here's the latest downtown center city. cher tan hotel has been evacuated after the smell of smoke forced officials to take emergency action. the action cam is live on the scene there right now. you see all of those people who were evacuated out of their rooms just having to sit there and wait. investigators say smoke started coming out of the basement. they believe it was caused by a malfunctioning electrical breaker. we're hearing that the breaker tripped. there are no reports of injuries and crews are setting up fans to try to clear that air out right now. stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for the latest updates. >>> but for right now let's take you over to matt and david. karen is off to find out about your weather and track and it just sounds like a really hot day coming our way, david. >> it's going to be a cooker later on. actually feels fairly comfortable on the terrace right now given that the sun is still trying to work its way through that some clouds. satellite and radar shows you some coastal cloud cover. ge

we will need to go around the block right now coming into center city at the moment. eastbound on the pennsylvania turnpike, watch for construction right here near philly bensalem interchange otherwise, bridges are fine and mass transit has in delays ukee and quarter back over to you. >>> in business news this morning which cars are latest on the recall list. >> also how much your looks impact rest of your life? money watch's jill wagner joins us from the insuring stock exchange with those stories and more, jill, goo recalling 800,000 older jeep models, because ignition switch owes could cause the engines to stall. the recall includes 2005 through 2007 grand cherokees and 2006 through 2007 commanders. chrysler say outside force like a driver's knee could knock the switches out of the run position, and shut off the engine. here on wall street markets finished higher yesterday, dow jones added nearly 62 points, nasdaq rose about 31 points. attacks on sugary drinks -- a tax on sugary drinks could becoming to san francisco. voters candy side whether they want to put 2 cen

no problems or delays at all, again, right now, still only three lanes open coming into center city, i usually by this time they have the zipper out there to actually give us extra lane. construction on the new jersey bound side, rest of the roadways good shape, 422, schuylkill, no problems or delays at the moment. bellmawr, new jersey, kings highway the eastbound side is block, at lincoln avenue, an overnight accident took down pole and some wires, otherwise, mass transit looking good, no delays. back to you. >> thank if you, new this morning, police are investigating a shooting in west philly. they found a wounded man here 800 block of north 46 street, investigators say they found no evidence there, gunshot wound to the stomach area. erika? >> ukee, developing right now, a political stalemate underway in harrisburg. the governor won't sign the budget for the new physical year which starts to the, jen bernstein joins us now in front of the school administration building with the latest on, that jen, good morning. >> state legislature did pass $29.1 billion budget bill. but the gover

outlying suburbs and 67 center city. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast no changes here 82. sun and clouds. feels closer to 90 with humidity. tuesday more humid, 88. feels like temperatures in the 90s. wednesday, hazy hot and humid, high of 9d 3. feels more like let's say 96 or 97 and both tuesday and wednesday there's outside shot of popup thunderstorm and well west of philadelphia. late in the day and some of thighs strongest 89. friday and saturday 85, 87, mostly sunny skies and less humid. not too bad rest of the way. nicer tomorrow and tuesday. >> looks like you're on track to have another good weekend next weekend. >> looks like that at this point. >> remember you can take "action news" and accuweather along with you wherever you go with the 6abc news aprils free. >> the still life paintings of paul tzon had a big influence in art and barnes foundation has world class collection of them, two dozen more are on exhibit. karen rogers tells us about them in 6abc loves the arts. >> post impressionest paul sczan collection of still life reriv the genre and revive artist like

that's the view of center city from the adventure aquarium.atures are not as cool as yesterday morning. 74 in northeast philadelphia. wilmington 72. 70 degrees currently in trenton. a couple spots in the 60s. skies are starting to brighten up. a little more than a half an hour away from sunrise this morning. once it comes up, the temperatures take off. by 9:00, 80 degrees and then into the middle 80s to upper 80s early this afternoon. we'll be watching the radar screen but storms to the west will likely wait until tomorrow. more on those when i come back. first, jillian mele has traffic. >>> good morning, bill. we're following a downed pole mt. ephraim. take browning road as the alternate there. for drivers in lower merion township, listen up, conshohocken state road is closed between manayunk road and rock hill road because of emergency construction out there. you can take bryn mawr avenue and levering mill road as your alternate. this is 95. we have activity from an accident southbound at philadelphia international airport. traffic is moving

this is a view from the comcast center in center city.louds thin out and the temperatures take off. by 9:00 it this morning, low 80s and mid to upper 80s at 11:00 this morning. 88 for northeast philadelphia. the southerly winds will continue to bring in the moisture, just some scattered clouds around, not very likely we'll see pop-up showers today. they're more likely to stay off to the north and west. that changes tomorrow. a look ahead with the five-day -- seven-day forecast, why not, do the whole seven-day forecast. >> excellent. does that cost extra? >> let's go for seven. when i come back. >> why not 14, you know what i mean? do it all! exactly. let's get a check on the roads this morning. >> for that we check with jillian mele. >> here's what's happening, the philadelphia international airport. it's an accident. one lane is blocked there. emergency road work in lower merion township and a downed pole for drivers in mt. ephriam. 76 is still quiet right now. that will change later in the morning but i'll keep you updated. conshohocken

nbc 10's katy zachry is live in center city. through what's going to happen this morning. >> reporter: there are two pieces of unfinished business to talk about, first the unsigned budget and then a cigarette tax, if passed, it would up pump millions of dollars into philadelphia public schools. the $29 billion spending plan passed the general assembly late last night without raising taxes. does little toç aggression the pension problem according to governor tom corbett. because of that he is not going to immediately sign the budget. another sticking point, a $2 cigarette tax. that would inject the philadelphia schools with nearly $80 million. it's being voted on separately. >> we finally got a little bit of progress on the issue of the cigarette tax issue. and that is extremely important for getting about 80 some million dollars to the school district in philadelphia. >> we want to help philadelphia but we have to fix our pension system. it is the biggest tape worm in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. >> reporter: there was beh

and getting words of transformer problem here in center city. all of the details coming up next. >> downed power lines and uprooted trees illustrate the power of mother nature. another round every strong storms leave nor clean up jobs in the region. steve patterson joins us at voorhees, new jersey to show you more of all of the damage, steve? >> ukee, if you want good look at what voorhees new jersey looks like this morning, just take a look behind me. look at this tree destroying part of the side of this home, and then ripping some of the siding off of the home. then you can see, all of the branches down in the yard, the lawn mower, check this out, over here, look at this, lawn mower is on its side, completely ripped up by this uprooted treement just one of the many examples what we're seeing in every yard in this neighborhood. but gets whole lot worse. take a look at the video we brought along, as well. power lines are down and roads all around this area, the power remains out for a lot of customers this area, as well. you see the arcing and s

a live look at center city. temperature now, upper 70s with the sun.with arthur moving away, it's drying us up. but we still have winds to deal with. north and western lehigh valley, temperatures in the mid 70s. to the shore, we have been warming up to the mid 70s. inland, about the mid to upper 70s right now. with the increased sunshine, temperatures are climbing. overnight, it will feel cooler. here is a live look at arthur. it's pounding areas like connecticut and massachusetts. for us, we are seeing increased clearing along the shore. the clouds are becoming thinner and we will see more clearing tonight. the clearing is taking place from west to east. the drier air is moving in. will be here as we go into your weekend. arthur's track takes it to the north and east as we go into saturday. for us, we're going to continue to watch it move away from the area. nice forecast we go through tonight. here is your fireworks forecast. the poconos, we will see dry conditions. it will be breezy but otherwise upper 50s by 9:00 p.m. by 11:00, mid 50s. around phil

center city, the delaware river moving quickly. we have windy conditions but clearing conditions at the same time. temperature now in the mid 70s. wind gusts near 35 miles an hour. they will be breezy as we go through tonight. lehigh valley, mid 70s. 74 right now west chester. closer to the shore, we have warmed up because the sun is coming up. 75 in stone harbor. 73 atlantic city. 77 in dover and in millville. tonight we will be a little bit cooler. you will notice that. our winds are coming in from the north as arthur pushes away. it's slamming the new england area. a lot of rain there. locally, we are only seeing improving conditions. the clouds are continuing to push away. as we go through tonight, our skies will continue to clear. it's the dry air coming in from the west now. our clearing conditions will continue for saturday and sunday. it's going to be a nice weekend. arthur, it's a hurricane but it will continue to move far away from the area up near nova scotia as we go into the weekend. tonight, for the fireworks, we will

that is a dry view of center city, no showers in the area. we will see cloudsç popping up during the day today. for now it's the temperatures that have come down but not as far as yesterday. 69 in mount holly, 67 in mount pocono. the rest of the area in the 70s. 70 in trenton and 73 in wilmington. more clouds and humidity, 73 degrees at 7:00. by :00, 80 degrees. by noon, in the middle to upper 80s. we're destined to the 90s this afternoon. we talk the potential for big storms later in the week when we come back. first jillian mele has your traffic. >> good morning, bill. we're starting off this tuesday morning with a few problems out there, including emergency road work in lower merino township, conshohocken road closed. montgomeryville, rockland park drive closed. this is a look at 59 on girard avenue. you can also see it's not causing delays right now. chris? >>> new from overnight, a man is in critical condition after a man was shot in the chest. a man in his 20s was found slumped over a car on 46th and paris streets in west frd. police d

and starting in center city. 83 degrees and the dewpoint so low this time of year.n the 70s is when it feels oppressive and now in the 40s in some locations. winds out of the southwest at 6 with heat index the same as the air temperature. and as you can see many folks there are enjoying themselves on the sand with a dewpoint of 59 in the easterly wind. and as we head to the poconos, folks out on the lake. 72 degrees, very cool up there with the dewpoints also into the 40s now with a west-southwesterly wind. talking about the heat, the humidity making a big comeback and possibly another heat wave. >> you have been warned, thanks. >> thanks. >>> breaking news now in center city. a group of roughly maybe 100 people are gathered outside now, supporters of peace in gaza. the group described as peaceful are expected to march through parts of center city beginning at 5:00. for now they gathered outside. >> an important note it is a peaceful rally because some of them are supporters of palestine and others of israel. and days after they had a ground invasioning and 25 pales

morning, temperatures are nice and comfortable with low dewpoints, as we take a look at the view in center city. you can see the dark clouds hanging up above. we have showers to our west, some of those could actually survive and push into our western suburbs and into the city in the next a couple of hours. 69 degrees that's the present temperature reading. the dewpoints are low. may feel more humid than yesterday, but it's comfortable considering we are pushing into the end of july. 65 in allentown, reading, 65. trenton, 64 and wilmington, 68. here's storm tracker 6 live double scan, again, the air for the most partly is really dry across the delaware valley. as this batch of moisture pushes into that dry air most of this should evaporate before it reaches the ground. we are noticing yellows and oranges showing up. that's where the heavier downpours are being reported. that's where the moisture is hitting the ground. some of this survive. honeybrook seeing heavier downpours and coatsville and downingtown seeing heavy downpours. accuweather feels as if there could be that shower, that brief show

all because of power problems in the tunnels, in center city. and it is center sit at this self, walnut blocked 12th to 13th, market street the best bet this morning, ukee, back to you. >> in the news, two men described as persons of interest are undergoing questioning in connection with the deadly carjacking in north philadelphia. the suv jumped a curve and killed three children. syma chowdhry at police headquarters now to tell you more about it, syma? >> that's right, ukee, police are questioning two men, they call, persons of interest. they've been here since last night here at police headquarters. one of the men was pick up by police, on the 2900 block of below of north sixth street. after community spent the weekends grieving, mourning the loss, of three siblings. >> (praying). >> reporter: community comes together in prayer over the weekend. a vigil was held where three children were struck and killed, by an out of control stolen suv. >> very good kids. >> fifteen year old tiara williams, ten year old thomas reid and seven year old terrence

starting at $319 a month. ♪ >> here is a live look at center city.tures and humidity star starting to creep back up and things are about to get a little uncomfortable. chief meteorologist scott williams will have all your details on the upcoming scorcher that's coming up in your fox 29 weather authority. >> well anaconda snake on the loose in new jersey's biggest fresh water lake. >> it's good snake weather there. anacondas from the amazon they love this stuff. roll tile specialist sworn an oath of secrecy about the whole thing to local officials. here's what we've been able to dig up. the snake's probably about 15 or 16 feet in length. pretty big and locals around lake had a hoe pat congress in north jersey have been watching it for weeks. the anaconda is pound for pound the world's largest snake. they can weigh 550 pounds. one of men ordered to capture the reptile in the jersey lake says local officials have cold him to keep quite about it to avoid causing a panic. anacondas by the way are not venomous. >> police in montgomery counsel three plan to

city avenue. getting up to 80 degrees today. vandals ransacked a community centerensington section over the weekend. staffers at the light house fear the culprits are members of the community they are serving. the damage was apparent when workers arrived forehead start preschool classes yesterday morning. computers were gone and so were several of the classroom rabbits. staffers think the culprits broke a lock and climbed through the back window. drug paraphernalia was found in a back alley. >> the search goes on for a mother in oregon. she vanished last week while running errands. workers share jennifer huston swiped her debit card at a gas station nearby. what happened next has her family frightened. >> worst parents' fear, an abduction or something am i hate to say that word. >> i love you so much and i miss you. please come home. >> huston has two young boys also hoping their mother will return home soon. the family is turning to social media trying to look for some tips. >> 6:27 on the clock. meteorologist, david murphy has your day planner and more >> and a f

look at center city. this is the view from the lowe's hotel. 74 degrees the we'll be in the 90s again today. humidity is already high. look at what jillian spotted on the 30 bypass. this is a storm moving throughout area. we're tracking these through chester county and into parts of montgomery and bucks county. very heavy rainfall and lightning now moving into the downingtown area. and look at this rainfall that's crossing the northeast extension. it's heavy rainfall coming down at a rate of almost three inch% hour. the first storms will clear and then for most of the day we'll will be storm free. don't be surprised if you see wet weather to start with. but with sunshine breaking through, we'll see temperatures climb into the 90s this afternoon. late today and into tonight and tomorrow, that's when more wet with moving in. hot and humid. 9 o's this afternoon. storms likely to take shape late this afternoon and this evening with rain into tomorrow morning as hurricane arthur come up the east coast. it will

still to come, a rude awakening for center city hotel guests, the fire that forced them to the streets before dawn and who will receive the prestigious marion ender son award. >>> the verdict was delivered today against six former judges accused of conspiracy and fraud, a federal judge cleared them in charges that was a mixed decision, "action news" reporter david henry was live in center city. with all the details rick it was judgment day, for the judges and in a way for the prosecutors for trial. all six judges were found not guilty of the serious charges again them. four of them were convicted for lying. >> i'm feeling very happy. justice has prevailed. former district justice mark bruno was one justice found not guilty on all charges and the other was michael sullivan. >> i am vindicated, of all charges, i'm ecstatic. the government claimed that judges engaged in a practice of fixing tickets, a practice known as consideration. all six judges on trial here were acquitted on court charges of conspiracy and fraud. their lawyers say they may have engaged in unethical behavior but the g

dozens gather outside the israeli couldn't sewell it in la center city.hat protest organized call a day of rage. rally for gaza called on israel to stop the attacks on palestinian territories. >> police are looking for the crooks who broke into more than 50 public storage units. the caper as so often is the case these days caught on camera. it overnight tuesday on the 2100 block of wheat chief lane in north philadelphia. police say the burglars first forced they are way in by breaking the lock at the gate. you can see their truck just went right in there. once and side. they burglarized 54 units. then what you see next is their truck going back out together what police say is a harley davidson trailer. >>> rapper meek mills behind bars tonight. here's mill seen scene of last week' deadly fire in southwest philadelphia. he was sentenced to three to six months in county jail for violatviolating his probation. they were concerned about a number of recent incidents with mills. >> this man is accused bars after accused of robbing a man at the moorestown mall i

use that alternate here coming into center city this morning. a house fire on girard avenue right here near 60th street and those hoses air cross the roadway preventing the the route 15 trolley to get past that fire location at 59th and 60th on girard avenue. erika, back over to you. >>> also new you this morning police are looking for person responsible for a shooting that left within man in critical condition in west philadelphia. "eyewitness news" on scene of the 4900 block of thompson street. investigators say victim was riding his bike when he was shot multiple times in the face and chest. police are checking surveillance cameras in the area for leads on a suspect. >>> a burglary suspect was arraigned this morning in connection with the home invasion in montgomery county. we have cell even if video here showing at rest tuesday morning. police say that the suspect entered an unlock home in gulph mills only to find home owner still there. that is when investigators say crime turned from a robbery to a home invasion. >> the female victim is ti

a live look at the center city skyline this morning.midity equals feels like around 100 today. there's the potential for severe weather later this afternoon. details from meteorologist bill henley. >>> police are looking for two people wanted for robbing a liquor store and assaulting two workers on the way out. investigators released these surveillance pictures of the two suspects, the robbery happened at carpenter liquors in wilmington on sunday. police say the owner and an employee caught the two stealing alcohol but the suspects sprayed them with pepper spray and got away. >>> a former new york city police officer is out of jail this morning after his conviction in a cannibalism plot was overturned. a judge agreed with attorneys for valley that his conversations in fetish chat rooms about cannibalizing women were fantasy role playing. his wife called the fbi after she fond the disturbing material on his computer. >> is guilty of nothing more than very unconventional thoughts. he has validated we don't put people in jail for their tho

a view of the center city skyline. shades of gray from the city to the shores to the poconos. everybody seeing cloud cover. tomorrow it will look like that first thing in the morning and in the afternoon the skies brighten up a little bit. good news for the most part it will stay dry. 78 degrees, the easterly wind may produce brief showers overnight for the jersey shore. priz or sprinkle -- spritz or sprinkle. 71 in trenton, allentown, 68. poconos, 66. 71 in sea isle city. on the boardwalk in atlantic city, 71. dover, 74, wilmington, 74. from top to bottom, north to south, everybody stuck in the clouds. we'll see cloud coffer, limited sunshine -- cloud cover, limited sunshine, well see clouds from both systems, one to the west and one to the south. normally this is the guy we have to watch, because it's forming over water, but the upper level steering winds will push this out to sea and away from the delaware valley. philadelphia sits right there. this guy will come in underneath and pull out to sea. we won't have to deal with the moisture, with the exception of a brief spritz

is there a detour there in center city this morning, erika, back over to you. >>> there is a brand newcontinuing saga of the los angeles clippers and donald sterling. sterling is now suing his estrange wife, shelley, the nba and its commissioner for fraud and attempting to sell the team. sterling says he is the the clippers only owner and that his wife deceived him into getting mental evaluations. he claims the association is depriving him of his rights as owner. >>> aj burnnet gets the ball tonight as phillies take on the giants again. let's hope he eats some innings. both teams will be short on players after last night's marathon. no doubt about that. phillies were ahead in the ninth five-four but jonathan papelbon served up his first home run of the season to buster pose i and they were heading to extra innings. phillies blew several chances to win it and san francisco took advantage of the bases loaded double by brandon crawford was the big hit and san francisco's four run, 14th inning. six her game. phillies lose a late one, nine-six is your final score. >>> trade deadline is july

nbc 10's katy zachry is live in center city. join us to explain. >>> happening today, get ready to pay more if you're a driver in pennsylvania. we'll explain why the cost of a license plate is going up, plus, how that extra cash will be used. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >>> pennsylvania lawmakers approve a $29 billion state budget but there's a snag. the governors has not signed off. we'll explain why and what comes next. >>> this blob around florida could become a tropical storm. >>> before that happens, heat and humidity are building as we take a live look at the delaware river towards camden. summer weather is here as we head into the 90s. 5:30. good morng aco t >> it's been a week now since i've been here, vai sikahema here. let's start with meteorologist t forecast. >> timing is everything, guys. today the timing is bringing humidity in. holding storms off, that will happen tomorrow. for today we'll just be watching the temperatures. a little bit of a southerly wind has developed. that will help boostur temperatures. that's a

a center city theater may have to close its doors by the end of year. and canadian thortss arrest flyers captain, claude giroux, ducis rogers has the details. after the hottest day of the year, we are tracking downpours on the way and the latest on how arthur will affect the 4th of july. >>> trenton's full mayor spend the first day on the job saying thank you. mayor jackson gave their supand has a busy day ahead. tomorrow he plans to volunteer at a soup kitchen and tomorrow he will spend time with local service men and women. >>> a local theater is forced to close its doors despite a successful season in 2013, the prince music theater in center city philadelphia is having difficulty raising money. >>> the announcement to close comes on a banner year for the prince music theater, more than 60,000 people visited it this year. for more than 200 pofrps performances and events and movies. >> we had soldout events, a hit for the family during the holiday was potter potter. >> all because of the herb lotman, the main fundraiser who died in february. >> he laun

let's take live look right now at the center city skyline.ou know what i got to say it's hard to get more perfect when it comes to our weather. another beautiful day in the neighborhood, iain. >> here's my only question. >> yes. >> will it last into the weekend scott? it looks like the dry weather will likely last but temperatures will be warming a bit each day for the up coming weekend, iain and lucy, but root now the satellite/radar showing a dry scenario across our regi region. we have a few high clouds spilling over, but nonetheless it's still comfortable. the humidity values are low as well. and this morning it certainly felt more like fall. temperatures right now have recovered from low temperatures in the 50s area wide across the area. low 60ing in philadelphia but right now it's 82 degrees. still below average for this time of year. 79 in lancaster as well as allentown. low 70s right now come currently in the pocono mountain. so looking pretty good area wi wide. now all week long we've been talking about the dew point temperature. the

it is 8:00, right on the dot here in center city philadelphia. heck in with meteorologist, carol erickson in the weather center, keeping quite busy this morning. >> yes, a lot has been going on, you doubt often finds thunderstorms in the morning, liz, as you know, but we did finds them this morning. we saw one through philadelphia, about 4:30, and we've seen many others, along the shore, now, all of that activity has moved to the east for now thing calming down, find still clouds over philadelphia, and som

they will pedal 65 miles per hour from center city to atlantic city. the money raises money for children's charities and fallen firefighters and police officers. a record two thousand bicyclists are take part in the event. >>> a 6-year-old boy is helping a little girl who is suffering from a rare genetic disorder. hannah has a rare genetic disorder that has left her blind and unable to move her limbs. hannah's mother attended the bike parade. >> thank you for all the prayers and good wishes, we appreciate it. and hannah is a fighter. >> money raised from the ride will help hannah's family pay the mounting medical bills. >> a classic disney tale is coming to the stage in philadelphia. 6abc loves the arts shows you camp walnut. >> sky6 live hd taking a live look over camden this morning, you can see the clouds setting in, there are showers in our area as we speak. meteorologist chris sowers is back next with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast to tell you when you can expect them in your area. that's about as american as it gets. woman: what do

same number for center city. vineland, 72. of smyrna, 74 and woodbine, 72.h and cape may county and the beaches looks like it's drying out from cape may to sea isle and avalon. ocean city you're doing all right up there, as well. we're dealing with the showers in brigantine, beach haven and surf city and ship bottom. lbi and brigantine dealing with the rain. it's this little area of low pressure right there. there's the low right there it's working off toward the northeast. the outer edge of that area of low pressure. drier air will start to work in from the southwest. today promises to be a decent day. we'll start out with a quite a bit of cloud cover, but we'll see a decent amount of sunshine throughout the afternoon. pick your location for the city, clouds and sun, 82 degrees, jersey shore, sunshine, 76. poconos looking good, clouds and sun, 78. eva? >> thanks, chris. >>> the big story on "action news" this sunday morning is new information in the crash 69 downed malaysia airlines flight in eastern ukraine. rebel separatists have reportedly recovered the

north 17th in center city.ive look from the scene, right now, you can see the hotel guests stunning outside, many of them, just before 5:00 o'clock this morning, circuit breaker blew in the basement of the hotel. that caused a lot of smoke in the building. crews quickly arrived in to place the situation under control. now i just got tweet from one of the viewers saying that her brother was caught up in this, because evidently, the letter carriers in town for convention, some staring there, her brother is stuck without id outside right now, so can't do much. guests would be allowed back in once the crews are done ventilating the building. >> 6:33 right now. man accused of terrorize ago cup nel montgomery county is in police custody this morning, and now, other police departments are looking at him. >> fox 29 steve keeley outside upper merion police department. steve, good morning. >> old bank robber willie sutton famous for the line a truck added to him. why do you rob banks? quote, there is where the money is.

. >>> happening right now, the crisis in the middle east, takes center stage in center city philadelphia chopper three is live over love park at this hour, dueling rallies are underway, they are happening not far from one another. one in support of the palestinians, other in support of israel, so far things have been rather peaceful only a few minor incident have been reported. >>> of course, weighing on the mind of the many on the rallies flight ban in tel aviv in effect. today faa continued that ban for another 24 hours. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is at love park with more on today's news, syma. >> reporter: that is right, chris, this rally, both are being held just hours after the faa ban. you can see behind me here at love park this is a pro israeli group, they are standing hundreds of them with flags, posters, shouting, chants, talk about standing with israel. as you can see the police presence is heavy here. in fact, they have police bikes making sure in one can get on the sidewalks so that way this crowd can be at peace. across the the street on the other side we hav

it is 8:00, right on the dot here in center city philadelphia. let's check in with meteorologist, carol erickson in the weather center, keeping quite busy this morning. >> yes, a lot has been going on, you doubt often finds thunderstorms in the morning, liz, as you know, but we did finds them this morning. we saw one through philadelphia, about 4:30, and we've seen many others, along the shore, now, all of that activity has moved to the east for now thing calming down, find still clouds over philadelphia, and some fog, taking off the tops of some of those build, we move to the shore area, there looking at the clouds, seeing the raindrops, that have fallen, people back out on wet and almost deserted boardwalk, but i think that boardwalk will be getting a lot busier as we move through the afternoon. >> storm scan3, showing those showers, and thunderstorms, that have moved off the coast, fortunately, as they moved right along the coast. we still have lingering shower, through portions of cape may county, atlantic county. but things are improving for

already starting to warm up, nicole, through center city philadelphia., won't stop there, though, we will be going all the way up to the upper 80s today, center city looking just great from the cbs-3 studios, "skycam 3", and it is busy at the shore, as you might imagine. look how many people are closing out the holiday weekends, maybe not even closing out the holiday weekends, a lot of people will tie that

been using the innocent as human shields. >>> about 300 palestinian supporters marched through center city met on jfk boulevard and walked toward city hall calling for u.s. stop its support of israel and israel to leave gaza. this march followed a separate gathering of israeli demonstrators in the same area. >>> a philadelphia family has been displaced by a fire that spread from an adjoining home. this is the scene of 3300 block of amber street in the port richmond neighborhood. firefighters made quick work of the flames in a vacant home, but not before it jumped to the home next-door. >>> one mosque leader is in custody an another on the run after they try to to cut off a man's hand with a machete. two mosque leaders approached the victim after mourning prayer services and accused him of stealing jars of money. police say the men dragged the victim to the back of the mosque and attempted to cut off his hand with a two foot machete. the victim was severely consult and taken to the hospital. merv mitchell was arrested and charged. police are looking for the other mosque leader. >>> police a

we'll tell you mean the baby's name later on "action news." >> sun is shining on the buildings in center cityiladelphia. 6:43. we have come upon the day of the week called friday. 75 degrees on city avenue getting up to 87 much more pleasant. >> people love friday, a lot of people really love it because they have gone on vacation somewhere. >> reporter: if not yet they will go this afternoon, hopefully cruel have the opportunity to get out of town or stay in town and enjoy the weekend nonetheless. the schuylkill expressway looks good, sun glare smacking you in the face as you travel eastbound past conshohocken. if you're traveling westbound starting at 8:00 a.m. they will close the off ramp to 23 in conshohocken. that ramp going to be blocked until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for the work on the expansion joints so you can keep going west to gulph mills and exit there or hop on the blue route northbound and take it to the norristown exit and work your way into conshohocken from the in order side. this ramp will be closed starting at 8:00 p.m. tonight. schuylkill expressway 40. i-95 southbound

collapse on market street, mayor nutter stood in the demolition site near 12th and chestnut streets in center city to unveil first example of the new signs now required at all work sites. new signs will also help passers by to alert on one should there be a problem. >> the city of philadelphia has been actively aggressively engage in the ongoing process to evaluate our regulations, our laws, standard procedures, all in an effort to do better, and to do our best to ensure that another tragedy does not occur. >> the new signs will offer, include a qr code so anyone hoist concern can link their smart phones, to l and i's web site and get more information about that project. >>> well, up next here big scare for a bucks county woman. she was simply using a store dressing room, tonight, the search is on for the man who was peak nothing that room. hear why the victim want an apology from the store, kate? >>> what a beautiful day it has been, sunshine and really comfortable temperatures, low humidity and things are looking great for tomorrow as well, we will have have your updated forecast coming up. kath

. >> reporter: 61 in quakertown. 59 in saint davids. 64 in center city. just dropped a degree. 59 in glassboro ascertain hammonton. 67 getting some of these live updates on the hour. 67 at the boardwalk. 62 in woodbine, new jersey, 60 in dover, delaware. yeah, it's kind of cool out here, as you step outside. let's take a look right now, the dewpoint is way down. it feels nice and comfortable, not just today, but into saturday. satellite and radar showing we have partly cloudy skies, we have mostly cloudy skies in parts of south jester and delaware. -- south jersey and delaware. overall it's going to be a nice day, clouds mixing in. at 9:00 a.m., 73 degrees, noon, 79. # p.m., 73 that's the high. 6:00 p.m., 81. a beautiful day, a cool breeze. >> reporter: i'm thinking el fresco breakfast. >> reporter: if you're treating i'm eating. >> reporter: i-95 we have late running construction, they are in the process of clearing out, but you see the southbound jam we're dealing with in the wake of that work. as you come south past tasker, through this point at the wa

rain damaged the roof after apartment building tonight hundred block of walnut st., in center city, and then that building flooded. thirty-six people were floors dollars from their homes. >> twenty year old man dead, an after a shooting in feltonville. feltonville errupted on the porch of north front street around midnight. so far police have made no arrest. >> right now 5:42, two americans trying to help fight an ebola outbreak have contracted the deadly disease. >> the two traveled to liberia with an organization called samaritans, to treat patients infected with the disease. but experts say the outbreak could spread beyond the boarders of west africa. both americans tested positive for the disease last week. >> one thing that they both have to their advantage is that would recognize the disease early, they recognized, we were able to get tests done, and we immediately started intensive supportive care. >> the diseases fatal in up to 09% of cases, and there is no known cure experts say the risk every contacting ebol a through contact is slow. >> a 15 year old boy was badly burned afte

. >>> 300 palestinian supporters marched through center city yesterday they met near the israeli consulate and walked to city hall asking the u.s. to support palestinians and gaza. >>> a family was displaced by fire that spread to an adjoining home. this was amber street in port richmond. firefighters made quick work of flames that started in a vacant row home. the families escaped unharm, it's unclear what sparked the blaze. >>> one man is on the run after they tried to cut a man's hand off with a machete. two mosque leaders approached the victim after morning prayers and accused him of stealing a jar of money. they threatened to cut off his hands with a two foot machete. merv mitchell was arrested an charged. police are looking for the other mosque leader. >>> philadelphia police now say they are dealing with a case of double murder in strawberry mansion. detectives are questioning two persons of interest in the death of ruffous and gladys perry. it happens gladys was suffocated and they think ruffus suffered a heart attack while trying to help her. >>> a single mom from delaware got a l

the security guard who was jumped is also being treated at jersey city medical center. the hudson county prosecutor's office is taking over lead in this investigation. jersey city police officers gathering here jersey city medical center in honor of melvin santiago. live in jersey city, back to you, nydia. >> two people in central pennsylvania face charges for throwing rocks from a highway overpass. one rock left a women in critical condition. the victim and her family were traveling from ohio to new york city. the suspects threw the rocks off the bridge and one went into the windshield below and hit the passenger in the front seat. >> something falls off, that's one thing. but someone throwing it at you, that's just crazy. >> reporter: an 18-year-old and juvenile facing a evaluated assault charges. police say they are looking for two more suspects. >> comedian tracy morgan is out of a rehabilitation facility and now will continue to recover from a serious injury he suffered in a crash at home. a spokesman for the star said he was released yesterday. he will continue rec

we have work zone at cottman, other work son between betsy and center city with new traffic pattern there. by the the way speaking of construction, penndot says you will not see any construction crews after tonight all the way through monday actively out there. certain roadway in a couple months there could be a new traffic pattern in place but not any lane restrictions throughout the holiday weekend, ukee, back over to you. >>> a hail of gunfire leads five people injured in chester delaware county. "eyewitness news" at ninth and tillman streets just after midnight as crime scene investigators search for clues. they were rushed over to crozer-chester medical center but there is no word at the moment of their age or conditions at this time. circumstances surrounding the shooting are still unknown. >>> also developing two women sitting on the front steps are shot in west philadelphia it happened just after 11:00 on the 800 block of north fallon street. thirty-six year-old woman was shot in the head and critically wounded. a 35 year-old woman hit in the cheek is stable. gunman got away. poli

along the parkway in center city, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> the coverage of the crash of malaysia airlines flight continues on the 6abc app. we'll alert you to the new developments as the story unfolds. you can download the app for free for your apple and android device. >>> a nasty wreck in new jersey sends four people to the hospital including two police officers. the action cam found two advance and patrol cars scattered across atlantic boulevard in ocean county. firefighters had to pull one of the officers from the cruiser. two other people were hurt, there's no word on any of the victims' conditions or who caused the crash. >>> new jersey state police are investigating a crash involving a fire truck it happened on route 676 near the morgan boulevard exit. the ladder truck was responding to a call when it collided with the car. no firefighters were hurt. the truck had it's warning lights and siren on at the time of the accident. >>> a fast-moving fire kills two women in atlantic city. the two-alarm blaze started last night at an apartment building on preserve dense

so, through center city, market, would be your best bet. and the roosevelt boulevard, the lights are out at mascher, so there is no cross-traffic permitted along mascher there in the neighborhood across the boulevard. katie, boy, tell you what, were you right, the lights show, thunder boomers, i don't think anybody slept last night. >> at least not well. i know i probably got woken up at least five times, no joke. just one thunderbolt and lightning bolt after another that kept crossing over my house, and maybe you were the same. so, grab a nice big cup of coffee, we'll get through together, at least we can report that the worse is now over, you can see, relatively speedy retreat of the worse of those heavy thunderstorms pulling away from new jersey, now just lefth generally a clearing sky. part of a much larger system of course, you can really make out that sort of classic comma shape, mid hat taught cyclone, in other words, moving from west to east, basically across the us, and once this trough addition in, boy, do we end up with some cool

where we have a pretty night in center city philadelphia. temperatures holding on into the 70s. the view from our skycam3 a top our center city studios on storm scan thee we have a few showers but they are slowly falling apart as they encounter much drier air over the lehigh vall valley. berks county and even toward the poconos. just kind of fizzling out to the north, even pottsville seeing just few scattered sprinkles. these showers and some heavier rain in harrisburg will continue moving eastward and i think at best lehigh valley maybe a sprinkle or two if that. live neighborhood network takes us to lewes, delaware, where the temperature is only 67 at the university of delaware. ambler, 61. saint charles borromeo school in cinnaminson 67 and folsom school district in hammonton 61 degrees. so a cool night in spots. philadelphia still at 73 degrees. 63 in millville. 60 had the poconos. and to the west much cooler temperatures. state college already down to 58 degrees. feeling like fall again there. future weather has a good grip on what's going on with those showers and you can

center city was backdrop for two rallies that true hundreds of demonstrators on both sides of the mid east crisis. "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live in center city tonight with more on what unfolded there, earlier today. kenneth. >> reporter: rick, during the heat of those rallies, palestine supporters were over there and israeli supporters were over there in love park. while philadelphia police were trying to prevent potential clashes it that is deadly clash overseas that had people fired up. >> we stand with israel. >> reporter: standing with israel in love park, more than a thousand people, mostly of the jewish faith, rallied. >> we will not surrender. we will not give up. the israeli people are resilient and strong. >> reporter: as battle rages on in gaza a so many here spoke out against the deadly violence. >> this is not just a war against israel, hamas, if you read hamas charter it says not only do they stand for destruction of israel but they want to kill every single jew around the world. >> hamas, they want blood, and war, and killing and look at the cease-fire, i

. >>> protesting in center city. members of the regional council of carpenters say they are locked out of the convention center. a spokesperson says that the europon made -- union made a decision not to sign the agreement by the dead line in april. they did reach an agreement with four other trade unions. >>> in the past labor disputes damaged philadelphia's reputation, as well as the image of the convention center. tonight tourist officials are trying to tell them that is behind them. sglp mond many >>> when it opened, they loved the building but hate had had the expensive and the labor situation inside. by 2012 several conventionsing cancelled future cnvtio dehiphia's reputation coention planrs the n you c't do that.ets >> and oh, including tho marching in, a new attitude. >> we have come together and it is a yes you can attitude. >> this video part of the attitude of the smoother set-up of the message those who shied away we want you back. and they say that custor service is now a priorityith the new private manag

i-95 southbound jammed up between the center city interchange all the way down toward the stadium area where traffic is stack up here, they have been working on the thehe southbound side approaching the stadium area and a new pattern in play here heading northbound, so something new on i-95, we will check with mass transit and that presidential visit to day, when we come right bac >>> it can be a very tiring thing to do. >> but folks in fort wayne, inn yan a figured out how to make it relaxing, how about that. more than 100 people sprinted down a block in downtown fort wayne while pushing a bed in the annual three rivers festival bed races. twenty-two teams, signed up to compete for bragging rights and prizes. giving new meaning perhaps to three sheets to the wind. >> bada binge. >> how do you get the job and person hangs out, runs and pushes you. >> i'll find a way to come to work that way every day. >> turns up who goes and gets kickback. >> got that right. >> right now 5:57. don't slack off just because it is summer, three is on your side with easy ways to streamline your finances.

sunshine is up and we'll see more and more sunshine in center city and the rest of the area as well. 9s.ead of the 80s like we 13 mile-an-hour winds now up to 25 miles an hour this afternoon. southerly winds bringing in additional humidity and that will lead to a chance of showers over the next couple days. don't expect them today but come tomorrow and especially on wednesday, showers off to the north and west will be making their moveand moving into our area. for today, if you're headiut the door, don't forget the sunglasses. even though it's cloudy to start with, it will be sunny and hot this afternoon. wind to 18 miles an hour in the city, stronger along the coastline. the-day sevenorecast, warmer tomorrow to 939 tomorrow ternoon. hot, humid conditions with a slight chance of a late-day shower or thunderstorm on tuesday. the storms are more likely wednesday to keep things a bit cooler. we can s showers in the morning as well. 76 to start with, 89 in the afternoon. partly sunny thursday followed by lots of sunshine, friday, saturday and into sunday. ion.jillian mele has beenthst e.

live look at center city. look at that. it is not looking too nice out there.rm clouds moving in. most of the region is under a severe thunderstorm w >> right now your weather authority keeping a close eye on the sky and of course ultimate doppler radar which is what you're seeing. another round of powerful storms headed our way right now. you could see heavy rain, strong winds even hail in your neighborhood. chief meteorologist scott williams is tracking the all. >> take a look at surveillance pictures from an armed robbery in bucks county. police say this heavy set armed man his face covered with some sort of mask rob the walgreens on york road in warminster on monday. investigators say that he stole drugs and then took off in gold sedan. you can't see his face in these pictures but police want to you call them if you know anything that can help. >>> tonight a berks county mother is under arrest for the death of her own child. back in may, the fire department responded to a home on the 1200 block of green street in reading. that's found an unresponsive one ye