the tragedy happened in sinking springs berks county. trish hartman is live with the latest on this one. it's a heartbreaking story what are you hearing from investigators? >> reporter: well, gray, 9 berks county district attorney was calling this a tragic domestic incident. authorities were notified and called to the home on winding brook road when megan short didn't show up for lunch with a family member. when police arrived they discovered the family, megan and her husband and three children 8, 5 and 2 in the living room. police released the scene after 8 hours. the couple had domestic issues priority this. a handle written murder suicide note was found in the home. a gun was found near one of the adults. nobody knows what led up to the shooting. we found a woman who was a cheerleading camp counselor and that's how she knew leanna. >> she was so sweet and quiet. >> how could you do it, that's the part beyond it's unbelievable. >> reporter: more heartbreaking, the short family was featured in several articles after their youngest daugh

. >> this morning police in berks county are investigating what they're calling a murder/suicide. a family of five was found dead in a home in sinking spring just outside of reading. the berks county district attorney identified the family as mark short, his wife megan and their three children. the district attorney says they died of gunshot wounds. their bodies were discovered yesterday afternoon in a house on winding brook drive. police plan to release more information about the investigation later on today. >>> new this morning, police tell us a man was shot while driving a car with his two kids inside in west philadelphia. this happened just after 1:00 this morning near the corner of 55th and spring street. according to authorities the man was shot in the face. right now he's in critical condition. a short time after this shooting in an unrelated incident, a 36-year-old man died. he was shot in southwest philadelphia. police tell us two shooters approached the man as he was putting gas in his motorcycle right here at the bp gas station. they shot him several times. police have

we are live at berks county district attorney's office.what we know all five family members were found dead of gunshot wounds inside of the living room of their sinking spring home. this was on saturday, apparently police were called to that home after they got a call from the relative asking for a welfare check. that person, told officers that three three-year old megan short failed to show up for a lunch date and she was concern when police entered the home they found all five family members dead, 40 year-old mark short, mom mega and three children eight year-old leana5 year-old mark junior and two-year old willow. willow was well known in this community and beyond, the toddler was born with the conn between tall heart defect and underwent a heart trans plant at just taste old. family situation got support through fundraisers and facebook as the family work through major medical hurdles. district attorney's office says family was dealing with domestic issues. mom megan talked openly about ptsd related to her baby's medical condition. yes

>> we had almost all of the rain today in berks county. and it continues to move to the -- actually, south-southwest, now into lancaster county. the rest of the area pretty dry. but guess where we sent storm ranger 10. right into berks county. so it could be close to the storm. because other radars one in state college, dover, one in mount holly, it's too far away. we miss a lot of details in the storms in berks county and lehigh valley, and chester county. this storm continues to weaken. it is east of lancaster. still relatively heavy just west of gap now. it continues to move in through lancaster county, weakening a little bit. the rest of the area is pretty dry. 80 degrees in philadelphia. 80 in wilmington. only in the 70s in much of new jersey with an easterly wind, keeping things cooler. we saw a lot of clouds during the day today. we'll be clearing out tonight. the humidity is going down. that means the temperature's going down. by morning, we're near 60 degrees in the suburbs, and lehigh valley. that means comfort for this time of th

it all happened at a house in berks county. nbc 10's monique braxton is live where the investigation is just beginning. monique? >> reporter: hi, rosemary. police have departed the scene. you can see the police tape is down. this investigation is far from over. looking at our video from last night, you see investigators inside the garage. we've been able to learn a few things from berks county district's attorney. d.a. john adams said police were called to this home about 3:00 yesterday afternoon after a family of five was discovered dead inside. adams identifies the family members as mark short, his wife, megan, and their three children, leanna mark and willow and all five died of gunshot wounds. police were here late into the night. speaking with relatives on the scene. the short name may be familiar to you. megan posted comments and pictures on social media about her little girl's heart surgery and recovery. in tragic situations like this, detectives look for a weapon and suicide note explaining what was going on inside this

there's our truck right near new morgan in parts of berks county. heavy rain moving into lancaster county. it will skim western parts of westchester county here. parksburg by 5:49. russellville 6:12. east nottingham by about 6:30. the only shower in the area, though, the rest of the area is dry with the clouds trying to break apart. temperatures are cooler today because of the onshore wind. it's 80 degrees in philadelphia. low 80s through much of delaware. mostly northern delaware. 78 degrees now in uclein township. bucks county coming in about the mid to upper 70s for the most part. the wind is coming in from the west and northwest. that's helping to really keep those temperatures comfortable today. now, as we go through tonight, the clouds will continue to break. then we go into tomorrow. you'll be waking up with a lot more sunshine for your wednesday. and we'll be staying dry as we end out the week but then we start to heat up again going into the weekend with a chance of showers. i'll show you that forecast coming up. >>> "sesame street" says it'

. >> developing story out of berks county. we've learned new details about a horrific murder suicide there. more than a week after a five person murder suicide in syncing spring. district attorney now says that a father and husband pulled the trigger. the victims his wife and three kids ages eight, five and two. fox 29's jennifer joyce has the heart-breaking details from reading. >> reporter: a week after the short family of five was found dead inside their sinking spring home, the berks county district attorney's office pointing the finger at father and husband mark short. >> mark short committed homicide of his wife, three children and the family dog. >> reporter: before killing himself police say he wrote a murder suicide note and left it on the dining room table. investigators say short admitted some guilt but faileing to 92 specifics at the victim's family's request. police say 33-year-old meghan short and the couple's three children leanna, mark, jr., and two-year-old willow were found dead in the living room with blanke

you see the line of storms through berks county, just outside of chester county.through lancaster county. we'll watch all these as they approach the philadelphia area. some parts of these storms may be trying to break up. we could certainly see some of those stronger storms hold together for a bit. temperatures are still in the mid to low 90s. humidity is making it feel hotter. take a look at the neighborhood temperatures, a little bit of rain, cool air, 85 degrees. mal vern coming in at 89. then we have a 92 in collegeville. 91 for washington. 90 degrees right now in warrington. when you factor in the humidity, feels a lot hotter. feels like 109 in dover. 102 mount holly. 106 vineland. 105 in philadelphia. we're still dealing with dangerous heat. it's only helping to fuel the thunderstorms. by 7:00 p.m., the models are trying to keep the storms together, approaching the philadelphia area. could be weakening, though, by the time they try to move into new jersey. most of delaware tomorrow, a dry day. so we're not going to be worrying about the rain tomorrow, but we

it's the counties in purple that are split. berks, lehigh and hampton counties could make the difference in november. also having an impact on pennsylvania's senate race, where republican pat toomey is often forced now to answer for the man at the top of his party's ticket. we sent lauren mayk to ask him if that's a problem for his campaign. lauren? >> republicans across the country are being asked to weigh in on trump. it's sometimes controversial comments. but pat toomey, he's in this tight senate race. so will he go with the top of the ticket or go it alone? either way, trump's got a role in this race. in pennsylvania, donald trump isn't campaigning alongside the republican senator running for reelection. but he's looming over the state senate race. do you support donald trump? do you plan to vote for him? >> as i have said repeatedly, i have not endorsed donald trump. there are things that he has said, a number of things he has said or done that give me great pause. and i have significant concerns about. so i remain in a mode of

conditioning for today. 7:00 this evening, you can see the showers starting to pop up in western berks countyhrough lancaster county and quickly moving into the philadelphia area. delaware seeing some of the heavy downpours and into south jersey. that's at 9:00 this evening. if you're watching the olympics and hear rumbles of then dunder you'll still know why. it's clearing out in philadelphia, delaware, atlantic city, southward through cape may and into southern delaware will likely see those storms. keep an eye on the sky this afternoon. do your best to stay cool. it will be another steamy one. 95 today and again tomorrow. the storms this evening an a chance of more scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. tomorrow we could see stronger storms in the area. and still a chance of some showers into wednesday. an a break from the extreme heat. the first alert will end tuesday evening. it's still going to be hot and humid on wednesday. just not as high and not as humid. temperatures will be into the near 90 degrees category for thursday and again on friday. as we go into the weekend, though

children are found shot to death inside their berks county home. police are looking at the tragedy as a murder suicide. >>> septa is preparing for more changes for several of its regional rail routes we'll tell you when ones and when. >> camden is making changes for fans after dozens crash on to concrete over a railing that was supposed to protect them. >>> sky6 live hd giving you a glimpse of cape may, new jersey, a couple of people on the beach. let's get you caught up on the forecast with meteorologist chris sowers. before we do that, last night's storms left a mark in parts of the area. >> a tree crushed the back of a truck in philadelphia's west oak lane section. the driver who was stopped at the red light is okay. good morning, on this sunday, 6:01. >> reporter: here's the good news, the storms that came through, the area is more refreshing behind that. as we get you outside we'll show you the view looking at the center city skyline. we have drier air working in from canada. even though temperatures are close to 90 degrees, it will feel bette

for life. >> a family destroyed by murder suicide now a berks county community is in shock. >> a heroinng is sent out in gloucester county. the words police wants you to watch out for. >>> time 7:30. let's go outside to meteorologist chris sowers and the accuweather forecast. outside is the place to be. >> reporter: it's one of the days you wish you had a hammock in the backyard. humidity levels have dropped down and temperatures are in the 50s and 60s north and west. it's a beautiful morning across the delaware and lehigh valleys. pottstown, 61. fleetwood, 63. saint david, 64. chester, 67. center city showing 72 degrees. glassboro, 71. cinnaminson, 67. agenda beach beautiful morning on the delaware bay. 67 degrees. dewpoint, okay, this is the way we measure the amount of moisture in the air. you seep the darker shades of green. look how far they are to the south. you have to look toward the bottom of the screen to get into the soup. the cold front came through and knocked the humidity leaves down and now it has stalled around the virginia cape stretching southwesterly through the tenne

. >>> a second berks county boy pulled from his mother's care as she is charged with child abuse.ld you about her when another child had broken bones across the body. and now startling developments tonight. >> we learned jessica gave birth to the second son april 27th, a pregnancy she kept hidden from "action news," her family and local authorities. when children and youth services found out they quickly went in to remove that child amid more allegations of abuse. >> i was just hiding it because i didn't want them to take him away. >> jessica admits she gave birth to her second son, julius, in secret. when we first met her this summer she was fighting to regain custody of other 1-year-old when they found the child with more than two dozen fractures across his body. >> i just want this to end. i want him to be home and i want him to be happy. >> the happy baby. >> at the time jessica and her doctor told "action news" the injuries were caused by a disorder and lack of vitamin d, a combination that may cause fragile bones. who she didn't tell us is that she is pregnant again. >> i am

storm ranger 10, out and about in berks county. a one of a kind tool we're using to bring you a more accurate forecast. >> this afternoon, sheena parveen is giving you a look inside storm raider 10 and its high-powered mobile doppler radar. >> reporter: this is storm ranger 10. it's the only radar on wheels that you find at nbc 10. it's basically your neighborhood radar. we can move this wherever we want, whenever we want to have a better look at storms and whatever type of weather is heading your way. and now we're going to take a peek inside storm ranger 10's radar so you can see what it looks like. this radar is smaller than a normal radar. it means we can put it in areas where stationary radars can't go. so think about it like this. if we can fill in the gaps that other radars miss, that means we have a better look at storms. on top of storm ranger 10, it's our very own weather station. our data gets transformed inside storm ranger 10 right here on the computer. we're able to tell you wind speeds over 90 miles an hour. wind dir

that is something that the berks county advertise trick attorney's office continues to look into. we know all five family members and dog were found inside the living room of the family's berks county home on saturday. and investigators showed up to this sinking springs home after a relative called police asking for a welfare check. person told officers that three three-year old megan short failed to show up for a lunch date and was concerned. when police entered the home they found all five family members dead, 40 year-old mark short's mom, megan and three children le ana, five-year old mark junior and two-year old willow. willow was well known in this community and beyond. the toddler was born with the congenital heart defect and underwent a heart transplant at just days old. short family situation garnered a lieutenant of -- a lot of support as the family work through major medical hurdles. district attorney's office says family was dealing with domestic issues. mom, megan talk openly on social media about ptsd related to her baby's medical condition. yesterday we talk to the f

we'll tell you why the berks county native was dismissed. >> first up weather and traffic and with davephy and karen rogers. >> a lack of cloud cover around. some stuff off to the north might try and streak in later. looks like a lot of blue above today. 73 degrees in philadelphia currently, 61 in allentown, cool and comfortable in places like allentown reading bethlehem, trenton at 68, 70 in millville and 72 at this early hour in cape may. dewpoints are running a lot lower this morning. got a lot of 50's out there. a little stickier as we get into these 60-degree readings down south. all things considered a pretty nice morning for a uny run a walk to the bus stop or just out to the car. 78 degrees by 10:00 by noon 84 and we're going for a high of 89 if we can hold in the 80's today it will end our heat wave. not as humid today but still pretty warm. got to be careful of rip currents down the shore karen as we're looking at that tropical issue with those heavy surf swells coming in. i'll check out the tropics and give you the rest of your seven day coming up. >> tropics heating up. vine

right across 78, berks county through the lehigh valley.y rain moving into lehigh county here soon. if we track that for you, it can be near reading by about 11:41. could be near potts town 12:13. limeri limerick, 12:25. heavy rain and lightning. so we'll keep watching that one for you. the rest of the area fairly dry. you'll want the umbrella tomorrow. a closer look at the timing of the storms coming up. >>> after more than a week and a half on the run, a new jersey fugitive is behind bars tonight. medford police took the man into custody yesterday. he's accused of trying to buy painkillers with fake prescriptions and arson. he fled a cvs after he was denied prescriptions and then went to a restaurant where he tried to burn the evidence in a restaurant trash can. he's facing aggravated arson and fraud charges. >>> from our delaware bureau, a vandal cut out the word black from the black lives matter banner displayed outside a wilmington church over the weekend. the first unitarian church plans to replace the banner. >>> attorneys in the geo

>>> a horrible discovery in berks county a family of five is found dead inside their home investigators explained, how they think it all happened. >>> one day after a railing collapse in a cons inert camden concert goers tell us what they saw and investigators try to find out what went wrong. >>> and more sun, less humidity find out if the rest of the week will be as nice, as to take. >>> today is sunday august 7th good morning i'm joe holden, rahel solomon is off. here's meteorologist justin drabick with the latest on this morning forecast. >> feeling better already. step outside you can breathe again. yesterday was tough with the humidity. today looks great. best day of the weekend for sure. outdoors plan definitely a go. getting ready for a good sunrise in a couple of minutes, clear skies, every where across the delaware val which comfortable temperatures. we are waking up in the city on the warm side current check we are at 71 degrees at the airport but that wind direction out of the northwest at have miles an hour, bringing in that cooler and dryer air mass. suburbs feeling good al

. >> we begin with breaking news out of berks county.ong the dead. police are calling it a murder-suicide. thanks for joining us. police are now searching the house on winding brook drive and sinking spring outside reading. nbc10 is live there tonight. matt, what have you learned? >> reporter: well, denise, the investigation is still under way. i'm going to step out of the way. that is a house right there in the distance there with that ambulance parked in front. according to the berks county district attorney this happened around 3:30 this afternoon. coroner has been on the scene the past couple hours. we also have video we took a short time ago where you can see a lot more activity here in front of this home. we've also seen some family members gathered outside. they are devastated by this. i just spoke with a couple of family members. they've been standing and watching the scene hugging each other. they confirmed for me that the victims are a husband, a wife, and three children. the dea says police are investigating this as a murder-s

in the news, a family of five is dead in berks county.believe the parents and their 3 children may have been killed in a murder-suicide. >>> overnight a man is shot in the face during an attempted robbery in philadelphia. >> plus a beautiful start to your sunday. it is warm, but much more comfortable. meteorologist chris sowers is at the "action news" big board with a look at accuweather. >> reporter: is it 1:00 p.m. yet there's my spot on the sand. good morning it's a beautiful morning around the delaware and lehigh valleys. we're zoom into cape may. everybody is getting their spot on the beach. water looks good, the water is warm. the ocean temperature is 78. the sun is shining down brightly. every time i go to cape may, the first thing i want to see are dolphins. earlier this week wednesday, lauri and i want went down, there they are, can you see them? look at them they were jumping in and out of the water, there were 20 or 30 of them. we had our seat on the sandment the water was coming up on our feet. it's a beautiful day. today is j

storms that blew through berks county left wind damage. you could see how quickly these storms rolled through. also, the stats tell you how this got. we had a wind gust reported on the weather station of 46 miles per hour. now berks county getting hit again, scattered showers and storms moving through. these storms are briefly intensifying. we don't have anything severe right now but seems the storms move toward the philadelphia area. they still have a lot of heat and humidity to work with. it's very hot's very steamy outside. we could see these storms again hold together through the next hour or two especially bring thunder, lightening, and some brief intense downpours. you can see these little spots of orange and red. temperatures as we mentioned very warm. very steamy. it's 87 in philly right now. 84 in wilmington. getting a little bit of rain are the areas that did get rain earlier, not quite as warm. mid 70's. the due points extremely high. the due point right now is a miserable 76 degrees. you don't want to be 76. that's kind of off

. >>> 100 medals for team usa, which means 100 little american flags in this berks county yard. next, the patriotic family behind this all-american display. >>> here's a look at the current medal count. if you don't want to know, now's the time to look away. to win anle ask me wholympic medal, i tell them, "you already know." the medals you've earned are all around you. your bronze. your silver. your gold. and liberty mutual insures them all. liberty mutual is proud to insure every team usa medal won in rio, just like we protect the medals you've earned in life. liberty stands with you. liberty mutual insurance. >>> back here live in rio de janeiro. many of us have neighbors who decorate their homes for halloween, or christmas. but nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal found a family in reading who decked out their yard to honor team usa. >> reporter: at the crack of dawn for the past few weeks, jim and karen ep ler crawl out of bed, check the olympic medal count -- >> we need to put a gold in this morning. >> reporter: -- and then plant these small american flags. one for each american med

storms that blew through berks county left wind damage. you could see how quickly these storms rolled through. also, the stats tell you how this got. we had a wind gust reported on the weather station of 46 miles per hour. now berks county getting hit again, scattered showers and storms moving through. these storms are briefly intensifying. we don't have anything severe right now but seems the storms move toward the philadelphia area. they still have a lot of heat and humidity to work with. it's very hot's very steamy outside. we could see these storms again hold together through the next hour or two especially bring thunder, lightening, and some brief intense downpours. you can see these little spots of orange and red. temperatures as we mentioned very warm. very steamy. it's 87 in philly right now. 84 in wilmington. getting a little bit of rain are the areas that did get rain earlier, not quite as warm. mid 70's. the due points extremely high. the due point right now is a miserable 76 degrees. you don't want to be 76. that's kind of off

this is in the brookfield manor development, just a few miles from reading, and berks county district attorney identified the five victims as mark, megan short with their three children lee ann, mark and willow, two years ago their youngest daughter, willow, had a heart transplant at just six days old and every day since then she required daily doses of very expensive medication to make sure that her body did not reject that new heart. a blog post megan short had written about struggles with ptsd and caring for a child with the congenital heart defect and many people are familiar with this family, family had described their struggle, in getting that medication, for willow, but at this point, the d.a.'s office says it is in the clear who pulled that trigger and what the motive is. live from berks county, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> thank you, we a rebater it. >>> we are also following breaking news, oscar pistorius has been treated for injuries at a south african hospital. there is no word on what those injuries consist of but pistorius told doctors he suffered those inju

fox 29's jenner joyce loose joins us live from the berks county courthouse. jennifer, what did we learn today? >> reporter: good evening, iain. well, the berks county district attorney's office announced that mark short shot and killed his wife, their three children, the family dog and then turned the gun on himself in a murder/suicide just over a week ago. police say that fingerprints and a note provided some clues. >> this is a very tragic incident. >> reporter: a little over a week after the short family of five was found dead inside their upscale sinking spring home, the berks county district attorney's office declares that husband and father mark short pulled the trigger on his family and then himself. his 33-year-old wife meghan and their three children, leanna, mark, jr., and two-year-old willow were found dead inside the living room of the home wearing pj's surround beside pillows and blankets. a murder suicide note was left on the dining room table. >> some of the information contained in the suicide letter was an admission that he purchased a gun an

look at that line of thunderstorms moving into western berks county at that hour.rs as well as northern delaware. that's 6:00 this evening. those storms could produce not only heavy downpours but damaging winds this afternoon. by 7:00 this evening, they start to slow down but we could still see showers into the late evening commute. during the day, though, before the storms move in, the temperatures back into the 90s. feeling like 105, philadelphia, elevated humidity for the suburbs and the lehigh valley where late-day storms will come through. new jersey and delaware back into the 90s this afternoon. it will feel like 101 in wilmington. extremely steamy in smyrna. 110 the feels like temperature this afternoon. even at the shore, look at those readings, 80s this afternoon, it will feel like 99 degrees with the high humidity in cape may. there is more comfortable weather ahead on the ten-day outlook. the 10 day on 10 when i'm back in a few minutes. >>> thank you, bill. 6:39 on this tuesday morning. let's get a check of route 309. >> for that we check with nbc 10 fir

. >>> in berks county new information about a family of five killed in a murder suicide. the district attorney's office says the father and husband mark short was the one who pulled the trigger on his wife meghan and their three kids. two-year-old willow before turning the gun on himself fingerprints an note left behind provided clues in the case and police say the couple was breaking up and meghan was set to move out of the home the day she and the children were killed. the berks county community was immediately gripped by grief. >> these children were young and whenever we lose youthful, innocent human beings, it's never easy for a community to recover from that. >> in july investigators say police responded to the couple's sinking spring home for a domestic incident. no charges were filed. the police say the next day mark short went out and bought a handgun and had a recent dee mowing at his job and new his wife was going to leave him. da could not say whether mark short was diagnosed mental illness. >> after two nights of unrest in milwaukee authorities are taking ste

happening now, friends and family are remembering the berks county family whose lives were tragicallyut short last weekend. police are calling their deaths a murder/suicide. >> a mom and dad, their three young children and dog are all gone and it has rocked the community. memorial is happening in northeast philadelphia to honor the short family. that's where fox 29's dawn timmeney is. dawn? >> reporter: lucy and chris, certainly a sad occasion but this is a celebration of life for a young mother and her three children who died last saturday in an apparent murder/suicide. today familiar and friends are here at the givinish funeral home in northeast philadelphia to pay tribute to 33-year-old meghan short, her eight-year-old daughter leanna, five year old son mark, jr., and little will willow. two years old who survived a heart transplant only to die a tragic death. now, meghan the mom is being remembered as quote an awesome mom who put her babies above all. leanna was witty and sassy and loved to read. mark, jr., had charmed people with his if he can smile and was sweet but still rough

. >> we are learning new details in the the family murder/suicide in berks county. authority revealed who was responsible for those killings. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live in sinking springs with the details on that, anita. >> reporter: nicole we learned that investigators have been called before and megan short previously told police she was afraid of her husband and now as scene by growing memorial outside family home an entire community is mourning this family's loss. >> megan and mark short were having some domestic marital problems, and they were in the process, of separation. >> reporter: berks county district attorney john adams believes that may have led to a grizzly scene on august 6th when he said mark short shot his wife megan their three children and family dog before turning the gun on himself. >> mark short, purchased a 38 caliber, five shot revolver handgun and a stock of ammunition. >> reporter: on the dining room table they found a handwritten note. >> admission that he purchased the gun and committed the homicides. >> reporter: invest

. >>> a berks county crime spree may have stretched into lancaster county.zackery may isf breaking into st. john of christ church he got $35, but caused $4,600 in damage. >>> chris christie calls a report that he lied during the bridgegate scandal ridiculous. a former aid texted that the governor lied about a staffer's involvement. the text transport was filed by attorneys representing bill baroni. he along with brigette kelly face trial next months accuse of orchestrating lane closures for political revenge. >>> the perjury trial of kathleen kane goes on in a norristown courtroom. a string of former aids took the stand to testify against her yesterday. they included bruce beamer who told jurors his heart sank when his office asked him to block an investigation into a grand jury leak. kane is accused of lying to the grand jury about that. >>> maribel aber is live at te nasdaq. >> reporter: former philadelphia eagle is charged with defrauding investors out of $10 million. robertson and his parter defrauded former coaches they spent everything from cars on vacations to a luxury suite at a

but, storms today were concentrated well west of the i95 corridor, berks county seeing most rain full, pick up quarter to half inch. did see some locally higher amounts, and that is evident on our doppler estimates, over the last couple of hours, parts of carbon, monroe county picking up well over an inch as well as parts of berks county, strong, itself ear thunderstorms did move through. now the storms are starting to exit the area. very quiet in philadelphia, point south and east, but again, this storm activity has been concentrated up toward the poconos. and lehigh valley. but now that is starting to shift off to the east. this severe thunderstorm. so you are just about in the clear in mount pocono, but for the day tomorrow, we will see thunderstorms redeveloping once again. the storm prediction center has most of the delaware valley at marginal risk of severe weather, i think better chance at seeing few storms in and along the i59 corridor headed into tomorrow afternoon and evening, but, primary threats once again will be the very heavy rainfall, potentially some strong damaging w

if you're in berks county maybe the lehigh valley it's not out of the question that you see a bit of that over the next hour or two but hopefully it just avoids you. 80 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia, 75 in allentown, 73 in reading, 76 in trenton, 79 in wilmington and low 80's in millville down to areas close to the shore. dewpoints this morning are still very high. associatiohigh. it still feels rather sticky as you walk to the bus stop. and it's particularly bad in south jersey and down toward

and berks county and then swing into the suburbs. that's 5:30 this afternoon.:30 this evening, they're moving through philadelphia. heavy downpours, damaging winds are possible with these storms that will move through new jersey and offshore by late this evening. then we'll finally get a break from the extreme heat and for the threat of showers. but today, back into the 90s this afternoon. look at those feels-like temperatures for philadelphia, the suburbs, lehigh valley. nearby or above 100 today. new jersey and wilmington and delaware, we'll see the late-day storms and evening storms, afternoon temperatures in the 80s for the shore. will feel like it's in the upper 90s to near 100 degrees this afternoon. it will feel like 100 degrees in cape may later today. 10 day on 10 with the cooler weather on the way when i come back in just a few minutes. >> all right, bill, feels like temperature "new york times" triple digits today. feel like time is 5:11 to be exact. >> let's see what the ride to work feels like, especially if you're heading out and you traveled the

. >>> in other news, a berks county father was the trigger man responsible for the murder-suicide that claimed the family of five earlier this movement investigators released details about the crime today. lehigh valley correspondent walter perez is live at the d.a.'s office in reading with more. walter. >> reporter: rick, authorities here in berks county paint a very dark picture of the events leading up to this unspeakable crime that occurred on the very day that the mother was ready to walk away from this abusive relationship. >> this is a very tragic incident that took place in our community. >> reporter: berks county d.a. john adams said today that mark short was the person responsible for the murders of his wife, three young children and the family dog before he killed himself. authorities also confirm that mark short was the one who wrote the murder-suicide note found on a dining room table just feet away from where this horrific crime took place. >> at the request of the family they wish there we did not release the contents of the letter other than the fact that he admitted to

bodies of the mother, father and three young children were all found inside their home in berks county yesterday. "action news" reporter trish hartman has the store friday sinking springs. >> reporter: neighbors in this quiet community, in sinking spring just outside reading are still trying to wrap their mind around it. authorities say they were called to this home on winding brooke drive after three three-year old megan short didn't show up for lunch with a family member. police officers found megan, her husband mark, their three children and a dog shot to death inside of the home. >> it is just unbelievable. i'm still in shock. i could not sleep because i was so upset. >> reporter: jake knows the family but was still brought to tears thinking about what happened to them all. >> you just don't understand. >> reporter: berks county district attorney says is what believed to be a handwritten murder suicide note was found inside and handgun was found near one of the adults. authorities have not yet said who carried out shootings. sophie knew oldest daughter leana from cheer leading camp

we do have a shower with some moderate even brief heavy rainfall right now across parts of berks county, reading down into flying hills, westbound into colonial hills, seeing rain coming down right now, then couple of little tiny sprinkles starting to pop in and around the wilmington area, also across part of far interior southern new jersey, but for the day today, mainly dry, that chance of isolated sprinkle over the next couple of hours, high temperatures will be warm, topping at 82 degrees in the poconos, 93 in philadelphia, and near 990 degrees down the shore. latest check on the tropics, just have the 5:00 a.m. advisory out for the national hurricane center, gaston, out in the open atlantic. tropical storm right now, strengthening, is not likely but the track of the system looking good. because it is not going to bother you, the united state as it continues to strengthen up to category two hurricane it, will move westbound briefly before turning out to sea, but we have an ion another system in the tropics, right now, and i'll have the latest on that system, and that's coming up in

philadelphia, the suburbs, lehigh valley and berks county.nd thunderstorms this afternoon and into this evening. damaging winds, heavy rain and a flash flood threat later today. we have two things to keep an eye on for today. the hour by hour forecast shows at 3:30 this afternoon, dry in philadelphia. but you can see the showers starting to take shape in the lehigh valley and berks county as they swing through the area. heavy downpours. well in the philadelphia area at 6:30 this evening. they push into new jersey and delaware. by 8:30 this evening, heading offshore later tonight. a look at the 10 day on 10 to show you when the heat and the storms will finally take a break when i'm back in ten minutes. tracy. >>> 4:42. taking to the streets and fighting for frank. supporters of philadelphia's late mayor, hear what happened when they crossed paths with those who want the statue removed. >>> and next, meet the local doctor who helped keep the new jersey olympian on the right track. >>> and olympic medal count brought to you by independence. live

the berks county district attorney identified all five victims as part of the short family mark and megan short with their three children leana mark and willow hoff been in the national and local media spotlight before. two years ago their youngest daughter willow received a, heart transplant at six days old and she survived, but she requires daily doses of very expensive medications to make sure that her body did not reject, the new heart and the family had previously described their troubles in getting that very expensive medications, for willow but at this point it is not yet clear why or who pulled the trigger, yesterday. we're live, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank if you that are live report. we will check back with you soon. >>> a man is gunned down while pumping gas in south philadelphia. police were call to the 6600 block of essington avenue early this morning, they arrived to find the man had been shot in the head while filling his motorcycle with gas. he was pronounced dead just after 2:00 a.m., no arrests have been made just yet. >>> another man is in the hospita

>>> a horrific scene inside berks county home. a family of five dead in an apparent murder/suicide. what we know this morning as police continue their investigation. >>> and new details in the rail collapse at a pack concert in camden. how the victims are doing this morning and what's going to happen to future shows at the venue. ♪ >> from the fox 29 studios, this is "good day philadelphia" weekend. >> good sunday to all of you thank you very much for joining us. it's straight up 7:00 o'clock on this day. >> good morning, bill anderson. >> good morning karen hepp. how are you. >> i'm pretty darn good. i think scott is bringing us good news with this forecast. >> good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> it will be great day. compared to yesterday haas' heat, humidity, pop-up storms. talk about all about that forecast coming up. first we want to check in with sewer is he yo and weekend wendy as we take a live look at old city. a lot of sun out there this morning right now. >> weekend wendy so excited to go to a party. it's a party in northern liberties. celebrating northern liberties.

it does look like it's taking aim oneadingreas around berks county. it will take a half-hour to go the distance in a half-hour. it puts it in denver at 4:44 a.m. and schillington 452. there could be a brief 40-mile an hour gust is something to look out for. we have additional stuff west of wilmington and southwest of wilmington and chester county, but that thunderstorm is the big issue. after we get finished with the morning shot of precipitation we wind up with partly sunny skies, the story becomes the heat and the humidity. 76 and warm in philadelphia. 72 in allentown. 73 in cape may. the dewpoints are up, 70 in philadelphia that's the threshhold for humid air and oppressively humid air. it will be sweaty for the run this morning, 76 by 7:00 a.m. the high up to 95 degrees with heat index values feeling like one hundred. things ease back for the weekend karen. >> reporter: we have a ramp blocked an accident involving a sweeper on the vine westbound off ramp to the benjamin franklin parkway. police on the scene currently blocking the ramp with the acc

. >> we learn more about the murder suicide of a family in berks county. something the mother wrote has a look into her mind. >> meteorologist david murphy is off, meteorologist karen rogers 0 filling in with the the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast details, and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: we're staggered a brand new week. the rain is down to the south. we have a good amount of cloud cover. we have cloudy to mostly cloudy skies, the clouds are going to break through the morning hours you'll see more sunshine, you're starting off with the clouds this morning. let's take a look at the numbers, 66 in tanersville, 65 in fleetwood. 68 in saint davids. 676 in center city. warmer there. 66 in browns mills. 71 in cinnaminson, 67 in smyrna, delaware, 66 in dover. the humidity slightly humid today. we'll look at dewpoints above 60 degrees. for the most part they will be under 65. they shouldn't feel too bad, a tad bit more humid than yesterday. the humidity not coming back until wednesday. we have clouds this morning. we'll see more sunshine as th

but this one cell over berks county has been lingering here to a ill woo.th and west of reading. so there are concerns forked in flooding here. right now in old city philadelphia the temperature is 74. the high today only 80. the normal high is 87. mainly 70s on the board with the exception of the poconos where we've zone some rain the temperature sketch there. humidity right now the dew points are in the 70s from philadelphia south and east. 60s to the north and west. 60s are uncomfortable. 70s oppressive you felt that moisture in the atmosphere. guess what? during the day tomorrow these numbers will fall. drier more comfortable air moving in. we'll go oppressive to sticky by wednesday it will be much more comfortable. s were we look at the fox future cast picking up on those showers and storms and in reading and also in the lehigh valley they will slowly rain themselves out unfortunately heavy rain north and west in philadelphia i think we'll be fairly dry. a few spotty showers tomorrow morning with morning clouds. giving way to some breaks in the clouds

just some cloud cover in berks county lehigh valley this morning. the it is pretty pleasant morning at 73 degrees. we have 87 percent relative humidity. appropriately muggyish, 6:27 is your sunrise time. other temperatures 67, mount pocono we are at 70 in trenton. sixty-nine atlantic city. 66 degrees in wildwood. dew points in the 60's so they are not as bad as they could be, we will see dew points rise today and especially tomorrow. so yesterday it the became official we had heat wave number six with 90 degrees as our high temperature well a above that average of 84. ninety-two should be the high today. we will move in the four day heat wave with sun, cloud and possibility of the pop up shower or then are storm later in the day. that is your forecast for monday, last machine in august, and 4:01, bob kelly is on rakes this week so we will look at traffic all week long. starting off with a look at this water main break. this could be a big problem as we head into rush hour, because it is on the southbound side of roosevelt boulevard, right here near

reporting from the berks county courthouse, i'm jennifer joyce, fox 29 news. >>> attacked in wal*martking lot. witnesses couldn't believe what they were seeing. what started screaming and launched itself at a worker. >>> and banned for from ordering pizza delivery for life. what this guy did so many times he's no longer allowed to order take out. >>> plus, the push to clean up a local community threatens a piece of history. the battle to save a south jersey home with ties to this country's civil rights fight. >>> they found their soul mates in each other but this local bride is now battling an incurable disease. >> we can't worry about what is a year from now. we worry about today and this week. >> was what's now. >> so we make it work. >> reporter: they're incredible journey as she fights harder every day just to move. ♪ >>> philadelphia residents meet with members of law enforcement tonight face to face but all to show their support. >> dozens turned out to say thanks to the men and women in blue. fox 29's shawnette wilson is outside city hall tonight where a rally ended a little ea

. >>> a berks county burglary suspect crime spree may have stretched into lancaster county. zachary may is accused of breaking into st. john's church. he got away with $30 and caused $4,600 in damage. may is in jail for 11 other burglaries at churches and schools in berks county. >>> new jersey chris christie calls the report that he lied about the bridgegate scandal ridiculous. a christy aid said the governor flat out lied about the staffer's involvement. the former christy ally and aid along with brigette kelly face a federal trial next month. governor christie was not charged in the case and denies knowing anything about it. >> the perjury trial of attorney general kathleen kane will go on in a norristown courtroom. a string of former aids took to the stand to testify gains her yesterday including bruce beamer she said his heart sank when his boss asked him to block an investigation into a grand jury leak. >> meebltion karen rogers joins us it is unbelievable it is 81 degrees. >> reporter: it is 81 degrees and we have oppressive humidity and we're sticking with it. let's

. >> new this morning, they share a birthday now twin sisters in berks county have something greater to share. >>> a barber in a tough neighborhood is earning respect for the simple rule he has in the shop. >> reporter: route 1oo sunrise boulevard. when we come back we'll check out several construction zones when "action news" continues on this thursday morning. >> >> welcome back we're taking live look at penns landing, the blue of the sunrise is coming through. 5:43, 81 degrees, incredibly hot and humid today. a good day to forego outside activity if you can. it's coincidental ironic, that's the shot of the river rink. >> reporter: maybe we'll get a little refreshment looking at the river rink or spend some time on a boat today. a good ride in the burbs heading to gloucester and the walt whitman bridge. looking good on northbound 42. a bunch of work zones near the cherry hill area. they will be working at 7:00 a.m. closing down long wood avenue northbound and kennel worth will get you around that. we have construction going on until further notice on the turnpike connector in flore

. >> the killing shook a quiet berks county neighborhood. authorities say a husband shot and killed his wife and three children before killing himself. what investigators say happened leading up to that tragedy. >> joe biden joins hillary clinton and the vp did not hold back. his harsh words for donald trump. we begin tonight with the conviction of pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane. good evening everyone. i'm jessica dean. >> and i'm nicole brewer. it didn't take the jury long to side with the prosecutor in this case. david spunt is live outside the montgomery county courthouse with the latest on what next happens for kane. >> attorney general kathleen kane snuck out the courthouse. she was not taken into custody. she was once a rising star in the democratic party and she was endorsed by former president bill clinton. tonight she is a convicted felon. pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane entered the courthouse. >> what what she did while she was the attorney jernl, the fact that she would commit criminal acts while she's the