the party is on in dover. a sea of -- around the dover international speedway, the firefly festival is underway, 80,000 people are getting their groove on to jack johnson and outkast, to just name a few. >> to have something this big in our little town, it's pretty amazing. >> it's all good. >> i enjoy the crowd and everyone is cool and nice and having a good time. traffic was touch and go here in delaware and that is the case for much of the weekend, firefly began three years ago and has tripled in size since making it one sts largest in the country. >> we exceeded our expectations with 30,000 people and now it's continuing to grow. some found themselves setting up camp, in the middle of these power thunderstorms. >> we have on site meteorologists constantly monitoring the weather and the threats it may pose to the festival or our attendees. >> and add the shore traffic and the traffic is expected to be terrible during rush hour tomorrow, have you to give yourself plenty of time and people are making their wa

we have rain just to the north of dover, will be moving in shortly, also watching heavy thunderstorms over baltimore. we will see where those are headed, coming up. >>> right now at 4:30, the rain's picking up steam. time lapse video from our camera high atop the comcast center in center city, philadelphia, showing us what we have been dealing with today. we can feel it if you're out there, of course. >> sure can. this rain not ending any time soon. nbc 10 first alert weather radar showing us we still have hours of wet weather ahead of us. >> if you're getting ready to head out the door, be prepared for a rainy ride. live look from 76, our mellon camera, yeah, traffic a crawl there. check back in with nbc 10 first alert meteorologist, sheena parveen. sheena, some of us could see some storms with this? >> yes, still a chance that some could see thunderstorms, the best chance at this point does look like it could be delaware. much of the area still dealing with the light rain on radar. one section i'm watching is right over baltimore. this is heavy rain, a couple of lightning strikes, y

another heavy one down near dover and about to move out of the dover area. then more back to the west. one area near harrisburg and the other back to central pennsylvania. that is weakening and so as that continues to the east, we expect that to continue to weaken. flash flood warnings around the dover area, that is from that heavy rain and that will be tapering off in the next hour and the flooz advisory for chester and montgomery as well. by tomorrow morning, everything will be much, much better. it's a great holiday weekend. father's day looking great. saturday and sunday, it doesn't get much better than that. we are talking about low humidity. showers and thunderstorms, some heavy over the evening hours. it's not going to be is it steady. the phillies will get their game in and you will be able to get anything in. sunny and much less humid. high temperatures into the low 80s. sunday another gorgeous day. we start to heat up. the first 90-degree temperatures and the thunderstorms start to increase especially on wednesday and thursday. we may actually get

tim furlong is live in dover. this is about more than music for the state. >> what are the crowds like there today? >> it's about money. >> reporter: big crowds. perfect weather. it is about the money. you can see one of the seven stages here. most people don't know that dover speedway has all this land behind it. the firefly festival uses every acre. this is the third year. people wanted to stay here for years. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: firefly is already a major success. so successful the governor will be here for the weekend to rock out. now it's the third year and firefly keeps growing. more fans every year. >> 35,000, 60,000, 80,000, this is one of the biggest most important music festivals in the country. >> reporter: a company out of chicago produces the event. last year it put $12 million into the state economy and created 157,000 hours of part-time work. of the 60,000 fans here, two-thirds had never been to delaware before. some state lawmakers are so impressed, they want to build permanent stages and bathroom fac

dover by 11:41 and in bauers by 11:55. it's not severe but it's very heavy rain, 40 miles an hour winds and also frequent lightning. overnight threats with these storms heavy downpours. frequent lightning. not damaging winds at this point. we're looking at about 40 miles an hour gusts with these storms. now, coming up we'll take look what's going to happen next. overnight the showers and storms really get going avenue the 4:00 a.m. through the 3:00 a.m., 7:00 o'clock hour. that's the first wave. but more numerous showers and storms will be on the way tomorrow. coming up we'll time those and show you when relief from the heat finally moves in. for now chris we'll send it back to you. >> kathy, thank you in the news tonight three people are wanted in a frightening home invasion in northeast philadelphia. it ended with the suspect snatching the home owner's 15 year old son who was later released unharmed. "eyewitness news" reporter elizabeth hur is digging deeper into what happened. >> reporter: kidnapped, blindfolded and hel

and in dover. of course it's cooler right at the beaches with the wind coming in off of that somewhat cooler ocean. so scattered showers around during the noontime hours and through the afternoon and into the evening. but the later we go in the day and into the evening, the greater the chance we have of thunderstorms starting to develop. more on the timing of any showers into tomorrow. weekend forecast in the 90s coming back for the seven-day in a few minutes. >> we'll see you then, glenn. >>> states in the midwest fighting off floodwaters. nbc 10 janel klein reports a river in minnesota expected to hit its highest point in decades. >> reporter: a winter of deep snow and heavy rain left much of the midwest under water including here. this town is struggling to fight back the river. one of 35 counties in minnesota now in a state of emergency. from flooded basements to mudslides to ruined crops, people across the state are trying to help each other fight the water. >> all these trailers and people sh

it is hot in dover. every year the firefly festival comes here to dover. it generates money and part-time jobs. over 100 bands and a number of stages around this vast county. they will be absolutely sweating. it's a hot day to set up firefly. it's a hot day for the campers already setting up camp for the four-day festival. >> i've handled the heat. as long as everybody is smart, has water. >> reporter: this is a flat piece of land. organizers are concerned about the hot sun overhead. >> we try to provide places that you can escape the heat. it's a priority to do that. for the company of the fans but for the safety of the fans, too. >> reporter: you will be able to buy bottled water. you can refill water bottled for free at a bunch of stations. the first aid opportunities are hard to miss. there are a couple of hammock hangouts where you can hang out. there are dogfish head tents that are air conditioned. whether you are rocking out at the main strength or at your campsite there are options to keep you cool. >> the heat is a factor. i would like it to be 80

>> the good news for everyone in dover at the fire fly music festival no storms heading your way, the rain is breaking up, so things are really starting to dry out for delaware, so, that is good news. the rain is still in parts of south jersey, through parts of cape may county, lighter through upper cape may county, around ocean city, still a little bit of moderate rainfall, through the shore in atlantic county, still some light rain falling, this will all continue to push to the south. the one area of thunderstorm activity we were watching just south of baltimore has now sparked a tornado warning. this is for maryland though. you can see it right here. it should not be moving into delaware. we will continue watching that one for you, at this point, it does appear to be moving mostly to the south and southeast. now, the threat of severe weather that will lie just south of the area for tonight. as we go through the rest of this evening, we will see gradual drying and gradual clearing, but either way, we will continue watching these storms and especially the one we have had our eye on r

smyrna 66 and dover, 63. here's satellite and radar, we'll set it in motion for you, notice how the cloud line continues to drift to the south. the poconos it's a gorgeous morning in the mountains, the farther south you travel the more clouds you run into. there will be scattered showers from time to time, do not cancel any plans because this is what we're expecting in the bucket when all is said and done today, look at this, maybe.02 of an inch in wilmington animal .01 in dover. you may see a brief shower, but it will be extremely light and quick-moving. weekend kick off for the city, mostly cloudy skies, 77. the jersey shore, shades of gray, 75. the poconos bright and sunny, a few clouds from time to time and 72 degrees, tomorrow promises to be nicer. today is not a bad day, but tomorrow will be brighter and nicer. i'll have the details in the seven-day forecast in about ten minutes. >> new this morning a fire overnight lands one person in the hospital and other people in shelters. "action news" was in phil

here's live picture from one of our traffic cameras at dover downs. dover exits of southbound delaware route 1 are closed for the concert. the festival runs through the weekend featuring the foofighters, outcast, beck, jack johnson, imagine dragons and dozens of other acts. >> well, a local middle school goes the distance to bring awareness to families who have cancer. inspired by a classmate with leukemia, they put together a powerful video they hope will mick difference in their community and beyond. >> students at springfield middle school are dancing and lip syncing in the hallways in an amazing show of support for eighth grader colin delaney whose battling leukemia. >> after colin was diagnosed in february, a lot of us physical like we wanteed to something to help him and other families since now it was close to home and we understood it first hasn't. >> principal lauren davis came up with the idea putting together a video and partnering with the non-profit bring hope home which helps families with cancer. >> that was really our focus was how do

but some breaks, 81 in wildwood and 79 in dover.ittle bit better in areas to the south. satellite 6 along with action radar showing how the storms from the early morning and overnight hours raced through here. and we are stuck wtd clouds and the showers are moving in. it's a bit sustained for a while. showers are out to the west, and the bulk of it will be areas to the north with the steadier showers, i can show you on future tracker, it looks like 4:00 in the evening, adam joseph and melissa magee on the air, heavier showers, this model suggesting other storms coming through. we'll see if we can see sunshine coming through, we are watching for the potential for that. look at what it does for the atmosphere, it just clear its out. the clouds and humidity and sets up for a better situation, the reason we are watching the radar so closely is because of the severe threat, we are at slight risk in areas to the south in parts of cumberland and cape may county and much of delaware including the southeastern part of newcastle county. a thr

it feels like 100 degrees right now in dover. it feels like 97 in millville. 95 what it feels like in wilmington so, yes, we still have that heat advisory in effect until 7:00 o'clock tonight for feels like temperatures in the upper 90s. but coming up tonight, you can see, areas highlighted in yellow, the potential is there for some strong winds, some quarter sized hail and heavy rainfall. you can see all of that mess impacting sections of the great lakes. when i come indoors, i'll have the timing of those showers and thunderstorms, plus when to expect some cooler temperatures with that seven day forecast. >> all right. scott, thank you. >>> speaking of the heat the heat sending students home early from philadelphia schools. the district dismissing students at 12:15 this afternoon as temperatures soared into the 90s. took off looking for -- people took off looking for place to keep cool. the early did he say missile caught some parents off guard. >> we had to rush out to pick up our children. so it was a surprise. we weren't expe

it tries to moderate a little bit the farther inland. 70 in dover.n the poconos right now it's a brutal 57 degrees for this time of year. there is warm front draped to the south and west. 86. and pittsburgh at 80 degrees. that front is the dividing line the heat humidity and the severe weather. north of that line we are looking good this evening with respect to the storms. the tornado watches and severe thunderstorm watches south and west to the front. in the last 15 minutes 1500 lightening strikes hail, gusty winds and isolated tornadoes in the western parts of pennsylvania today. 7:05 for the phillies cloudy, cool. bring a jacket. it's going to feel raw out there with the chilly temperatures between 68 the first pitch to 66 in the ninth inning. future tracker 6 at 7:00 in the morning a couple of areas of drizzle. low-lying fog. in the afternoon we cook up the downpours and thunderstorms especially closer to the warm front approaching from west late in the day. the downpours could be flooding. it's a concern a quick 1 to 3 inches of rain. tonight cl

you factor in the humidity, it feels like 98 degrees right now in dover. it feel like 94 in wilmington. feeling like 93 in millville and 94 down the shore in atlantic city at airport. the heat advisory kicks in tomorrow afternoon and continues through 7:00 o'clock fo former . county. suburbs north and west in chester, bucks county. for tonight. hot and humid that air quality alert still in effect. so just be mindful of that. for tomorrow, the heat advisory there could be a few strong thunderstorms late tomorrow evening into the overnight time frame and then it stays a little sticker as we move into the latter part of the week with thunderstorm chances in the offing. for tomorrow, the main threat is well to the west of our area, primarily for some gusty winds, there could be some hail and also heavy downpours. satellite and radar right now showing you this area of high pressure. it's a heat pump. we have the clockwise pinned winds. so winds coming in out of the south and west pumping in that moisture as well as humidity and as we roll the clock through the

the heat index is high south of philadelphia, sea isle city, it feels like 102 degrees, and 100 in dover and 97 in wilmington and millville. philadelphia the humidity is not that bad, it feels like 94 degrees and the humidity just makes it feel a little higher in reading. we have the heat advisory in affect until 7:00 and the heat indexes in some regions will be in the upper 90s. you need to take it easy, we are going from steamy to stormy in the next 24 hours, for details lets head inside to the air conditioned studio and adam joseph. >> i'll allow you in now cecily. >> thank you. >> it's going to turn stormy and they hold off to the predawn hours and mainly thursday, double scan live shows across much of the state of pennsylvania and the mid atlanticic, any storms that are trying to develop west of washington, they pop up and quickly show up. there is nothing close to home to continue the trends. as we look at the west, the impressive line from detroit to minneapolis, 2000 lightning strikes in this complex in the last 15 minutes and this pushes off to the east this, is 450 miles away a

in dover.right, sunny skies in center city. this is a live view from the comcast center in center city. there are showers we're watching, not in the media area. high clouds move through north jersey. some of the high clouds have made it into our area this morning. they won't last. sunshine before these clouds move in this evening. with this line of clouds there's a slight chance of a late evening showers. it doesn't look all that likely. what is likely, 80s. 86 for allentown, quakertown, up to 87 for reading. nothing but sunshine for doylestown, northeast philly and mount holly. temperatures in the upper 70s while the delaware beaches make it up to 80 degrees for rehoboth. upper 80s vineland, dover, wilmington, chester and philadelphia, all destined for the upper 80s today. no 90s today. that changes tomorrow. the seven-day forecast when i come back. >>> there was an accident in norristown, i believe. >> let's get up on what's happening right now, jillian. >> the accident in norristown has clea

so in dover, delaware if you head there, noon, mostly cloudy, 79. mostly sunny, 5:00 in the evening, 79 and 69 with lots of stars as we get to 10:00 tomorrow night there in delaware call for the rest of tonight partly cloudy, comfortable. 6 city to 52 suburbs north and west of town. here's the 7-day forecast. especially for the areas that did not see a lot of sun today. it peaks out tomorrow. few more clouds by the afternoon. high of 83. remember that disturbance to the north. most spots stay dry. it's warmer back to work on monday and 85 degrees. tuesday turning more humid. as the philadelphia union are at home, 86. humid with thunderstorms likely midweek. but the gold front moving through. 89. the upper 80s as we get to thursday and friday. and more of a summer feel. and returning as we get to next weekend. so ep joy the second half of our summer weekend, walter. >> will do. thank you, melissa. >> katie cure iping is a newlyly wed the tv host married her fiancee in east hamilton new york today. she shared this tweet with a photo from her big day s

pocono. 59 in philadelphia. 68 in atlantic city and 67 in dover. a closer look at today and what to expect, temperatures ranging between 79 and 81 degrees. a little bit cooler along the sho shore. a northwesterly wind, 5-12 miles per hour. breezy conditions in the aft afternoon. i'll have your father's day forecast coming up. >>> this morning hundreds you of septa regional rail employees are on strike after the workers walked off the job just after midnight. nbc 10 is live at a regional rail yard and, jesse, what can you tell us about the mood of the work eers this morning? >> reporter: rosemary they are resolute about hanging in there for the strike. it just started but a lot of union solidarity as you can see behind me. they are lined up maybe about a half dozen to a dozen union members here at the train yard on roberts avenue. the overpass that goes over roberts avenue. the when i asked the strike captain gene hill how long they're going to stay outer ll said until we'r told we can avk at the video. se etives representatives told the authority t

and we look at the forecast, if your heading down to dover over the weekend, dover, delaware for the firefly weekend concert forecast, we have you covered. at noon, 72 degrees and mostly cloudy. a cans of showers at 5:00. and 2:00 p.m. tomorrow lots of clouds and a temperature of 66 degrees. and the call from accuweather for the rest of the tonight, lots of clouds and comfortable. 53 in allentown, 63 in center city. and 63 degrees as well as along the coast of cape may. the weekend kickoff of the cities. and the 5day at five rather cloudy 77, and gorgeous sunday. and monday, a high temperature of 84. and relaying the message to big bird, back over to you. >> i am not saying nothing else for the rest of the half-hour, you take it over. >> some big yellow person walked in the studio. >> i am not opening my mouth anymore. >>> and how much more to come in the next half-hour. don't be a grouch. >>> a texas community outraged could spend the rest of his life in prison because of pot brownies. >>> and not conducting on brownies. >>> and not conducting on independence my dad has aor afib.bri

first prescription free at mybreo.com >>> preparations are on full swing in dover, delaware, for thisear's fire fly music festival. thousands are expected to converge on the event but the first camper as arrive tomorrow. they will have artists and a disco and a brewery and a hammock hangout. it raises money for st. jude's childrens hospital. >> that is where you guys are going. >> i'll go to the brewery. >> 90 degree temperatures but this is the first time in a long time it happened so late in the year. >> 11 years since we have had such a delay of seeing the first 90 degree day. take a look right now at double scan live radar, a nice downpour would be pretty good right about now to cool us off. nothing we are tracking on the radar and the action cam in wilmington, a butdful day to take a walk with your best friend there at any waterway, the water trying to cool you off a bid especially at the shore where temperatures were in the 70s after topping off in the upper 80s earlier today. 93, 10 degrees cooler in philadelphia. the record is 93 set in 1957. and present temperatures 93 in phi

it's being held at the woodlands of dover international speedway. more than 100 artists will be taking part. >>> and breaking news in chester county. crews are on the scene of a house fire there. it's happening in highland. nbc10's jesse gary is live there. >> reporter: yeah, vai, they're in mopup operations right now. you take a look behind me there's a line of engines. about three companies responded to this one-alarm fire that happened around 3:30 this morning now, i just got these pictures in of the fire, you can see this is an abandoned house. and they're investigating the possibility this is due to a lightning strike. now, the area is out in the country so there's a lot of overgrown brush. so firefighters had to use an aerial attack to spray water from this engine and this arm down on to the fire scene here. now you the fire is out. and the fire marshal has arrived on scene. and they are investigating the possibility that a lightning strike earlier this morning sparked this fire. we'll bring you more when we have it. live in chester county, je

dover feels like 100 there. georgetown and atlantic city hit record high temperatures today in the 90s. 96 is what it feels like in atlantic city. 97 in millville. in the lehigh valley, a little bit of relief compared to the rest of the area. feeling right around 90 degrees. feeling very hot outside. locally, we are dry on radar. we have a lot of humidity around for part of the area. off to the west, this is the area of thunderstorms that we'll be watching as we go through tonight. this severe threat does come along with this cluster of storms. the risk for severe weather does extend into parts of pennsylvania and some portions of delaware. locally, it's mostly west of philadelphia. that's where the yellow area is. that's the risk for severe storms, not until later tonight. for the rest of the evening, we will stay dry. closer to midnight we expect storms to move in. here is a look at future weather. dry over the next several hours. closer to midnight we could see showers and storms moving in. some could be loca

that started thursday in dover delaware. it attracted 80,000 music fans from all across the country. the festival begins at noon and will run until 11:00 tonight. some of today's final performances on the main stage is from lumineers, johnson and other major names. if you're getting married or know someone that is, there's something the bride and groom need to know before the wedding. it could be the secret to a long marriage. >>> a poll released this week finds most people that signed up for president obama's affordable care act are happy with their insurance. many are still struggling to pay the costs. a survey released by the kaiser family foundation show 43% of people that signed up are having trouble paying premiums. that's with subsidies from the government. many rate employer's coverage better than health care rates obtained through obama care. >>> fihamels could not keep the streak going. including a baseball play you've probably never seen before. >>> shaping up to be a beautiful sunday. can we keep this streak goin

and dover, 74. speaking of dover, the firefly festival continues down there this afternoon.ere's the forecast for dover hour by hour by noon, 72 degrees, mostly cloudy, maybe a brief passing shower, still that shower threat by 5:00 p.m., 75. 10:00 p.m., 66 it will not be a much. don't be surprised if you feel a few drops falling on your head from time to time. >> police are investigating a home invasion and sexual assault in center city. we're told the attacker followed the alleged victim home and forced his way into her apartment. she lives on the 1900 block of spruce street. a security camera is equipped nearby, police are looking at that. they are talking to the woman. so far no arrests have been announced in the case. detectives are working to piece together exactly what happened. >>> an alleged hit-and-run killer is under arrest in bensalem, bucks county, as is the man who tried to cover up the crime. 32-year-old melissa rachel was drive winning a suspended license when she hit and killed vincent perry junior when he was walking along bristol pike. >> they hid the vehic

dover, 67 and lancaster you're a little bit cooler out there. showing a present temperature reading of 59. a few high, thin clouds stretching across southeastern pennsylvania, mixed skies this afternoon, if you have a tee time enjoy it. sun and clouds, very nice, very pleasant. by 10:00 a.m., temperatures around 73 degrees, 3:00 p.m. there's our forecasted high of 82. now, it does turn progressively warmer as the week wears on and the humidity will creep up, as well. nice and quiet through tuesday and wednesday and thursday and friday, temperatures get into the upper 80s and that brings the threat of showers and thunderstorms. couple of the storms come wednesday afternoon they could be on the stronger side, when i come back in just a bit i'll talk about that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> stay on top of the storm tracker 6 live app get audio alerts for heat watches and warnings and live radar. you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores. >> new this m

walton wood, you're slightly warmer at 59 degrees and 60 right now for dover. here's the forecast. 82 by 1:00 p.m. our high today will be 87. that's warm. instead of just sunny skies, we'll get a mix of sun and clouds by later on today. we'll give you the timing of those showers, when you'll see them by tomorrow. that's coming up in your first alert forecast in just a few minutes, rosemary. >> thank you, ted. >>> new this morning, one man is dead and a woman critically injured after a shooting in the honey park section of philadelphia. investigators say both victims were shot multiple times at fifth street and roosevelt boulevard. the man died from his injuries at temple university hospital. police arrested one person after closing down roads and searching the area. police are telling us that the motive for the shooting may have stemmed from some kind of road rage incident. >>> all right. take a look at the damage caused by a water main break in north philadelphia. this happened before midnight near 27th and master streets. that intersection will remain shut do

. >> it will get worse as 70,000 more people head to the fire fly music festival in dover. this was traffic last year and all routes were opened. >> it will be crazy, i will be gone starting on friday, i will be on vacation out of the area. >> reporter: on site wednesday crews continue to drill down to bedrock, all while authorities name ab official cause of the problem. federal highway administration says that 50,000 you ton dirt pile next to the bridge displaced soil underneath support columns causing them to tilt. agency also says that the bridge was properly design, construction, inspect and maintained adding that the state could not reasonably done more to prevent failure leaving commuters counting down the days until a fix is complete, estimated at the even of summer. >> do things at ultimate times to avoid being stuck in it. >> we again, reach out to the owner of the dirt pile and he again, refused comment. if you are one of the tens of thousands of people, heading down for fire fly music festival dell dot suggest you take i295 town to the delaware memorial bridge. w

dover is far south. is it a could see a few showers. 77 and sunday the sunshine is back with high of 80. so the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast beautiful tomorrow. 84. low humidity. on saturday, more clouds but again right now it looks like showers may miss us to the south. 77 degrees. on sunday, bright sunshine with high of 83. so the weekend is looking really, really nice. sunday the better of the two days. again saturday is not looking bad. as we head into non will be seasonably warm. good amount of sunshine. high of 84. then we get a little more humid on tuesday. temperatures warm up to 86 degrees. some instability and could see a few showers or thunderstorms popping up especially late in the day on tuesday. and on wednesday, warm, muggy, 87. and begun a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. heading in through thursday becoming partly sunny with a high of 8 degrees. so a really nice looking 7-day forecast and again the trend on saturday is pushing that low pressure further and further s

dover at 90 degrees as well. expect a hot day today.emperatures overnight will also be warm again for tomorrow morning. back in the 70s for your thursday morning. especially with these numbers climbing quite a bit for tonight. that is the wrong graphic. i apologize for that. today's high will be 95 degrees like we said. it's going to be a chance of thunderstorms also. we'll see after the 6:00, 7:00 hour. not quite midday or the afternoon. most of that will really be in the evening. some of it could give us downpours, too. 90 degrees for thursday along with humidity and then we dry out for friday. this weekend, a slight chance of thunderstorms back in the forecast again as our highs drop to the low 80s. >>> 5:09. you might be headed to the airport right now. 95, 76 and 202, last reporting with all green light. >> let's check and see what the head liens are now with first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. >> i think i can take vai on my team, 95, 76, 202 all in the clear. 476 is clear as well. majors, bottom line, they're clear. we hav

nice along the shore, and then temperatures in dover at this time at 77 degrees. closer look at our satellite radar shot. right now clouds are moving in and you can already see the rainfall on the radar getting a little closer to our area here. this is a part of a larger area of low pressure that will continue to shift towards us. it is going to weaken a bit as it gets closer to us. as we head into the overnight hours, we are going to see a little bit of light rainfall moving into parts of allentown and reading but that won't be until after midnight. so as we continue to progress the model, you will see on and off showers at least overnight into your 7:00 a.m. hour. that means by the time you get up and you head to work, you will be dealing with wet roads. a lot of showers look to be light in nature and spotty. if you're closer to the shore you might not see any showers until closer to lunchtime but it will be smart to bring your umbrella throughout tomorrow and also allow a little extra time to get home from work. right around 8:00 p.m., we're still dealing with

the crew was returning from nyc from a show in dover, delaware.hey pest posted a picture on instagram showing a standing ovation. >> uncle jimmy mack was the epitome of a great man. he would give you the clothes of his back and the shoes of his feet if you needed it. >> reporter: walmart said if the truck caused the accident it will take full responsibility. safety is our absolute highest priority we'll do what is right for the family of the victim and the other survivors. the limo driver and the front-seat passenger another employee were not injured. a publicist said morgan's family is by his side. moat moa channel 6 "action news." >> you can find continuing coverage on the 6abc news app. it is free for apple and android devices. in the next half-hour we'll show you celebrities taking to social media to share their words on morgan. >>> new overnight "action news" was there as water gushed from a repture main. the break turned 27th and master in philadelphia's strawberry mansion section into a river. water department crews capped the 36-inch main.

the crew was returning to nyc from dover delaware. this picture was posted on instagram. it shows the inside of the limb oxt road live is a good life he wrote. mcnair's wife and children spoke about him in upstate new york. >> our father uncle jimmy mack james mcnair as epitome of great man and he would give you clothes off his back on shoes off your feet if you needed. >> kevin ropier of george awas charged one count of death by auto. walmart says if the truck caused the accidents it will take full responsibility. >> saferty is our absolute highest priority we will do what is right fort family of the victim and survivors. >> another comic here was treated and released today and the limo driver and front seat passenger another employee were not injured. i can also tell you publicist says morgan's family is by his side, walter, reporting live, ken, "channel 6 action news."" >> all right. kenneth, thank you. >>> following news of morgan's accident fellow comedians flooded twitter to offer prayers and support. steve martin who appeared on ""30 rock"" tweeted best thoughts to

reporting from dover, delaware, i'm elizabeth hur cbs-3 witness news. >> kathy back now from sea isleity. what beautiful day on the beach. >>> it was. it was outstanding started off cloudy. a little bit breezy like that land breeze. but by the afternoon, late afternoon, the sun popped out and all of a sudden it got hot. not used to that kind of heat. it's been a long spring. we're looking at conditions that are going to change big time over the weekend. it will be pleasant but then back to the sticky heat and some some are too many storms. take look outside down the shore the boards not as busy. you can see a little bit of a haze there. it's still a little sticky. humidity running high down the shore in ocean city, cape may county it is going to be busy tomorrow. a lot of vacations getting underway this weekend. right now in philadelphia, it's 81 degrees. you can see in trenton little bit cooler at 74. 74 in allentown. 71 in millville and in atlantic city at the airport in pomono 9 miles inland it is 72 degrees. down the shore, we're looking at temperatures that are still mi mild. you

in dover it feels like 100 right now with the heat index. it feels like 97 in wilmington, millville and wildwood, it feels like 96 degrees in atlantic city at the airport. on storm scan three, those storms, moving through the great lakes, well, that is moving our way and by the time it gets here, we are going to be hearing many rumbles of thunder, slight risk of severe weather in the northern and western suburbs in the lehigh valley and poconos overnight tonight. so coming up we will be talking about the threat, downpours, lightening associated with these storms, and then tracking them, with storm scan three. we will also take a look at when we will be in the clear and get some relief from this heat. in the meantime, our meteorologist carol erickson is out trying to beat it heat out there at cooper river park in new jersey. carol, it is tough to find a shady tree and that is not even helpful. >> you do, kathy. we are out here at one of the best playground in the entire area and it is pretty quiet out here and no wonder with these temperature

68 greets in trenton, 70 in reading right now, so warm, steamy, and a bit foggy out, there notice dover, atlantic city, not seeing too well, at half mile visibility, 1.7 miles in wilmington, 4-mile visibility at the philadelphia international airport. storms, then sun, that's the good news. so the showers this morning, the fog, that will lift north, then the cold front comes through late this afternoon, these storms could be locally gusty with some isolated severe wind gusts, also some heavy rain. but it clears out overnight. high pressure builds in for the weekend, and string every nice weekends, and this will be another one, highs in the 80s, lower humidity, lots of sun, and what a beautiful fathers day sunday, it will be, high pressure in control, highs low 80s, great day for golf in your dad is a big golfer like mine is, i'm sure hitting the links. >>> morning fog, watch for the heavy showers, afternoon gunned gusty thunderstorms, 38 degrees for the daytime high. storms come to ends, enter pattern of more stable weather, 68 degrees for tonight. seven day forecast and "shorecast", im

dover high of 82 for the concert. chester 82. philadelphia 83 our high for the day. glassboro low 80s for your high. look at the sunshine for the start of your workweek. also sun tuesday. increase in clouds by the afternoon. notice by wednesday the chance of showers returns. we'll start to feel the humidity go up tuesday. that will be around much of the week. chance of storms unfortunately could be off and on from wednesday all the way until the weekend. george? >>> parents have a high-tech way to check kids for vision problems at ages earlier than ever before. we'll tell you about the app that may be able to -- >> that's my job as a mom. >> we'll tell you all about the app that may be able to find problems before doctors can. >>> millions of children are at risk for vision problems. some of them can't be screened because they're too young. as nbc dr. bruce hinsel explains there's a high-tech way to diagnose kids as young as six months old. >> she dotes on her son jack that's the apple of her eye. it's his eye she's most worried about. >> i was diligent at all his ch

cooler down the shore. 70s toms river and dover 73 by noon. almost 80 allen town and 78 mount holly. this evening rather mild. 8:00 p.m. in the 70s. tomorrow morning should be nice. back to sunshine expected by tomorrow afternoon. dry for your first day of the workweek too. temperatures for the day today should top out about 83 this afternoon. of course cooler many in the lehigh valley, down the shore in poconos. mix of sun and clouds. more sun than clouds. it will be warm as temperatures gets mid-80s. that's about average this time of year. winds should remain light for the most part. if headed down the shore, maybe there now, 72 long beach island. partly cloudy skies. winds less than 10 miles per hour. 71 atlantic city, partly cloudy, winds 10. ocean temperature 70 degrees. maybe headed to wildwood. 73, mix of sun and clouds. same for rehoboth beach, 74, sun and clouds, easterly wind about 10. ocean temperature 71. uv index 9. put on sun block on kids especially. sunny and warm 84 for tomorrow. that's going to be great. then sun and clouds r

we are joined by edward-isaac dovere, senior white house reporter for "politico." david crary, who covers national social issues for the associated press. s welcome to you both. >> good to be here. >> woodruff: so let me start with you, edward-isaac dovere. this order of the white house affecting federal contractors, what is it and who's affected by it? >> the white house announced the president will sign this executive order. they haven't announced what's in it exactly yet, but it will ban discrimination against lgbt people working forovernment contractors. there are questions about some of the minutia that will be in it especially what kind of religious exemption might be in there but it seems like it is going forward and the president will sign it soon. >> woodruff: david crary, what's your understanding of why the administration is doing this now? >> well, when president obama took office, the gay rights movement had a pretty long wish list of things they hoped this liberal president would do and he's checked off all the other items on this list of gays in the

more like the mid 70s at the shore. 77 in atlantic city. 79 in dover. regardless of some of the passing clouds, we are nice and dry. satellite radar only shows us some cloud cover. no rain here because we don't expect any rain for tonight and evening as we go into tomorrow. we have to go back to the west and south to see any thunderstorms. there is warmer air to our south. this will be moving in more tomorrow. a little warmer than today with the developing south wind. it's going to be stronger than today, too. it will pull in the warmer temperatures. future weather does keep us dry. as we go into tomorrow, there's a chance the poconos could see a passing shower. for the rest of us, through the afternoon, we'll see sun and warmer temperatures. then as we go into wednesday, this is when our thunderstorm chance starts to move back in. we will see showers and storms in the afternoon hours and you will notice the humidity increasing. now regardless of any cloud cover around, the uv index is going to be high for tomorrow, even today. uv index of nine, meaning

dover, 61. trenton, 58.ations significantly cooler than yesterday at this time anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees cooler to be exact. again, you factor in the winds which are whipping pretty good across the jersey shore makes it feel cooler than the numbers you just saw there. satellite and radar composite, high pressure over top us, anytime you have a high over top of us, the air tends to sink so that means no cloud cover. we'll see bright blue skies from start to finish. a nice looking day. this next system opens the door to heat and humidity that's gathering across southern tier states. as this travels across the u.s./canadian border, it punches through late in the day tomorrow and winds shift out of the southwest and it turns muggy. jet stream climbs to the north along with the muggies comes the heat. we'll see temperatures in the 09s by wednesday. tuesday we flirt with 90, 91. wednesday, 92, 93. some locations hotter than that. our first bout of 90s on the way here this morning. poconos, sunny, pleasant, 75.

it feels like 89d in philadelphia and 87 in millville and 93 in dover and 91 in allentown and that is the combination of the air temperature and the dew points, of how much moisture is in the air. the at atmosphere certainly charged up as this line approaches from the west. satellite and radar, we are all good to go and most of the heavy action is off to the north and we watch the area as it slides in from 8:00 until midnight from i-95 to the west. future tracker confirming it's knocking on the doorstep of lancaster and reading and a couple of hours later at 10:00, the line of thunderstorms between allentown and chester coin and along i-95 in philadelphia at midnight tonight. with some of that lightning, you go to bed early you get jolted out of bed as it passes through, watch what happens in southern delaware, two hours later it fall as part and evaporates because of that sea breeze today, really stabilizing the atmosphere, much of new jersey and delaware are you quiet and by 10:30 tomorrow morning the sun returns for everyone, scattered downpours west of philadelphia with a few ligh

shut off the a.c. 62 in dover. the low humidity pushes in in your community.morrow and sunday the dewpoints are going to drop below 60 into the 50s which mean comfortable air am when you near the 70s that is when it's oppressive out. reading 82. we had a sea breeze all afternoon. that cut the numbers way back. interior and southern new jersey and southern delaware low 70s at shore. 77 in millville. 76 in dover. high pressure is in control. squashing the clouds in the northeastern part of the states in the mid-atlantic. it stays in control. here is your day planner. 70 at 8:00. 78 at 11:00. 2:00 in the afternoon 82 degrees. at 5:00 topping off at 84. 66 is the ocean temperature. on the chilly side. you heat up on the sand. 80 on saturday and sunday. of will have a sea breeze both days. it keeps the green heads inland. if you ahead to the poconos 81 on saturday. 80 degrees on sunday. partly sunny and low humidity in the poconos as well. 84 in the city. nice and comfortable. low humidity temperatures on sunday. 85. the humidity edges on monday. warmer of 86. it's

tim furlong is live at 5:30 for us tonight in dover. they really thought this true. >> reporter: they kind of had to after last year. they admit it was not a good scene last year people trying to get in and out. this year, things are looking better. last year it took some people five hours to get down here. this year it's about more parking lots, more ways in and out. a lot of fans getting here early on a sunny weekend in june. it's going to mix together with beach traffic. everybody will tell you, they wouldn't want it anywhere else. firefly 2014 is a great success. so successful, the governor will be here for the weekend to rock out with the fans and bands. this is the third year and firefly keeps growing. more fans every year. >> 35,000, 60,000, 80,000, this is one of the biggest, most important music festivals in the country. >> reporter: a company oust chicago produces the event. they say is the perfect site and region for them. it put $12 million into the state economy and created 157,000 hours of part-time work. of the 60,000 fan

we hope it's 86 for dover. for philadelphia, high today 87.you'll be around 87 with a minx of sun and clouds. that's -- tomorrow will be our wet day. golfing weather, we'll have v to see. iffy. chance of showers tuesday, mostly cloudy wednesday. after that we get plenty of clouds and a chance of showers each day they sweep. >>> we begin with racing. the bell monostakes have been a desert. 212-horses have won the kentucky derby and preakness only to come up dry and belmont park. >> here's california home on the far outside and he's a furlong from immortality. he is up on the outside of commissioner. commissioner, california on the outside. commissioner, it won't be a triple crown this year. it's gong to be close! it's goingtor very close. >> 36 years, the owner was not happy when you consider 28 different hourtss ran at least one triple crown race but only three competed in all three legs. >> our horse had a target on its back. everybody else laid that one. they won't run in the kentucky derby or the preakness, they'll wait to the belmont. this

and going to the 5day at five forecast in dover mostly cloudy, 72. be prepared if your heading down there there could be a quick shower or two in the afternoon, but not a washout through 10:00 with temperatures falling back into the 60s. overnight tonight another very comfortable night. 50s in the suburbs, 53 for philadelphia, 60 in dover. the clouds will decrease late tonight and the weekend kickoff in the city, a lot of clouds, 77. the shower, a couple of showers possible in the afternoon, 74. and the poconos, sun and clouds, beautiful you have there. no shower threat at 72. and your 4day at four, clouds and stun tomorrow and again the chance of a spotty shower at times south of the city at 77. and on sunday it is sunny, gorgeous no matter where you are. low humidity as well, 82 degrees. and on monday, mostly sunny, 84 before the muggies return here on tuesday with the philadelphia union in town. 86 degrees, just a little bit above normal. letting you know inment seven-day forecast fundament fundamental -- if 90s are back who are what is coming up