been interviewed behind closed doors that's all so far no announced selections that may all come at one time at the end that's of course a possibility. those chosen though will decide the fate of the state's first female attorney general. she's been charged with a number of crimes including two counts of perjury. the woman in the dark suit looked familiar but she made it clear she is not kathleen kane but her twin sister ellen here with family members for the trial. according to the prosecution kathleen kane abused her power as attorney general in making grand jury see -- leaking grand jury secrets as an acts of revenge and then lied about it. today the job to pick a jury from a pool of 100 people. veteran attorneys will tell you jury selection is critical. >> you can lose a case in your jury selection. >> reporter: if he looks familiar attorney general mcgettigan at the prosecutor who put jerry sandusky and john dupont in prison. not a part of this case he's agreed to help us understand it. when he says you can lose your case in jury selection he means the wrong juror can tune out your argument.

for the prosecutors he says they need someone who is part of the system who understands rules are important. >> someone used to following rules and someone who knows the rules are in place for a reason and laws. the reason being is that unlike say a murder case robbery case, burglary case, there's no specific identifiable victim here. >> reporter: as for the did he first team. >> going to look for someone who may think this is just technical these things happen all the time or they may be looking for someone who believes that there are political motivations behind a prosecution or that there's a conspiracy lying somewhere behind things. >> reporter: well, the judge told the jury pool members today the trial should last about a week give or take. not explaining exactly what give or takes means or whether that included the time for jury selection which is still going on. live in norristown, john rawlins channel6 "action news. rick. >> all right, john, thank you. we are working to get more information tonight about a serious car crash in south jersey. chopper6 was over route 70 in

pemberton township burlington county where a car slammed into a tree near pasadena road. officials tell "action news" there are multiple injuries. at this point it's not clear how bad those injuries are. updates as we get them throughout this newscast and online at 6abc.com. in berks county officials are still trying to figure out what led up to a murder-suicide that left an entire family dead. mark and megan short and their three children were all found shot and killed in their sinking springhouse over the weekend. now police are calling it a case of domestic violence. "action news" reporter bob brooks has the latest on the investigation coming up tonight at 6:00. >> police in kansas are investigating a deadly ride on the world's tallest water slide. something went terribly wrong when a little 10-year-old boy took the plunge and tonight that park is closed. more safety concerns are surfacing now. elizabeth hur has been following the story from new york for us. she's live with details tonight. elizabeth.

>> reporter: monica, good evening to you. just within the hour park officials released a statement. not a lot of new information in it but they he did confirm, yes, police are now investigating and their thoughts are with the boy's family. a popular water park in kansas city evacuated and shut down after a 10-year-old boy died while riding the world's tallest water slide. the boy's father kansas state representative scott schwab telling abc news in a statement since the day caleb was born he brought abundant joy to our family. we are comforted he believe in our saviour jesus. they are together now. we will see him another day. >> wait sounded like the harness in the front of the car was not working all day long. >> reporter: for now park officials are not answering any questions about could have gone wrong but explained all rides at the park are inspected daily. >> and our rides are expected by an outside party at the

start. >> reporter: the ride is call verrückt germ plan for plar insane. tubers drop about 17 stories in seconds. this tragedy is the first for the ride. two years ago the ride's opening was delayed at least three times after video of these early safe track he tea checks showed sandbag dummies flying off prompting changes including adding seat belts and safety netting. when the ride eventually opened, sliders had to be at least 14 years old. there has since changed. >> the question really is, is the ride safe. if there are changes that need to be made i'm sure that this park will be looking closely at that. >> reporter: and we learned today the park is tentatively set to reopen on wednesday. but the ride itself we are told it will remain closed indefinitely pending a full investigation. reporting live from new york, i'm elizabeth hur for channel6 "action news." rick, back to you.

>> elizabeth, thank you. overseas turkey has detained 10 foreigners with suspected ties to a muslim cleric currently living in the poconos. that cleric fat tulle la gülen is accused of masterminding an attempted coup last month. more than 200 people died in the event. gülen has denied any involvement or prior knowledge of the coup attack. >> police wants your help tracking down thieves who targeted a home in south philadelphia. it happened back in june in the middle of the day. surveillance video shows one suspect here passing in front of the house in the 500 block of greenwich street multiple times. police say that suspect then forced open the front door and with the help of an accomplice took two watches a laptop and some clothing. anyone with information is asked to call philadelphia police. >> it was back to business today for hundreds of city workers at philadelphia's criminal justice center. today was the first day of full operation since last

week's elevator accident that sent two people to the hospital. "action news" reporter annie mccormick has the story tonight from center city. >> still in an induced coma and the family is praying for the best and all of our thoughts are with him. >> reporter: sergeant jewel williams is talking about sergeant paul he owens sheriff's deputy injured on thursday. the failure at the top of one elevator sent the elevator flying upwards into a maintenance room with owens inside. >> now the big issue is, is he prepared to the surgery for his back and there are some complications right now but he is paralyzed from his waist down. >> reporter: the debris from that crash hit a second elevator with a court employee inside who suffered minor injuries. today the cjc reopened following testing. both elevators involved in thursday's accident are out of service indefinitely. now it's up to the sheriff's department to shuttle the 6,000 people a day that come

through here and employees are encouraged to use escalators and there are some staff elevators in the rear they will use for employees judges and jurors. tuesday and thursday the sheriff's department sees larger crowds and they will get a better idea of how they can operate with some elevators out of service. >> we bring in about 600 inmates who are in custody. that means there's like thousands of people with trial. so, we are looking at how we could navigate through the times and the different floors that people are going to have to attend different court hearings. >> reporter: and officials say so far even without the use of those two elevators things seem to be running smoothly here inside of the cjc. if you were scheduled to appear last thursday or friday, you will receive a flows in the mail about when your hearing or matter will be rescheduled. reporting outside of the cjc, annie mccormick channel6 "action news." >> thank you annie. many stores in pennsylvania that sell beer to go will soon start selling

takeout wine as well. the state liquor control board started taking applications today for permits under the new liquor laws that were approved earlier this summer. under the new law businesses with restaurant or hotel licenses that sell six packs of beer can apply to upgrade those licenses. the upgrade would let them sell bottles of wine over the counter as well. the upgrades are not allowed in the city of philadelphia. >> monday night let's get a check of our "action news" traffic report now. >> see how things are rolling with matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. hey, matt. >> giving boos to our many traffic situations this evening rick and monica like this one police activity on the delaware memorial bridge headed into new jersey. two lanes are blocked and so speeds are just in the low 20's at best coming northbound on 295. you might want to get into south jersey via the commodore barry instead of the delaware memorial this afternoon. in south jersey washington township gloucester county there's a crash along delsea drive at hurfville-cross keys road by the heritage dairy store. in cherry hill word of debris

along 295 southbound past 70. one lane blocked there with speeds in the 20's coming down from route 38. this is a live look at the vine street expressway right by the schuylkill just out of view there's a broken down vehicle off to the side on the ramp to the schuylkill eastbound of the eastbound vine but you can get by in both lanes. vine will close again overnights this week starting tonight at 11 o'clock. have a crash reported on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound in bucks county not really slowing us down a whole lot but there's a motorcycle crash in newtown bucks county. watch out for it along the newtown bypass at sycamore street. we'll check it again rick and monica, coming up in the next half hour. >> see you then matt. thank you. delta passengers around the country he dealt with long lines and plenty of frustration after a system wide outage for the airline. coming up next at 5:00 the latest on how many flights the airline has been forced to cancel and the impact it had on passengers here in philadelphia. >> plus, a texas boy once applauded by the president for his engineering skills is now pursuing a federal lawsuit. why he's bringing officials from his own school to court.

cecily. >> well, monica, we have a pretty comfortable starter to the week but it's not staying that way. i'm tracking the return of oppressive humidity and temperatures in the 90's. yes, another heat wave is on the way. i'll have all the details in the accuweather forecast when "action news" returns. >> ♪ hello!

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>> firefighters in california are trying to keep this raging wildfire from growing any larger. right now that fire has burned about 4500 acres of land about 70 miles northeast of los angeles. fire officials say a recent drought has made conditions ripe for the fryer to grow. the flames are only 5 percent contained. evacuations are in place. so far no one has been hurt. >> delta canceled nearly 500 flights today in the wake of a global outage of its computer systems. more than 12 hours after the online computers went down delta is struggling to get back on track. >> the action cam was at philadelphia international airport as passengers grappled with delays and cancellations. some were stuck in line for hours either waiting for help or for a new flight. delta flights out of philadelphia are now for the most part operating normally. it all started early this morning after a power outage in atlanta where delta is

headquartered. the outage hit atlanta's hartsfield-jackson international airport which of course is one of the nation's busiest airport also. it was hit especially hard. check in and customer service lines started snaking out of the terminal and onto the sidewalk. passengers were spotted napping on the floor, waiting for a new way to get home. but some airline employees took the outage in stride. one delta flight from hawaii to los angeles was kept on the ground for more than two hours because of the outage. while the plane was sitting on the tarmac the crew ordered pizza to keep passengers happy during the wait. >> family of a muslim boy arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school filed a federal lawsuit today against texas school officials and others. irving police dropped the charge against ahmed mohamed after the incident but he was still suspended for three days. he says he brought the clock in to show his english teacher. the mohammed family questioned whether their son was mistreated due to his religion but the district denied that

claim. the family says the whole ordeal prompted death threats. >> safety of my family i have to go back to qatar because right now it's not very safe for anyone. >> you may remember mohammed was invited to the white house after that incident to meet president obama himself. >> health check tonight officials in florida are reporting another case of zika virus not related to travel outside of the u.s. >> health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman at the big board with details on this latest case. ali. >> things brings the total to 17 nontravel related cases in florida. the latest person infected didn't live in the same area as the others but had visited there. the new case is reported in palm beach county which is about 70 miles north of the known affected area in mime he . the person did spend time in affected area in miami. health officials believe the only area with active local trance manipulations is the onone -- transmissions is the

one square mile area in miami dade county. the fda's regulation on tobacco now extends to electronic cigarettes cigars and hookah. the new rules went into effect today. companies must get government approval for their products list the ingredients and put health warnings on the products and advertisements. but makers have flooded the market with new products in just the past few months. that's because the approval process may take up to three years. the fda's new rules will also regulate cigars, pipe tobacco anand hookah. people who fidget may annoy your friends but it could be good for your health. it can keep the blood flow in your legs going when you sit for a long time. researchers at the university of missouri tested young men and women before and after

sitting three hours. fidgeting at a fast pace actually raised circulation enough to keep the arteries working at a healthy level. it's not a substitute for exercise but -- >> perhaps in situations where we're stuck in the office or an airplane fidget organize light movement might be a good alternative. >> now previous studies found another benefit to fidgeting is that it helped young people with adhd to learn easier. so, there are two good excuses if you are someone who fidgets. rick and monica, back over to you. >> don't do it at a movie theater though. high to glee they kicked you out. >> well, yeah, you know. >> making too much noise. >> still to come on "action news" the south of the border twist at burger king. it's going to give its whopper when you come up next week. >> bad reviews didn't stop a new release in setting a fox office record. the millions raked in by suicide squad which "action news" returns.

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>> breaking news right now from philadelphia's somerdale section. there was a shooting on the 1000 block of allicott street. chopper6 lie over the scene. you see the crime scene tape right now and police vehicles there as they try to find some evidence and talk to witnesses. apparently a plan was should there at least twice. he's been rushed to albert einstein medical center. no word on his condition or a motive. a double shooting of one person in somerdale. >> cecily tynan is the big board. cecily i guess we should enjoy these next couple days before the humidity starts to ramp back up. >> that's right. it really will be right by the middle of the week right through the weekend. live on sky6 taking a look

from our temple university sky camera at the center city skyline. william penn we he do have a few clouds upstairs but the clouds are beginning to thin out but the good news about clouds this time of the year it keeps temperatures in check. philadelphia currently 83. average high for this time of the year is 86. allentown 83. reading and trenton 82. wilmington 84. and cape may currently 82 degrees. satellite6 along with action radar showing we started the day with sunshine but an upper level disturbance rolling offer the coast of virginia brought us this cloud cover but clouds are beginning to thin especially right near philadelphia and just to the north they're thicker down to the south but tonight the clouds will be clearing out. partly cloudy skies and temperatures about where they should be for this time of the year, just a little bit on the muggy side. philadelphia 69. allentown 60. wilmington 66. and cape may 70 degrees. future tracker showing tomorrow a lot brighter than today. lots of sunshine at 10 o'cloc 10 o'clock.

temperatures already up into the low 80's in philadelphia and as we head through the afternoon, it is going to be a warm day, about 88 degrees. good amount of sunshine. humidity not bad. mid 60's generally the dewpoint so slightly humid but then look at what happens. wednesday 71 the dewpoint, thursday and friday, it gets tropical with dewpoints in the 70's. mid 70's. and the temperatures up into the 90's. so, here we go, another heat wave is on the way. tomorrow 89 degrees. good amount of sunshine. wednesday 90 degrees with some scattered thunderstorms and looks like we have a chance of some thunderstorms every single day. it's going to be very unsettled, 91 degrees on thursday. friday hot and steamy 94 and saturday will be the peak of the heat. 95 degrees but you factor in the dewpoints in the mid 70's, the heat index will be climbing above 105 degrees. i'll let you know when we do have some relief from the heat and humidity coming up in the full accuweather 7-day forecast. take it easy this week, guys. >> yes, we will.

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>> ♪ >> hello again. here's what's happening on "action news" monday night. donald trump unveils his sweeping economic plan to put americans to work and money in their pockets. and hillary clinton vows to be the champion for small businesses across the country. also witnesses jump into action when a man is shot inside of a southwest philadelphia barbershop. and a home is nearly destroyed but a family is safe following a fast moving fire in delaware. >> the presidential candidates are spending today trying to convince voters that they have the tools to spur growth in the economy. >> democrat hillary clinton hammered home that she knows what small businesses need to succeed. while republican donald trump laid out his entire economic strategy. >> this is what i want to do for our country. i want to jump start america. and it can be done. and it won't even be that hard. (applause). >> republican nominee proposed a robust economic plan today including fully deductible

child care costs, a simplified tax code and a cap on business tax just to name a few. but will it work? and what will it cost? >> and i have said that i want to be a small business president because of my dad's experience and this is one of the big differences between me and the republican nominee. my dad -- >> meanwhile hillary clinton draws a clear comparison between her and donald trump by declaring she's the nominee who will support local business. she wants to give tax breaks to small businesses who build from within. >> abcs karen traverse joins us live from washington, d.c. tonight. >> good evening monica and rick. it is no surprise donald trump right now is trying to change the narrative. last week it was one controversy after another and this late of the round of polls is simply brutal for him. but how long can he stay on message? a disciplined donald

trump shifting gears. >> i want to jump start america. >> reporter: republican nominee unveiling his economic vision in detroit mostly focusing on tax cuts. >> these reforms will offer the biggest tax revolution since the reagan tax reform. >> reporter: his speech interrupted more than a dozen times by protestors. but he didn't take the bait. instead, sticking to script. >> we will build the next generation of roads, bridges, railways, tunnels, sea ports and airports. >> reporter: but there were few details of how he would do all that and no mention of spending cuts. hillary clinton campaigning today in battleground florida her post convention bounce continues. she's up eight points in the late of the abc news washington post poll and her support among women is at its highest level yet. two-thirds of americans say trump has the wrong temperament to be president. almost as many say he's

unqualified and untrustworthy. all that adds up to a renewed push by some republicans to get another candidate. he have vin mcmullin is former cia agent and congressional staff announcing today he's running as an independent third party candidate. and another sign of revolt in the gop. 50 top national security officials all republicans many of whom worked in the george w. bush administration signed a letter together saying that donald trump lacks the character values and experience to be president. they also say he does not -- he would also put the nation's security at risk. reporting live from washington, karen travers channel6 "action news." >> thank you karen. well, voters do have a bit of time to digest both message from the democratic and republican national convention. hillary clinton continues to bask in the post dnc bounce here with higher numbers than donald trump continues to get.

he's in that fact losing support. a national poll here shows that she leads donald trump by nine percentage points among registered voters in there u.s., last month it was just three percentage point spread between the two. voters though are starting to warm up to hillary clinton ever so slightly. her favorability is at 39 percent, unfavorable 49 percent. donald trump not fairing even as well as that. his favorability is at just 26 percent, 67 percent of voters don't like him. and a question that's come up a lot lately do the candidates have the right temperament to serve as president. there you see the results when talking about hillary clinton 61 percent say yes, 34 no. when talking about trump, 27 percent say yes, 67 percent say no. it is clear from these numbers that the presidential nominees are still having some trouble winning over the hearts of voters. however, 55 percent of those polled still say they are optimistic about electing a new president.

39 percent still say they're pessimistic about both. rick. >> monica, thank you. meanwhile you can download the 6abc news app this election season to get breaking news alerts from the campaign trail and live results on election night. the 6abc news app is a free download for your mobile device. in other news a man was shot inside of a southwest philadelphia barbershop today. he's in critical condition. this was the scene this afternoon outside the shop along the 1800 block of south 60th street. we're told the victim was hit in the nose and people who saw what happened put the man in a car and rushed him to the emergency room. the day care next door locked its doors as a precaution. the gunman is still at large. detectives are also looking for the shooter who wounded two people in the northern liberties section of the city. the two men were sitting in a car along the 500 block of north sixth street when someone suddenly fired on them multiple times. the victims got out of the car and ran into a nearby house for help. the gunman ran from the scene

and has still not been found. >> family members continue to be questioned after a man was shot to death in a home in south philadelphia overnight. a 26-year-old man told police he was fumbling with a gun when he he claimed he accidentally shot his brother in the head. it happened in this home in the 2800 block of south seventh street. the father of two was also inside the home at the time. so far no charges have been filed. >> from our delaware news room now a plan was overcome with emotion when he saw his wilmington manor home heavily damaged by fire. good news, though, his family is safe and unhurt this afternoon. it happened in the 400 block of stahl avenue. firefighters are still trying to determine how the fire started. it caused more than $70,000 in damage. five adults and four children are being helped by the red cross tonight. >> jury selection began today in the murder case against an army specialist charged with killing his girlfriend's mother in lehigh county. 21-year-old caleb barns is accused of stabbing

54-year-old cheryl sylvinak. her daughter pled guilty to helping plan the killing and was sentenced to 35 years to life to prison. prosecutors say the girl was angry at her mother after being ordered to break up with barns. >> a ukrainian man maryland guilty to charges he suppose posed as a high school student in harrisburg. artur row samarin admitted to having sex with an under aged girl. prosecutors say his punishment is up to a judge and those charges could bring 40 years in prison. samarin also faces federal charges and could be deported. >> time right now for a check of the traffic scene on a monday night. >> for that we go to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. >> high guys a little bit of a case on the mondays on this monday on some of these roads. it's a slow go here on the schuylkill, i-76 in both directions here in king of prussia especially westbound from the blue route out to 202. just up ahead by the exit for the mall there is an accident

blocking one of the lanes. that's why you're seeing extra westbound slowing but eastbound isn't really moving too great either headed into the blue route. on the big picture otherwise it's just normal delays along 95. have a crash in frankford at harbison and torresdale there by the 7-eleven and frankford avenue remains blocked in fishtown as does the eastbound side of girard because of that downed traffic signal from if this morning. that's where johnny brenda is on the westbound side. crash on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound past delaware valley is on the shoulder so that's not causing a big delay coming in from new jersey but heading toward new jersey i would not head for the delaware memorial bridge this afternoon. police activity blocking a couple lanes. i would use the commodore barry instead and some scattered delays on the regional rails. five of the different lines also have new schedules that debuted today. rick and monica back to you. >> thank you sir. >> thank you. >> confrontations between protestors and police turn violent in india. next on "action news" what touched off this dramatic scene in cashmere.

>> also the mother of a young woman found murdered in the woods issues a warning to her daughter's killer. what she said today coming up. >> y and cecily is in for adam tonight. hey, cecily. >> hi, rick. this dewpoint map shows that we have tropical humidity just to the south. that's moving our way this week as well as temperature in the 90's. heat wave number five is on the way. i'll have details in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> all right. in sports jaime apody has the eagles and phillies news tonight when "action news" continues in just a moment. i approve this message.

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>> a break away faction of the taliban in pakistan claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack at this hospital that killed at least 67 people. it happened at a government run hospital in the south western pakistan town of cueto. officials say most of the victims are lawyers at the hospital following the death of a bar association president. the president was also said to be killed by the militant group behind this bombing. government forces in india controlled kashmir used tear gas on demonstrators. the city has been under a security lockdown and curfew since the killing of a popular

rebel commander sparked some of the largest protests against indian rule in recent years. at least 55 civilians and two police officers have been killed in the violence. thousands have been injured. more than 1,000 protestors have been arrested. >> the family of a 30-year-old woman murdered while running last week in new york city is hoping a $10,000 reward will help catch her killer. karina vetrano's body was discovered along the trail she and her father ran together nearly every day. but back pain forced her father to stay at home that afternoon where vetrano was killed. hundreds attended her funeral over the weekend and yesterday her mother had this message for her daughter's killer. >> soon we're going to have a face to the piece of garbage that you are. and i guarantee you you will pay forever. >> detectives discovered a sneaker and headphones near the crime scene. they are now being tested for

fingerprints and dna evidence. world news tonight with david muir will have much more on the runner who was murdered in new york as well as that deadly attack in pakistan and the latest from the campaign trail. you can watch it tonight at 6:30 following "actio "action n" at 6:00. >> jaime apody here with sports. big week for the eagles. >> how exciting is this. yes, football time thursday. >> you don't seem that excited at all. >> keep talking. >> from now until at least january we'll have an eagles game to talk about every week so eventually rick will be excited. bring on tampa bay. sam bradford will be under center to start on thursday but he wasn't around to talk about it. bradford excused after practice to tend to a family matter in oklahoma. ly how much he will play depends on how well he plays. carson wentz will get the bulk of time in the second half covering to pederson who has put a stop to hitting at practice this after we learned jordan matthews will miss a few weeks with a strained knee after he was hit on friday. so are 33 glad to see the hitting come to an end.

>> it bothered me when you saw other guys going low in practice. offensively we don't cut. defensively it's like a courtesy thing where you don't go low either so other than that the physicality i kind of like that just because it gets you ready to go and makes practice that much more intense and much more competitive. >> there was a special guest at camp today. who you may not recognize. that's not grizzly adams it's sixers head coach brett brown who brought along gm brian colangelo. >> you look at the principles of how you set up a practice, the prescription pells of a flow of , principles of a flow of a practice and you start speaking to people and you leave feeling a little bit smarter. >> i think it's great that we can support each other in this time of the year and it's great to have those guys out here. >> summer beard going on coach. >> from the woods of maine. >> well, jim it's a nice look.

going to be weird to get excited about that, excite bowed his beard. unbelievable. going to be weird with the phillies in l.a. they'll play against chase utley for the first time. phils are the only team he has yet to play against. yesterday the phils did something that they hadn't done since utterly was manning second -- utley was manning seconds base. a five, four, three triple play. it helped the phils take two of three from the padres one, two, three, love that. olympics continuing in rio. fresh offer winning his 19th gold medal michael phelps competes in the 200 fly and the u.s. basketball team facing venezuela. all the rage drones so i give you the drone racing national championship governor's island new york. 150 of the best pilots flew their drones through an obstacle course. given that they're drones we can get a bird's eye view like that. how big a deal is this? espn

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>> mexico at least 40 people are dead after tropical storm earl triggered these landslides across the southern past of that country. earl made landfall as a hurricane. winds have weakened now but the storm dumped inches of rain on the region causing widespread flooding as you can see. >> earl as expected has emerged out in the pacific and then it gets renamed. it's now tropical storm javier heading towards the baja peninsula right now. >> okay. >> it's dangerous. >> it's a storm that won't give up. >> right. >> thank you cecily. >> that little tidbit. >> talk about weather here it's going to get hot, it's going to get humid. no tropical storms on the way. tropical air unfortunately. storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we have rain free conditions out there. there was one little cell near dover and that's just rained itself out. and we are beginning to see some brightening of the skies. sky6 taking a look at the center city skyline which was clouded most of the afternoon.

the clouds are beginning to thin out but with the cloud cover today it kept temperatures in check. the normal high for this time of the year is now down to 86. dropped to there on saturday. today we are 1 degree cooler than that, 85 degrees but we did have a warm start to the day, 73 which is 4 degrees above normal. right now 83 in philadelphia. trenton and reading 82, wilmington 84, cape may 81. the atlantic city airport has dropped down to 78 degrees. and satellite6 along with action radar showing the cloud cover from today all associated with this upper level disturbance that brought some rain to virginia. that is pushing east and if you look to the cloud cover you can see how it will begin to really fall apart from the northwest to the southeast. so, tonight turning partly cloudy. slightly on the muggy side. seasonably warm. 60 in the lehigh valley. 69 degrees for center city. and tomorrow a decent day with high pressure just to our east, we'll see more sunshine than clouds brighter than today. it will be on the warm side.

89 degrees and slightly humid. but then what happens on wednesday, that high pressure becomes a bermuda high. that will bring us a different air mass. down the shore tomorrow you have those winds off the ocean. that ocean temperature a warm 79. with that on-shore flow there is a moderate risk of rip currents yet again. temperatures in the jersey beaches generally in the low 80's and mid 80's rehoboth and bethany beach there, the ocean temperature is 80 degrees. on wednesday, this high pressure becomes that classic bermuda high and it's going to sit there. so what this does, it will pump the winds out of the south-southwest. it gets steamy. the high on wednesday 90 degrees. the humidity dewpoints in the 70's with a possibility of some afternoon thunderstorms and that's really the air that sticks around right through the weekend and actually the heat will be intensifying. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, tomorrow warm, mostly sunny, a little bit on the humid side but not oppressive, 89 degrees. wednesday, though, 90 degrees, very muggy and future tracker

showing that we do have a possibility of some storms erupting during the day especially in the afternoon and we keep that chance on thursday. if you're heading to the eagles preseason game, some scattered storms possible, mug he gmuggy and warm 91 degrees. we bump it up to 94 on friday and saturday the peak of the heat. 95 degrees. you factor in the humidity, the heat index will make it feel above 105 degrees. so that is dangerous heat and humidity. on sunday really not much relief. 92 degrees. again, some thunderstorms possible and monday looks like temperatures may finally slide south of 90. 89 degrees. it stays unsettled with showers and thunderstorms so if you want a rain free day, enjoy it tomorrow. >> just tomorrow. >> 'cause then every day we have a possibility of scattered storms. not a washout but very unsettled and very hot and humid. >> thanks cecily. >> thanks cecily. >> stay with 6abc.com/weather

for the latest including hourly forecast and realtime views from storm tracker6 live double scan radar. head over to facebook and twitter to follow each of our meteorologists and let us know what is happening where you are. >> in center city criminal justice was the topic of a discussion today. "action news" was at the lowes on market street for the national criminal justice association's 2016 national forum. several local leaders will participate including mayor jim kenney philadelphia d.a. seth williams and pennsylvania secretary of corrections john wetzel. all three spoke this morning. the forum runs through wednesday.

>> that's it for us. right now brian taff and the "action news" team standing by with these stories and much more coming up next at 6 o'clock. 12 robberies at least two suspects. police are trying to track down the men targeting a specific group of business owners. also family tragedy. a community copes with the death of a family of five involved in a murder-suicide. >> and jury selection pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane is back in court as lawyers screen potential jurors in her trial. those stories and more up next. for adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody rick williams the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass. have a great night. "actio"action news" at 6:00 is . >> good night. vietnam and spent eleven months in a pow camp. what donald trump said about our members of the military being captured is a disgrace. he's a war hero because he was captured.

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>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night jim's off. i'm brian taff. in the news tonight philadelphia's criminal justice center reopens after an elevator accident. and a newly purchased sailboat catches fire in delaware. but the big story on "action news" tonight is the target on the backs of a specific group of business owners. police are putting out an alert tonight after a string of armed robberies. investigators are searching for several suspects wanted for a dozen crimes. the most recent early this morning. "action news" reporter clad pradelli spoke with one of the victims. he's live in chinatown tonight. chad you've got the details. >> reporter: yeah, brian, police say the criminals are targeting asian business owners and in particular those who live above their

commercial establishments. the suspects are brazen unconcerned with surveillance systems. here are two of the men wanted for a rash of home invasion commercial burglaries. >> then they using the gun to my husband and myself. >> reporter: wang is among the victims. the suspects broke into her master street restaurant on july 28th. then went upstairs and startled the family awake. >> i say okay, we -- don't -- don't touch me and my husband, okay, i give you all of my money. >> reporter: they fled with $3,000 in cash and other valuables. >> looks like they're bouncing back and forth between west philadelphia and northwest philadelphia. >> reporter: they're wanted for a dozen crimes in all including one today on the 5100 block of haverford. >> commercial businessessism this afternoon police and the fbi briefed roughly 150 concerned members of the asian community. the message, be alert of your customers. one suspect has a