that will route 73 in northeast philadelphia. w, we have nasty accident, in southwest philadelphia. it involves an overturned vehicle. and this vehicle is with the accident chopped the telephone pole in half. now, that telephone pole was holding three transformers, that supplied power to some of the homes in the neighborhood. so there is local power outage, and 70th street blocked, right there by the car dealerships. island avenue is your best bet through the first half of our morning rush hour. another crash here along the baltimore pike at oak avenue. otherwise bridges look fine at the moment. mass transit running with no delays. erika, back over to you. >> bob, thank upment police waiting for word from the medical examiner on the mysterious deaths of an elderly cup nel strawberry mansion. rufus and now gladys perry found dead overnight by one of their six children. the couple showed no signs of trauma a there was also no evidence of forced entry into their home on spangler street. couple's family said both were in good health.

seventy-six in northeast philadelphia mount holly checks in at 75. nice mild start to the day especially closer towards urban corridor. as we go forward in time we will heat up, our normal high is 87 degrees on this particular day of the year. we will flirt with that. we will get up to 86 this afternoon. again, expect a couple of showers or thunderstorms but it won't be as hot or muggy as what we have seen in recent days. but guys, you can stay on top of the forecast by down loading the cbs philly weather lab, and you can actually up load any weather pictures or video that you take right through the app. it is available in the app store and coming soon to the android, vittoria, good morning. >> good morning, everyone. it is a very quiet morning as we take a look at i-95 around girard, again i can pretty much put my feet up because we have nothing to talk b we have construction zones around this point. they pick up southbound construction zones between allegheny and girard so definitely, no problems, at all, even the schuylkill, barely anyone out ther

good morning, his favorite parties when he runs in and bang s his head in the l >> good i-95 northeast philadelphiacome on up and adam time to get to work as we head southbound, we are start to go see some volume. this is the the construction zone in toward diwntown philadelphia hello, malvern. live look at 202 in the construction zone we have two lanes between 401 and chesterbrookuld.ims damp and wm thunder boomers from last night. an accident just outside city limits here township line road at church road, crews are still working on the turnpike and eastbound crew right here near iladelphia bensalem interchange, gone to the baseball game 1:59 o'clock start on your way home penndot could still beut h webound on the schuylkill between university and south, hopefully they will pick up those cones and have that opened for baseball fans on the way home. commodore barry, bennie, walt whitman all looking good and mass transit has in delays, ukee, back over to you. >>> we have got some breaking news just into our news room reports are in that an algeria passenger plane has disappeared from radar. the fli

as we go to the maps here, coming from the northeast academy road, heading south into northeast philadelphiau can now exit at cottman avenue which is route 73. and over the weekends, heads up, saturday night in early sunday morning, if you are going to be headed to the poconos, northeast extension will be closed from lansdale up to quakertown, with some construction, but, sounds like nice weather weekend for construction? >> definitely, yes. you always say it, bob. these guys love when it is comfortable outside. not terribly humid. it is quiet. that's exactly i think, what we will find out there. storm scan3 looking good. we are still not tracking the back edge of the very same front. it is still there. but, hey, at least it is far removed from our area now, high pressure has been settling in. the problem is going to future weather we do have warmfront starting to creep n i wouldn't even call it a problem. what it is going to do, bring in more clouds. again, looking at say 2:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon, my cousin jessica getting married at 2:00 p.m. congrats, jess and zach, love you guys. loo

a man's body is pulled from pennypack creek were you police in northeast philadelphia don't know whoe is or how got there. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is tells us where this investigation stands right now. >> reporter: officials are now faced with the tasks of first trying to figure out who this victim is, and then trying to figure out whether his death was an accident or whether it was some sort of crime. police first got the call about the body early sunday afternoon responding quick toll the scene thereafter. they arrived to find what they described as a white male floating in pennypack creek the body was recovered and taken to the medical examiner's office. police tell us there is some work left ahead of them in this case. the medical examiner's office likely won't know the identity of the victim here until monday at the earliest. >> we're in northeast philadelphia, matt rivers cbs-3 eyewitness news. >> and police are also continu continuing to investigate several homicides investigators say 47 year old top mass fields was shot twice once in the neck and once in the ch

. >>> a teenage boy and a man are shot within minutes of each other in the same northeast philadelphiaeighborhood. >> police are working to see if the two cases are connect. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us from northeast detectives with more on this investigation, nicole. >> reporter: philly police were on patrol after midnight when they heard first of the two shootings, two blocks and ten minutes apart. lets set the the scene for you at least with that first shooting there. it happened near darrah and philmore streets in northeast philadelphia where they found 15 spent shell casings from two separate guns but no victim. they have learn a 22-year old male was shot once in the thigh and had run from the scene from aria frankford hospital where he is in stable condition. minutes later those same officers were within ear shot of multiple gunshots coming from the 4600 block of frankford avenue. only a couple blocks away. there they found a 20 year-old male victim with two gunshot wound to the groin. he was taken to aria torresdale hospital in critical condition but is exp

all part of that new construction and widening project here, in northeast philadelphia, so, see the barrelse folks maybe even confused whether it is open or not, but southbound there is access to mayfair and the great northeast, accident in the neighborhood here, 70 answer hole steen avenue, south on 95 slow at the whitman, all of the lanes now open, watch for construction north on the new jersey turnpike, between exits five and six, until about 2:00 this afternoon, so that will give us early delay for those headed north on a friday afternoon. ukee, back over to you. >> president obama back at the white house after brief security scare, video of the president getting off air force one, to wait on the plane for about 30 extra minutes, after someone spotted suspicious package at the white house, the president was eventually allowed back home after getting the all clear. earlier in the day visit the about improving our country roads. here is a look at today's headlines, rescue teams, police, and local work remembers collecting debris, in ukraine, where the malaysian jet crashed yesterday. cras

our live team coverage continues with natasha brown whose in northeast philadelphia and natasha thatrea was hit especially hard. >> reporter: absolutely, chris. this is a lovely tree lined street usually but take look here behind me. this particular tree in the 6300 block of newtown avenue was certainly no match for the high winds that swept through earli earlier. the homeowner is okay. her property clearly is not. fears lightning, heavy downpours and high winds swept through the region leaving trees toppled and debris scattered. >> we just like their seconds before it happened. >> reporter: one of the hardest hit areas northeast philadelphia where this home own are in quickly realized the power of mother nature. >> like a bomb, big bomb. >> reporter: this woman was inside her home with her two year old daughter when a huge tree nearly came crashing through her house. >> very scary. my first time see something like that. >> reporter: her porch and white car were crushed by the fallen tree. a few miles away, another tree crashed down on to a vacant home along cottman avenue. a trail o

philadelphia international. northeast philly is now up to 75 degrees.e in the last hour. there you can see some of the clouds passing by. no rain falling from the clouds. clouds keep on going. we'll see sunshine an a warmup, too. 9:00, 80 degrees. 86 at lunch time and a muggy 92 degrees this afternoon. the firstç at least of a coupl days inland areas that will see 90s. at the shore, 80, warmer and more humid tomorrow and late-day showers and thunderstorms, then some heavy downpours for thursday. that's a possibility for inland areas as well. we'll be watching the radar screen closely. there are showers to our west. i don't think those will reach us today. all eyes on the south for that storm system coming together. that's tropical depression 1, may welcome become a tropical storm to be named arthur later today. >> stay hydrated. keep your pets hydrated as well. "today" show is up next. >>> good morning. breaking news overnight. israel hits back hard launching air strikes after those three missing israeli teenagers are discovered murdered and the prime

that's a view of center city from the adventure aquarium. 75 in northeast philadelphia, 70s north and west, allentown, pottstown, millville, all at 72 degrees right now. stand by for a hot one today. clouds to start with but then the clouds thin out. we'll get more and more sunshine. look at the warmup, near 80 degrees at 9:00 and then into the upper 80s and climbing at lunch time today. hour-by-hour forecast when i come back. >> we are starting this monday morning with a problem on the northeast extension, shortly after midnight there was a serious accident that happened on the northbound side just as you approach lansdale. crews are still out there doing an investigation. stick to route 309 as your alternate. this is a look at 95 at girard avenue southbound. clearly the long-term construction zone is not impacting traffic out there. we're not seeing a delay. average speeds across the board in the 50s and 60s if you can see on majors there. chris? >>> let's get back to that breaking news out of camden county in what appears to be a horrible accident. a 13-year-old girl is being treat

. >>> two men are struck by gunfire minutes apart in the northeast philadelphia neighborhood. >> police want to know if those two are connected. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us from northeast detectives with more on the investigation, nicole, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. as we speak investigators are looking into those back to back shootings that as you mentioned happened just blocks apart and sent two men to the hospital, one in stable condition, the other critically wounded. in northeast philadelphia, police are investigating two separate shootings, two blocks and ten minutes apart. >> we are not sure if they are isolated incident or if they are related but we know each of these victims was shot at separate locations. >> reporter: first happened just after midnight near darrah and philmore streets. when office's arrived they found 15 spent shell casing from his two guns but no victims. >> immediately thereafter they learn and realized that a 22-year old male victim who was shot at this intersection ran after being shot to aria frankford hos

. >>> residents of a northeast philadelphia apartment building are evacuated after a driver hits the building and takes off. >>> hundreds of thousands packed into the parkway for great music and fireworks to celebrate the 4th of the july. chris sowers joins us with the accuweather forecast. once the rain stopped it was a nice day. >> reporter: mother nature she came through, the morning, i was like this is miserable, and in the afternoon it was fabulous. let's show you the philadelphia international airport. we have a beautiful weekend now that hurricane arthur has pulled away. the wind has shifted out of the northwest, the cleared the skies and knocked the humidity out of here. temperatures are in the 60s. 65 in philadelphia. 61 in trenton. millville, 62. allentown, 59. 55 in the poconos. reading, 57. lancaster 58 degrees and wilmington showing 60. there's what's left of arthur, again, pushing off to the northeast now it's into new england moving into the canadian maritimes. high pressure builds in from the northwest, that will provide us with a picture-perfect afternoon around the

right now, 77 degrees in northeast philadelphia.ngton is 77 degrees and 70s at the shore where it will warm into the 80s this afternoon. >>> debris is scattered around the scene of a massive food truck explosion. jesse gary is live in feltonville. >> reporter: you can still see the debris as you were mentioning. investigators from three different city agencies will try and figure out what caused this explosion sometime today. we'll talk about that, coming up. >> i want to take this opportunity to apologize to everyone who has been hurt, shocked and offended by my infintile actions. >> details on why his conviction was overturned. [ joel ] i'm billy joel, and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world. my favorite place is long island. it's an endless beach, from long beach, to montauk, to long island sound. with incredible fishing, teddy roosevelt's home, and the first port in the u.s. come discover your favorite part of new york. ♪ i'm in a new york state of mind ♪ plan your summer vacation at iloveny.com. there's s

no arrests in this case. >> investigators in northeast philadelphia are serving for the person that slammed car into apartment building and drove away. the crash left the gaping hole in the building as you saw. there near the intersection of red lion road and waldmeier road 1 a.m. two parents durd heavy damage and investigators have yet to release a description of the suspect or vehicle. >>> a police canine noyvr philadelphia is back where she belongs tonight after escaping. bb went missing at 6 p.m. from officer's no frankford near oxford and wakeleing, investigators believe the 7-year-old dutch sherd crawled through a hole in the fence. fortunately they found her this morning good condition. >>> well the outrage is growing in the u.s. and in middle east after alleged beating of palestinian american teen aimer at the and of israeli police. some of these pictures are graphic. parties of this 15-year-old say this video shows their son brutally beaten by israeli policemen and this is how he looks aft incident. a spokesman setz footage is deceptively edited and the parents are call it attempte

. >>> a search is underway for two children reported missing in northeast philadelphia. mcgovern and tucker, are nar names. the pair were allegedly in route to the decatur school playground, they left home at 4:00 and their mom was at work and left them in the care of their great grab father, and the children's grandmother said he fell asleep and the children were suppose to come home at 8:00 and when their mother came home at 1:00 and the kids were still not back, if you see the children or know anything about where they are call police. >> they ran into a burning home to save to people in the mantua section. district officers made the rescue while two other people were able to get out on their own, the fire broke out on the 8900 block of aston street at 2:00 this morning. the fire moved slow and made it hard to put out. a firefighter suffered a minor hand injury during the call and everybody else is okay. >>> the trump many plaza looks like it will become the fourth casino to shut its doors this year. no word from casino management, but jim walen is citing multiple sou

this is torresdale and cottman avenue in northeast philadelphia good news for the gang in the northeast, roosevelt boulevard northbound lanes have been reopened between welsh and grant avenue from the earlier crash and southbound on the northeast extension as you approach mid county look out for disable vehicle in the work zone, stay >>> will she run or won't she? new at 6:00 hear what hillary clinton says she want her next office to look like. >>> second straight day people are waking up to cleaned up storm damage so is what behind the recent spike in the stormy weather. kate billow takes a closer look at the wild weather. >>> also a safe ride, three on your side with the first ever crash test results on some affordable used cars, it is new this morning we will be right back. >>> developing right now, police say they are getting close to cracking the case of this women's murder her body found stuffed in the duffle bag. the 23 year-old had just graduated from college a few months ago. >> good morning, police are questioning a person of interest in her murder. "eyewitness news" reporter

in northeast philadelphia, sharrie williams for channel six "action news". >>> and, still to come on "action news" tonight the first in my series of one on one interviews with news makers, tonight philadelphia school superintendent william hite, plus surveillance video captured more than crimes, this time a 200-mile an hour twister. >>> and two potential turning points in the israeli palestinian crisis, one a moment of carnage, the other a chance for calm, adam. >>> jim, after our second heat wave of the um iser, cooler air is flooding in from the north and west, we will talk about somewhat chillier temperatures for july in that accu weather forecast. >>> iconic 1970's band and current pop idol joined forces in south philadelphia promising we will rock you. >>> plus chase utley on what the phillies need after the all-star break, "action news" continues in just a moment. ♪ yeah, girl ♪ you know, i've been thinking about us ♪ ♪ and, uh, i just can't fight it anymore ♪ ♪ it's bundle time ♪ bundle ♪ mm, feel those savings, baby and that's how a home and auto bundle is made. better he lear

toast gentleman who just pass away this past week senator hank salvatore rare republican from northeast philadelphia who at one time suggested that philadelphia or northeast philadelphia should succeed and call itself liberty county. >> liberty county. >> hank is great. >> if it us is seed today would be second largest city in the state probably. >> good thing it didn't. >> probably. >> thanks. >> that's it for inside story. thank you jeff, terri, george, renee, we'll be back next week and we'll be back monday morning or on "action news", have a and we'll be back monday morning or on "action news", have a great surprised, everyone. sunday, everyone. >> coming up next on "action news" you russian backed rebels remove bodies of malaysian flight 117 and hollywood mourns a star that made acting look easy, james gardner, the accuweathe the wonder of summer is that i never know what kind of adventure awaits. the days are longer, and the breeze feels a little sweeter. and, thanks to volvo, i'll pay nothing for repairs or maintenance for 5 years, nothing. they even cover my first month's payment. so, i'll b

southbound, this is when we usually start to feel the vehicles are jumping on there, headed out of northeast philadelphia, into center city, so, this shot here, not too far away from the girard area. so it does seem to be that we are seeing few more cars on the roads, but, still, again, no major rush hour delays to speak of just yet. still little early for. that will as we continue, though, northbound on 95, for the midday, we are going to have come construction at the ben franklin bridge, ongoing between 9:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. so be mindful of. that will speed censors generally right now are great, still in the 50's, on the schuylkill, 476, 95, pa turnpike, northbound side of the northeast extension, southbound, as well, also, west philadelphia, spruce street near 60th. still dealing with the investigation scene, from what we were dealing with the partial building clams yesterday. so, just be mindful of that if your morning commute definitely try to work around it if you k mass transit, however, looks pretty good. ukee? >> time 5:36. in business news, what washington state is to make sure there is enough

delaware county is just fine and traveling in and out of northeast philadelphia and center city philadelphia speed sensors are up in the 50's and looking great. fifty is your average on the schuylkill as well and 55 on 476, no major problems around mid county toll plaza so you are in the clear from the northeast extension, pennsylvania turnpike, 202, 422, so on and so forth. we have water main breaks closing knight road at houston road, spring garden street is your best alternate. red ambler drive closed at wisteria lane. spring mill road is your best alternate here. >>> a nine two-year old woman found two robbers inside her cobbs creek home. as frightened as she was she tells "eyewitness news" reporter elizabeth hur she had to do something. >> thank lord to keep me another day. >> reporter: with faith, courage 91 year-old audry washington for the back. >> somebody put their hand up to my face and i bit his finger. >> reporter: when she said she walked in on a burglary. >> i put the the key in the lock and opened up the door and something went over my head. >> reporter: it happened in broad

for now, 77 agrees and falling in northeast philadelphia. it's a slow decline this morning. philadelphia international, 76 degrees. even in the 70s in the pocono mountains this morning. you will see the humidity stay high. 80 degrees at 8:00. by lunch time we'll be up to 90 and steamyness this afternoon will likely fuel late-day showers and thunderstorms. we'll go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when we come back. first, jillian has traffi

we're live in northeast philadelphia, schwarmerei he williams "channel 6 action news."" >> prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for a child rapist and murderer in 2012. they found rivera guilty of all 11 counts ranging from first degree murder to burglary. >> i'm relieved that this man is finally going to pay. for what he did to my sop and my daughter. >> and police say rivera broke into the victim's house on wehr street and raped amber at knife bhoypt was 12 at the time. that's when her 6-year-old brother dominick ran in screaming trying to defend her. rivera slashed both their throats killing little dominick. normally "action news" would not identify victims of sexual assault, however, amber and her mother want to show the world today they stand tall in the face of evil and that she is a survivor. >> philadelphia rapper meek smil supposed to be on stage in washington tonight. instead he's locked up in philadelphia. a judge sent the 27-year-old to jail for 3 to 6 months on a parole violation today. and that probation sfremz a drug and gun phrase 2009. and an attorney for meek mills

we're up 5 in philadelphia, 6 degrees warmer in northeast philadelphia.lville, so degrees warmer compared to yesterday morning at this time in south jersey. the temperatures will be climbing, southerly winds, we'll get scattered clouds moving through. likely dry, just a slight chance we'll see an afternoon shower. a pretty good chance we'll be in the lower 90s this afternoon. 92, possibly 93 degrees in the area. that's 3:00 this afternoon. there will be scattered clouds but showers will be hard to find today. tomorrow that changes. we're watching a line of shower. that's making movement. that's coming our way. at the same time, we're keeping an eye on what may become tropical storm arthur. we'll take a closer look at this and the impact it may have on the fourth of july when i come back with the seven-day forecast. >> 4:41 right now. let's get a check of the roads. >> or maybe getting an early start on your long fourth of july weekend if you're that lucky. >> if you're that lucky, i'm jealous. happening right now, police activity on i-95 near the philadel

officers discovered the body in northeast philadelphia this afternoon.ood evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. the body was found in pennypack park near the 3100 block of rhawn street and that's where "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: the body was discovered not far from where we are right now standing above pennypack creek on welsh road. police were first contacted about this body a little bit after noon on sunday. >>> the body described as being a white male although police are still working on identifying who this victim is. officers responded quickly. the body was recovered and was taken to the medical examiner's office. that is where next steps will be in order to figure out exactly how this man kind how he ended up in pennypack creek in the first place. live in northeast philadelphia tonight, matt rivers, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> matt thank you so much. >>> also police say a paraplegic man shot his brother to death to try to stop him from beating their sister. this shooting happened about 3:30 this

. >> reporter: chris shields of northeast philadelphia -- >> sit. >> reporter: calls the decision to bronco a no brainer. >> he came running right over to me. he knew exact who i was. >> reporter: rightfully so as members of the us navy, the two were battle mates in afghanist afghanistan. at the time bronco was forayers old. today he's 12. we met them through a philly based group no dog gets left behind. and we met former marine ron through united states war dogs association based in burlington new jersey. >> i was a vietnam back in 1976 with my dog stormy many i think about my dog every day. >> both are advocates to the national defense act of novemb november 13. >> signed in law it's over year ago now. but it has not been implemented in any way. >> so on wednesday, supporters traveled to washington to hold congress accountable we're told the us military keeps about 3200 dogs in combat zones and on average 10% of them retire each year. the goal they say is to return the dogs that their former handlers but for some, it's impossible because it's too expensive. >> they retire them beca

if you are heading south down towards the airport this morning, from northeast philadelphia, you have one lane from the whitman heading down towards the stadium area as we mentioned at the top of the show presidential visit on tap that will impact traffic here, gang, south of will in mink ton, touching down around newtown at new castle airport that motorcade will take them in the 495 construction project. when we are out we will go back to the airport and wheels up at 3:00. from noon to 3:00 this stretch here south of wilmington will go into shut down with the motorcade and extra security will come along with it. with that 3:00 o'clock exit time that will set the tone then for the rest of our rush hour there up and down i-95. just plan your trips accordingly, route 40 in south jersey an accident at route 77 and they are still working in pennsauken along route 130 southbound right here near church road until about 6:00 o'clock. erika, back over to you. >>> we are learning more about the suspect philadelphia police say killed a recent art school graduate and stuffed her body in the duff

for now, 78 degrees in northeast philadelphia.most of the area running 4 to 6 degrees warmer than yesterday. pottstown, wilmington at 76 degrees, 77 at philadelphia international. we'll see hot and humid one. 80 degrees at 8:00. by lunch time, up to 90 degrees and then middle 90s this afternoon. it will feel like it's closer to 100 degrees. a look at the future weather to show you when the storms are likely to come into the area. we'll go through it hour by hour. first, jillian mele has traffic. >> good morning to you, starting off on 95, we're not reporting any accidents at all. this is 95 at girard avenue. in the midst of the long-term construction zone. no delays to report on 95. it's clear the entire length. same thing on the vine street expressway, this is the westbound side as drivers make their way off of the vine on to 76, itç is very quiet right no. we'll see how the delays start to build later in the morning, typically around 6:00. we'll keep you updated on that. 60 miles an hour is the average on 2 5, 55 is what we're

no delays coming from bucks county or northeast philadelphia. matt. >> thanks tam. 4:51.idweek, it is wednesday morning. let's talk about your travel forecast. la guardia international airport in new york city has the most cancellations at this moment out of any other airport across the country, 25 right now. j.f.k. with 17 cancellations and newark liberty with 10 cancellations because of the lingering thundershowers that are moving across the area and also affecting some parts of our area. so, new york city could be a place that you could see some delays particularly in the morning along with philadelphia. in boston they're expecting some heavy thundershowers and so logan international could cause you some problems if you're traveling out of there. notice i don't have atlanta posted. hartsfield-jackson looks good but florida seeing some thundershowers and so any of the airports down there particularly miami could see a travel delay there. out in the midwest detroit is the only place where we could see some weather related delays. thundershowers possible but chicago and m

for now, 77 agrees and falling in northeast philadelphia. it's a slow decline this morning. wilmington, philadelphia international, 76 degrees. even in the 70s in the pocono mountains this morning. you will see the humidity stay high. 80 degrees at 8:00. by lunch time we'll be up to 90 and steamyness this afternoon will likely fuel late-day showers and thunderstorms. we'll go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when we come back. first, jillian has traffic. >> it's quiet out there. a good time to head out if you need to. heading out to chester county, this is what route 100 is looking like. 100 is quiet, 422 looks good, so does the route 30 bypass. we're not reporting any accidents on the majors at all. we have construction still, though, 42 freeway northbound at creek road expected to be out there until about 6:00 this morning. that's part of that long-term construction zone in that area. that can definitely get heavy later in the morning. but for right now, no delays to report. the ben franklin, everything is looking good over the area breaths. keep in mind we have nor

friends and family will gather at tabernacle of holy spirit in northeast philadelphia, to remember 23 year-old, laura araujo. those who knew her said she was a bright student, who just -- police arrested jeremiah jackson. they said he confessed to this crime. police say jackson rented a home next to her in a mantua boarding house. >>> straight ahead a car cut in half but driver walking away with minor cuts and scrapes, with was going through his mind as he saw, this terrifying collision, approaching. >>> and... >> i could not move. i was than the even thinking honestly. >>> a teenager waking up in the middle of the night, to find a naked intruder, standing in her doorway looking at her, what she said she did next without even in north central washington state. officials say this fire has burn nearly 35 homes. so far, no reports of any injuries. >>> and sue, as we have been reporting that whole area from washington, down to san diego has just been parch. >> tinder box and in relief in sight. that is really discouraging thing, for us, we had a decent amount of rain earlier in the week,

northeast. in hammonton it's wet and about to get weather. dry in philadelphia.hat front is trying to clear away and it's a day of change. by 9:00 a.m., 75, lots of cloud cover and we may still have some showers along the coast. by noon we're dry, mostly cloudy and 81. by 3:00 p.m. 85 degrees, partly sunny skies, lower humidity. we like where this is going. by 6:00 p.m., 83 coming down from our high of 85 today, tam. >> much better, thank you karen. >>> well, living kidney donation can be the lifesaver for the recipient. the self letts act can mean nonmedical hardship for the donor. one in four living donors had significant difficulty with changing or getting new life insurance. that quarter of donors half were denied coverage entirely. a third were labeled as having a preexisting condition and six in 10 were charged a higher premium. this despite the fact that their life expectancies are just as long as others in general population. >>> a new method called telemedicine may help doctors treat patients with chronic pain. researchers at the va medical center in und

. >> hello northeast philadelphia torresdale and cottman avenue in the great northeast waking up.hould say sleeping in here hitting the snooze buttons. the roads are damp and wet from the rain we experienced last night. live look at benjamin franklin bridge where they have four lanes opened coming into philadelphia and so far in problems or delays a at all. rest of the majors like i-95 and schuylkill off to a good start but we have an afternoon game playing some baseball. start time 1:05 that will shape thing up. we will see unusual volume around lunchtime. when that game is over bam, instant traffic jam on the schuylkill and i-95. it happens every time we have an afternoon game. as folks are heading home the whole marvel gang is coming in a beignet cross the the street there that kicks in at 7:00.natasha, back over to you. >>> a big honor for new jersey rocker john bon jovi, he thinks years marion anderson award. mayor michael nutter and board of the anderson award revealed a photo of the singer at the sophie tell hotel in center city yesterday. at ward says been jovi is not just

hot mess situation going down at a northeast philadelphia school. what we're learning mo this morning about that scary situation. >> then who was the first hooters girl? turns out she has a connection to philadelphia. what she remembers from her days of hot wings and hair spray. >>> 4:30 the time. new details right now in the brutal death after college grad. a person of interest is being questioned after a body was found stuffed into a duffle bag in kensington. >> then, take a good look, philadelphia police need your help to identify two people in a auto shop robbery. >> a man gets stuck inside a car on a hot day. the unlikely xavier that got him out after sticky situation. >> and have you ever wondered who the first hooters waitress was? i'm thinking about it now. turns out, she has got a connection to philly. what she had to say about her days serving those now famous hot wings. >> good day everybody, it is wednesday, july 16, 2014, i'm chris murphy with kerrey barrett. >> nice to work with you. >> i know, we'll be together every day from here on o

"action news" reporter sharrie williams has the store friday northeast philadelphia. >> reporter: by helicopter and by boat crews searched for missing boater, five people were on board a ale sale boat in the delaware river tonight when they were met with the strong thunderstorm causing the boat to capsize. >> the boat turned over, filled with water and, according to the individual on the boat, it sunk immediately. >> reporter: four of the five swam a shore to safety but a 66 year-old man was still in the river, using a small will cooler as a floattation device. >> they looked back and they saw the cooler floating and they no longer saw the 66 year old male holding on. >> reporter: mary had just left the river area when she received a phone call from the missing boater's wife. >> i got a phone call from his wife saying that the boat capsized. there was five people on board. they cannot find richie. >> reporter: night fall making search difficult but family and friend are hoping for the best. >> my gut has never been wrong and i know he is along this cher line someplace just trying to

philadelphia 86. trenton 86. allentown 86 degrees. as we widen out you can see the entire northeast heading down through mid-atlantic, temperatures fair liz consistent as this warm air mass just continues to sit right over us. we will be boxed in between a system to the south and approaching cold front tomorrow and then as this front gets closer. it will squeeze that warmth eastward. very warm temperatures for wednesday, highs in the 90's, this cold front finally swings through late wednesday night, with showers and thunderstorms and some lingering showers on thursday, and then we will dry it out. so it is not a prolonged period by any stretch just one, 90-degree day and storms before an improving day on thursday. thursday afternoon a chance of some shore showers as this front will clear the coast and by friday fair weather high pressure builds back into give us a very nice end to the workweek with temperatures comfortably in the 80's with lower humidity. here's future weather here's the front where it is slicing right through the great lakes to the northern part of the lake michiga

for the the city but most of the wind damage in northeast philadelphia, bucks county and lehigh valley. here's ultimate doppler going back to last night. you can see band of the showers and thunderstorms that formed and kind of drifted through. we saw several rounds. right now what we're looking at is scattered showers off to the north and west and scattered showers down the shore. we will zoom in a little bit. most of the rain is from chester county, berks county, bringing in allentown and poconos. nothing too heavy though. raining down the shore right now we are seeing scattered showers from cape may up through ocean city, strathmere and a few just moved off shore in atlantic city. delaware getting a break but there is some more showers filling in. this is very the scattered, very light, you don't have to go too far until you see arthur a tightly organize hurricane and new bringing in heavy rain to portions of the north carolina up through virginia beach, norfolk, virginia. heavier rain actually is in del marva peninsula from cape charles up through about the salisbury area but as th

we take a look at 95, the worse spot to be, would be headed out of northeast philadelphia, in throughnter city experiencing volume between academy and the vine st. expressway, speed censors down to 19 miles per hour, now finally seeing that rush on the schuylkill, approaching the roosevelt boulevard, out through to the western suburbs, delays, but five however on 476, no major problems in new jersey, or even delaware, nicole? >> happening today, first marijuana stores opening, expected to be accompanied by celebration but also high prices and some shortages. it is unclear how many of the marijuana license shops in washington expect to open. officially plan to have 300 recreational pot shops across the state in washington state. >> spending more time in the pool, down the beach. while that water can be very refreshing, can also be frustrating if you end up with a ear ache. >> according to the cdc, swimmers ear resulted in estimated 2.4 million healthcare visits every single year. family doctor rob dan off on call this morning, what you can do, good morning to you, doctor rob. so we've

a woman and toddler got out of this car in northeast philadelphia just seconds before this tree camerashing down. >> storms are moving out but hurricane arthur is on the way. it is now a category two hurricane and it is going to impact your fourth of july. good evening, i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. let's get right over to chief meteorologist scott williams. >> evening iain and lucy. busy evening for the weather authority watching two systems. cold front sweeping through our area right now responsible for all of the tree damage across the area but also look at hurricane arthur. it has intensified maximum sustained winds are up to 100 miles per hour. it's picked up some forward speed as well moving to the north northeast at about 15 miles per hour about 100 miles or so to the south and west of cape hatteras, north carolina right now getting the brunt of that system. much improved as we look at ultimate doppler across our area. watching some activity trying to move out of maryland moving back into sections of delaware county but take a look at the recap. vivid lightning, gusty win

. >>> also, new, fire breaks out in a house in the oxford circle section of northeast philadelphia. "eyewitness news" 1300 block every eldridge street. police say flames spotted around 5:30 this morning. two girls, ages seven and nine, were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. they are in stable condition. >>> and, a north philadelphia row home goes up in flames, but thanks to the quick action of neighbors, those trapped inside were able to get out safely. it happened around 2:00 this morning, in the 900 block of west huntingdon street. two brothers, kick down the door to rescue an elderly man. eyewitnesses say they were able to convince his wife, who was trapped on the second floor, to jump out of the window, to escape the flames. >> and then we were swimming, like miss, just come out, jump out. when she finally jumped out, i was able to break her fall, only thing she walked away with was a scraped leg. that was a blessing. >> indeed. two people were returned to the hospital, and treated for smoke inhalation. the cause of this fire is under investigation. >>> meanwhile, a gr

eighty-five at northeast philadelphia airport. look at difference in dew point. dryer, dew point dropping to the lower 60's in the city and suburbs. meanwhile we still got steamy dew points in the 70's off to the south. with the dryer air in place even if those storms to the west do make it in they should weaken they don't have a ton of moisture to work w our flash flood watch continues until midnight for south jersey, delaware and portions of eastern maryland an indication that any storm can dumb that very heavy rainfall and lead to the risk for flash flooding. front makes progress tomorrow, notice good start tomorrow morning with the few more showers down the shore. that will try to clear out otherwise just the scattered showers popping up here and there in the afternoon but take a look at saturday no problems starting the daze with unshine and showers and storms off to the west. saturday looks great, right from the morning until nighttime. any outdoor plans weekend will start off on a nice note. for tonight look for shower or thunderstorm. mostly cloudy. 69 de

the blaze broke out in the northeast philadelphia. one person jumped to safety. that person was taken by ambulance to nazareth hospital for minor injury. two children and another adult are being treated for smoke inhalation. it took about a half-hour to get the fire under control. no word on what started the blaze. >> philadelphia police and two brothers are being credited with rescuing a couple from their burning home overnight. the fire started before 2:00 a.m. on the 900 block of west huntington street in north philadelphia. they saw the commotion and rushed to help him. >> i grab the older gentleman, put him on the stems next-door. >> when she jumped out, i able to break her fall and the on him thing she walked away with was a scraped leg. >> the woman is being treated for minor injuries from jumping from the window. the fire marshal is looking into what sparked the blaze. a woman and child were shot in delaware county. police say the man who opened fire is now dead. gunshots rang out on the 1100 block of haverford road in ridley township. the suspect the wom

that two dimensional view, most of them are in south jersey and some of them getting into northeast philadelphia. trenton will probably pick up some of this before too much longer. philadelphia just about out from under it. every now and then you see a cell highlighted in yellow. that's a steadier downpour, but that won't last that long. we could see more of this tonight and it will be more widespread tonight, too. ful as we go outside, we have cloudy skies over philadelphia. but as you look at cape may. we have sun breaking through. it's night and day between the shore and what we've had in philadelphia where we're seeing goodbye to the clouds erelated to the showers i just showed you. in egg egg harbor township yesterday, margey my twitter follower, tweeted a shot of the almost pink supermoon. when i was leaving the union game we had it over the commodor barry bridge, looked really cool. you might get it later tonight assuming the clouds don't get thicker. monday and tuesday i'm going to be hitting hard the idea that it could be stormy around here with strong thunderstorms and drenching downpo

>> we begin with breaking news, the search continues this hour for to missing children in northeast philadelphia. police are searching for the children for several hours now. a 7-year-old autistic boy, and his 12-year-old sister is missing since last night. the children were left in the care of their elderly grandfather but within the mother returned home from work the children were not at home. police say that the children told their grandfather they were going to a playground at the decatur school at 9:00 last night. but he fell asleep and didn't realize they didn't return home. police and k-9 officers are searching for the children seen here in this picture, if you know of their whereabouts, are you urged to call police right away. >>> new this morning, two people were rescued from a burning home from philadelphia's mantua section, a police sergeant says two district officers ran into the home and saved two people and others were edge to get out on their on. the fire broke out on the 3900 block of aston street, the debris in the home slowed firefighters making it hard toward put out the flame

le. >>> two children and adults were injured after a fire broke out in northeast philadelphia. the victims are being treated for minor injuries and smoke. hamas asked for a 24 hour cease-fire with israel today after initially rejecting one. israeli prime minister netanyahu dismissed the request he said the militants group continues to fire rockets after their agreement. it continues to fire back after hamas fired into its territory. >> time for 89 weather. >> reporter: have a good time, enjoy the time with your family and keep aware with what's going on in the weather world, there's the potential that things could get rough overnight tonight. this is what future tracker 6 is showing, it shows a an before he isive line of storms from southwest to northeast. storm prediction center has been all over this for days, strong gusty winds 60 myers, hail and drenching -- miles per hour, hail, drenching downpours, and today is fine, but overnight tonight it could get rough in areas. >> fyi philly is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 6:00 p.m. for eva pilgrim, chris sowers and