watch as an hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> all weekend long, american history tv is joining our time warner communications cable partners to showcase the history of lexington, kentucky. to learn more about the cities in our 2015 tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with our look at the history of lexington. tom: this house was designed by benjamin henry latrobe. it is one of only three domestic structures designed by him and built that are still standing in the country. you might be familiar with latrobe he was an english architect that immigrated to america in the early 1800s and was immediately hired by thomas jefferson to do architectural work on the capitol and the white house. he never came to lexington. he and senator pope and mrs. pope met in washington. john pope was a one term senator. they picked him because mrs. pope had grown up in england she was familiar with british architecture. she admired latrobe's work. she talked to him more so than mr. pope about her needs for this house. they did not live in this house very long. they only kept occu

an hour. live doppler 7 hd there picking up the fire on radar. i'll be back it let you know about humid weather that will be coming up in the next few days and your weekend forecast as well. cheryl? >> thank you. we have good news about our efforts to save water. water use in california actually dropped by more than 27% last month. ac 7 news reporter jonathan bloom has the story. >> this is a rare site in the santa clara valley. and this -- is becoming a lot more common. >> you can get $2 a square foot for converting a lawn into low water landscape. >> it adds up to a lot of water saving. >> people are getting the message that everyone needs to do their part. >> south bay was doing so well. regulators worried that couldn't keep it up during june but the state just released numbers. >> we are up to 35% in june. some of that is terrific. >> some is used no are recycled water. not for drinking. >> but for landscaping and maybe flushing the toilets and that's what these student from downtown college prep wanted to do at their teacher's he house. this

down a glass fiber, the internet can reach gigabit per second speeds-meaning you can download an feature length hd movie in about thirty seconds. the technolgy exists but few cities in america have it. and the first city in america to attain it wasn't new york or san francisco ...it was a city better known for it's southern charm and rural living, an american town more famous for its tr ains, than it's tech ....chattanooga tennessee. >> i'm going to go to youtube, and i'm going to watch the trailer for birdman, and it's already half way loaded that's incredible, you can just instantly (snaps his fingers) instantly 4k movies at your disposal. why doesn't the rest of america have these speeds? why chattanooga? >> most cities haven't really made the investment and haven't spent the resources in order to do it. i mean... this isn't fancy anyone could do what epb has done, but they've done it. >> tom hoover heads up information technology for the university of tennesee chattanooga. technologically speaking he's right, chattanooga's so-called "gig" isn't fancy. but this isn't about science this is about

. >> chopper 6 hd is over an accident causing backups on the blue route it happened at 6:00 this morning in lower providence. it appears that a car was forced up against a guardrail by a dump truck the car is now being towed away and police say that the details are developing after what happened. and right now two lanes are closed and traffic is getting by on the shoulder we'll continue to update you on the situation in delaware county as more information becomes available >>> now the search for a suspect after woman was found murdered in her own home. police were called to the 3000 block of aramingo avenue, they found the woman shot in the bedroom with her 2-year-old daughter nearby. eva pilgram is covering the story and she will have more coming up do we have a report? lets toss to her package right now. >> reporter: family and friends are in shock 22-year-old stephanie discowski was not in her home. >> she never did anything. she had everything going for her. everything was going good for her. >> just 22 and her daughter just turned 2. and this. >> this shouldn't even happen. >> she l

live doppler hd shows you an equally beautiful picture with a random downpour protecting as it is locallyo live doppler hd and this is pushing off to the north and this is the only shower that has popped up for the rest of the bay area we expect dry conditions for the day and, really the holiday weekend. now we have the clouds are pulling back to the coast and sunshine has broken out and right now 65 in san francisco, oakland at 67, mountain too at 72 and half moon bay at 61. back to santa cruz it is a gorgeous shot of the people soaking in the sun. you do notice not many people are dipping their toes in the ocean with the water at a cool 59 degrees. regardless, it is warm in the bay area. 69 in napa and 76 in fairfield. 78 in concord. livermore is 79. now, what to expect later this afternoon. a lost sunshine in the south bay at 85 in san jose and 87 in cupertino, and 85 in sunnyvale and 81 in redwood city, and 83 from mountain view later today at 68 degrees and 62 for day city, and the north bay, 83 in sonoma and into the east bay, 77 in oakland, 74 for fremont, 77 in richmond and 91 in

"usa today" said retailer best buy found 76 percent of couples would prefer to register for an ultra hd place setting. past buy is not alone in adding tech to the registries. amazon and target let you add dids and video >>> you can see on registry the nintendo. >> yes, and the big tv is so were betterren that the china which just sits there taking up space. >> we use ours once a year. maybe. maybe once a year. i would like the money back. >> weather is different this morning. >> it is. it is humid for our standard and a little bit of that is in the follow of drizzle so watch out for that and it is showing up a light shower to possible over the coast and the next these hours it will stay over the ocean while the rest of us the drizzle will dry around 9:00. flags get llitch like this and then you can see they are picking up with the winds blowing from the ocean and that is warmer than normal into the inland neighborhoods and the breezes are picking up this afternoon from 2:00 to 9:00 this morning and southwest winds are blowing through the golden gate bridge and take the left hand town at

only 20 minutes after a shooting this afternoon for philadelphia police to track down an alleged killer chopper 6 hd was over the 4600 block of edge edge edgemont street in port richmond, that is where police took the gunman into custody. they say he shot a 21-year-old man on orthodox street and officers rushed him to the hospital where he later died. >>> the philadelphia police department will now begin naming officers that are involved in shootings, the decision reverses a long time departmental policy until now the department refused to release names of officers involved in shootings citing safety concerns under the new policy the officer's name will be released within 72 hours of a shooting unless there is a specific threat again the officer or members of his or her family. >>> we have talked about this problem before the theft of airbags from cars in the shop. there is a bandit at work again this time in the feltonville area. >> the thief is visible in this video, he climbed over the fence to get into the repair shop, goes from car to car breaking windows and opens doors to get at this, airbags

the stories we're following on "action news" at 12:30, a live look outside from sky6 live hd center city it's any hot and humid day creating dangerous conditions for some people throughout the tri-state area, meteorologist david murphy is tracking the heat and the warnings coming up. >>> a ambulance was left on its side after a crash in northeast philadelphia. there's a link to 91 is -- 911 texting system in montgomery county. >>> most of the delaware valley is under heat warning and advisory today. it is dangerous for seniors. philadelphia heat line operators took 45 calls yesterday as the heat began to rise. they expect to take many calls today. two nurses will be on hand to step in if the caller appears to be in distress. >> if they are having trouble breathing, chest pains heavy sweating or vomiting we want to get the person to the nurse to talk to them over the phone to make sure they are safe. >> drink plenty of water and

. >> new on "action news" sunday morning, philadelphia police are investigating an overnight shooting. >>> sky6 live hdg a look at cape may this morning. watch out for stronger rip currents. and it is about to get even hotter and more humid this morning. >> it is 7:30, nydia is off alicia vitarelli is here. david murphy is here for chris sowers. you have bad news, don't you? >> reporter: today is not horrible if you have a pool or local swim club to go to or down the beach. it's a little more humid you can get a sense of that on the terrace with the sun up over the horizon. satellite and radar showing it's a bright start and we'll transition to a sun and clouds mix as the day goes on. we'll have a showers and thunderstorms in spots the best chance up in the poconos. 73 degrees in philadelphia. 67 in allentown. 69 in trenton. 73 in reading and wilmington, and 72s down the shore. check out the dewpoints they've in the 50s for the last four days, but this morning they are back in in the 60s and the higher you go in the 60s the more humid you feel. sea isle city and the boardwalk you're sweating if you're

an hour. that intensity of the fire is showing up on the live doppler 7 hd, as you noticed. we have records to talk about. 98 degrees is the tie for the previous record. downtown oakland broke their previous record. antioch 106 103 in livermore, 101 in fairfield and concord. 80 degrees in san francisco. so far, the high in santa rosa 98. 93 in san jose. i'll let you know how long the heat is going to stick around. >> thank you very much. we captured this thick black smoke pouring from an industrial fire in vacaville. it started in their back lot. police asked people to evacuate the building. no word on how it started or where. >>> a drone got in the way of a brush fire in dublin. it burned near the camp parks army base and the jail. abc 7s reporter melanie is live with the latest. >> reporter: they are working to determine what caused the fire. they tell me it's 90% contained and been burning since 11:30 this morning. from sky 7, you can see flames and smoke with firefighters working to put out the military base fire. the good news, there's no training at this location no bu

police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide. sky 7 hd over the neighborhood on holton court where the bodies were found inside the girl's parents' home. >>> take a look at the growing memorial outside the modesto home where five people were murdered over the weekend. coming at 5:00 how the father of one of the victims tried to warn his ex-wife about the accused killer months ago. >>> the family of kate steinle are in washington d.c. pushing for immigration reform. almost every seat was taken during the powerful testimony. >>> in response to the pier shooting one san francisco super superviseor introduced a new package proposal at a meeting today. cornell joins us with details. >> reporter: they urged city leaders to hold a hearing about the sanctuary city policy. it's unlikely the sheriff will get his wish on that. one had something to consider. >> we've needed a thoughtful look at what happened and a common sense approach to ensuring the situation will not happen again in san francisco. >> reporter: the tragic murder of kate soon totein

live doppler 7 hd showing the rain is coming to an end and some is pushing north over the next couple of hours. we talk about the chance for moisture to work into the bay area and what it means for the bay area in just a few minutes. in rain from the storm helped slow a fire. the fire burned 5,400 acres and is now 45% contained. evacuations are still in place. highway 15 where the vehicles burned is back open. >>> firefighters say the response was slowed because of people using drones. the same problem is happening at fires across the state. abc 7 news reporter has more. >> reporter: we're talking about drones over wild fires. fire officials say the message is clear. >> if you fly we don't fly when it comes to drones over fire. >> reporter: for 26 minutes firefighting planes were grounded according to officials when they should have been putting out the fast moving wildfire. in the air instead five drones according to the u.s. forest service. fire crews forced the drones down. >> they pose such a significant hazard to the aircraft and the crew on board along with the firefighters that

the cleanup from normal possible tornado in pennsylvania, chopper 6 hd gave us a better look at the instruction this morning. it left an elementary school in ruins and most of the roof is gone and class roms are torn apart. lets go live to john rawlin has as the national weather is arriving to survey the damage. >> they say it may take them an hour to two hours to assess the situation to determine the cause of all the damage. could it have been a tornado, whatever the case, it was an intense storm it happened while a staffer was still inside. this cell phone video of the early morning storm that could be a tornado forming, taken west of the school as neighbors ss hunkered down in the school as the intense winds tore the flat roof apart. >> we don't have a ceiling light in this school, why am i seeing daylight. >> she dug herself out of the building and kindergarten teacher who lives nearby ran to the school knowing her colleague was working there. >> her angels were working overtight last night. she is fine, a little sore. but she is fine. doing well. >> first thing i did, was i saw rash eland went over to her and gave

an ambulance was called. no word on suspects or a motive. >>> this was the scene from chopper 6 hd at a fire in full croft, delaware county, it was inside of an industrial building, part of the roof collapsed and there was concern about hazardous materials inside and no one was injured. >>> new evidence tied to the deadly courthouse shooting in delaware. the shooters were matusiewicz david's father thomas killed belford and her friend at the courthouse back in 2013 and a handwriting expert testifieded that thomas wrote a hit list and two homemade death certificates found inside of his home. the defendants doe nied knowing that thomas intended to kill belford. >>> more to come on "action news" at 12:30 see how a hot air balloon pilot was able to get his balloon down after colliding with another one. >> new details keep emerging on it's two men that escaped from the new york priss okay, one man wrote a letter to his daughter richard matt vowed to meet his daughter on the outside but there was no proof that she knew about his plan beforehand. he was killed two weeks after his escape. >>> it was a sight of balloons in

halted at the new york stock exhange but first chopper 6 hd is over the scene of a bank robbery and shooting at a bank. the robber walked in an official was inside and gave chase and shot at the robber just off of warminster road and one person was taken to the hospital "action news" has a crew on the way to the scene we'll continue to update you on "action news" an on 6abc.com. >>> now, to the other breaking news story, this one from the floor of the stock exchange in the last few minutes all traded was halted due to a technical outage, there is no evidence that it is related to a hack attack but a software or hardware issue no trading right now on the new york stock exchange we'll follow this story and bring you the latest details. >>> united airlines flights are taking off again after a computer glitch grounded all planes this morning. the outage led to long lines at airports across the country, this is the second time it has been hit with technical problems in the last month. david henry is live aat philadelphia international airport. >> reporter: matt things are slowly getting back to normal here, the crisis ended after

. >>> a looking live through sky6 live hd meteorologist has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. an extreme heat warning goes into effect today when we come right back. >> a colorado couple who celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary will have more years together after quick thinking. they were hit by lightning while trim ago tree in the woods. >> he had no pulse he was not breathing his eyes were open and staring. >> scary. she couldn't get cell phone reception and her calls for help went unanswered. she started chest compressions, after 15 minutes she flagged down a neighbor, he took a breath. he is recovering and expecting to be okay. her son said he is in awe how clear headed his mother was in such an emergency. >> we have excessive weather. >> reporter: as we look at the ben franklin bridge, you can see how hazy it is, dewpoints are as astronomically high. with the exception of living in chicago, i've lived here most of my life and in every saw dewpoints this high. dewpoints 75. trenton, 80. # 1 in wilmington, 81 for philadelphia. millville, 79. allentown, 77. look at dover,

i don't find it as radically transformational in an appearance as i thought analog to hd was, which are member i remember being chairman of the fcc touring and having my socks knocked off. i have 4k set at home, not a lot to watch yet. it doesn't have that dramatic differentiation. other characteristics improve quality quite dramatically, hdr capability, the way color is rendered is quite beautiful. but this is just a cautionary tale. the human ear can only hear so certain frequencies. the human eye has so many limitations. you can only make a machine and that begins to exceed real life and you have to be careful -- i don't know how to put this but i -- at some point, we are exceeding what is natural and the experience becomes unreal and jarring and almost too sharp that it creates a conflict with the way you see the world. i have no idea if that is 4k or 8k. i think it is worth being careful about thinking about. it helps gary sell more tv sets this week. gordon: i want to help gary sell more tv sets. 3.0 is important in doing that. if you put 4k content on a current hdtv, it is margin

hd. >> taking a look at high temperatures, this will give you an idea of how warm it is now. 95 in fairfield. 95 in cloverdale and tomorrow it's going to be hotter. temperatures reaching or exceeding 100 degrees. 100 in livermore, fairfield, 80s around the bay and wednesday expected to be the hottest day of the week. highs reaching 108 in antioch. and along the rising temperatures we have declining air qualities. tomorrow will be a spare the air day. it doesn't appear we're going to get good air quality until the end of the week. i'll have the complete accu-weather forecast in just a moment. dan? >> spencer thank you very much. >>> four firefighters have been injured in the lowell fire and one is still in the hospital for burns. cal fire says three of the four firefighters have been released from the hospital. the fourth is recovering from serious injuries that are not life threatening. they say they know what the risk is like with this job. >> this just shows how critical the dry fuels are. it's -- the fire behavior is something like we've never experienced before. >> the fire is still thre

hd. >> caroline harrison was an economist artistry to go china painting and carried that interest to the white house. establishing its china collection. she was interested in women's issues and helped raise funds for johns hopkins university on the condition that it met women. and she was the first president general of the daughters of the american revolution. until she died in the white house from tuberculosis. caroline harrison, the sunday night at it if i p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, first ladies, influence and image. examining the public and private lives of the women who fill the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency, for martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at eight effect p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> up next on "american history tv," author michael mccarthy discusses the july 1915 capsizing of the ss eastland in the chicago river. over 800 factory workers died in the tragedy, including 22 entire families. mccarthy examines the faulty ballast system that caused the docked ship to capsize and he talks about the forgot

. >>> two people were injured after an early morning home invasion. sky 7 hd was over the scene where a couple in their 50s was attacked. police tell abc 7 news three people broke into the home overnight. one attacked the resident with a baseball bat severely injuring one victim. there does not appear to be a connection between the victims and the suspects. >>> the man accused of killing a woman in pleasanton walked into court looking thin and frail. francisco sanchez appeared briefly for a judge. sanchez has admitted to killing kate steinle but has pleaded not guilty. steinle's family will be back on capitol hill tomorrow. kate's father testified pushing for tougher laws. sanchez had been deported five times. >>> in texas we're seeing new dash cam video showing the arrest of the woman later found dead in her jail cell. >> some are accusing the police of editing the video before they released it to the public. >> reporter: today new questions in the case of sandra bland, the woman found dead in her texas jail cell. this video showing tense moments leading to h

hd. >> taking a look at high temperatures, this will give you an idea of how warm it is now. 95 in fairfield. 95 in cloverdale and tomorrow it's going to be hotter. temperatures reaching or exceeding 100 degrees. 100 in livermore, fairfield, 80s around the bay and wednesday expected to be the hottest day of the week. highs reaching 108 in antioch. and along the rising temperatures we have declining air qualities. tomorrow will be a spare the air day. it doesn't appear we're going to get good air quality until the end of the week. i'll have the complete accu-weather forecast in just a moment. dan? >> spencer thank you very much. >>> four firefighters have been injured in the lowell fire and one is still in the hospital for burns. cal fire says three of the four firefighters have been released from the hospital. the fourth is recovering from serious injuries that are not life threatening. they say they know what the risk is like with this job. >> this just shows how critical the dry fuels are. it's -- the fire behavior is something like we've never experienced before. >> the fire is still thre

. >> an active morning check out live doppler hd i am tracking light showers for the morning commute.s is the last push and the last time you have to dry in wet weather for a while. summer is back in the seven-day forecast. >> san francisco police did not investigation the report of a stolen gun used in the pier 14 shooting until after 32-year-old kate steinle was killed. the gun was report the stolen days before from a federal officer's car. police say a city-wide bulletin was issued but they did not have any suspects or leads. >> after spending billions to build the new bay bridge caltrain will pay more than $1 million to prevent future problems on the eastern span. this comes after engineers discovered damage to rods that support the tower. experts believe the bridge will be safe in a major evening. >> mcdonald's is denying that the new minion toy used foul language. they released a statement what happy meal toy is not cursing despite claims who thought they used swear words. >> an escaped monkey in memphis could be enjoying the laugh few hours of freedom after escaping from the me

. >> we are following breaks news from chopper 6 hd at this hour, police are on the locate of an accident involving a suv. it's flipped over there on your screen, this is whitaker avenue and luzerne street. at least one person was trapped in the suv for a time and had to be extricated from the vehicle. no word yet on the extent of the injuries and what may have caused the accident and police are on the scene of this one-vehicle accident to an suv, and we'll keep you posted as more information becomes available to us. a fiery accident on the schuylkill expressway, three people died when a car crasheded and burst into flames earlier this morning katherine scott spoke to investigators and has this report from winfield heights. >> three people died in this crash and the sole survivor was in the hospital this morning, police briefly did speak to that survivor but he was very injured and disoriented. police are hope that people come forward if they have any information on how they got out of that vehicle and information that led up to the crash intense flames from the violent crash on the schuy

an accuweather update. >> a beautiful day. breezy, blue skies. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd. i wanted to show you some time lapse animation of video of waves of drizzle at sfo. the drizzle has now ended. there we go. our drizzle on the camera lens. that's how it was in several areas. a little damp. right now it's dry. clouds hovering over sfo. oakland, 69. mid-70s. 81 in morgan hill. here's the view looking toward golden gate. currently 86 in santa rosa. mid-70s in napa novato. skies are blue over the golden gate. partly cloudy and mild conditions this evening. spotty drizzle early tomorrow morning. it's going to sizzle inland. warm conditions. high temperatures inland reaching into the mid-90s. i'll show you what will follow that in a little bit. >>> the ntsb voted today to start treating your tour buses more like airplanes when it comes to safety measures. ten people died when a fedex truck hit the tour bus head on in glen county. most of the passengers were high school students on a college tour. many struggled to escape. they want to improve emergency exits and use more f

. >>> we have breaking news chopper 6 hd is live over the scene of an accident at buck county at route 63 near the northeast exchange of the turnpike. a little bit ago maybe 40 minutes ago a truck hit a motorcycle and the motorcyclist has died. again a very fatal sad scene in bucks county where police are investigating and obviously traffic is stopped and slow moving on the entrance ramp as they investigate a fatal accident truck versus motorcycle in buck county sixers making changes to its roster, jeff skversky is live in the sports center with the details. >> the sixers did not land a shooter in the draft last week but fast forward to a week later, the sixers have orchestrated a complicated trade, and it gives sixers coach brett brown a little more to work with but the deal has yet to be announce including karl landry and jason thompson and a future first round pick, the sixers give up the rights to a few of their european players. the eighth overall pick from last year from michigan he is the shooting guard that they desperately need. >> he is a great player i didn't realize he was

. >>> an excessive heat warning is in effect for the region again today. sky 6 hd looking live at center city where it's still very humid outside. accuweather is tracking the chance for storms this evening as well. meteorologist, david murphy has more on that as he joins us live from the big board. >> lets start with the storm story n. central pennsylvania, creeping towards lancaster and harrisburg we have the first of the day's thunderstorms beginning to pop. they look like they are on top of us but they are moving east so slowly we may have to wait an hour before they get into our western areas and later this afternoon before they get into philadelphia, there you see the line and it's a long slow track but they are on their way here and later on this afternoon and this evening, we'll see some of that and they could bring strong damaging wind gusts and most of the region away from the shore at a slight risk of strong damaging wind gusts from storms today and tonight but the best chance is downpours and lightning as the two major threats, nonetheless take cover if

an accuweather update. >> we have a warm summer day. here is live doppler 7 hd. we have a few clouds forming near the coast line. no surprise there. in the sierra no surprise we have an outbreak of thunderstorms in the afternoon up and down the sierra crest. it goes up and down the central sierra from lake tahoe area southward. here is how it looks from our emeryville camera. low clouds at the coast. it's 66 degrees in san francisco right now 68 across the bay in oakland. san jose 79. 81 in morgan hill. and you can see low clouds hovering over the golden gate right now. we have 74 degrees in santa rosa. napa 73. 89 fairfield. 90 at livermore. livermore is the warm spot and looking at partly to mostly sunny skies. here is the first forecast coastal fog expanding. areas of fog and low clouds near the coast. by afternoon tomorrow sunny and warm for most of the bay area and hot inland with highs reaching the mid to upper 90s. will there be change in the pattern over the weekend? i will answer that in my forecast. >> thank you so much. >>> a turn about from cal trans.

an ambush. >>> accuweather is really pouring on the heat and humidity today, sky 6 hd is taking a live look at the ben franklin bridge where we see the sun poke out and it's recent lls and the potential for heavy hitting storms today. david murphy is live now with a review. >> we'll talk precipitation first, when have you a humid air like this can you pop some heavy downpours and most of the region is dry right now we see some action begin to develop in burlington county and up the coast into ocean county no cells are too big and no lightning is associated with these yet if you get underneath one of these it will be raining cats and dogs and that could give you problems on your roads especially in poor drainage areas, this one is up in reading and this is more of a concern where we got heavy downpours yesterday in the heavy air mass, and the ground is saturated and it it can exacerbate problems on the roads. this is an indication for a little bit of weakening, the big part of the story is the warmth and humidity up to 48 degree fz philadelphia lehigh valley 82 and 69 in sea aisle and the board

. >> we're keeping an eye here, sky6 live hd, live look at cape may.ve a heat warning in effect in the central counties and heat advisory everywhere else with heat index also feeling 100 to 105. we're muggy, this afternoon 96 high heat index values. tomorrow hot but humidity not as intense tam. >> that's it for us, back now to "g.m.a." oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?! can i jump on your wi-fi? yeah, you can try it. hey! i had a really good time last night. yeah, me too. the only thing is that... the only thing is what? what's the only thing? oh my gosh he's married. he's a kleptomaniac. he's a pyromaniac. he's a total maniac. hey! hey! go back to your wife you sociopath! leave slow internet behind. the 100% fiber optics network is here. get out of the past. get fios. now $79.99 a month. go online or call now. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v sometimes pets make mistakes. but the stainmaster petprotect carpet and cushion system helps prevent pet stains, reduce pet odor and easily release pet h

. >>> if philadelphia's kensington section, an intense smokey house fire, followed by a reported explosion, chopper 6 hd was over the 300 block when the flames started at 5:00 this morning, at this row home where the facade is completely crumbled to pieces, it took firefighters more than an hour to control the situation and many responders overheated because of today's hot and humid weather, there are reports of fire related injuries and the firefighters were able to rescue the man that lives there and he is doing okay. meanwhile pretty frightened neighbors were awaken by what they say was a blast. >> the window blew up and i started to see smoke coming through the walls and i got my kids and got out. >> well neighbor says a single man in his 30s lives in the house where it all the started. the one where the facade is missing, two on either side of the scene were evacuated. two are still looking into what cause that blast that then caused the fire this morning. >> thank you alicia. >> now they say the head of the taliban is dead and has been for quite sometime that omar has been dead for two years now a

we have an overturned minivan blocking a road that's coming up equity next. >> welcome back i love this shot, sky6 live hdm our temple university camera looking at city hall and the scoint. 6:45. 80 degrees -- center city skyline, 6:45, 80 degrees, it's going to feel like triple degrees. >> someplace we have problems, new jersey. >> reporter: we have an accident in new jersey, a multi-vehicle accident. we have three vehicles involved with this. one is overturned. look at the front end damage. we have debris all over the road. the accident took down a traffic light. belmawr, camden county. look at what they are doing, you can see the accident with the vehicle completely on its roof. they are trying to sweep away the debris on the south black horse bike pike at browning road causing a problem in the area. black horse pike at browning road. police have the area blocked off. they are organ hand directing traffic at the scene. in addition to the debris on the road they have the traffic lights out, you can see the action cam on the scene showing it's a mess in a busy area in camden county new jersey. this is th

an hour. >>> now to accuweather, we could be in for a stormy afternoon sky 6 hd taking a look the the philadelphia waterfront from our temple university camera and light rains moved through our area it can be a preview of what comes later and we'll feel the first true relief from the heat and humidity david murphy is tracking it on the big board. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you that the morning showers are gone, as we take a wider view from the west and on the way to the west showers and thunderstorms beginning to develop and as this front pushed towards the east so will this instability and thunderstorm action that we expect to roll into the region late this afternoon and this evening. as we look at future tracker, the model wants to keep the area dry and as we go past 5:00, up to 6:00, 7:30, this line of thunderstorms rolls in from the west we expect strong gusty winds and downpours and lots of lightning there may be buried within this line in some places a small tornado pops, it's never a good thing even without that the strong straight line winds are expected to be good with that.

headed to hamburg to investigate a possible tornado there, chopper 6 hd flew over the scene to get a birds eye view of the damage an elementary school was destroyed and its roof was torn off and it was left in shambled and in newcastle delaware another area hit hard by storms. that is where annie mccormick is live. >> reporter: cloneup croups are working hard at this mobile home park intel wear, it suffered a lot of damage in last night's storm, look at this vehicle, the entire back window is completely shattered. they believe that cinder blocks from this mobile home flew off of the home and broke that window, the office for emergency management for new casting county, they are taking picture they are sending to the national weather service to figure out what came through delaware last night. >> a viewer captured what looks like a possible funnel cloud over newcastle avenue in newcastle, delaware during the height of the storm they tried to keep up with reports of trees down and mark willis described what he thought came through, this is what was left behind in the storm's wake, trees down and businesses damaged an

sky 7 hd was overhead as the casket arrived at chapel of the chimes in hayward. sergeant lunger's funeral will be a week from today at 10:00 a.m. an neighborhood church. it will be open to the public. >>> a man suspected of killing six people was arraigned in a modesto courtroom today. martin martinez suspected of killing dr. amanda cruz and four others last weekend but today's charges were for a toddler who died last fall. >> reporter: because martinez is already charged with murder of christopher ripley prosecutors can take their time filing charges against him for the mass murder that happened here last weekend. martin martinez appeared in a modesto courtroom wearing a striped jail jump suit. he said a few words in court acknowledging his name and birthday before his attorney entered a plea in the death of 2-year-old christopher ripley. >> he is presumed innocent until proven guilty. >> reporter: christopher died from injuries sustained while in martinez' care last october. according to the criminal complaint martinez abused the boy so severely the toddler died a few days later. >> she said that he had an accident. >> reporter:

live doppler 7 hd shows you a quiet picture at this hour. anpdate on the earthquake we had shortly after 4:00 this afternoon. it was a magnitude 3.3 at 4:07 p.m. it was epicentered about ten miles to the east of san jose. if you are in the south bay we had one report that it felt like two light rumbles around that time but otherwise that is about all we have gotten in the area. it is hot. antioch i think the thurermometer stepped inside. it is 105 in livermore. as we fast forward into tomorrow we get relief in the heat especially inland. we won't see triple digits. we back down to mid 90s. 70 the high in san francisco and we will top out at 89 in san jose. meteorologist sandhya patel will preview the weekend forecast in just a little bit. >> thank you so much. >>> time for "ask finney" to answer questions sent by facebook twitter, e-mail and susan asks this question. a person came to my mother's door and sold her a pest control service. they sprayed. the pests came back and she wants to cancel. they want to charge $95 to cancel. is this right?

seven miles in petaluma and eight in napa and much else is ten miles on live doppler hd and the fog and hazy is not an issue. the cool weather is pulling away and the high pressure is coming in from the desert southwest putting the storm track to the north and here is what it does to the temperatures, triple digits in gilroy 98 in los gatos, and low-to-mid 90s for the let of the south bay with santa clara at moot and santa cruz at 84 and 90s on the peninsula from redwood city south, and mid-to-upper 80s san mateo and millbrae and low-to-mid 70s along the coast today and upper 70s to nearly 80 for downtown south san francisco and sausalito and low-to-mid 70s at bodega bay with a light breeze in the afternoon. that will keep you from reaching 80. low-to-mid 90s most of our inland north bay neighbors until you get to closer detail and use skia at 100 and 82 in richmond and berkeley is 84 and oakland is 85 and 91 in fremont and castro valley at 92 but that is nothing compared to full on triple digits inland and pleasanton at 100 and brentwood at 85 degrees. if you are going to the game, it is going to be

hd on our temple university camera. this afternoon the skies are nice and clear but wear that sunscreen. >> an illinois farm is setting the bar high for its annual corn maze. theythey are honoring the stanley cup champions chicago skyline two hockey players and the words champions. the designer made it over the 4th of july weekend cutting 11 miles of trails. the maitz will be open until november 1 just in time for hockey season. >>> it's 46 years since neil armstrong took a step on the moon. now his first suit is taking another step. it's called reboot the suit to raise half a million dollars to preserve and display it. the air and space museum hopes to get it in shape for an exhibit in 2019 the 50th anniversary of the famous step. great news, the campaign reached it's goal in 6 days. >>> summer camps teach all kinds of thing science and sports, but one is raising the next generation of cyber gurus. >> reporter: it's summer camp, but they are here to learn everything from hacking to coding, are the things they are learning would blow your mind. >> this class in particular was a hacking website course, we learn how to expl

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an isolated shower by the end of the week. we have a beach hazard to talk about throughout the rest of the evening. live doppler 7 hd showing thu hot air mass over at this hour. we're watching moisture in southern california. this is what is going to try to creep north over 24 hours and increase our humidity. future weather picks it up tomorrow morning. you will notice humidity going on the rise through friday morning, increasing cloud cover. we can touch off an isolated shower, light in nature. the heat eases and humidity will be on the rise. overnight, going to be another warm night out there. partly cloudy skies, falling into mid-50s to mid-60s across the bay area. looking at highs in the south bay, 86 milpitas. 80 san mateo. pacifica, up to 66 degrees in the afternoon. 64 daily city into the north bay. 87 santa rosa. 88 napa. 83 in san rafael. oakland, 764 a new season brings a new look. a chance to try something different. this summer, challenge your preconceptions and experience a cadillac for yourself. ♪ the 2015 cadillac srx. lease this from around $339 per month, or purchase with 0% apr financing. happy ann

saturday and will be watching for the potential for an isolated shower or thunderstorm to develop on friday. we'll keep you posted on that. live doppler 7 hd will be tracking it for you. >>> up next on abc 7 news at 5:00, what happens when you drive a nine ton big rig up a racetrack ramp? the stunt that set a new world record. >>> the new smoke detectors cost a bit more but could save your >>> some lawmakers hope a tough new measure will help. created a $75,000 reward fund for the arrest and conviction of anyone who flew remote controlled operated aircraft over three recent wild fires. in one fire earlier this month cars burned as tankers remained grounded because hobby drones were in the air in the area. and just yesterday in dublin at least one drone interfered with water drops on this brush fire at the army reserve area. >>> walkers and bikers who venture out to the bay bridge trail. the water is recycled comes from the building new the tol plaza. the building combines six maintenance facilities into one and has sky lights and motion censors to cut down on energy use. >>> a major test for america's space program conducted at lockheed ma

sky6 live hd taking a live look at our center city skyline here. the threat of pop up storms could be an issue today. meteorologist melissa magee is in for david murphy. she is at the big board with with the weather from accuweather. >> reporter: we have a change in the workweek. it is monday afternoon and the clouds are receding with pockets of sunshine. 77 in lancaster, the winds are coming in out of the southwesterly direction at this hour, it's muggy an sticky overnight. anytime you have dewpoint numbers 60 degrees or higher. you can feel the difference in the air mass. oppressive down the shore in beach haven and sea isle city with the dewpoint numbers in the lower 70s. day planner 84 degrees at 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m., 80 under a mostly cloudy sky. 9:00 p.m. we drop down to 76 degrees, here's what's going on the big picture. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar showing we have showers and thunderstorms some activity early this morning. this is dipping to the south and east and building warmth and humidity today i would not be surprised if we have more scattered showers and thundersto

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welcome back it is 12:51 89 degrees feels like 100, sky6 live hd looking live at philadelphia international airport. the bad news there's anve heat warning in effect. the good news by wednesday of this week it will feel nice and that will last a few days. >>> a instructive storm in iowa opened the door to the past for a family 100 miles away. amid the debris a farmer found 120-year-old marriage certificate in near perfect condition. he tracked down the family of the people listed on the document. >> just to find something from your great grand parents something you never knew. i feel like i know them and more connected. >> so cool, the family who hasn't lived in the area for 30 years want to return to look for more family rel i think -- relics. >> an iconic beer is coming back. paps blue ribbon is coming home to milwaukee. the current other than said it's time to come back, starting with craft beers based on on old recipes they will have an old time beer beer garden. >>> a happy twist of fate has reunited a marine with his bomb-sniffing dog from afghanistan. they ate together and slept together rebel came back to the u.s.

chopper 6 hd was over the scene this morning and the fire department responded to the report of a fire on an american airlines plane and the plane landed safely and that a faulty indicator light was to blame. the plane took off for the bahamas. >> a man was arrested for sneaking into his girlfriend's home and hiding for three days, he snuck in through an open door while someone was taking in the garbanl he stayed there for five days before the girl's father discovered him and he says that the mandated his daughter five years ago they believe he was homeless and needed a place to stay. >> there is more ahead on "action news" at 5:30, a change in plans for donald trump. the group that backed out of his appearance in texas at the last minute. >>> and an american airlines flight the sudden illness that caused the plane to make an emergency landing. iran keeps their nuclear facilities. military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. iran has violated 20 international agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism.

hd brought to you in. >>> right now on fox 29 from a battlefield to the football field. wounded warriors take on an nfl alumni team this afternoon at the wells fargo center good evening i'm joyce evans and there are really sp sprarl stories behind this game, a brad sattin is live in south philadelphia and brad, busy place out there tonight? >> reporter: joyce very busy really cool event, very busy here at the sports complex, one of the reasons behind me you see lincoln financial field, lots of folks gathering for the kenny chesney concert getting were under way, philadelphia a little while ago, beating cleveland having a great year, the real emotion came after the soul game. >> i was so sick. they had to induce me on a nine-week medication after i got injured. then i was laid up in a hospital bed a good total about six months. >> reporter: to be able to come out here on the field and play football. run and play made us feel normal again. >> we play if i think, have fun we could not do those things unless these guys sacrificeed and ladies exercised as much as they did. it's pretty awesome. >> report