david mercer has our story from guatemala. >> reporter: it's the moment everyone here has been waiting, more than 60 children file into a government shelter in guatemala. the first of three bus loads due to arrive this week. they were caught in mexico en route to the united states. their families are relieved to see them safe. >> translator: i feel good, because my son is back. i'm starting to feel relaxed again. >> reporter: the center opened last year in response to a surge of unaccompanied child migrants who flooded the u.s./mexico border. since then staff have reunited thousands of children with their families. children as young as 14 tell social workers they were going to the u.s. to find jobs. few new about the dangers of crossing mexico before leaving, but for some that has changed. >> translator: a girl i was detained with told me that a friend of hers was thrown off of the top of a train and her body was cut in half. it's hard. i warn my friends how dangerous the journey can be. >> reporter: most parents don't know the risks or consequences of illegal migration. >> translator:

david mercer reports from the guatemalan high lands. it's a moment everyone is waiting for. more than 60 children file into a government shelter, the first of three busloads due to arrive. the boys and girls were caught in mexico, en route to the united states. the families are relieved to see them safe. >> i felt good because my son is back. i'm starting to feel relaxed again. >> the center opened last year in response to a surge of unaccompanied child migrants who througheded the u.s. mexican border. staff reunited thousands of children with their families. children as young as 14 told social workers they were going to the u.s. few knew about the dangers of crossing mexico. for some that changed. >> translation: a girl i was detained with, a friend of hers was thrown off the top of a train. her body was cut in half. it's hard. i warned my friends about the dangers. >> many don't know the risks or consequences of illegal migration. >> parents need to understand that united states will not accept children any more. they have been deceived by traffickers. this is what our sta

david mercer watched the came with fans in san jose. >> reporter: there's a bittersweet feeling in theapital san jose. thousands of fans were here a short time ago. the clean-up has begun. some people are hanging around. people are sad. we have seen people crying, but there are celebrations. people realise it's an historic moment for costa rica. they have never come this far before. it's a football loving country. it's small, less than 5 million people and they don't have the resources that other teams have, but they have all the heart in the world, and the fans love them for it. so an historic moment. people will celebrate coming this far for years to come, and when the players are coming back to costa rica from brazil, they'll receive a hero's welcome. >> let's talk about the tour de france, kicking off. mark cavendish crossed about 300 yards from the finish line, taking out simon gerrans and leaving four races. marcel kitto won stage 1 for the second i can't remember in a row. stage 2 tomorrow goes from york to sheffield. hard to look at. let's talk about the weather. what is arthur

al jazeera's david mercer reports from san jose. >> reporter: they are an inescapable part of the latinamerican landscape. statues and plaques bearing the names of innocent and presidents. prays for the construction of hospitals, bridges and more. some say they are a waste of tax dollars and serve to create personality cults. a leader decided to do something about it. costa rica's president signed a deck ree banning his name or having presidential portraits hung. it's a radical break from the past. >> reporter: the president won over voters with promises of increased transparency and a cut in unnecessary spending. he says he's a public servant, nothing more. >> it's a long-standing tradition in latin american countries, the great man on top of a white horse moving around and using the capital of people as it was his own. i think this is repeated over and over again throughout latin american, and that's not the way to go in mature democracies. some are not surprised by the ban. >> translation: there's a jock that goes like this, i might be a genius and everyone recognises it, but the day

in mercer county 130 northbound blocked past 156. 156, 206 or 295 are some alternates. tam. >> okay, thank you so much matt. now let's go outside to meteorologist, david at 75 degrees in philadelphia, lots of mid 70's numbers across the map. allentown 75, reading is up to 76. 75 in trenton and wilmington. and this afternoon accuweather says it will be hot and humid, a high of 93 degrees. now late in the afternoon especially north and west of philadelphia we'll be on the lookout for some thunderstorms. by tonight we expect some of those storms to roll down in through philadelphia and then be at the shore late tonight, so from north to south, thunderstorms and some of them could be gusty with drenching downpours and lots of lightning. okay, tam? >>> that's it for "action news" right now. we'll be back in 30. less problem one less problem without you i got one less problem without you ♪ >> you know who that is and you know the song. ariana grande with her smash hit and guess what, she is here live this morning, very big announcement which we cannot wait for. >> and then also coming up, improve this. we're having fun with paint this morning. we'll show yo