland are continuing to survey damage after historic flooding devastated their town over the weekend. many of the town's businesses were inundated by several feet of water within a matter of minutes. residents were left to try to get to higher ground. six and a half inches of rain fell and sent mud and debris down the street and into their neighborhoods. senator barbara mikulski toured the town today and called its residents heroes. >> i saw the water cascading down almost like white water rafting in colorado and then seeing the human chain of that

incredible brave act led by the plan who owns the toy store. my breath was taken away. >> absolutely. two people including a single mother of a 10-year-old girl though died in those flood waters. senator mikulski is working with other leaders to secure federal funding to rebuild. >> the u.s. military is hitting isis with airstrikes in libya tonight at the request of the un backed government there. the war planes are targeting the isis strong hold of sirta along the coast. we're told no ground forces will be deployed there. government officials say this will be the first wave of several and is the start of a more intense american role in the fight against isis. christopher cornell the man arrested last january on terrorism charges was apparently planning on attacking the united states capitol during president obama's 2015 state of the union address. he pleaded got three federal charges including --

>> a man was murdered on a highway in philadelphia's point breeze section overnight. detectives have identified the person who killed him but they have yet to find the suspect. it happened late last night on garrett street. police say 50-year-old darren holmes was stabbed multiple times. medics returned him to presbyterian hospital but he died a short time later. holmes and the suspect argued over something that sparked the stabbing but they have not elaborated. there is a new initial tiff in philadelphia to prevent children from being shot. just yesterday police say a little five-year-old accidentally shot himself in the hand in north philadelphia. police want to make sure incidents like that don't happen again. as part of national night out the city is giving away free gun locks. and today city officials health professionals and antiviolence advocates gathered at temple university hospital to show them and make the announcement. >> wounds from guns, from guns

left unattended, these deaths and injuries can be prevented. and must be prevented. as a community we must come together and do what we can to stop the senseless gun violence that plagues our communities. >> tonight they hope to distribute a thousand of these gun locks at fairhill square park in north philadelphia and at rose playground in west philadelphia. chopper six reporting live over the scene now in doylestown bucks county. breaking news for you. fire crews are on the scene of a strip mall fire here in doylestown. it broke out about 36 minutes ago at 5:00 p.m. in the 600 block of north main street. now, at first smoke was just coming from the roof and you still see heavy thick white smoke is pouring out of the structure but while battling that smoke the fire escalated again and that's what made it go a second alarm. again, so far firefighters do not have the upper hand on this fire at a strip mall but so far no reports of injuries. you see fire crews on the roof there and they are fighting it from the ground as well as

from the roof with ladder trucks and firefighters on the ground so a dual effort as 33 try to get the upper hand here. >> we now know that a five-year-old boy killed by lightning in north carolina is from lansdowne delaware county. steven little and his family went to the beach while vacationing in the outer banks. the family was trying to get out of a storm and into their suv yesterday when steven was struck by lightning as he stood next to the vehicle. medics tried to revive the boy but he later died at a hospital in virginia beach. >> philadelphia police are looking for two armed teens who robbed two people at gun point in west philadelphia. it happened at 52nd and market back on july 23rd. the two victims one of whom was a 14-year-old had to empty their pockets take money from an atm and hand over their cell phones. no one was hurt here. two thieves forced their way inside an olney restaurant and made off with cigarettes and cash. this surveillance video was taken inside the main chinese restaurant along the 5100

block of north fifth street back on july 20th. the suspects broke in, took two car tons of cigarettes as well as some cash and then they walked out. >> time to get another check on the traffic scene as folk head home tonight. >> matt pelman getting us home safely in the "action news" traffic center. hey, matt. >> last week everything was a little bit abnormal monica and brian with the dnc. this week we're back to normal and this is what normal looks like in center city on the vine street expressway. we're jammed in each direction. also part of getting back to normal is the closures of the vine. they return tonight at 11 o'clock. it will be shut down in each direction for construction. speaking of construction, this is the jam on two tow owe two southbound in malvern headed toward the construction zone but later on this week we're supposed get that third lane opened in each direction between 401 and the 30 bypass so that should alleviate or at least help out our afternoon delay on 202 southbound. in east coventry county a crash along bethel church road. south coventry a wreck on the

southbound side of 100. i'd use bird school road. a bunch of delays again this afternoon on the regional rails. a warminster line train 450 is overcrowded so it's expressing and fox chase train 846 is canceled because of some equipment issues there. monica and brian, back over to you. >> okay, thank you very much, matt. >> thank you. >> magical hot air balloon ride ended in tragedy in texas and next on "action news" we'll hear from a woman who saw the accident unfold from the ground. >> one moment a person was driving down the road, the next total darkness. what officials in north carolina say that person drove into and cecily is in for add today. hi, cecily. >> hi, monica. double scan live is track something heavy downpours moving in with the potential for flash flooding. i'll have details on what expect and let you know when dry air finally moves in in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> all right, plus ducis

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it went flying into the stands during a demolition derby in utah over the weekend. a truck tipped over and its drive shaft shot up into the crowd and injured three people. the derby complies with state regulations and no one could have anticipated what happened. >> sports director ducis rodgers along tonight. the phillies trade deadline has come and gone. >> a lot of teams are baseball active today. not the phillies. some rumors turn out to be true other rumors remain just that rumors. the phillies let the trade deadline come and go this afternoon. they do nothing. word was the phillies were willing to part with velasquez and hellickson. at this time of the year pitching is a is is at a freezing mark yum. the phillies were asking for a high price for both players. the phillies are off tonight. they'll host the giants tomorrow. eagles are a week in at training camp and the differences between camp clip and camp doug are fairly pronounced. of course this being carson

wentz's first year in the league this is all enols. under chip kelly in the past the players would go at such a frenetic pace there was never any time on the field for on the field coaching. chip preferred to make corrections later in the film room. pederson has no problem stopping the drills so they get it right right then and there. the players appreciate that. >> you always learn from each situation. i think we always live in the moment right now and i'm trying not to miss it. >> it's more learning, more technical stuff when we get out here just about being physical and going out there and executing. so, you know, i think i'm really -- i really am loving the change. i'm used to it too because coach reid gave me a little pregame before i got pederson. >> a year ago at this time sam bradford was working his way back from a knee injury. those issues are way back in the rear-view mirror. in fact, bradford's teammates feel he'll be better than ever. >> the way sam has competed this summer and taken control of offense i think it's going to be a huge benefit for our football team.

i don't think people realize how hard it is to kind of miss an entire off season rehabbing and kind of not be a hundred percent going into training camp and kind of have to learn a new offense in three weeks live and then go he into the regular season. >> first preseason game coming up next week. temple's football team will begin practices on saturday. the program is coming off a season that saw a catapult into the national spotlight. head coach matt rhule hopes to capitalize off that momentum. >> unfinished business. we got there we didn't win. we wander to get right back there and see if we can win and leave with a championship win. we've been bowl eligible the last five years. no reason temple shouldn't be a top 25 program. we're set up in a great sport city. we should be good. >> flyers news sam gagne is gone. he was a disappointment last season. he registered a career low 16 points.

nascar and mother nature do not mix. rain forced yesterday's pennsylvania 400 to be postponed until today. and more issues today. your pole sitter martin tuition jr. has issues early. lap 20 goes into the wall. the ocean county native would finish 38th. the fog rolls in shortly before 3:00. how are you supposed to drive in that? my goodness. you don't. the drivers are pulled from the track. they never get back on. the race is eventually called with 22 laps to go. chris buescher is the winner. >> better safe than sorry. >> absolutely. >> rough go up there. >> thank you, sir. >> much more "action news" coming your way when we take a break. >> ♪ flus

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>> a north carolina driver has quite a story to teleton night. his car was swaowed by a sinkhole with him in it. rescue crews rushed to the scene in durham to save the man from a hole 15 to twenty feet deep last night. fortunately the man was not hurt. no word if his vehicle survived but a portion of glen road was shut down after heavy rain caused a local creek to overflow. you're driving along suddenly everything goes dark. >> boom. >> the middle of the day. >> bad place -- wrong place at the wrong time. >> unsettled start to the work week but nice days coming. >> yes, yes, middle of the week is going to feel so different than today. it's just saturated out there. feels like a rainforest. we're dealing with heavy

downpours. areas to the south and also areas to the north. philadelphia not a drop of rain right now but we've got this one cluster of storms working across the delaware bay and bayside you are rocking with a lot of thunder and lightning, 17 lightning strikes the past 15 minutes with some very heavy rain. on the flip side, up to the north across the poconos, it's been pouring as well. lake harmony right now it's beginning to d down to the south. you can see it's just heading to the south just west of the northeast extension and more is on the way and the problem northern suburbs the ground is saturated from over the weekend so that flash flood watch has been extended until 6 o'clock in the morning for really all areas north of philadelphia. this is where we could get some flash flooding when we get some storms with an additional one to 2 inches of rain in a short period of time. 24 hour change, though, shows you what a difference a day makes. this is the coolest day in three weeks.

12 degrees coole philadelphia than this time yesterday. yesterday we hit 90. today the high only 80 and currently it's 78 degrees in philadelphia, 77 in allentown, 76 in trenton and cape may 78. we've got those winds out of the northeast. that's pulling down the cooler air but the humidity levels are through the roof. so, any of these downpours could release a lot of rain in a short period of time. satellite6 along with action radar showing we're beginning to see some of the activity. what's going on there is what's known as a short wave, a piece of energy that's rolling down from the north and this is what will keep us very unsettled really through tonight. so, tonight some downpours, some thunderstorms, not everyone will see them but those who do do have the risk of flash flooding especially north of philadelphia. then overnight tonight with all the moisture we will see some patchy fog developing. 65 in the suburbs, 70 degrees

for center city. and tomorrow kind of a transition day. we wake up in the clouds. some spotty showers but as we head through the afternoon, some sunshine as high pressure tries to build in. still a little bit on the muggy side with a high of 82 degrees. but that high pressure takes control on wednesday. that will bring us brighter skies. dewpoints drop to the low 60's so it's going to feel pretty good. 84 degrees and we keep that air mass with us through thursday. so, some relief is finally on the way. association th -- so, the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, clouds break for some sunshine, a high of 82 degrees. the humidity will start to drop late in the day but you'll really feel that difference in the air mass on wednesday. low humidity, lots of sunshine, 84. thursday still pretty nice. bump it up to 86 degrees and friday musikfest begins. it comes with a little bit more humidity. 88 degrees and then august heat returns on saturday. hot and humid, 91 degrees but a fast moving front will likely bring us a round of thunderstorms and behind it feeling better on sunday. sun mixing with clouds, lower humidity, 87 degrees and

monday partly sunny with a high of 87 degrees. a lot of people complaining about the high humidity. fortunately we will get a break from it for the middle of the week. >> all right, thank you. >> thank you very much. and with pop-up storms in the forecast, don't stray far from 6abc.com/weather. storm tracker6 live radar gives you realtime views of what's coming your way and don't forget to check in with our team of meteorologists on twitter and facebook for constant updates as well. >> ♪

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>> back to our breaking news story. you see an update on that strip mall fire. firefighters if you look carefully on the middle right-hand side of your screen had to cut a square in the roof trying to direct the flames to that side of the building. this is the luxury bath fixtures store in the strip mall. it broke out around 5 o'clock. still burning out of control with there heavy smoke barreling through the roof and out the sides. firefighters other ground and up above trying to fight from it two angles not having as much quickly as they would like but they're working very hard on it. >> right now jim gardner and the "action news team standing by with these stories and more next at six ooh. police identify two murder victims in ambler as the essential continues for their killer. drivers will be soon able to travel route 202 without construction detours. >> septa regional rail riders face a ticket policy for the evening commute. we'll tell you all about it. those stories and more up next at 6:00. for the entire "action news"

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>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night, the trade deadline comes and goes for the phillies and a first look we will take inside the new philadelphia pennsylvania mormon temple. but the big story on "action news tonight is the flash flood watch now extended until 6:00 a.m. in central new jersey and the lehigh valley. we're concerned about thunderstorms and downpours that drop an enormous amount

of rain in a very short period of time. meteorologist cecily tynan is live at the big board. cecily, sounds like certain areas could see a substantial amount of rain. >> that's exactly right, jim. the humidity levels are just through the roof. so, any storm can really unleash a lot of rain in a short period of double scan live showing one cell i've been tracking for more than an hour now that has been sitting across the delaware bay. that is starting to move and it has turned severe. association the national weather service has -- so, the national weather service has issued a severe thunderstwarnin. this cell not only has heavy downpours but also has the potential for 60 miles an hour winds and