meteorologist, david murphy. >>> here are the stories we are following on "action news" at 12:30. more eyes on the streets of new jersey 1,000 new body cameras will record troopers interactions with the community and boy scouts lift their ban on gay adults but not effect is on board with the idea. and a dispatcher under investigation for allegedly hanging up on a frantic 911 caller without sending help. >>> and now new jersey police are putting new technology including body cameras on every trooper on the street. new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic, is live from trenton on the big announcement. >> reporter: hi the attorney general says the deadly interactions between police and black men around the country played a role in getting this cameras forward, but the goal is trust between the police officers and community, where it is terribly strained right now. >> acting attorney general, john hoffman says that new jersey state police will pay $1.5 million to equip troopers with body cameras. >> body cameras will act as an objective witness for police involved shootings and other e

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with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with breaking news from north philadelphia where lease are investigating after a child fell out of a window this morning. the 6-year-old boy fell from the second floor of a home on the 100 block of west huntington street. the boy was being watched by a babysitter when he fell just after 6:30, he was conscious when he was taken to the hospital chad pradelli is at the scene and will bring us the latest on the boy's condition at b 30. >>> now the latest on the dramatic incident at the navy yard in washington d.c. they were given the all clear when someone reported gun fire in the same build wrg a mass shooting took place two years ago even though it was a false alarm it triggered an intention response and lasted for hours. karen travers live from the scene with the latest. >> reporter: it's quiet here now at the navy yard but just a couple of hours ago a tension scene that brought scary flashbacks to 2013, when 12 people were killed at the washington navy yard. the chief of police said that t

david murphy has the much less humid accuweather forecast for us. >>> david murphy is back we had our first heat wave yesterday. >> and now it's refreshing but warm. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows we are dry stepping out on sky 6, none of the haze in the picture, yesterday we showed you the shot and there was a lot of haze out there. looking south from broadway to stow hall. 81 is the temperature and dew points down in the 50s across the region and that is where they will stay today and that is an indication of not a whole lot of moisture in the air. the reason again is the north-northwest wind drawing the dry wind down, and you can see the movement of the clouds, and there will be a few fair weather cumulous. lets look at future tracker 6 down south there could be a fow low 60s, that is border line sticky but should be a nice evening. if you like day baseball today is the day to go. 84 for the first pitch starting in a half hour, and 86 in the ninth inning as we kick the rays out of town hopefully with a victory. shape nola did not win he pitched a ton. 83 in allentown and tha

the accuweather forecast on a warm and very humid monday let's get the latest conditions from david murphy at the "action news" big board this monday. >> reporter: let's cover the precipitation first nothing happening locally alicia. we have small cells by gettysburg, if you look at storm tracker 6 live double scan, so far all the precipitation is in the line moving north. i think it will slide to the east. well get a shower or isolated thunderstorm later in the arch. the big story for most of you will be the warmth and the humidity, 82 in philadelphia. 80 in wilmington. 82 in allentown. 77 along the boardwalk and it feels every bit 82. even worse in fact bras the dewpoints are so high and humidity so noticeable. anything of 70 or better, we're talking about oppressive humidity. in south jersey and delaware 73 in wilmington, 75 in dover, 72 in millville. and 74 along the shorepoints that 70 in philadelphia is very sticky. it's humid in the northern suburbs. from philadelphia south that's what we'll call for warm and humid conditions, the high dewpoints, oppressive humidity. you want to tak

i think we can spot david murphy under that big yellow one. increased humidity, we're tracking storms for tomorrow, so some changes coming up in the seven-day forecast. starting off with a temperature that's 85 degrees already in philadelphia. 86 in allentown, 83 in reading. 81 in millville. on the boardwalk in ac a little bit of flow off the ocean helping you out 79 degrees on the boards. a bit of a breeze. satellite and radar showing a fair amount of clouds. we have started this morning socked in it's not a bad day except for the area of low pressure to the southwest. we're seeing the rain in washington. we're not getting that, but a couple of sprinkles spreading out from that. we have a chance to see a shower, it's not 100% dry but not a huge deal that will impact your day. 3:00 p.m., 86 degrees, 35:00 p.m., 84 sunshine and clouds. 9:00 p.m., overnight low # -- 71 degrees, not oppressive, but slightly humid. at the shore sunshine and clouds, a bit more humid than yesterday. 82 in surf city. 83 in atlantic city. ocean water 73. whufer -- whe

expecting seasonable weather today and heading into the weekend, yes it was our gift to you. >> david murphy's gift i should say, he is outside live with the details. hello david. >> a nice day out here, lots of sunshine and high pressure is our friends, for the last day and a half to the north and west knocking down our breezes a bit. just some fair weather cumulous clouds around and getting a flow around the north-northwest most of the time and that is injecting that lower humidity and higher quality of air mass, 79 degrees in philadelphia right now, 82 degrees in the pike in washington new york city looking at 81 only 75 in pittsburgh, if we look at dew points we have to look to richmond, virginia and out towards charleston waste to fine the dew points nudging into the humid 60s, farther north we are well above that higher humid, uncomfortable air. 84 by 2:00, your high will be at 3:00 and 4:00, probably sit on 85 through that period and by 6:00 down to 83 and a nice evening on tap 8:00, 79 degrees and maybe you are outside throwing a baseball with the kids and by 9:0072 degrees, crashing t

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news a new plan will put body cameras on all state troopers in new jersey. >>> and an arrest at a delaware intersection after a truck lands on a car. >>> but the big story is the camden county man that led police on a chase through philadelphia and south jersey. the suspect was stopped just before 10:00 last night when an officer clipped his van flipping the vehicle over. ryan ritter was released from the hospital and is now facing charges. >> this chase began in oakland, new jersey a police officer tried to pull over ritter for some outstanding warrants but they went on a two state chase that lasts two hours this is how it ended a police cruiser clipping the back of the van and sending the cruiser side over side. >> he came out with his hands up, with a tiki barber jersey on. he went to the hospital for observation but was returned to southeast dsks early this morning. >> we are lucky that no one else was injured because of this. lieutenant john stanford says that oakland police led the c

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david murphy took the kids to the playground yesterday. they didn't tell me when it is time to go. [laughter]. >> reporter: it's going to be another nice day tam. we'll have clouds coming in but they will erode. we'll have cumulus clouds popping up. 64 in trenton. 58 in allentown. a little cool in the lehigh valley. we have low to mid 60s across south jersey and delaware. as we head out the door to catch the bus, 68 by 6:00. 71 by 8:00. comfortable conditions this morning, rolling through the day, 81 degrees by noon. 85 by 3:00 p.m. that's the high today and # 3 by 6 p.m. sun and clouds, and low humidity once again. the pattern lasts through the start of the weekend. >> reporter: we have a good start to the day checking on i-95 by cottman. we have an issue in northeast philadelphia, police investigation continues unr up up --ue avenue at ditman street. police activity there. we have a water main break at 52nd street. in camden county we have construction crews approaching 42 blocking the right lane until 6:00 a.m. gloucester northbound on 295 near 47 tam and eva. >> we're starting

meteorologist david murphy is tracking the dangerous conditions and joins us live at the big board with the latest. >> reporter: second straight day, rick, of course yesterday was sunday, a lot of of you have the option of hanging inside with the air-conditioning. up and down the east coast we're dealing with excessive heat and high humidity. 90 in philadelphia. upper 80s in delaware and south jersey and allentown is up to 87 degrees. as you factor in the humidity, the heat index that's the temperature combined with the effect of the humidity is making it feel like 94 in philadelphia. 94 in wilmington, allentown 93. same thing in reading, these are the heat index values. 91 in trenton and even down the shore upper 90s for the heat index and closer to 100 in dover. we have an excessive heat warning across the area where later in the afternoon a lot of areas will get heat values over 100 and up to 105. the heat warning is the central counties highlighted in purple. throughout the region you have to be careful of the excessive heat and take all the usual precautions. here they are. seek ou

. >>> 4:30, monday morning let's go over to david murphy, boy is it raining out there and matt pellman is in for karen george. >> reporter: we have rain in south jersey and delaware, the other issue is heavy downpours and lightning. those of you in surf city, atlantic city and cape may, in the next 30 minutes you'll get the showers and thunderstorms. again it is starting to die down a little bit in the i-95 corridor. in the wide view you can't see the movement. it is pushing toward the east and toward the south. there's a wave of low pressure that's triggering this this morning. some of the downpours from the storms have been heavy. we have flood advisories in southeastern pennsylvania. they have been dropped but we have them for camden, gloucester county salem and current county new jersey. you never drive through flooded roads find another way around. 70 in wilmington and allentown and trenton. 74 in sea isle city. it's humid out there. dewpoints up above 7 in spots down south that's extremely humid. the high 60s to mid 60s across the rest of the region indicates sticky air still in

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, a 16-year-old girl survives a plane crash and then walks for to days to reach help. >> and we get an update from a school destroyed by a tornado and teachers are trying to save whatever they can. but the big story on "action news" is another day of upsetled weather and showers and thunderstorms moved through the area this morning, this is the scene along route 55 at vineland and cumberland county. some area could be hit with downpours and flooding today. lets get to karen rogers in for david murphy. >> with the humidity in the air we are getting the downpours at times up to an inch an hour, we have flash flood warnings this morning where they had over 3 inches of rain. and there are flood advisories for parts of the region including philadelphia and bucks and montgomery and atlantic and cumberland and gloucester and salem county new jersey continuing until 3:45, we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we have got some heavy rain in parts of this region and areas south an

. >> good morning, everybody, let's get weather with david murphy and traffic with matt pellman. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we have a receipt warning in effect this morning and pretty much the area that was covered yesterday afternoon. there's a chance of the heat indices going up to 100 degrees. satellite shows we're dry, we're keeping an eye on this line of rain as it will develop into thunderstorms that could be gusty later this afternoon and evening. 78 degrees ahead of that right now. muggy out there once again, 75 in allentown. 73 along the boardwalk in wildwood and 76 in wilmington, of course the dewpoints are running high, pretty much everybody in the 70s, that means everyone is looking at excessive humidity today. 78 degrees on your storm tracker 6 live app about the same by 8:00 a.m. noon, 87 the high today will be the 90 at 3:00 p.m., but it will feel worse because of the high humidity. we'll have more on the thunderstorms coming in. nice changes on the seven-day forecast behind the front coming in at night. >> reporter: good morning to you, david, good m

lets go to karen rogers in for david murphy with the

david murphy is here for chris sowers. you have bad news, don't you?porter: today is not horrible if you have a pool or local swim club to go to or down the beach. it's a little more humid you can get a sense of that on the terrace with the sun up over the horizon. satellite and radar showing it's a bright start and we'll transition to a sun and clouds mix as the day goes on. we'll have a showers and thunderstorms in spots the best chance up in the poconos. 73 degrees in philadelphia. 67 in allentown. 69 in trenton. 73 in reading and wilmington, and 72s down the shore. check out the dewpoints they've in the 50s for the last four days, but this morning they are back in in the 60s and the higher you go in the 60s the more humid you feel. sea isle city and the boardwalk you're sweating if you're doing an early walker down there. 73 by 8:00. noon, 8 #. 3:00 p.m., 89 that's the high today. more humid than the last couple of days. not oppressively humid but noticeably more humid and at 4:00 p.m. 86 degrees. when i come back inside i'll let hown -- you know h

it's david murphy in your pocket. [laughter]. >> we have david murphy right here everybody wants sun for their hot dogs and fireworks. >> reporter: going to get it today, and sunday, but not so much tomorrow. storm tracker 6 live double scan we have no precipitation right now. heading outside, sky6 live hd shows you we have a decent start with sun up over the horizon and we'll see a sun and clouds mix through the day. 67 degrees to start out in philadelphia. the dewpoint, 62 a tad humid winds light at 3 miles per hour. satellite shows you how we're starting out sunny and clouds sweep through. overall we'll call it partly sunny and warm with high temperatures in the low 80s in most neighborhoods. 79 by 11:00. 83 is the high we'll hit it at 3:00 p.m. high temperatures across the region up in the lehigh valley on or about 80. same thing in reading and trenton and lancaster. 83 in philadelphia and wilmington, down the shore today upper 70s there's the chance of rip currents in the water again at the shore today so be care

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>. >>> good afternoon "action news" is investigating the brutal beating of a child. she was discovered on the 2600 block of north hutchinson street. her mother tells police that he took her outside where he attacked her and we are getting an update from police at this hour. we'll have updates tonight on 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 and at 6abc.com. >> we are learning more about a high speed accident that left three people dead and a car slit in half after it slammed into a tree in the bustleton section of philadelphia. two men and two women were killed. eva pilgram joins us live now. >> reporter: police are expected to hold a news conference here at 2:00 p.m. with more information about this deadly crash, at this point they are looking at surveillance video trying to determine why this car was driving so fast down a road down a business area and if any other cars are involved. >> as the sun came up this morning, police were investigating the crash in the bustleton area of the city, this late 2000 model accura tl was almost

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, rick and sara are off and i'm matt o'donnell. trading is halted at the new york stock exhange but first chopper 6 hd is over the scene of a bank robbery and shooting at a bank. the robber walked in an official was inside and gave chase and shot at the robber just off of warminster road and one person was taken to the hospital "action news" has a crew on the way to the scene we'll continue to update you on "action news" an on 6abc.com. >>> now, to the other breaking news story, this one from the floor of the stock exchange in the last few minutes all traded was halted due to a technical outage, there is no evidence that it is related to a hack attack but a software or hardware issue no trading right now on the new york stock exchange we'll follow this story and bring you the latest details. >>> united airlines flights are taking off again after a computer glitch grounded all planes this morning. the outage led to long lines at airports across the country, this is the second time it has been hit with

meteorologist, david murphy, has his eye on the rising thermometer all morning long. he is outside the studios with the latest. >> reporter: a mix of clouds and sun overhead and you step outside like i did, brother you can roly feel it the humidity knocks you down, in the warm humid air mass, we have showers developing mainly in the eastern shore of maryland and delaware and one pushing off the coast of lewes and one pushing no sussex county and especially kent county west of dover and it locks like dover and smyrna may get hit by that. no lightning just yet but heavy downpours and it's creeping along slowly if you get underneath something like that it will last a while. and feeling like 100 degrees at times in parts of the region. and temperatures right now up to 89 degrees in philadelphia 85 in wilmington and 89 in allentown but when you factor in the high heat and humidity we have heat index values into the 90s and in dover it feels like hundred and that is where some spots head over the next several hours, if you head to the pool, it's a great day and wear the sun

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> this afternoon sara is off and erin o'hare is joining us "action news" was first on the scene at camby park officers were called here after 10:30 they found the woman's body on a sloid and investigators have not released details on how the woman died. we have crews on the scene and we'll update as we get new information. >> and from our delaware newsroom police are havest gating an accident on the southbound lanes this morning, one person was killed and four other people were taken to the hospital with injuries, police had to close the highway near route 13 for three and a half hours while they cleared the scene. they are still working on what caused the wreck. >>> during one of them a teenager was hit by a stray bullet. katherine scott is live at police headquarters with the full story. >> reporter: rick, five people were shot three people died in those overnight shootings detectives here are investigating, in all of these cases there are no arrests and in all of these cases police are looking for tips. >> the

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off, in the news a warehouse fire burns out of control in new jersey and the smoke can be seen all the way from space and bill cosby's legal team fights back. the accusations lodged against the comedian. >>> and a shooting that left an officer hurt and a homicide suspect dead. this happened when police tried to serve an arrest warrant, and the officer only survived the shooting because of his bulletproof vest. lets begin with katherine scott at the scene where the shooting unfolded this morning. >> katherine? >> neighbors tell us you it's normally quiet here but not this morning where an officer was shot and a suspect was killed. that officer has been a member of the s.w.a.t. team for quite sometime. the member wears extra protective gear and that could have made all the difference for that officer. >> i heard gunshots and looked outside and there were a ton of police officers out there. >> this happened just after 6:00 a.m. s.w.a.t. officers entered a home where a murder suspect h

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, a radnor township man is facing child pornography charges, what investigators found on his kpouter and a busy highway interchange is back open after an accident that left trash on the roadway. but the big story is a crime that put airline passengers in danger someone pointed a laser over 11 nights last night. it happened in different parts of the state and marcy gonzales has the full details. >> reporter: a scare for pilots flying over new jersey last night, a bright green light like this filling their cockpits. >> air traffic control getting call after call. >> for information there is someone shooting a laser off our left wing. >> it just happened again, 11 different flights targeted by someone on the ground pointing lasers at someone about to land at liberty airport. we are checking in with you and we got the laser here at 3,000. >> flights ss forced to track down those responsible for this federal crime that authorities take seriously. >> would you not think that a gree

with rick williams sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news another black church is destroyed by fire in south carolina, what investigators have said about the possible cause. >>> and the state of pennsylvania is without a budget after the governor vetoed the entire spending plan. >> and the investigation into whether tornadoes touched down yesterday, the weather service is checking videos like this and decide what type of wind created the damage at the lehigh valley airport and chester county. chad pradelli is standing by live in honey brook this hour. >> reporter: rick, meteorologists with the national weather service gathered at the honey brook township building a half hour ago and they went out to assess the damage, they will use what they have out there along with another key piece of evidence they have to determine what tore through this area yesterday. >> this is home video of a possible tornado forming yesterday afternoon, meteorologists out of mount holly, new jersey say it's key in determining if this storm was indeed a twister. >> from the

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon rick and sara are off and i'm matt o'donnell we begin with breaking news after a police involved shooting in atlantic city, that began with a robbery and left one person dead. david henry is live with the full story. >> reporter: yes it apparently started as a robbery at the cedar market at 30th avenue a clerk inside of the store was reportedly stabbed to death during the robbery and police were called to the keep and the robber was apparently running across the street and was intercepted by this officer back here who fired several shots can you see the cones marking the bullet casings, over by the curb is where the suspect fell, we don't know his condition whether he is confirmed dead or not. but that sidewalk scene is where they found a knife and a cell phone apparently that the suspect had with him. the clerk inside of the store is apparently of egyptian decent and the store is owned by a number of egyptian and he had just been over to egypt recently to visit family and returned here two or thre

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. >> first up, let's get weather and traffic, david murphy has accuweather and karen rogers has traffic. good morning. >> reporter: cool and comfortable on the terrace. toward the east, the sky is getting bright. sunshine on the way you see very little cloud cover around the closest rain is up on the other side of new york state at this point. 69 degrees if philadelphia. 63 in trenton. we actually have dropped into the 50s in allentown, 61 in wilmington, cool and comfortable this morning as you step outside, if you're planning on the pool or the local swim club, maybe you're lucky and have this one to you power to you. you're better off than me. 87 degrees remember the sunscreen today. on your storm tracker 6 live app at 8:00 a.m. 72. noon, 83. 86 at 3:00 p.m. high of 87 around 4:00 p.m. low humidity today. the weekend call coming up not only philadelphia, but the shore. that's just ahead. >>> so far it's not a bad commute, but we have an issue that's happening in new jersey it's a big one if you're in burlington county. route 38 is shut down between smithville and 206 in south hampton.

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >> good afternoon rick and sara are off, i'm matt o'donnell, we begin with breaking news in the old city section of philadelphia chopper 6 hd is live over walnut street a transform he erupped underground and power is out in some of these buildings in the area and we know of at least one residential build that was evacuated. firefighters and peco crews are on the scene right now lets go to a picture an "action news" viewer sent us clearly showing the smoke from the transformer fire. peco believes they will have the power restored in an hour from now and the fire looks to be out and they are underground trying to fix things and hopefully getting people back online in about an hour. >>> now to accuweather, we could be in for a stormy afternoon sky 6 hd taking a look the the philadelphia waterfront from our temple university camera and light rains moved through our area it can be a preview of what comes later and we'll feel the first true relief from the heat and humidity david murphy is tracking it on the big board. st

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪♪ >> it is 4:30 wednesday and we begin with breaking news. there is a severe thunderstorm warning posted for parts of our area. plus flood advisories due to quick falling rain. here's a few from mobile6 traveling on the schuylkill expressway westbound heading into some of the thunderstorms that are ripping through the western suburbs right now. >> a lot of lightning driving in this morning. this is a look at some of the lightning brightening the skies over the philadelphia international airport at about 3:45 this morning. the streaking light across the sky was frequent and of course it lit up the clouds as those storms continue to move into our area. >> hello everyone, tam is off erin o'hearn joins us. we have meteorologist karen rogers in for david and ma map in with the roads. >> good morning. flash flood warnings just in

creating dangerous conditions for some people throughout the tri-state area, meteorologist david murphy is tracking the heat and the warnings coming up. >>> a ambulance was left on its side after a crash in northeast philadelphia. there's a link to 91 is -- 911 texting system in montgomery county. >>> most of the delaware valley is under heat warning and advisory today. it is dangerous for seniors. philadelphia heat line operators took 45 calls yesterday as the heat began to rise. they expect to take many calls today. two nurses will be on hand to step in if the caller appears to be in distress. >> if they are having trouble breathing, chest pains heavy sweating or vomiting we want to get the person to the nurse to talk to them over the phone to make sure they are safe. >> drink plenty of water and check in on your elderly neighbors. if you or a friend need help call 21576590 40e. (215)765-9040. let's go over to david murphy. >> reporter: usually i do my reporting outside this time of the year, but not today. with the high heat and the temperatures climbing in the 90s it's uncomfortable

let's go over to david murphy with accuweather. and matt pellman is in for karen rogers. >> reporter: if you're like a kindergartener, if the teacher says what color is the sky, us blue, the sky is orange. 70 degrees in philadelphia. 62 cool and comfortable degrees in allentown. 64 in reading at this hour. 67 in wilmington, 68 in trenton. 73 down on the boardwalk in ac. the dewpoints an indication of the humidity left in the air it's dropping. 60 is barely humid in philadelphia. 58 in allentown. notice in south jersey and down the shore we have the mid 60s, a little humid but yesterday we were talking 70 or higher. it was much more oppressive. 75 degrees by 8:00. comfortable in philadelphia. 86 by noon. it's going to be a hot one by noon, high of 90 by 3:00 p.m. overall cool drinks you can get around doing whatever you want without any problem. when i step inside we'll talk about the weekend call not only for philadelphia, but the shore. matt pellman. >> reporter: a lot of people will be heading down the shore i'm sure, david. sout

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪♪ >> hello everyone what's happening on this tuesday july 28th. a suspect is in custody following a dramatic end to a police chase that weaved through south jersey and philadelphia. >> breaking tragic developments in the search for a missing eight-year-old girl in california. >> and hail damages an american airlines plane in mid flight. >> good morning out there. it's 4:30 now on this tuesday july 28th. let's get right over to meteorologist, david murphy who is putting us in the cooker today and matt pelman is in for karen rogers to take a look at traffic. good morning, guys. >> give you a thumbs up and say yes, i agree that is where i'm putting you but unfortunately it's not really a thumbs up it's more of a thumbs down. we have an air quality alert centered in new jersey. code orange for sensitive groups. health officials in the garden state want to remind people in sensitive groups, elderly young kids and also people who suffer from various heart and respiratory ailments limit your outdoor exposure be

let's head over to david murphy, i guess we better enjoy it while we can. >> reporter: we're wrapping up the workweek in fine shape. satellite shows you very little cloud cover as far as washington, d.c. and beyond. you'll need shades all the way today. 69 degrees in philadelphia. low 60s in allentown trenton 58 in millville. and 55 coming in from sea isle city. i think that number will jump up quickly. 56 degrees on the way out door, 72 by 8 mainly clear skies and comfortable. 72 at 3:00 p.m. 86 degrees by 3:00 p.m. high of 87 degrees, low humidity a nice summer afternoon. saturday looks good, sunday things will change a little bit karen rogers i'll have details on that coming up with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: all right dave gulph mills eastbound traffic has cleared with the construction out there. westbound should clear it's off to the shoulder. overall on the schuylkill expressway you're looking better. west philadelphia 52nd street remains closed because of the water main break that's going on about a month. that's about a while. i-95 the securitie

let's go outside to david murphy with all the all-important accuweather and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: good morning everyone we have sun coming up brightly over the horizon. take a look at satellite we have clouds to the west that will filter in as the day goes on, we're looking at nothing worse than partly sunny skies, 68 in philadelphia. low 60s in reading lancaster and trenton. millville, mid 60s in sea isle and boardwalk in atlantic city. as we take a look at where numbers are going it's going to be warm, high of 83 at 3:00 p.m. maybe a little bit humid but not too bad no worse than partly sunny skies for the most of the day. fourth of july will be cloudy and showers around, hopefully clearing out or drying out in time for the fireworks. i'll have the latest on the future tracker 6 and the latest call for the entire weekend coming up from accuweather. matt what are roads and rails looking like early on. >> reporter: lots of stuff going on, roads are looking good, because a lot of people have off work. rails on a holiday schedule which means a saturday schedule. route o

. >> let's get that from david murphy and matt is in for karen with traffic. >> reporter: we have another heat warning until 6:00 p.m. all the central counties across the region where heat index values will get up to the 100s in a couple of spots. hazy, hot and humid conditions, take care. we're keeping our eyes on a frontal boundary to the west of us that should fire up thunderstorms late this afternoon and evening some of which could be drenchers and produce strong gusty winds. 75 in allentown. >> reporter: 76 in wilmington, 75 in trenton. mid 70s down the shore once again the dewpoints are very high. we've got 70s all the way up to allentown and out toward reading that's oppressive humidity. it will feel worse as the sun comes up over the horizon. 90 degrees by 3:00 p.m. 90 is the high today. i know that doesn't sound that bad, but with the high humidity levels and heat index values it will feel uncomfortable out there. we'll have more on the afternoon storms and what comes next in the seven day coming up. matt pellman you have issues on the roads. >> reporter: all right the issues are

let's go over to david murphy and karen for weather and traffic. >> reporter: we're off to a tranquil start not too bad in philadelphia. we'll start out with sunshine and clouds increase as the day goes on. there will be rain, most of it will be centered in the southern half of the region. if you're down the shore this afternoon, you'll get a period of rain. 71 in philadelphia. 65 in wilmington, 61 in allentown, 64 in trenton. 73-degree readings along the boardwalk, a little bit humid but nice temperatures to do the early morning stroll. 68 by 6:00. 72 by 8:00. as we roll through the day it's going to be warm, but not too bad. 82 degrees 3:00 p.m., 8 we'll see showers south of philadelphia. and, of course, we have the holiday weekend coming into focus. >> reporter: let's hit the roads as we head out, we have construction closing the vine street expressway, approaching the schuylkill expressway, still an issue but schedule to open at 5:00 a.m. burlington bristol bridge is closed until 5:00 a.m. we've got a big accident happening right now 309 southbound blocked at bethlehem pike stick

. >> karen rogers is off, matt pellman is hear and david murphy is here. >> reporter: we have a cold front off the coast and severe warning boxes across the state of pennsylvania, but things are settling down. 75 in philadelphia. 70 in allentown. 73 in millville. 77 on the boardwalk in sea isle city. the humidity levels are not as high as yesterday and they continue to drop into the afternoon. you can see on the wide view we'll be in the low 70s between 6 and 8:00 a.m. heading to the car. on the storm tracker 6 live app 75 degrees, 82 by noon, 86 by 3:00 p.m. i think we'll get a high of 87 today rather late in the day we'll be on that on or about 4 or 5:00. lower humidity, partly sunny skies, the weekend call and the review of some of the damage we had last night coming up, matt pellman. >> reporter: i was thinking this morning we'll be dodging tree branches and limbs and debris on the roads and we're dodging not surprisingly construction. vine street expressway, westbound was blocked a police officer is backing up, maybe the reopening of the eastbound lanes of the vine. eastbound wi

. >> good morning, let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman in for karen. >> reporter: we have stars out and sun up over the horizon. there you see thunderstorms that did pop through last night and kind of split the difference in south jersey. behind it high pressure buildings in and lots of sunshine on the way. 74 degrees in philadelphia. 70 in wilmington. 65 in allentown. 75 in wildwood. if you get moving around this morning it might feel a tad humid but nothing like the last several days because the humidity is down. 75 degrees by 8:00 a.m. less humid mainly clear a nice start to the day and nice finish if you don't mind slightly hot weather. noon 86. the high is 90 at 3:00 p.m. before we dip back to 87 by 6:00 p.m. its going fob a nice night to head to the movies or phillies game, we'll cover that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and, of course, we'll have the weekend call coming up, too. >> what about the roads? >> reporter: a good start on the roads this morning we're not sure how it will end but for now, things look good, looking live in southwest philadel

. >> matt pellman is and david murphy is outside. >> reporter: warm and muggy out here we're getting showers pushing closer to philadelphia. we're getting yellow on the radar, which indicates a brief but steady downpour. these are going to be non-lightning producing showers this morning. at cleveland and cincinnati you'll see a cold front on the way. obviously there are heavier showers out there here. as that gets here this afternoon and evening we're looking at strong gusty thunderstorms. we're at a slight risk of severe weather across the entire region. the time period will be after 5:00 p.m., up until so, 11:00 p.m. any thunderstorms that form, could produce strong winds and downpours. mid 70s down the shore we're looking at high dewpoints across the region today. so the oppressive humidity will be there. as we roll through the afternoon, high of 89 degrees at 3:00 p.m. and then the thunderstorms coming later today. we'll show those to you on future tracker 6 and have better weather in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. that's ahead. matt. that sound like a nice relief.

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon rick and sara are off and i'm matt o'donnell the search for clues in the case of a drexel graduate found beaten and stabbed in her apartment. but the big story on "action news" is the motivation behind a mass murder in tennessee and if it was an act of terror. they are looking for clues on the computer of 24-year-old muhammad aziz. he killed four marines yesterday on a rampage yesterday in chattanooga. we are joined now live with new information about the gunman and his victims. >> it is being called an act of domestic terrorism and law enforcement is on high alert across the country. >> after the horrific shooting rampage at two centers in chattanooga, tennessee we are learning more about his tours in iraq. and a second victim has been identified as skill wells of marietta georgia. >> it's heart breaking circumstances for these individuals who have served our country with great valor to be killed in this fashion. >> reporter: in the light of day sullivan, wells were killed and two others were inju

david murphy is here along with matt pellman for karen. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you a little bit of that, no lightning out there but we have showers pushing through chester bucks county picking up some of this. a lighter sprinkle up in allentown. in lang county additional showers are forming. the big picture is heavier rain and thunderstorms that will be developing ahead cold front that is pushing toward the east. it will take most of the day for this to get here, after 5:00 p.m. or so look out because we could have heavier hitters on the way from the west. there's a probability there's a low risk are but the entire region is covered by this, some thunderstorms could feature strong damaging winds gusts and lightning and heavy downpours. 77 degrees, much of the area is dry, especially philadelphia and south, but it's muggy. allentown, 68. 73 in millville. mid 70s down the shore. the humidity is still oppressive it's been that way all weekend long, dewpoints over 70 south of delaware and new jersey. as we roll through the day. 78 degrees by 9:00. 85 by noon,

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good morning everybody tam is off, eva pilgrim joins us, we have david murphy and matt pellman. >> reporter: we had storms last night that left trees and wires down, avoid that. the rain is off the coast now we see breaks in the clouds. while it's humid out there we expect the dew points to drop in the morning and after. 69 in allentown. 73 in millville. mid 70s along the boardwalks. as we head outside we're in the low 70s. if you start moving around a lot, you may feel the humidity, but it's on its way down. noon, 82. 3:00 p.m., 86 degrees we're actually looking for a high of 87 it will slide in late in the day around 4:00, 4:30, 6:00, 86 degrees that bodes well for the weekend. >> reporter: this sounds like a great one. good morning to you david. looking live on the vine street expressway, everything is reopened following the overnight closure westbound. they return tonight to the eastbound side and shut that down at 11:00 p.m. after that we should be done with the complete closures of the vine at least for the rest of the month. spring garden street not too far away. overnight work going

let's get weather and traffic from matt pellman in for karen rogers and david murphy. >> reporter: i hope you enjoyed your weekend, all that is in the rear view mirror. we have a system to the south that's passing us by. we have showers in our direction hindering areas south and west of philadelphia. 73 in wilmington. 65 in allentown. 70 in trenton mid 70s along the boardwalks. as you head out to catch the bus or grab the car. 70 degrees by 6:00. 75 by 8:00 a.m. 5 by 8:00 a.m. noon 83, 3:00 p.m., 86 the high will be later in the day around 3:30 or 4:00. 87. at times this afternoon or early evening there's a chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm. matt pellman i'll show you that on future tracker 6 and set you up for the week ahead. how was the holiday weekend? >> reporter: not bad. >> reporter: i hope you enjoyed yours. looks like we have a traffic stop on 42 southbound side approaching 55. all the police activity is off to the side. we expect extra traffic on the garden state parkway and ac expressway and 42 as people make it back from the beach to get into work. construction cre

let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman who is filling in for karen. >> reporter: all right guys we have clouds around, storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we have showers crewing through the northern and western suburbs. right on the brink in philadelphia. although i do not have anything on the terrace right now. later this morning we should be done with that and then we get into an afternoon lull. cleveland, cincinnati and points to the south, you can see additional showers ahead of an protoplasming cold front. that is 've -- approaching cold front. we're expecting showers and strong thunderstorms. in fact we have a slight probability of severe weather across the region. you can see the entire area covered by this, this means any thunderstorm that forms could give us a lightning and downpours and damaging gusts as high as 60 miles per hour. there's a slight chance of a tornado north and west the bottom line you hear a rumble of thunder you see the skies turning ominous later tonight. 77 in philadelphia. muggy, 75 in wilmington, 68 in allentown. mid 70s down the shore. most o

. >> good morning tam is off, we have matt pellman and david murphy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everybody are we're mostly cloudy across the region. storm tracker 6 live double scan, south jersey and delaware have you had a couple of scattered sprinkles be if you see that, it's not that much and won't last that long. there's more rain to the south as an area of low pressure passes us, and we're looking at clouds and sunny breaks and additional showers and thunderstorms as we roll through the day. 72 in philadelphia. feeling muggy now that the sun is digging out from behind the clouds. 66 in allentown, 69 in trenton. mid 70s on the boardwalk. as we roll through the day 83 degrees at 9:00. # p.m., 86 high of 87 around 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m., 83. through the day a spotty shower or thunderstorm. careful of any thunderstorms though, they can produce lightning and gusty winds later this afternoon. when i step inside we'll let you know how long the warm and humid pattern lasts. there's better times ahead in the seven day. >> reporter: i think we're not minding the clouds this mor

david murphy has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast next. get this.as at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. i had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. when i got out it was almost closing time. traffic was bad. i knew i was cutting it close. but it was ok. i use td bank. it's got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. i'm sid. and i bank human at td bank. >> well the nice weather is over. >> reporter: we had four agreed days today will not be bad but it will be more humid. looking live toward broad street later today it will be more humid later on this week we have a couple of hazy humid days on the way, as well. as we look at radar there's nothing going on locally, we have shower activity in new york state. it's pushing off into the ocean and off toward connecticut and away from us. the humidity returns gradually as we go through today. later this week we can be in for heat wave number 3. and fairly high numbers. we'll talk about that in a couple of minutes. 69 in women. low 7

. >> we have weather and traffic with matt pellman and david murphy. >> reporter: the storms are over, as you go through the morning and the afternoon you'll feel the humidity levels drop. we'll call it a partly sunny afternoon ahead. temperatures are starting out warm. 74 in philadelphia. dipped into the upper 60s in allentown and lancaster. 73 in millville. for the walk on the boardwalk 77 in sea isle and ac. 72 by 8:00 a.m. partly cloudy and comfortable although if you start exercising you'll feel the humidity a bit evident early on. 82 by noon, 86 by 3:00. high of 87 late in the afternoon around 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. the humidity levels drop off and we stay dry today. the weekend is looking good, although on the hot side, we'll talk about that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: things are looking up we're moving in the right direction. moving in the right direction on the vine street expressway, westbound is reopened. eastbound stayed open, will close tonight at 11:00 p.m. that will be the overnight closures of the vine at least for the rest of july. this i

." >> david murphy is outside matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: we have had some reporting station reporting humid air, but the numbers will starting to drop. the storms are gone, you might have tree branches on roads but you want to avoid that. the clouds have cleared out and the humidity is dropping. 68 in allentown. 75 for an early morning stroll down the boards where it might feel a little bit more humid. 72 by 8:00. noon 82. it does look like it's going to be a nice afternoon. warm, 86 degrees by 3:00 p.m. high of 87 around 4:00. lowering humidity a lot more comfortable. you get drinks going and hydrate yourself and get outside and get stuff done. when i step outside, what about the weekend call, we'll have that for the sure coming up next. matt pellman what about the roads on friday. >> reporter: not bad despite the construction, but the crews are clearing out like spring garden by the schuylkill expressway. extra work is ut-oh of the way. you're left with the normal construction pattern. on the big picture vine street expressway westbound is reopened that is closed overnight

i think we'll have to forcibly remove david murphy from being outside. karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: i'm willing to get him. >> reporter: once again karen we have beautiful conditions for the second straight morning comfortable, low humidity, cool breeze and cloud cover and some of it is eroding at this point. take a look at satellite, you can see cloud cover here and there, but the sun is going to erode the early clouds. 58 in allentown. upper 50s in reading. 62 in trenton. for the early stroll along the boards mid 60s watching the sun come up. a pretty morning. as we roll through the afternoon, 8:00 a.m. 71. noon 81 and 85 is the high, 6:00 p.m., 83. sun and clouds, very bright low humidity and comfortable conditions to be outside particularly if you're into a nice summer afternoon. we'll be back inside with word on how much longer this pattern lasts in the seven day. >> we have a good looking ride in on the schuylkill expressway looking live conshohocken eastbound traffic heading toward the curve. no major delays coming in from paoli or king