we're drying out.ust some busy westbound traffic as you head out towards the schuylkill expressway. you know what's coming back after the break. >> what. >> the bridge round up in just a few minutes. >> get out the lasso. thank you matt. >>> a hometown slugger, the millville meteor is crowned baseball's all-star m.v.p. highlights from the game coming up in sports. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back. you're taking a live look here down the shore into cape may. 6:15. 73 degrees. when you walk outside the air will still have that sticky humid feeling. karen rogers says give eight few hours. by this afternoon that will break and it will feel pretty nice. >> see why traffic is almost like a spaghetti western this morning. here we go. >> i'm down the shore over the weekend. my mom meets this woman mary from wilmington who says i love the bridge roundup. so mary, this one's for you. get out your lassos. we're going to crack the whip. [laughter] >> thank you for the sound evenings roy. >> thank you for the sound time f

. >> there's been a rape and murder at the dry cleaning place. >> a rape and a murder? >> yeah, can you tell me where the body is at? >> what is your name sir? >> i can't tell you. >>> the police traced the call to a pay phone near the center of town, just up the street was a dry cleaning store. the front door was open and no one was there. behind the counter was a purse with its contents scattered all over the floor. >> right at that moment is when we thought there's something serious here. >> in the back room, behind a water heater, police found a woman's body. she had been beaten, apparently, with the bloody mop ringer nearby. >> i checked her for a pulse she did not have one that i could locate. >> the victim was identified as a store employee, 40-year-old kathy woodhouse. he was a married woman with three children. >> she was my mom, she disciplined me and all those things, but she was also my friend. sorry. i'm sorry, guys. >> outside the store, police found a piece of panty hose which the killer may have used as a disguise. investigators wondered whether the man

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roads are dry. another hot one for the morning rush.as we say good morning to the 42 freeway, headlights coming in toward philadelphiig

cape may pretty much dry at this point. as we look outside, sky6 live hd center city so far so good this morning, with dry conditions. there's a fair amount of cloud cover overhead, but we expect the sun to break through. dewpoint, 68 still kind of high, it's sticky when you step outside, what else is new, right? winds out of the southeast starting to turn a little bit. we have showers and thunderstorms mainly south jersey and delaware. as we go to 5:00 p.m., we might see scattered stuff elsewhere. generally speaking the rain is down the shore, you can't rule out something north, however. 75 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 81 by 11:00 a.m. our high of 86 is will hit around 2:00 p.m. and we'll slide to 80 degrees. most of the stormy activity will be closer to the coast. lots of 80s across the region. the closer you get to the shore, the better chance you have of topping out at 80 or so. the spotty storms part of the package. tomorrow, mainly dry as we head through the day, there's a slight chance of pop-up sprinkle or shower on some of

jersey shore is dry. combination of sun and clouds, lunchtime, 79 degrees, 3:00 p.m., we'll top out at 82 before the numbers pull back, more specifically right there on the sand we'll do it all over again here, we'll see winds out of the south/southwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. there's a low risk for rip currents. uv index on the high side, and waves 2 to 3 feet. philadelphia, sun and clouds, increasing humidity, gradually increasing throughout the day. 86 degrees is the high. clouds rolling back on in, thunderstorm around, 65 degrees in the outlying suburbs. 72 for center city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, not too bad, 86 degrees today, sunday, 88. monday thunderstorms around, muggy, 86. look at next week most of us next week, refreshing for tuesday, 80 degrees, sunny and pleasant, wednesday, high of 82, thursday, 83 degrees, normally we should be at 87. last year at this time we were well up into the 90s. we'll take that. >> gives us a little break from the sweating. >> reporter: fir

we're drying out.per merion working on installing that water main again today along south gulph road at valley view road giving us restrictions from 9:00 until 3:00. at that point you might want to stick with church road or the schuylkill expressway as alternates. after a rough day on the regional rails yesterday with a lot of delays especially last night during the storms things are on time this morning and we're back to normal on the cynwyd line which was shuttle busing most of the day yesterday. karen. >> a minute ago i was showing you a close up view of this thunderstorm we're getting here in south jersey and i just want d to show you the wider view to say that philadelphia is dry right now. you can see south and east of the city is where we are especially seeing that rain and likely for the next several hours and you can see these lightning strikes now seven lightning strikes happening with this storm system. let's take a look at your day ahead to help you plan this. transit planner, whatever else

by noon, we're dry and 81. by 3:00 p.m., 85 degrees with lowering humidity and feeling pretty good and by 6:00 p.m. 83 degrees coming down from a high of 85. so if you're at the shore today, we were telling you that this will be the last place the front is going to exit, so you might want to wait a little while before you go to the beach. it's going to be wet earlily by 11:00 a.m. 78, by 3:00 p.m., 81 degrees. let's look at your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast today, clouds early, some showers especially south and east of the city. then sunshine by day's end, 85. tomorrow's refreshing. 84 degrees, partly sunny, dry, feels nice. friday still looks nice at this point. no longer talking about the threat of a shower, 85. saturday partly sunny at this point looking dry, 85 so a nice day. sunday clouds and sun and 86 with a few showers or a thunderstorm around. monday warm and muggy, 87. tuesday partly sunny, 87 and on monday and tuesday, not only warm but the threat of a shower comes back. so, getting better by

the area so dry, you don't normally see dry conditions until august or september. here we are already seeing them at the very beginning of july. what's difficult for firefighters, their main challenge this area is rugged, heavily wooded, hard to access with dozers and trucks. the fire's damaged five structures, not clear if those are barns, sheds or houses and forced evacuation of 200 homes, some from poke valley. >> about to where you start crying because everything i own is in the house up there and my daughter's dpfiance is up there he can't get out, fire trucks won't go in because it's so smoky because of the highway patrol. >> reporter: we assume her daughter's fiance is okay, there have been no reports of injuries so far. if you are affected, the evacuation center moved to middle town high school, it's much larger, going to accommodate more people. you can see it on the screen, it's on big canyon road, 209032. that's in middleton, california. live here from the line near the line here in napa county, along butts canyon road, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>

things at least dry out and brighten up a bit. see a few more bodies down there. 71 is the temperature currently. we had trouble getting the number to rise a bit with the clouds and rain. it will start to jump up over the next couple of hours. up to 80. 61 is the dewpoint. an occasion tha indication thats drying out. 66 in allentown. 68 in wilmington. 71 in wildwood. and 61 in trenton. and out to sea for arthur as asw accuweather suggested. future tracker 6 from now 2:00 to 4:00 is when we see a lot of this go away. the steady rain is going to be down. you see a lack of cloud cover out in the west this afternoon as well. that sunshine may dig all the way into the coast late today. allentown it's going to feel good this afternoon. afternoon improvements. sunshine is coming back. high of 77. on the breezy side. cool on the water on the beach high of 76 with gradual drying over the next several hours. in philadelphia there is a shot we get up to 80 once we get the rain farther away from us and get the breaks in the cloud. the morning

daily with the special projects group here to present on dry dock number one. i'll start with some background on the project. it's been with us a long time. dry dock number one was constructed for the world war ii shipbuilding effort. it was in operation for a little over 60 years, declared unfit for service in '99, coming up on 75 years old. said on its last operational lift. we've been trying to find a proper home or final disposition for it ever since. we caught a break in 2009 with the assistance of minority leader, congresswoman nancy polosi and the department of defense to assist us with our effort. and set aside over the intervening years, $3.8 million to complete the demolition of the dry dock. so where the money came from in the beginning was a complicated matter and this speaks to why we are here now after that and why it came about in 2009. initially it went to the department of defense, but moving from square one to square two in a year to fight the right agency to administer it. from there, finding a federal agency to execute it between the [inaudi

storm tracker 6 live dwowbl scan we're drying -- double scan we're drying and staying dry today. looking live at peco building. we have partly cloudy skies and a good looking day ahead. how about the numbers, 67 degrees at philadelphia international. some of the suburbs in the upper 50s. the dewpoint way down, the humidity not noticeable at all. 53 degrees, nice and comfortable. winds out of the northwest at 8 miles per hour. the pressure will be buildings. 67 in the city. 61 in millville. 63 at atlantic city airport this morning, so temperatures a little bit below average and stay below average today. satellite and radar showing that stubborn front pulling cloud cover east of the city of philadelphia might be dealing with lower clouds at the moment, but mostly we'll see a good amount of sunshine, just a few clouds, a wired look, high pressure -- a wider look, high pressure building in. how about today, 83 degrees for your high, mostly sunny skies low humidity, a breeze out of the northwest. 8:00 a.m., 72. 11:00 a.m., 78 degrees, a good amount of sunshine. 2:00 p.m., 83 that's th

we will be dry. we should stay dry through the weekend. no rain until next week. >> still dealing with a head-on collision. an investigation has this intersection tied up but bound 47 closed from u.s. 2272. and this is 53. they have an ongoing construction crash attacking south bound from would field to higgins taking up the far right lane until 5:00. everything else is looking good. light volume systemwide. will she more numbers in just a few minutes. >>there's more to come in our next half-hour. an effort to end deadly witchcraft practices half a world away.. find out how one man is sharing his experiences in chicago. plus -- they're only four and nine years old. and for a second time, the two boys have stolen a car, and gone on a joyride .. now the parents could be in trouble. and speaking of trouble ...and -- oops.. she's in trouble again. what britney spears did to anger the staff at a california police look two men who allegedly robbed several people at gun point ona packed c-t-a train. a five hour cease-fire is in effect between isr

this morning, mostly, as you head outside it's dry along the blue route in delco. but we are dealing with a crash by the route 1 media bypass. one vehicle involved, but the side of her car is scraped up and she has a flat tire. police and penndot are assisting and traffic is getting by without too much of a problem. you're getting by on the pennsylvania turnpike without the left lane approaching willow grove. overnight construction wrapping up there. shuttle busing on the norristown regional rail line, everything is back to normal and the rains are on time so far. >> reporter: it's dry in philadelphia, but showers and thunderstorms developing in south jersey and delaware, be careful if you're heading to the shore. it's humid today, it's not going to rain all day long, but a thunderstorm at any point especially later on and this evening. a gusty storm this evening. 79 by noon, 85 by 3:00 p.m. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, hot and humid, 91 is the high, strong storms developing especially later this afternoon into the evening. we have a slight risk fo

we will stay dry. by 11:00, around 70.to the shore this evening for fireworks, dry for those areas still doing the fireworks tonight. 9:00, upper 60s. 11, mid 60s. at the shore, a high surfe ed advisory. high risk of rip currents, in effect saturday. sunday, a little warmer, mid 80s. on monday, a little bit of a hotter day with still a lot of super shine around. tonight, skies clear, breezy cool. low 50s areas north and west. tomorrow, sunny and nice, mid to low 80s. plenty of sun. you will notice that all weekend. breezy tonight. otherwise, we rebound for the weekend. by monday, we are in the 90s again. thunderstorms return on tuesday. >>> today is all about celebrating america and our freedom. >> children are celebrating more than just freedom. coming up, the moment they went from children of the world to american citizens. >>> rehoboth beach attracting huge crowds this 4th of july. hurricane arthur did not interfere with tonight's fireworks. we can tell you one major attraction is off limits. i will explain coming up ne

plenty of dry time.ighs in the low 80s and the summer-like weather heat and humidity kick back in. next monday a high temperature of 87. >>> breaking news from capitol hill. the house of representatives will not be going on summer vacation as scheduled. rather than start august recess tonight the house will discuss a bill that would fund border security. steve handelsman is heading just outside the capitol right now and join us in about ten minutes to break it all down. >>> in alexandria it is a dog life for canines. today mayor helped cut the ribbon at the frolic dogs gym for dogs. you will find a treadmill here, agility exercises and an obstacle course. it is operated like a gym for people. >> it works like a gym membership. you pay your monthly membership and you can come use the facility throughout the month as much as you want. >> that guy is a top rated dog trainer. his co-owner has the background in business. the canine sports club has hours on monday through saturday. >> i wonder if the dogs will

the drying out will continue. at least one shop, the jimmy choo store, i walked over there and there are shoppers in there right now. but some of the stores are still drying out. they have crews out here with large fans, while shoppers, many from out of town were not even sure what happened and why the high-end union stores are still closed today. what happened? an incident with a water main, where it broke sending water into the basement. a number of places, jimmy choo, among others, had to shut off the power so nobody would get electrocuted inside. for shoppers, who hoped today would be the day it was frustrating for them standing by and they wanted to spend. >> it was closed all yesterday. we just wondered what time we could get in, back and forth, back and forth. so we didn't get in all day yesterday. >> reporter: san francisco municipal transportation agency is building the subway and did apologize for the inconvenience and say they're working to repair it. there was a rep on site taking claims. the cause for

storm tracker 6 live double scan we're dry. staying dry today.o outside and we'll start the day off right with a center city skyline, a beautiful skyline, you can see the blue skies back there. we have a few clouds here or there. a few more clouds in southern new jersey and delaware. 53 degrees, no humidity out there today. the winds out of the north a cool breeze at 5 miles per hour. the pressure is rising. 60 in allentown, 58 in lancaster. 60 in millville. it's off to a bit of a cool start. normally in the overnight hours we get to 70. satellite and radar, showing that stubborn front we dealt with a pushing off the coastline. low clouds in parts of south jersey and delaware. if you're along the coastline you'll get sunshine later on. you'll see that looking at the radar. as we look wider, high pressure is moving in, not a lot going on, we'll set cells up for a dry couple of days. mostly sunny skies, low humidity, high of 83. 8:00 a.m. k 72 degrees, 11:00 a.m., 78. 2:00 p.m., 73 we'll reach our high and 5378, coming down from that -- at 5:00 p.m

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saturday, partly sunny, probably dry 87 degrees is the high there. that's the 6abc union game at ppl park at night and the phillies home, too, should be a good night for all of that. sunday high of 88 there's a couple of afternoon thunderstorms beginning to pop on sunday, monday, hot, 92 degrees, unsettled could be strong storms on monday afternoon and evening. maybe a lingering storm on tuesday and dry on wednesday. >> a woman said this video of a california highway patrol officer punching a woman is unjustifiable brutality. the shocking video shows 51-year-old marlene pen knock being punched. the officer has not been identified we know he is on desk duty as the investigation continues. >> new this morning, a gaping hole in a glass window that's all that remains of a woman's close call. the frequent accident happened in new york city, a chisel from a construction site smashed into the 4th floor of the adjacent highrise. a woman was hit by the flying glass, but not seriously hurt. >>> a warning for e-z pass users, it's a fraudulent e-mail that is cla

we're still dry across the area.s early as 2:00 we could see showers and thunderstorms developing. it's that hit or miss activity. you could remain completely dry tomorrow. about 30% chance that you're dealing with a late-day thunderstorm or some rain. so 6:00, notice the scattered activity on future weather. then there's the chance that some showers move through overnight tomorrow. your high temperature tomorrow in your neighborhood. 95 in washington. 94 in luray. 97 in fredricksburg. now, the humidity today, it will be a little bit humid. tomorrow it will be muggy. you'll definitely be noticing that humidity tomorrow. again, it's going to be hot. as we get to monday, a better chance of late-day showers and thunderstorms. high temperature on monday of 93 degrees. rain and storms are likely on tuesday. a high temperature of 90. so you need to get the grass cut. i would do so this weekend. if you don't get it done, you might be waiting until wednesday to complete that wonderful task. right? wednesday, a temperature of

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tomorrow, it will be mild can dry and you should be able to see the fire works. spencer christian will give us the weather from the theater. temperatures rise on sunday when it will be hotter into monday so a hot tart to the work week and 94 degrees expected on tuesday and the heat will ease. now the traffic shows 280 extension, construction project, northbound lanes completely shut down with crews at work and they are going to work as fast as they can but expect to see the northbound 280 extension closed until monday morning. that is the warning to try to avoid it. hopefully everyone is taking days off for the fourth of july holiday but that could cause quite a jam. take mass transit. over to the altamont pass, westbound 580 at north livermore, a stalled vehicle is putting a pinch in the commute and it stays slow continuing in the westbound direction and the rest of the drive the high wind advisory shows gusty conditions if you are driving anything high-sided and tracy to dublin is 35 minutes clear on highway four and 101 headed from san rafael. >>> ahead, seven

at this point the roadway is drying out.roblems in fishtown, they will close frankford avenue for construction between oxford and thompson that will give us delays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. anne detours from septa bus routes. >> reporter: that's a bad start for your holiday weekend, we'll get the boat and go down the shore on thursday. woops. we'll have heavy rain today and tonight. and we'll have arthur related tomorrow. if you're grabbing the bus today, 79 degrees by 9:00 a.m., 85 by noon. in the afternoon and evening the chance of drenching thunderstorms on the way. matt and nydia. >> up next, the 5 comment that a waitress made on facebook that got her fired. >> new this morning two california parents have been arrested. they are accused of keeping their 11-year-old son with autism in a dog cage. police found a matt stress in the large kennel. the child was not enclosed at the time. but there are reports he might have been caindle up for -- caged up for several months or years. the boy and his two syllablings are in cus

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but i believe it will be dry for. 66 in allentown and wilmington, 67 in sea isle city. as we head outside we're looking at clouds and sun, comfortable 64 by 4 by 6:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 68. 71 by 9:00. up close to 80 by noon. high of 84 probably hitting around 4:00. there's an increase in humidity tomorrow and we're starting to introduce a better chance of rain through part of weekend, i'll have details coming up. >> let's take you outside to delaware county, this is i-95 at 4:30, last time i showed you the shot we had the cones out, they were doing the construction with the paving, now looking good at this hour. in fact on the big picture, no accidents, blue route, schuylkill expressway, i-95, all in good shape. mostly we're talking speeds in the 50s, a concert tonight at the mann center. cruel see extra congestion there, but no congestion just yet. we were jammed yesterday on the ben franklin bridge today you're good to go. burlington bristol bridge, construction has cleared, traffic pattern back to normal matt and tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> we're following two devel

sunday we were worried about a chance for a shower, sunday looking dry partly sunny, dry, 86. monday, clouds and sun, 87 degrees. tuesday you feel the humidity, more humid, 87 degrees, chance of a shower. wednesday, warm and humid, 89 degrees, chance of a shower and thunderstorm. today beautiful and the weekend, another great weekend. >> you have had many. >> new video of a wind-whipped wildfire out west sending towering smoke into the sky. >> a bank robbery leaves three people dead and cars and houses ritled with bullets -- we we rid with bullets. >> reporter: we'll talk about 495 in delaware remains closed for how long? details after the break. >> when we come back, we'll talk about research that's going how doctors might give advice on a commonly prescribed cholesterol drug. "action news" will be right back. ♪ he paid for ya. ♪ it's a german luxury sedan. but it's still an audi. ♪ the audi a4. performance with the right attitude. get exceptional offers on the audi a4 during the summer of audi event. visit audioffers.com today (sfx) rings sound design. >> 51:28, taking a liv

but look at how dry it is. the dew point the measure of moisture in the atmosphere any time it's below 60 it starts to feel comfortable but take a look at the dew point right now in philadelphia. at 40. so really just unheard of for this time of year. get outdoors enjoy your friday evening. low 80s by 7:00 o'clock. upper 70s at 9:00. low 70s as we move toward 11:00 o'clock. fine conditions for your friday night out. so bottom line we're looking at comfortable weather for the overnight. and as we move ahead to the weekend, we'll call it filtered sunshine. there will be a few more high clouds moving in both days and then on sunday, there could be a spotty shower late but i think most of us stay dry during the upcoming weekend. moving ahead to next week that heat, the humidity will start to build. we're talking about 99-degree heat so dry conditions across our area. but take a look at all of the showers toward the tennessee riff valley as well as sections of the gulf coast. that moisture will likely stay to our so

conditions dry. the weekend is going to stay dry, too. both saturday and sunday look perfect.e shore tomorrow, keep in mind we have a high surf advisory. risk of rip currents still there saturday. though we have sunshine. temperatures warmer on sunday. start off in the 90s next week then a chance for thunderstorms. that starts on tuesday. just enjoy the dry weather. >> be safe at the shore. good advice. >> be very safe. >> thank you, sheena. >> thanks for watching on this fourth of july. i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. for sheena, all of us here, enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend. "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon" is coming your way next as we just heard. >> channing tatum speaking of fireworks, right? >> here's the finale of the philly fireworks show tonight. enjoy. happy fourth. the cadillac summer collection is here. ♪ ♪ during the cadillac summer's best event, lease this 2014 srx for around $329 a month or purchase with 0% apr and make this the summer of style. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the

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it's the dry air coming in from the west now. our clearing conditions will continue for saturday and sunday. it's going to be a nice weekend. arthur, it's a hurricane but it will continue to move far away from the area up near nova scotia as we go into the weekend. tonight, for the fireworks, we will be dry in the poconos. temperatures upper $50 by 9:00. around philadelphia, areas in between, temperatures about the mid 70s by 9:00. by 11:00 tonight, near 70. along the shore, we will see the clouds clear out. temperature by 9:00, around the upper 60s. by 11:00, mid 60s. high surf advisory along the shore, six to eight foot seas, increased rip currents until 4:00 saturday. this will go into the weekend. it will be sunny saturday and sunday. don't let the clear skies fool you. we have the risk of rip currents into the weekend. for tonight, skies clearing, breezy, cool, low 50s north and west. low 60s in philadelphia. tomorrow, sunny, beautiful. temperatures mid to low 80s. we will be dry saturday and sunday. going into monday, in th

but we are dry across the area. take look at the latest on hurricane arthur as it raises on off to the north and east now over 20 miles per hour. maximum sustained winds are at 80. still category one hurricane but you can see the rain. it is over for our area. pulling into sections of knee he know. as we take a look at the satellite and radar you can see the system continuing to churn in the open waters of the lap. we have breezy conditions in the wake of the system and look at the cloud cover. it's diminishing across our ar area. so sunshine breaking out area wide. look at the heavy rain from earlier this morning down the shore many locations picked up two to 3-inches in cape may down to rehoboth beach but temperatures right now in the 70s a little cooler than we typically are for this time of year. you can see the winds gusty as well at times gusting over 30 miles per hour in the philadelphia area. so the big question how is the evening? looking pretty good. dry for firework and barbeques. complete weekend forecas

we're likely dry and 77. by 11:00 a.m. could be a shower or a quick thunderstorm popping up, not the serious stuff yet, 82. by 2:00 p.m., watching the skies careful technological. about 85, 86 and then late this afternoon into this evening is the better chance for some of those storms moving through and lasting through part of the nighttime hours. at the shore you really need to be careful. i know a lot of people got to the beach yesterday. you just have to have that app in your hand ready and certainly listen to the skies. very humid, heavy thunderstorms late in the day especially. by 11:00 a.m. 79. by 3:00 p.m., 82. your seven-day, a lot going on in this forecast. drenching thunderstorms, especially late this afternoon into the evening hours, late evening hours. 87 degrees for your high. some early showers or even downpours tomorrow. then the seconds half of the day is better and drier and 83. should be dry for the union game later. thursday refreshing, 83 degrees. that's when you get the low humidity, wednesday night in

you would have a dry pond and i have built a few of those, too. >> the concept of dry land is the land is not currently a lake or a stream or river. >> you would have to be under a roof, really, to be completely dry. there has to be some flow. what i am asking here is -- >> it's a term of art in hydrology. >> a term of art. i would like a term of science. how high is a bank? >> there is criteria for a bank and there is criteria for a high water mark. >> my time is almost expired. on the flood plain, what are the units to describe the size and scope of a flood plain? >> normally the floods are described by frequency of in inundation. >> so why wouldn't you define a flood plain that way instead of leaving it open to high floods? would you agree that's not a scientific term, moderate to high? there's no units, no number. >> we've asked for help in finding the heights of the flood plain. it's a specific question we asked in the proposal. >> that's a science that's already established. i suggest you go use some science. >> it's 100, 500. we asked for advice on what size and how to do that.

we have them pushing well north of trenton, so it looks like a dry morning. as we look outside we have the airport, it's a little bit damp in the foreground and the parking lot that's showing up in the sky6 hd camera because of the rain. the rain that came through was not because of a cold front sweeping through. had that been the case the wouldn't be as humid. the front is out to the west. 71 is the dewpoint an indication it's humid out there. and we have that southwest wind at 8 miles per hour. an indication that the front is out to the west. it'll later in the day after 3:00 p.m. that we think there's a better chance of some of this stuff to start to pop, especially north and west, we get into the dinner hour or the rush hour there's a little bit more of it beginning in from the west these will be numerous and a lot of drenchers involved and by 6:00, 7:00 p.m. it will come through the i-95 corridor. it will die down around 11:00 p.m. don't for the most part. down the shore you will have stuff rumbling through. there's the flood watch in effect friday until

but california left out to dry. keep in mind that state under a severe drought. >> the weather worries aren't limited to the west. we have severe in the midwest. >> tonight and tomorrow. you see where we're expecting severe weather from milwaukee down to chicago. the bigger story is tomorrow heading back to work. take a look here. it expands. some 40 million threaten from the great plains all with the way up into new england. >> thank you so much. >>> it's been a bloody holiday weekend in chicago with overnight gun violence bringing the total number of people shot since friday in the windy city to as many as 50 according to reports. six of them fatally. it should be noted chicago has some of the nation's toughest gun laws on the books. the apparent contradiction is a argument that many gun owners are using to advocate a new and controversial movement called open carry. here's abc's byron pitts. >> reporter: it's called open carry texas. a local movement gone social. gun owners who demand their right to carry ar-15's

dry and breezy. you can see the clearing skies from west to east.we roll the clock here, moving to 10:00 o'clock, clear skies, what about the upcoming weekend? a lot of sunshine for saturday. as we roll the clock, quiet conditions. not a cloud in the sky. high pressure will be in control. sunday morning, 8am, quiet conditions and sunday looks fantastic. so the bottom line the weekend looking good down the shore. the pocono mountains as welch the only concern dangerous rip currents. 74 degrees saturday down the shore. 76 on sunday. dry in the mountains as we move into the upcoming weekend. mid to upper 70s. so that weather authority seven day forecast showing you a fantastic weekend. we'll give it a 10 for tomorrow. high temperatures top out around 84 degrees. upper 80s as we move into your sunday. so warming up but still staying dry and then monday, back into the 90s. hazy, hot and humid. 91 degrees on tuesday. upper 80s wednesday, thursday. with the upcoming heat, humidity building next week, you got the drill we're looking at pop-up showers and th

it has been very dry this year as we know. you can see just how dry it is. a lot of dry yellow very high brush like this and that's really what firefighters are up against out here. we'll have more updates for you coming up soon. back to you. >> christin, you mentioned earlier in the show there was a light wind. i can see it's blowing a little harder. how is it, windy out there? >> reporter: winds certainly a factor out here. it could certainly be worse at this point. we saw gusts coming up to about 15 miles an hour at some point. right now, we certainly have some steady wind out here and if that becomes worse, we'll definitely see that become a factor out here tonight. >> we certainly know it's early on in this fire. but any idea of how this fire could have started? >> reporter: you know, we don't have any information exactly on how it started. we did hear some talk that it could have had something to do with someone having a weed wacker out here running something like that but at this point in the investigation, firefighters still working on it. don't to e

as we take a look outside we have dry conditions everywhere else. still be a little bit damp on the roadways because of the overnight rain that occurred but i-95 is looking dry and that's a pretty morning view of the ben franklin bridge with that mix of clouds and some breaks in the clouds. temperature this morning is 72, a little better than it's been the last couple of mornings but note that the dewpoint is still pretty high at 68 so it still feels humid out there. winds out of the southwest at 11 miles per hour to start out. future tracker 6 showing us that between now and noon we're mainly dry. there could be a couple of sprinkles and showers around in the afternoon in particular though some more spotty storms are possible. i don't know that it's going to be that strong line that we saw come through last night. and that by the way is exactly what future tracker 6 shows showed you. here's the 3 o'clock view. we go into the evening and there's a few more not everywhere all at once but if you see a storm headed your way on your smartphone applicati

mid-may as temperatures soared into the 90s a series of wildfires broke out as the hot, dry santa ana winds pushed the heat forward. in all there were 19 individual fires burning within weeks. when the smoke cleared one man was dead. dozens of homes lay in ruins and more than 21 homes had burned. as of july 1st, crews had responded to more than 2,700 wildfires. that's about 1,000 more than usual for this time of year. but while flames can quickly consume large areas, as bob mackenzie first reported back in 1994, firefighters and homeowners have to protect the land foot by foot, and house by house. >> this morning, fire fightings crews moved in toward the monster rather than waiting for it to come to them. >> from the way the fire was traveling it was expected to craft -- some of these firefighters were going on fumes after two days of near constant work. but they were ready to make a stand again this time to save individual farmhouses. >> the biggest concern we have is the winds are picking up and we're getting approximately a quarter line in front of the line. >> when wind came up it

a dry start. you want to get to the pool tomorrow you have some yard work to do, maybe you want to go golfing, get it done early. once we get to the afternoon hours, as early as 1:30 we could see scattered thunderstorms develop across the area. 3:00 notice this activity in frederick, montgomery, loudoun counties and northern prince william county. 6:00 we're looking at, again, mainly dry conditions. going to be that hit or miss type of activity. if you're under any rain tomorrow it could potentially be heavy. 30% chance of a late day shower or thunderstorm for your sunday afternoon and evening. monday a high temperature of 93. a better chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. in fact i think they are likely as we talk about the threat for severe weather, chris here's what i'm keeping a close eye on for monday. high wind with isolated wind damage and hail. there could be heavy storms around on monday bringing downpours as well. tuesday also that severe weather threat a high of 89.

roads are dry. another hot one for the morning rush. outside, live look as we say good morning to the 42 freeway, headlights coming in toward philadelphia, light volume so far between the atlantic city expressway headed in toward bellmawr, new jersey, and otherwise, 95, the schuylkill expressway, we check the rest of the roads and mass transit coming up ukee, erika, back over to you. >> here we go. everybody's all fired up and ready for this afternoon's world cup match between the us and belgium. huge watch parties scheduled for stadiums in chicago and miami, and of course, many right here in the philadelphia area. koem has more now from new york. >> the us team is confident a win against belgium isn't too far out of reach. >> i think we have a good plan to go into the game to play them. >> we're not satisfied. just getting to the round of 16, everyone do more. >> the first time since 2002 that the stars and stripes are trying to advance to the world cup quarterfinals. >> i want to wish the us team a loft luck in the game of competition

the triple-digit heat, the dry fuel and steep terrain. this is what a spokesman has to say about the progress. >> well, during the day, we have upcanyon winds because the heat rises. overnight it's down winds. that with the dry conditions, heat and the steep terrain is causing us some very big problems in controlling this fire. >> reporter: the fire is 20% contained at this time and it has affected 1300 acres. in el dorado county, kpix 5. >> fire crews had to rescue one critter to big and slow to outrun the flames. >> he is very strong. >> they left the 200-pound tortoise behind as they fled the resort. the fire wiped out several of the buildings but abe was saved. >>> fire roared through a warehouse and several other buildings in san jose this morning. one man was burned. he is in the hospital tonight in critical condition. fire had plenty of fuel, spread quickly destroying three buildings before firefighters were able to knock it down. crews were still at the scene near spartan stadium this afternoon keeping an eye on hot spots. they ha

they're dry in the 40s and 50s right now.ing in philadelphia. 47 as well in the poconos. now, next week, we'll be talking about dew points in the 70s. so the heat and the humidity will build as we move into next week so enjoy it while it lasts. as we look at the satellite and radar, dry conditions overhead. a few passing clouds. and i think for the upcoming weekend the cloud cover will be the story increasing across our area. so mostly cloudy to partly sunny we'll call it but most of the showers and thunderstorms that you see will stay to the south. very heavy rainfall root now along sections of the gulf coast included in that around the big easy. so as we watch how things play out tomorrow, once again, mostly cloudy skies across the area. but look at the green. it stays to the west. it stays to the south but we keep mostly cloudy skies overhead as we move toward tomorrow night, mostly cloudy skies, continuing across the area. and then what about sunday? more of the same. mostly cloudy skies. but it looks like that rainfall w

dry there, too. and in the north bay, temperatures in the upper 80s.o it's the hot, dry conditions we're seeing out there, and also pretty breezy around the bay area. we've seen wind speeds at least closer to san francisco close to 30 miles per hour. but the humidity is 68% with that marine air rushing inland. but a different story in livermore, where it's winds at 16 miles per hour. look at the humidity. it is down to 9%, so bone-dry conditions. breezy at times around the east bayel valies. and one more thing to worry about perhaps for fire danger, especially towards the sierra. this is a slight chance of mountain thundershowers. not just for the tahoe basin but the bay area. lightning strikes. if you don't get enough rain, could cause spot fires in the high country. and what's interesting to note early this evening, you start to notice the moisture, which has been in the sierra approaching bait area. and with that moisture arriving, we will see a slight chance of showers around the coastal mountains and a slight chance of thunder. plus a cooldown ahe

wednesday we dry out, it's breezy kind of cooler and 83.rsday refreshing with low humidity, high 8 of 83 degrees, breaking that heat. >> looking forward to that. >> a new study shows using spoons giving children to medication can lead to dangerous dosing mistakes. researchers questioned 287 parents on their dosing. almost all gave the wrong dose. most used a kitchen spoon instead of an oral dropper that lists doses in milliliters. >> thousands of people poured into the street across germany to celebrate the victory. the story, much different in argentina that was on the losing end. 20 police officers and 60 people were injured in buenos aires when vandalled disrupted a peaceful rally that was celebrating argentina's gutsy performance. >> katherine scott is updating a breaking story in montgomery county. what is that smell, katherine? >> reporter: i don't know, matt, that's what they are trying to figure out a strange or -- >> this morning an parent lightning strike stopped a disney world monorail dead in its tracks. the stranded 120 pearmin

key is there is a dry slot under the thunderstorms. they will be mostly dry. sprinkles. >> we are starting on a bad traffic note with two fatalities. the first is in san jose. it is northbound along i would we at lawrence expressway. we had lanes blocks. katie marzullo has more details. in bay point we have this sig-alert involving fatality a bailey is shut down until further notice. walnut creek southbound 680 traffic northbound and southbound moving along fine. we have a fatal accident 101 in sunnyvale between a big rig and motorcyclist. katie marzullo is on the scene. >> we have one lane closed. this is what is happening: on the back of the flatbed tow truck is the motorcycle, the person who was killed was riding. the body has been removed. you can see c.h.p. is investigating exactly what happened. we understand the motorcyclist crashed into the back of a big rig and there could be three or four other vehicles involved. they could have run over the body after the accident. how did this happen? witnesses say the motorcyclist was speeding. >>enses put the eve