with all the festivities on tap this afternoon. >> reporter: this is the party on the parkway called the jubilee of fun at eakins oval. there are all times of activities and food and a zip line here somewhere here and an obstacle course. it kicked off west of here in the historic district. philadelphia, july 4th, 2017, historic and contemporary. a parade of what seemed like something for everyone. ♪ ♪ some of it home grown -- ♪ ♪ some of it arriving from elsewhere. taking together new and old it made for an impressive

spectacle. >> it's amazing so fantastic. so many colorful and so many different people involved. >> before the parade the formal ceremony at city hall. critical words declared by the r&b group boyz ii men. >> all men are created equal. >> the mayor honoring ron g galotty who was shot down in vietnam and a pow at the hanoi hilton. and spoke with those that risked their lives in 1776. >> some incredible patriots walked these very streets, ben franklin, george washington and thomas jefferson lived nearby on market street. what it must have been like in that neighborhood. >> today the neighborhood packed with people.

>> we are a military family. my husband is in the army and it's important to be here and celebrate 4th of july it's part of our life. >> back now to the party on the parkway. the parade today about 80,000 people watching it, if tradition holds here many times that number will build along the parkway as we get closer to the concert and the fireworks. live on the parkway, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> a lot to do down there thank you. >> the action cam was all around the area today as communities celebrated independence day. in media, delaware county, there was a big festival at field. children played games and did art projects and got their faces painted and a big water slide to help everyone cool off after a few hours in the hot sun. getting ready for a big night of fire works in newark. the action cam got a look at the

athletic complex. worker were loading the fireworks in the canisters and making sure the fuses were ready to go. they will light up the skies at dusk. time for the all important accuweather forecast. >> lets go outside to meteorologist, adam joseph, it's been nice and sunny mother nature cooperating this 4th of july. >> that it is for almost 95% of us, some areas are getting downpours and thunderstorms but not here in the city of philadelphia. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing some areas getting hit by heavy rain in fact there is a flash flood warning in effect until 7:15 p.m. for parts of cumberland county from bridgeton to millville where 2.5 inches of rain has fallen in 45 minutes, that is a lot of water in a short amount of time and the storm just fired up and continued to drift over the same location there's from bridgeton over to millville along route 49

and then fall as part over ocean city. from atlantic city to ocean city gets clouds because of that storm. for the fireworks this evening, most areas are dry, could be the spotty shower or thunderstorm. far southern areas, your temperature at 8:00, 82 degrees and 11:00 temperatures settling in in the upper 70s for the fireworks displays. we'll have a nice wednesday on tap as well. things turn unsettled towards the end of the week. all the details coming up in the full accuweather forecast. in just a little bit. >> okay thank you. >> a lot of people are spending the day on the beach, the sand and ocean and the boardwalk packed in ocean city and ventnor. families from all over flocked to the shore to celebrate and some brought their cookouts to the beach. >> we have got a nice spinach salad and dogs here and devilled

eggs, protein for you. >> all about the food today many of the visitors we talked to are planning to stay at the shore to catch the fireworks tonight. ocean city's show is scheduled to kick off at 9:00. >> in sea isle city hundreds of kids sporting their red white and blue competed in the junior olympics. there was running and throwing and winners got to stand on podiums to receive their first, second and third place medals. >> time for the "action news" traffic report today. it's a holiday let go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> you know how this goes on the holiday everything is a little bit funky as we expect people to come back from the shore and some staying for the fireworks and some down for the whole week. things look good if you need to make the trek back from the beaches, 56 miles per hour from the parkway headed to the a.c.

expressway. 20s going into a.c. and that is not unusual. 40s through mays landing. and a crash earlier on the eastbound atlantic city expressway headed to the shore points near egg parlor. that has cleared out of the way. as had a crash in the city 95 northbound side north of the work zone at girard avenue, 15 or 20 minutes ago. the delay is starting to thin still speeds in the 30s northbound on 95 and still just a couple of closures by independence hall, portions of 6th street and chestnut street are blocked because of earlier festivities there. and most of the festivities in the city are on the parkway at eakins oval. that is shut down as is the ramps for the schuylkill to that area. many parades happened earlier but one going on now. watch out for folks marching at this hour.

lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report. crash on the roosevelt boulevard southbound side south of broad street, it looks like you can squeeze by that. >> all right matt thank you. "action news" has brand new video showing the crash that blocked i-76 for most of the day yesterday. a nearby driver saw the car swerving and started to record and then the tractor trailer flipped on to the side spilling its load, and wendy saltzman is live now in middletown township wendy you spoke with the man that saw it all unfold. >> reporter: we did. and the troopers are still investigate what caused the crash and hoping that this incredible video will shed light on that, it shows the point of impact where the tractor trailer flips of and ultimately shut down the blue route for seven hours. >> i'm still in shock it was happening in front of my eyes.

>> victor says for several minutes before it started recording this tractor trailer looked like it was in trouble. >> i said something is going on over here either he is playing around with an 18 wheeler, or he is falling asleep at the wheel. he spoke only with "action news" to describe what he saw and caught on camera, this 18 wheeler swerving lane to lane on 476 northbound broomall exit. >> there was no way to stop it. >> a minute and a half into the recording you see the violent crash. >> i thought he was dead from the crash. >> the tractor trailer hit hard spewing the contents of the trailer in the road and shutting down northbound traffic yesterday afternoon. he and his father and another man rushed to the cabin but the man inside was nonresponsive. >> we couldn't get an answer from him. even though we were calling him are you okay? he didn't answer.

>> he doesn't think alcohol was involved. >> i didn't smell alcohol or see any alcohol bottles in the cabin, i believe more likely probably fall asleep, tiredness probably a long drive. >> reporter: he says that when the driver was pulled from the crash he was still breathing, the state police tell us he is 27 years old and from vineland, new jersey, and sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. i'm wendy saltzman channel 6 "action news." >> incredible video thank you. chopper 6 hd was over a deadly crash in south philadelphia two cars some how collided in the southbound lanes of i-95 around 2:30 this afternoon. one of them crashed through a fence and came to rest against a building. the other car flipped on to its roof. one person has died from the accident and another rushed to hahnemann hospital with injuries, police are trying to

figure out what happened. police say that a missing swimmer has been found dead in the delaware river. search boats were searching for the swimmer, police tell "action news" that the 27-year-old man was found dead in the water this afternoon. he was swimming with his family but never resurfaced his name has not been released. >> a gruesome discovery is sparking questions in north philadelphia this afternoon. police were called to the 30 hundred block of west clear field street when someone found a small casket with remains inside. it was on the sidewalk near the mount vernon cemetery, included embalmed internal organs from a child and the lid appeared to be pried open. the medical examiner is involved in the investigation. late night budget agreement in new jersey means state parks and beaches were open for the holiday.

governor chris christie signed the $37.5 billion deal this morning. the action cam was in rancocas state park where people got out to enjoy the day. the now infamous island beach state park is now gone viral. he was seen lounging on the beach. and addressed the situation saying he would not apologize to voters. >> i took claude's question, was i laying out getting a tan. no, that is not what i was doing laying there with a t-shirt. and they flew the plane over and i was sitting next to a blond that is a story. >> governor christie says he is exactly where he said he would be relaxing with his family. he was not going to cancel plans to wait on a budget deal. >> coming up next on "action news," a bold move from north

korea s. claiming to have successfully tested a long range ballistic missile that could one day strike the united states sx we'll have the details and reaction from washington. and incredible teamwork leads to a rescue in china. see how this man was pulled to safety in the nick of time.

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world leaders are reacting to news that north korea launched yet another missile. they say it was an intercontinental missile and the launch was a success saying it could reach u.s. soil. here is the latest from washington. >> reporter: the united states is still assessing the launch and could mark a big step in north korea's efforts to strike the u.s. >> make marking a milestone,

images showing north koreans clapping and cheering the latest missile launch. they claim it's the 11th so far this year and the u.s. confirms it's it's first ever that could reach alaska. >> officials were anticipating a north korean launch and the latest signifies the rogue nuclear power can fire missiles on short notice. adding to the tensions with the u.s. and north korea. >> russian and chinese leaders are suggesting that they put a moratorium on anymore missile launches in exchange for the u.s. and south korea holding off on large scale military drills. it's important not to overestimate the threat of north korea that the regime does not want to see war on the korean peninsula.

>> this is not something you want to see happening. >> for months president trump has tried to get china north korea's most important ally to intervene and help to deescalate the situation. in washington, channel 6 "action news." >> well, it was a pretty amazing rescue caught on camera in china where floodwaters are inundating a village. heavy rains caused rushing water that trapped a man on a building. and they put together a pulley system using a fire hose as a rope and the man held on for dear life as rescuers pulled him to safety just in time. closer to home you may have noticed lower prices at the pump. aaa says it's 12 years since prices were this low near the 4th of july, the average is $2.23 down 15 cents from a month ago. you may want to grab the savings while you can, some analysts

predict the prices will start to creep back up. >> speaking of spending, 4th of july cookouts are costing an average of $73 per person than is just the food. not including the beverages, the national retail federation says that people spend big on patriotic accessories and decorations, some 162 million people will take part in a cookout or picnic this year. this was the 102nd year of the 4th of july celebration in the lawn crest section of philadelphia. families had a jam packed day at the rec center and the fun is underway now. there is a flea market and food court open and plenty of games and prizes and to wrap things up there is a fireworks show at dusk. there was a lot of old fashion fun to be had in berwyn county, and the picnic took over johnson park on bridge avenue, kidded got to play in a bounce house and test their skills with a

water balloon toss. careful there, and even work together in a three legged race. afterwards came the real fun the berwyn fire company cooled everyone down with a pray s spray from the fire trucks. >> they can use that today because it's on the hot side. >> on the brink of 90 degrees and the humidity up just a tad but most areas are dry and a few seeing storms. lets look live now at chester from sky 6 hd here over philadelphia union there, their home base. the weatherer center here a few puffy cumulous clouds developing in most of the area but again there are storms developing far to the south and in fact we bring in stormtracker 6 live double scan as we move this towards you here you get a closer look. most of us are dry sunny and hot, but there are storms firing up in southern areas and in fact in bridgeton near route 49 this

thunderstorm has been ongoing for over an hour back building meaning it continues to fire up over the same locations and drift over millville here where they are seeing close to 3 inches in some spots with flash flooding and getting hit hard with small hail. winds of 40 miles per hour south of dover through canterbury, if you know folks heading home on route 1 from rehbo only, it's a nasty drive from parts of kent county over the bay. and we'll see if it holds for cape may county this evening. it's pretty hot out there with temperatures on the brisk of 90 in philadelphia. 88 in wilmington and the cooler numbers for millville as well as dover where we have the rain that has popped up and a lot of clouds through most of the shore communities because of those storms to the west s kind of blowing off the clouds across

ocean city down to cape may. you can see, most of the action is to the south and west. this is a weak boundary drifting to the south as we go through the middle of the week. tonight partly cloudy and isolated thunderstorm in southern areas while most of of us stay dry. 64 in allentown and 71 in philadelphia and 68 in the boardwalk and 78 for dover. as we get into wednesday, if you head back to work it's a nice day. sunshine and clouds and moderately humid and 72 at 8:00 and 78 at 11:00 and middle 80s during the afternoon and no chance of storms on wednesday. tomorrow you see the humidity levels on the comfy side here for wednesday. as we get into thursday and friday it spikes into the upper 70s more oppressive and that is when we have more downpours and storms coming down in the forecast. your four day at 4:00 forecast. 85 tomorrow and sun and clouds and mostly cloudy on thursday with numerous downpours and storms and unsettled and that continues early on friday with

the humidity and friday afternoon sun returning and 87 setting us up for a beautiful start to the weekend on saturday. less humidity and sunshine at 87 i'll let you know if we spill it into the rest of the weekend in the next half hour. >> that is looking good adam thank you. we have more ahead on "action news" at 4:00, as we head to break lets look how you are celebrating independence day. >> these are pictures and videos showing us your barbecues and day at the shore. great shots everyone. keep them coming. we want to see how you are spending the holiday, use #6abcaction on social media. you may see the shots on our newscast. design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century.

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4th of july holiday celebrations are painting towns in your area red, white and blue. ♪ ♪

and march on they did. bands of all kinds, pipes and patriotic tunes in east landsdowne, this is their 102nd 4th of july parade. everything from string bands, entertaining the crowds to spider-man. look at him on ton of the fire truck. the streets were filled with smiles as musicians brought a lot of spirit. look at this working all the drums there. the annual celebration. in north wildwood even the four-legged friends are marching to celebrate our great nation this is the wildwood independence day parade and the pooch parade. they dressed up in boas, furry ones there to super hero attire. all the little yankee doodle sweethearts marching up and down the parade route and featured bicycles and wagons decked out with cute patriots on board. >> got to love it.

>> holiday tradition it's in south jersey brought familied out to a local park and pond. bordentown township held their fish derby at northern community park. the derby was open to all ages but participants had to be 13 and under to actually compete. a great day tore parents and grandparents to real one in? they took over the streets in julius town, camden county, it involved dozens of pieces of farm equipment. look at this a pink one. all decked out in american flags, an "action news" viewer says the event started years ago with one neighbor and one tractor and now the pride of the small town near joint base mcguire dix air base. >> a salute to the farmers in the great state of new jersey. >> in the next half hour of "action news" at 4:00, the best deal can you get on things to buy in july.

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"action news" continues with the many holiday celebrations on this 4th of july. >> plus, there are better ways and products to protect a child's skin from the hot summer sun. a police officer makes the call to join in on the fun rather than ruining it when neighbors create their own slip and slide. >> a fancy one too. americans are celebrating the nation's birthday with small town parades and big time fireworks and the weather is perfect for most of it. we have team coverage for the independence day. adam joseph has the rest of the 4th of july forecast and what to expect when you head back to work tomorrow. first we check in with walter perez live in upper merion where one of the many holiday events continues there. >> reporter: hey guys, you know we had a lot of fun today. checking outs the festivities across the delaware valley despite the heat. a look at what is going on here in king of prussia but we begin with a parade in delaware county

honoring a beloved public servant. despite the floats and family fun along with classic and vintage cars at the parade it was newtown township brian neil that stole the show. for 14 years he served and protected the community and after decades of directing traffic at this parade this time he served as grand marshall. >> this is great and fabulous, a wonderful end to my career here and i'm really enjoying this. riding down westchester pike surrounded by his grandkids and hundreds of people thanking him for his service his final duty as a police officer he begined a well deserved retirement. sergeant mcneil says it's not about him but our independence. >> everybody should celebrate the freedom we have in this country and enjoy everything we have for us.

>> meanwhile, celebrating in king of prussia as well. the prelude to the concert under the stars series it begins with a carnival now underway of life performance at 5:00 by the mango man band and of course fireworks at dusk. families here says this is a lot of fun. >> we are celebrating all weekend an outing to enthe weekend and fun rides. >> come here and meet some friends gone home and probably sleep before fireworks. >> back out live as the fun continues here in king of prussia. we want to wish a happy retirement to sergeant mcneil and thank him for his service to our community. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. lets go live now down at the shore. sky 6 hd giving us the beautiful scene on the beach in cape may. >> some people still hanging out there one of the best places to

be this 4th of july and the sand and surf are packed for this long holiday weekend. lets get a check of the forecast. adam joseph is tracking the area and there are pop-ups. >> especially in southern areas south of dover and the delaware beaches and parts of the jersey shore getting cloud cover because of storms in cumberland county moving from the west to east but dry along the shore at this point. philadelphia we look at temperatures as we go through the evening at 5:00, 86 degrees and 6:00, 7:00 dropping to the lower 80s and upper 70s for most fireworks displays. and 8:00, 79 degrees. and look at stormtracker 6 live double scan that is where we are dealing with some of those storms in southern areas, you see near dover and points to the south and as far north as smyrna and millville a dying thunderstorm there and it falls apart as you head towards the shore, we close in to that location near millville and bridgeton along route 49 and in

less than an hour we see more than 3 inches of rainfall between millville and bridgeton on 49, very heavy rainfall. 3.4 and 1.8 in millville. and a flash flood washing in that area until 7:15 p.m. if you are expected to travel away from the shore through that part of cumberland county you may want to think of an alternate route. not sure how water logged the roadways are. coming up a beautiful wednesday and more stormy changes thursday and friday with the seven-day forecast. >> thank you adam. you can take us with you this 4th of july holiday, get the fire work schedules real time traffic conditions and stormtracker 6 live double scan radar all available any time on the 6 abc app and a free download for your mobile device. parades were aplenty this 4th of july in our region.

♪ ♪ this was the 101st anniversary of the neighborhood club bala cynwyd independence day celebration and along with fire trucks were there bike drivers, young and hold that made their way along the parade route. and bag pipers made their way down the route, riders on tiny old time vehicles before the parade a 5-k and 1 mile run as with well. from coast-to-coast americans are celebrating the nation's birthday and a record was broken in a traditional hot dog eating contest in new york. >> reporter: the 4th festivities kicking off in gat ling burg, passenger. >> it's great every year. >> hosting the nation's first

independence day right at midnight for 42 years and counting. >> welcome everybody to cleveland on the lake. >> at day break in cleveland and from coast-to-coast, the birthday party for america picking up steam with more festivities and food and even outerspace. astronaut peggy wittson tweeting happy birthday usa. >> and while you may not be too familiar with this annual burger eating contest in washington, d.c. -- surely you have heard of this hot dog eating contest on new york's coney island. >> the 101st running of the hot dog eating contest. >> joey chestnut set a record by downing 72 hot dogs and nicky suito came on top for the women with 42 hot dogs.

and capping off with what else but fireworks, new york city expected to attract more than a million spectators at this year's macy's 4th of july spectacular. with so many people out and about police from new york to los angeles say they are prepared to make sure everyone enjoys a safe holiday. abc news new york. they celebrated america's birthday today by welcoming new members into the land of the free and the home of the brave. 13 children were sworn in as america's newest citizens, they took the oath of allegiance at philadelphia's hold city and mayor jim kenney held the heartfelt ceremony and children that descended from revolutionary war veterans. and how often do we practice what we preach. rick williams is live in the

newsroom with more on this story. >> reporter: thank you. that is right. we have the results of a new surf yea tonight by a skin care company. they ask how often they put sunscreen on their children. we have the surprising results and parents that struggle total keep their kids safe in the sun. >> and at 5:00 a new kind of oreo is hitting grocery store shelves, the latest project from nabisco and dunkin' donuts. those stories and more coming up when we see you on "action news" at 5:00. want to try it sharrie? >> we may have to. we'll see you at 5:00 rick. america's birthday celebration would not be complete without a cake. today's party guests at the independence center enjoyed red white and blue cupcakes arranged in the shape of the flag. people got a taste of this creation. >> delicious. still to come on "action news"

at 4:00, another day and failed launch for space x why it was canceled seconds before liftoff in florida. and leave the pea coat and gloves at home in california. they are wearing bathing suits on the slopes, and david murphy returning for the accuweather forecast when "action news" comes right back.

space x had to cancel a rocket launch moments before liftoff at kennedy's space center after scraping the original mission on sunday the space company ran into a similar problem last night. the rocket software sensed an issue preventing space x from sending into orbit. in italy firefighters had to air lift a cow after it fell down a ravine. it happened in a mountainous area near verona, the cows leg

was broke and and it was harnessed and taken to safety. and believe it or not there is still enough snow in the mountains of california to ski. yes people are wearing tank tops and bikinis while hitting the slopes in the valley there. the heavy snow pack from last winter was enough to keep the slopes open this late, it's it's fourth time that this has happened in the history of that resort. big talkers now we start with the viral video, a plus size model confronting the man that body shamed her on a recent flight. >> you know nothing about me by the size of my body don't ever treat anybody like that again. you don't know anything about me. >> natalie says they she was on an american airlines flight and when to sit in her middle seat. that is when she notice the man next to her texting jokes about her weight and posted images of

the hurtful texts on social media. >> the person says hopefully she hasn't had any mexican food and he said looks like she ate a whole mexican. >> they see you as less of a person because you are more of a person. >> she confronted him and he apologized and said he had been drinking and she rolled on their exchange and posted it on social media. writing quote, this is a fat person's daily reality and not just on a plane. she never revealed his identity because she doesn't want to start a shame circle just a conversation about respect. take to you north carolina where a police officer is popular with the kids and pretty much a social media super star for this moment. >> ha, ha, ha. >> my butt is wet. >> that is officer joe jones his uniform not the best attire for that homemade slip and slide

complete with a raft. the woman in ashville built it for kids on the block but someone called police saying it was blocking the run that is why officer jones responded not only did he not think it was a problem but he joined in on the fun as you can see. i hope he put a toil down on the seat of the patrol car. your rear gets wet when you do the slip and slide action. >> that is what happens when you join in on the fun. it's time now to get a check of the roads tonight. matt pellman is here with the update. >> sharrie, speeds are not slipping much of the day on the highways, looking good with light volume and the case on the schuylkill expressway what we do have is all the closures because of the festivities going on tonight. the ramp from the eastbound side of 76 schuylkill from spring garden street is blocked as is spring garten itself and the mlk drive and kelly drive and eakins

oval is closed as is the ben franklin parkway, both drives in both directions shut down likely until tomorrow morning. we have a bunch of closures around independence hall including 6th and chestnut. the closures should be lifted in the next 20 to 30 minutes a flat tire on the southbound side of 95 close to bridge street and luckily they got that fixed and all lanes are open there. six different septa bus routes are running and septa is offering late night service on the regional rails to help you get home. otherwise we are on a sunday schedule on septa because of the holiday. and parades going on in glen side, easton, waverly, all have restrictions as the marchers continue their thing in glen side. and a motorcycle crash in bucks coins close to lex greenhouses, avoid callow hill root at upper

stump road. >> all right matt thank you. collingdale's holiday celebration started early this morning. parade floats and antique cars made their way through town and once the procession came to an end families could enjoy a flea market and fun games leading up to the big show. fireworks start at 9:00 p.m. a lot of festivities outdoors today. meteorologist, adam joseph, coming up with the complete accuweather forecast. when "action news" at 4:00 continues.

the playground was spacocke with temperatures near

that 90 degree mark. in some locations. we take a look at the temperature in philadelphia on the brisk of 90, 86 in the lehigh valley as well as trenton and 72 dover and 72 and a lot of clouds and showers getting close to cape may at 73 degrees. for the fireworks forecast

tonight most areas staying on the dry side could be a thundershower in far southern areas, most areas looking good 82 at 8:00 and everything wraps up tonight 11:00 temperature around 78 degrees. as we take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan there you can see downpours and storms in southern areas along the border of kent county as well as southern newcastle county. very wet especially along route 1 along the state of delaware. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan here things firing up north and smyrna and this is not moving quickly. that is the thing. where they are pulsing up there is not a lot of steering with wind and they are drifting slowly all the way south of dover now lewes, delaware and bethany beach getting lightning and thunder as well and cape may about to get clipped with light showers, northern areas looking good and most is down to the south along a boundary and that

drapes itself west to kansas city and wichita, a spin here, low pressure rippling across the delaware valley and moving through thursday and early friday. tomorrow it's looking nice sun and clouds east-southeasterly winds and cooler at the shore. staying all week in the mid-70s. 84 toms river and 85 in philadelphia and 85 for allentown and a bit cooler for today and the heat is building across the rockies and high pressure and this is where the core of the heat it, we get into a trough that means the jet stream dips despite we don't have a ton of heat because everything ride as long this river of air that steers our system than is our weather thursday and early friday. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 85 and sun and clouds tomorrow and a lot of clouds as the area of low pressure nears us. 80 degrees with downpours and thunderstorms throughout the day and that lasts into early friday

morning kicking off a thunderstorm of 87 and everything should start to kick out of here in time for your saturday and sunday. beautiful sunshine and low humidity average temperatures and that will even going into the beginning of next week. with a lot of sunshine and temperatures shy of 90 degrees as we get into the first full week of july or so. we are not looking at any major heat heading our way. good thing for this time of year. >> looks comfortable for july. what's the deal is coming up next. >> and today we are talking about things you should buy in july. and revealing the big deals ahead on amazon prime day.

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. ♪ ♪ today marks 241 years since the united states declared its independence and across the philadelphia area the birth place of freedom were shows of patriotism and red white and blue. it's tuesday night and monica malpass is off and sharrie williams is joining us and the big story on "action news" is the 4th of july and how folks across the region are

celebrating. >> we are keeping an eye on the roads for anyone still headed to their holiday destination and first team coverage from the city to the shore on all the holiday happenings. we begin with bob brooks live on the beach in margate. >> reporter: hey sharrie and rick, i got the great assignment today it's picture perfect weather for this 4th of july down here at the jersey shore, behind me here we have the dotty family. happy 4th of july and they have shrimp on the grill one example of people down here having a barbecue lets take a look -- >> i think it's safe to say a lot of fun is being had at the jersey shore today just as it should be to celebrate our nation's birthday. from barbecues on the beach in ventnor. >> a nice