hot and humid. stray thunderstorm. highs: 91-96 winds: sw 5-15 mph just shaking your head this morning. watch..as a sinkhole opens up on a street in moments later a man driving a scooter..falls direc in. the reason he didn't see it..you guessed it..he was on his phone! firefighters got him out a short time later. lucky for him..he suffered only minor injuries. speaking of water rescues.. check out this incredible picture. new jersey firefighters -- stepping into action to save a swimmer in trouble. the cape may fire department says someone started struggling while trying to rescue other distressed swimmers. so firefighters and lifeguards formed a human chain to bring everyone safely ashore. the four struggling swimmers were treated at the beach, then taken to the hospital. developing now. president trump - back at the white house after spending 17 days on a working vacation at his new jersey golf club. and the president has a busy start to the week. tonight he's expected to discuss his new strategy on afghanistan is hi

falling humidity. highs: 83-85 winds: nw 5-10 mph breaking right now. a train collided with another that was parked just outside of philadephia. lets get straight to adrianna hopkins with more on what happened. one person on that train says it was blood everywhere. in all 42 - people were hurt when the septa train crashed into an unoccupied train parked at the 69th street terminal in upper darby just about 30 minutes from philadelphia. it happened just after midnight. among those injured - the trains operator. right now we know that four people are in serious condition. despite the crash - septa says train service is running normally this morning. in february, four injured in a crash near that same 69th street terminal involving three out-of-service commuter trains. also breaking overnight. president trump -- calling for more boots on the ground in afghanistan. during his first prime time address to the public as commander-in-chief .. presidnt trump unvieled his new strategy to fight terrorism in afgha

oppressively humid in the morning, by lunchtime the humidity lowers.shine throughout the evening hours. future tracker 6, you see this upper level trough this piece of energy comes rotating through, it doesn't hit the whole region, far northern bushes, reading, mountain pocono, this model shows it through 9:00 p.m. breaking a part. that's one area you might expect late-day shower or thunderstorm. total eclipse we're excited about it, from coast to coast, you'll get a total eclipse. the path is 70 miles wide. it happens 90 minutes. we're 80% mark. this is monday, august 21. the peak will be at 2:44 p.m. that's when well see 80% that's not too bad. let's check the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, in the poconos, the one spot we'll have a chance of an evening thunderstorm, 78 the high. sunday, sunny and pleasant, 77. at the shore, low risk of rip currents, 74 ocean temperature. sunday, mostly sunny skies, and 83. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast exclusive accuweather forecast, partly sunny, 89 it's a warm one. tomorrow, sunny and 88.

hot and humid. stray thunderstorm. highs: 91-96 winds: sw 5-15 mph this morning-- counting down to an event that has not happened in the united states in nearly 40 years. today's solar eclipse may draw the largest live audience for a celestial event in human history. and thats not even counting social media. abc's marci gonzalez has more. join us later today for - "the eclipse across america"... and w-j-l-a dot com from 12:30 to 3:30. our reporters are in cities across the path of totality - so you can see the eclipse live as it happens from coast to coast. we will get a live update from oregon, in just a few minutes. right now-- we are following a situation unfolding near singapore. 10 sailors aboard the u-s-s john mccain now missing after an early morning collision with a merchant ship. crews now racing to find the sailors-- and figure out how this accident happened in the first place. abc's arlette saenz has the latest. meanwhile-- president trump first formal... primetime address to the nation tonight at 9 o-clock.

looks like this heat and humidity at least moderate humidity is going to be around for the next severals, tam. details on that in the accuweather 7-day and a nice change coming up for the weekend. >> okay, david t speaking of details let's get back to that breaking traffic news. a crash shut down a part of route 42 in gloucester township. "action news" reporter jeanette reyes just got to the scene. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, tam. crews are still on the scene of this horrific accident that happened at about 2 o'clock this morning but there was quite some work to do. it involved three cars so you can imagine the cleanup that was left. take a live look here behind me. you can see there's hardly any traffic and that's because they're diverting traffic an exit before so exit seven and far in the distance there's one of the three cars left over right now. they're waiting on a tow truck to come and take that away but accident investigation is under way right now. again, this crash happened at around 2 o'clock this morning involving three separate vehicles. one driver we

humid out there.erday with a high of 91 a little bit above average for this date an bit more humid than yesterday. >> we'll be back with the latest on what's going on in south jersey. for matt pelman karen rogers matt o'donnell alicia vitarelli, dave murphy i'm tamala edwards. >> ♪ ♪ it's go time at dunkin' with two egg and cheese wake-up wraps for $2. enjoy two freshly made oven-toasted wraps and keep on running all day long. america runs on dunkin'. >>> good morning, america. breaking overnight, white house sources now reveal it was the president himself who drafted his son's misleading explanation about that meeting with the russian lawyer. as the new chief of staff takes charge of the west wing forcing out communications director anthony scaramucci after just 11 days on the job. >>> breaking news, taken in the dark of night. the dramatic video showing two politicians abducted as the crisis with venezuela's president hits a breaking point. the trump administration unleashing new sanctions, why this

hot high of 90, humidity dropping in the day. sunday, less humid, 88. eclipse monday we're looking at sun and clouds, looking like for most of us locally it's going to be a good day to look at the 80% path of totality over the delaware and lehigh valleys. 90 on monday. >> the eagles are gearing up for another preseason game at home. >> a tragic ending at a a bizarre car chase ends at a shipping port in california. >> a woman describes how she survived for several weeks living in the woods and off the land. >> reporter: i-95 construction has cleared. looking good. we'll take you to 422 and see when it looks like there coming up. >>> welcome back taking a live look here, the view across penns landing, it is thursday, or baby friday as some like to call it. 5:14 a.m., 71 degrees. >> what sort of things are going bump on the roads in the early morning. 422 at 23, traffic is moving slowly toward oaks in the construction zone. the cruise are blocking a lane, they should be clear in another 45 minutes or so. they will be returning tonight at 7:00 p.m. blocking

the heat and humidity builds back in on tuesday hot and humid, high of 91. at night in particular there's a chance of a thunderstorm. wednesday, it's humid not as hot, high of 84. in the afternoon and evening a front arrives there could more showers and thunderstorms on wednesday. thursday that front is gone, humidity drops we set ourselves up for a nice late august pattern. we've got 82 on thursday, less humid, good for eagles fans, phillies looking good in through here too. 79 bright and beautiful on friday saturday a lot going on, union at home, phillies at home, a nice day afternoon high of 81. lots of sun and low humidity and nice evening if you have plans maybe the union and the phillies are part of that. >> cross our fingers for good weather tomorrow. >>> car owners in england got the shock. a parking garage in central england collapsed leaving central vehicles at this at this -- teetering on the edge. no vehicles were damage. >>> wreckage from world war ii were found in the pacific ocean. the u.s.s. indianapolis was torpedoed after parts of the atomi

a gorgeous day, goodbye humidity. goodbye humidity hello comfort zone.ng breeze out of the northwest at 5 to 15 miles per hour. ushering in the dry air from canada. the humidity continues to fall. it should be nice this afternoon. allentown, 74. physical -- philadelphia, 75. dover, 72. look at the numbers, all these numbers were in the 70s yesterday, you can see where the front is it's slicing new jersey right in half. millville, on the other side the front. it's sticky in cumberland county. philadelphia, 64. allentown, 61. look at the dry air to the north. poconos 50s. that dry air will overspread the entire area this afternoon it will feel better. storm tracker 6 live we had a couple of showers pushing over the delaware beaches first thing this morning places like dewy and bethany and ocean city maryland picking up light rain enough to water the flower beds and the lawns, now all the activity is out to sea. from this point on we're looking at sun and clouds and lowering humidity levels. the golf forecast looks great. degrees by 10:00 a.m. less humid, l

humid on wednesday, not as hot high of 84. but in the afternoon and evening there will be another thunderstorm around. and then we get into thursday, looks like the front is out of here, humidity drops we get the sunshine coming back. and that starts us up with a nice pattern, thursday, friday, saturday, and next sunday, as well with temperatures not far off 80. lots of sun and low humidity, great weather for eagles, phillies and union fans. >> for anything outside. thanks david. >> thank you. ♪ these dancers showed off their talents at the jazzman in a dance showcase. it features dancers between ages 9 and 16. artistic curriculum in the arts and mathematics. it was held at the philadelphia high school for creative and performing arts. we'll see you after the break. >> so glad you stayed with us 9:51 a.m., how much would you pay for an extremely rare car? someone handed over a whopping $22 million for this rare astin martin dbr1. that smashes a record for a vehicle sold at auction. the most a british-made car has ever sold for

probably not oppressively humid but humid.nd a better chance tomorrow past noon through the afternoon a little better chance of a pop-up shower here or there. the best chance of that is allentown and reading and the northern and western suburbs. and the model suggests close toward philadelphia and south of 95. more humid tomorrow and hot and humid and a chance of a pop-up shower around and all to your northwest and philadelphia could stay dry as with well. the farther northwest the better chance of a stray storm. 91 on thursday and if you get the three 90 or better day you'll be looking at the sixth heat wave of the season. wow right. there is a lot of them but this one does not last that long. close to 90 on friday and a thunderstorm popping up there. and a cold front coming through and for the coming weekend we get more comfortable. saturday may start out cloudy and damp but i expect a nice turn to dry weather in the afternoon and sunday looks beautiful. >> beautiful like it david. >>> a california realtor is taking on quite

late day clearing with falling humidity. stray am sprinkle. highs: 83-85 winds: n 5 mph tonight: clear to partly cloudy. comfortable. lows: 57-65 winds: n 5 mph thursday: sunny to partly cloudy. pleasant. highs: 79-82 winds: n 5 mph breaking overnight. spilling into the streets of phoenix following a campaign-style speech held there by president trump. sam sweeney is at the live desk with more on the chaotic scene..and president trump's latest attack on the media. larry...autria.. police used tear gas to disperse thousands outside the phoenix convention center. this -- only after officers say protesters threw rocks and bottles at them. the chaos unfolding just minutes after president trump's speech where he rallied against his critics..defending his response to the violence in charlottesville..an d once again took aim at the media. the presidents speech was filled information. at times he repeadely told the crowd the media is turning off the cameras-- while they were broadcasting live. during his speech the president also renewed his push to r

saturday, it's humid in the morning, during the afternoon the humidity drops just like we've seen thisning it will be comfortable in the afternoon on saturday, hot high of 90. 88 and low humidity on sunday, eclipse monday looking at a high of 89 sunshine and patchy clouds. if we're properly prepared with the special glasses can probable take a look at the eclipse on monday. >> new video in 6:41 a.m., a truck driver survives a fiery wreck thanks to the help of strangest. >> a true diamond in the rough find out where a woman's lost engagement ring turns up a deck later. >> reporter: we have sunshine and sun glare delays, 422 eastbound traffic slowing from the curve to 23. we have details on an accident that's causing a road closures i'll have the run down for you when we come right back. >> 6:44 a.m., karen rogers truly wants you to get to work on time. incht do, i care deeply. i'm late everyday, you shouldn't be. this is the schuylkill expressway at the curve here. we have beautiful sunshine, sun glare in spots. eastbound traffic heavy from the blue route to the curve and past the boule

kind of humid in the morning.er in the afternoon the temperature goes up to 84 but you will be looking at lower humidity. cool drinks, have fun bring the pooch all that good stuff. [laughter] >> thank you david. >>> new this morning sports network espn criticized for a move that some say is way overboard and an overreaction. the network says announcer robert lee will no longer call the university of virginia's home opener football game. lee as you can see is asian-american but because he shares the name with the noted confederate general the network says they were afraid the game announcer would become the victim of a torrent of internet memes. a statue of the confederate lee was the focal point of a white supremacist rally in charlottesville, the home of the university of virginia just last week. the asian robert lee will now announce the youngstown versus pitt game instead. espn is owned by our parent company disney. >> ♪ >> top stories at 6:55. the ntsb hopes to interview the operator of that septa train that s

it's humid when we're in the 65 to 70-degree range. slightly humid, 60 to 65. comfortable and less owe -- -- . satellite and radar a couple of clouds to the north and then the high, thin wispy clouds shrouding the skies down the jersey shore and the delaware beaches. that's the system pulling away from the virginia capes and the carolinas. we're not tracking any rain or thunderstorms today. it will be mainly clear overnight tonight. tomorrow we start out with sunshine and the high, thin wispy clouds overspread the skyline again. mostly cloudy by afternoon, the model is hinting toward a shower. tuesday there's a better chance of seeing a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. monday is dry. monday night is good, as well. tuesday we start to see the humidity increase a little bit enough so where there could be a spotty shower or thunderstorm. the call from accuweather today, sun and clouds, less humid, 82 degrees in the lehigh valley. philadelphia 86. millville, 84. dover, 83. and cape may with a nice bay breeze looking at a high of 80 degrees. the exclusive accuweather

then friday humid, a front comes in. high temperature 89 if a front is fast enough and we cloud up enough. if the front is delayed a little bit and we get more sunshine we may pop back into the 90's but either way you're looking at a spotty storm and humid conditions and a front going through at night. that makes a nice change for saturday. we now think there might be a brief morning shower on saturday with some early clouds but we should eventually switch over to more and more sunshine with lower humidity on saturday afternoon. and sunday looks like a great way to kick out the weekend. 82 degrees and low humidity. >> thanks, david. it is 5:10. it's being called the greatest catch of the year. see how it all played out at fenway park. >> plus, caught on video. a car slams into a police officer but it's what he did after that that's even more shocking. >> and see inside the mouth of jaws. a great white shark chomps on a go pro off the coast of cape cod. glad it's not my toes. >> that doesn't work any more. >> traffic does

today it's humid with a thunderstorm. tomorrow less and less humid. comfortable on sunday, low 70s up in the mountains. 74 in the water off atlantic city, 83 degrees, dry and humid today. 83 on saturday, morning shower, but a nice afternoon and pleasant on sunday, again, the rip currents moderate today and lowering over the weekend. keep your eyes on the forecast for that. in philadelphia, 90 today, partly sunny and humid, thunderstorms north and west. 82 tomorrow, humidity lowering during the day, nicer later, nice weather for the union trying to get another win coming off the 3-zip win against columbus, i believe. we're looking good on sunday. monday, cloudy a cold front triggering perhaps heavy thunderstorms, high of 79. nice again starting tuesday. >> it is 6:11 all new this morning, a tech expert who was hailed a hero for stopping hackers is accused of cyber crimes of his own. >>> a dispute at wendy's loads to death threats and arrest. we'll tell you what had one customer fired up that had to do with one ingredient. >> reporter: if you're startin

everybody very humid. future tracker 6 overselling the current rain there's not really this line existing, but there's a chance before the end of the rush hour some of you see more heavy downpours. the new model run has this existle until 12 when we -- existing until 12, when we get into a lull. we'll have a 2 or 3 hour stretch where you could get out and get things done without the storm. this sort of of action you see here could be in philadelphia by the end of rush hour and the rest of the evening there's a threat of more of this, wherever it hits we're looking at the potential for not only heavy rain, by the way it ends after midnight, but flash flooding on roads, creeks and streams, that's something to keep in mind when you see the downpours today. very humid and downpours possible in the lehigh valley, 87. down the shore, moderate risk of rip currents in the water, muggy on the beach, highs in the mid 80s and cloudy for the most part, there's a chance of a strong shower or heavy thunderstorm there, a

and we had the humidity. meagan, you're right, we don't have the humidity now.he frontal system is sweeping through the area. it will be a little breezy, northwest winds, 10-20 miles an hour and we have rain chances and that will return monday. scattered showers showers and thunderstorms as you head back to work. on the cool side and top in the 80s for daytime highs today and rain chances for monday could impact that commute heading back to work. back to you. >>> the family of a bike. burgess johnson was riding his bicycle when he was hit by a driver on southeast. the drivers checked on him and left the scene. johnson died in july after the family decided to take him off life support. this afternoon his family will host a memorial event at the anacostia library and dedicate a bike painted in white and placed at the crash scene and asking to try to track the driver. >>> this man, claudio vargas la zoe runs an in-home daycare and now charged with sexual battery. an 11-year-old girl says she was inappropriately touched. they also say another child was also victimiz

lowering humidity levels. philadelphia, lowering humidity, 86.high temperatures in the mid 70s and wall-to-wall blue skies. heading into the tropics, here we go we have a newly formed tropical depression north of san juan puerto rico. we have an area of high pressure off to the northeast sitting right here. the high is steering the storm closer to the coast, but the saving grace is the cold front that's pushing through now and lowering the humidity levels. there's the front right there. this front should steer the tropical feet in between the two and out to sea. there's a 10% chance they could pinch together and close the door which would force it this way, but there's a 90% chance that doesn't happen and it is out to sea. newly formed tropical depression north of san juan puerto rico, close to the bahama islands. >> phillies play the mets this afternoon in south philadelphia. the phillies won last night, but they mownders losses off the -- mourned losses off the field. here's jamie apody. >> reporter: alum nigh -- alumni weekend is usually a hap

and thursday hot and humid and 91 and 81 on friday and humid and a thunderstorm popping there as well. and the cold front comes in faster maybe friday night and if that happens there is a chance we improve on saturday with clouds giving way to sun. and if the front hangs up we may change the saturday forecast. but 82 and beautiful on sunday. >> look forward to that thank you. >>> on our people scene, harry potter author, j.k. rowling tweeted that president trump appeared to ignore the child's out stretched hand but the boy's mother posted that trump did not snub her son and in fact her son was not trying to shake her hand in the first place. rowling says she apologizes. >>> princess diana was killed in a crash in paris and now a domry is causing controversy showing diana in some of her private moments. >> just six days from the debut of diana in her own words. the family and friends are speaking out against the release. a betray of her privacy including sessions she had with her voice coach in 1992, the recordings meant for diana to watch and help with her public speaking is more like

tuesday, hot and humid 91.ednesday that's the ac air show humid with a chance for a thunderstorm in spots. watching for that, doesn't look like a washout but a 40% chance that you will see a thunderstorm at some point. 86 degrees thursday less humid and sunny great for the eagles, 82. friday is cool for august, 79 degrees low humidity, lots of sunshine, so kind of unusual weather today the normal high would be 85 by comparison, you can see into the 70s be looking good especially when we're talking about into the 90s on tuesday that's a swing in just a few days. >> that 79 looking good, i might singing it like you. >> reporter: you have a ways to get to it. >>> a new england convenience store clerk could not h but laugh at two people who tried and failed to rob him. the man and woman demanded money from the register last week. she swiped at the worker with the knife several times but he moved away without any trouble he was giggling the pressing random buttons they gave up and walked away. the clerk found the en

turning less humid high of nicee weekend. the humidity builds next week.l be back along with the details. and talk about the possibility of accuweather seven day summing -- coming up in a few minutes. >> three people were shot following a disturbance on the 500 block of edgemont avenue. two people were shot by chester police. it startingoi shootout between a man and a dodge durango, a short chase ensued before the durango crashed. the men are all hospitalized. the largest gathering ofce in white nationalists in a decade.r protesters in the street. a woman was run down. >> this morning some are saying president donald trump should have said more. >> reporter: after a day of panic and kay -- chaos in the street. a car through can counter protesters, killing a person. the driver identified as a ohio. it capped off a weekend of hatred and violence in theite ng torches friday, the violence escalated as the counter protesters crashed. two virginia state police and tk mm baits died in a helicopter crash as they were assisting in public safety. president trump spe

falling humidity. highs: 83-85 winds: nw 5-10 mph breaking overnight. addressed the nation last night laying out his strategy for the 16 year war in afghanistan. the commander-in-chief committed to remaining in that fight and sending more american troops to the country but offered few details of how that would play out. abc's arlette saenz reports. up his address-- house speaker paul ryan took the stage for a town hall in his native wisconsin. speaker ryan said he approved of the president's message and argued that it was time for a more comprehensive strategy for the war. speaker ryan also talked about representative steve scalise, who is still recovering from wounds he suffered during the ballpark ambush in del ray back in june. discussed healthcare, tax reform, and his plan to overhaul social programs that are "discouraging and disincentivizing work". right now.. the navy says divers will begin searching flooded compartments for 10 missing u.s. sailors, following the collision between the u-s-s john

humid in the morning. as we go into the afternoon, the humidity will drop off. that sets us up for a nice sunday. high in the 80s, fair amount of sunshine. sun and clouds, 89 you get you approved glasses on for eclipse monday. >> we would expect nothing less from you mr. o'donnell. >> be on the look out why police in bucks county want you to pay close attention to your bank statements. >> police search for survivors after a blackhawk crashed off the coast of hawaii. >>> a woman lost her wedding ring decades ago, you will not believe where that ring turned up. the best of the day. >> reporter: overnight construction is cleared, construction is slowing down 422 we'll take you there live when we come right back. >> welcome back taking a beautiful view of the commodore barry bridge. you can see the dawn is starting to break, 5:45 a.m., 71 degrees. >> look a little construction out there, karen. >> reporter: you hate when it slows traffic at 5:45 a.m., you expect to miss it on 422 if you're missing the traffic reports. this is westbound traffic live toward 23 as you

but the heat and humidity is a different story. the humidity stays with us all day. and the heat pumps the temperatures into the 90s. 94 degrees in center city. look at the other number, the feels-like temperature, feels like 98 degrees in philadelphia. the suburbs will feel like it's in the 90s. the middle 90s this afternoon for westchester and doylestown. up to 95, the feels-like temperature there. could see an afternoon thunderstorm in the lehigh valley. more likely we'll get storms tonight, and that is going to be wicked weather coming in tonight. new jersey, into the 90s. feels like 98 degrees this afternoon in berlin. and 94 degrees for stone harbor. it will be steamy at the shore, even though the temperatures will be in the middle 80s this afternoon. and wilmington warms into the 90s, but the high humidity will make it feel like it is closer to 100 degrees this afternoon. the radar and satellite, there were some showers overnight that have now moved on. but the next batch of wet weather that i'm watching is this mean looking line of thunderstorms moving throug

hot and a little bit more humid. tomorrow 90, still hot, still a bit humid and a thunderstorm around in the afternoon. warm and humid on thursday, 91 and then back to 89 on friday but it will still be sticky. now one change in the forecast is that this next front looks like it's going to come through faster. so that if we get any thunderstorm or shower activity it looks like it's over friday and by saturday morning we could see clouds just giving way to sun. so, lower humidity on saturday and improving forecast there. and to my twitter follower who has a wedding on saturday and was worried about the forecast yesterday. >> all right, well, all the best on what will now be your nice big day. >> absolutely. >> it is 5:41. a grandma takes matters into her own hands when two intruders break into her house. >> all new at 6:00 one state is considering letting kids get 30 more are minutes of sleep. parents have mixed reviews about the school start time debate. matt. >> more sleep is always is good thing in my book. good morn

ahead of that lehigh valley looks hot and humid, 92. late storm possible but probably not until ts evening. and down the shore, oppressive on the beach, highs in the mid 80's and the water i to look tempting but keep in mi moderate risk of rip currents down along the shore so you may not be able to go in all that deep. and 93 is your hn philadelphia today t hot and humid with an excessive heat advisory in effect. our heat index values could go up over 100 in philadelphia and other areas of especially cities and urban centers in that i-95 corridor. 75 is the overnight low. an evening thunderstorm as we just showed you. then tomorrow the front is out of the way. we cool down to 86 degrees. still warm but getting less and less humid as the day and nighttime goes on. and for the rest of the week, heading into the weekend, it might even feel like autumn just a little bit especially in the mornings and the evenings with cooler air coming in. 93 hot and humid today. i've got accuweather alert bar in place because of the heat advisory and that

late day clearing with falling humidity. stray am sprinkle. highs: 83-85 winds: n 5 mph tonight: clear to partly cloudy. comfortable. lows: 57-65 winds: n 5 mph thursday: sunny to partly cloudy. pleasant. highs: 79-82 winds: n 5 mph president trump's rally in phoenix ended with three rally in phoenix ended with three arrests and police pepper spray as supporters and protestors clashed. during his speech, the president again took aim at the media and fellow republicans. abc's janai norman has more from northwest. as president trump turns up the heat on congressional new report alleges that there is a growing divide between the white house and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. the new york times claims senator mcconnell has privately said he's unsure that trump can salvage his administration after a series of controversies this summer. about ten days ago... president trump tweeted mcconnell needs to get back to work' on things like health care and tax reform. just one day before that tweet - the times reports president trump berated mcconn

the humidity comes way down for tomorrow. so temperatures wall today with more sunshine and less humid conditions this afternoon. 89 today. but humidity really comes down for tomorrow. 69 in the morning, 87 in the afternoon, a beautiful sunday. and sunny skies for monday, good viewing opportunity for the eclipse. and the next round of showers and thunderstorms comes with clouds returning and humidity ramping back up on it us and into wednesday. especially steamy on tuesday. by wednesday afternoon, 86. another cold front comes through and that will clear us out for the balance of the week. fall-like temperatures near 80 friday and through next weekend and into next week. >>> roadside here re hero. a trooper come to the rescue when a woman stops blooeting. every year south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to steve sweeney and chris christie. here's the sweeney-christie record eight years of underfunded schools. huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay

not as humid, sunday not as humid, high of 88. monday, partly to mostly sunny skies for the eclipse, looks warm high in the upper 80s and 90 again on tuesday. tuesday and wednesday, the humidity will come back, we have a chance of thunderstorms both of those days. 5:11 a.m., the eagles won their first preseason game at the linc, but there were struggles. >> the moment a sheriff's deputy crashed his car going 104 miles per hour is caught on video. why it was made public a year later. >>> researchers have a warning for women who work overnight shift and the risk of brs cancer. we know -- risk of breast cancer. we know we have people in this room who do that thing. there's things that change that. karen. >> reporter: every study is bad. don't drink coffee, don't wake up in the middle of the night. this is the schuylkill expressway, we'll take you to exton, chester county, i'm going to lift things up when we come back here. i try hard to get a great shape. this i can do, easily. benefiber® healthy shape is a clear, taste-free, 100% na

very humid here too. it feels like miami when you step out the door. and look at how hot it's going to be, there you go, 90 degrees in san jose. we'll be in the upper 90s in gilroy and if you can get this there will be high humidity, mostly cloudy skies and temperatures still getting this hot so it will not at all feel like the bay area reaching into the upper 90s in antioch for the peninsula san carlos at 87 degrees, 73 degrees on the emba embarcadero and we have some isolated showers and possibly thunderstorms firing up today. i'll keep an eye on that. mike, you're seeing what a difference ten minutes makes. >>> look behind me we've filled in most of the lanes here in the cash lane. fast track is just starting to fill soup we should have those metering lights turn on or turned on in the last couple of minutes. there you go. so just ten minutes and we've seen all these lanes start to fill up very quickly. we'll show you the traffic come willing off the east shore freeway. on the maps you see slowing down

turning less humid, not dramatically less humid today, but you'll feel the humidity coming down as theo 89 degrees. the humidity low in the comfortable zone tomorrow afternoon, a nice one, 87. nice and clear for the eclipse monday afternoon. but monday night, clouds will start to build come tuesday, a steamy one into the 90s with high humidity and a chance of some late day showers on tuesday. more likely and we'll drop the temperature some on wednesday. a cold front will be coming through. and then with this passing cold front, the temperatures will come down and the humidity will come down as well. thursday afternoon, 82 degrees. but look at this, 70s for friday right up to 80 on saturday. 70s again on sunday. and then low 80s monday afternoon. so we get through the wet weather mid week, next week, and then we're in for beautiful fall-like weather. howl whimper yap yap yap yip is your dog trying to tell you something? allergic itch in dogs is a medical condition that's more common and treatable than you think. that's why there's prescription apoquel: the revolutionary medicine that's

it feels horribly humid. the dewpoints that are in the mid 70s are going to drop into the 60s feeling slightly humid more like august than the tropics. # 0 -- 70 in pottstown, 76 in the suburbs in new jersey. here's how the day will look. starting off with a good amount of clouds, endings the day with a good amount of sunshine. 89 degrees. we're dry into the upper 80s. feeling very warm and slightly sticky, but gray there is a part of the region that could see a storm later tonight. i'll show you that on future tracker in just a few minutes. >> thank you for the update. >>> we're following breaking news, a story you saw on "action news," vandals have deface add mural dedicated to frank rizzo. overnight police say a pack of people hurled a jar of paint on to the painting on south 9th. they also wrote killer cops. police officers on patrol in the area saw the vandalism as it happened. they managed to capture one of the alleged crooks and seven others involved in the incident got away. >>> right now we're taking

humid with a thunderstorm, 86. thursday, eagles preseason it's less humid. we have sunshine and 82 degrees. on friday, it's cool for august, and we're looking at temperatures in the upper 70s, 79 degrees with partly sunny skies, how about that! anging from 91 to aut 79 in the seven-day forecast, it's a little swing we've got going on, gray. weeks away, looks likeit. it's going to be a gorgeous one in new england. experts say there's not a drought and the leaves have been spared by gypsy moth caterpillars, put it together it's a great season for leaf peeping. the color may peak in the last week of september rather than the first week of october. every year south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to steve sweeney and chris christie. here's the sweeney-christie record eight years of underfunded schools. huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. and homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. don't believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. steve sweeney stands w

heat, humidity - and another chance for storms today. the chance for the weekend - just ahead. good morning washington. toss to veronica chance afternoon isolated t-storms. better chance scattered tonight last hot day around 90 for a while amazingly nice weekend. like fall chance monday showers today: mostly sunny the bulk of the day partly sunny late afternoon chance isolated strong-severe thunderstorms hot & humid highs: 87-91 tonight: showers likely, 50% isolated strong thunderstorms gusts 25-30 lows 68-72 saturday: delightful with mostly sunny sky lowering humidity highs: 84-87 president trump kicks off a 17 day vacation - with a kicks off a 17 day vacation - with a campaign rally last night in west virginia.. but looming large over his celebration - questions about the ongoing investigation into russian election meddling. abc's maggie rulli with the latest. and happening today. attorney general jeff sessions and director of national intelligence dan coa briefing on the trump administrations efforts to combat intelligence leaks. last week sessions today. attorney general je

david. >> it's going to be a hot one and more humid today.t high of 91 degrees is 4 degrees above the average high of 87. it looks like we're going to stay in the hot and humid territory for the next several days, too. details on that coming up. could it be heat wave number six? we'll let you know. >> ♪ perdue. over 200 products no antibiotics ever. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com we take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. for example, thyme. it's part of our 100% veggie diet and help

it's already very humid.s afternoon we're going t go to 87 b by 3 o again with the heat index value makineellike it's cr maybe even higher than that in 7 o'clock, 88. dry,ust thet chance of pop-up shower here or there although if you're in the northern and western suburbs a strong thunderstorm is possible late today and this evening. as we take a look at your pool forecast, couple of things i'll talk about. first it is hot and humid. the other thing is if you do happen to hear thunder today, you do want to head inside as the pool is not the place to be. same thing goes for the beach. things get a lot better tomorrow. details in the seven day. >> the big traffic news right now is shortly after midnight we had a accident with two septa trains injuring dozens of people and we'll talk about how this ihe 6 terminal. herewenow. the norn high speedline running every 15 to 20 minutes. expect delays. running. they just started at 4:20. that's the normal time they start the trains running every 15 to 20 minutes. what w

becoming humid. spotty late day shower. highs: 81-85 winds: ne to se 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. isolated shower. lows: 66-73 winds: se 5 mph tuesday: mostly cloudy. spotty shower. highs: 83-87 winds: nne 5 mph the city of charlottesville still in a state of charlottesville still emergengy after chaos over the weekend. protests turning to deadly violence after a car plows into a crowd. overnight - hundreds gathered to remember those killed and injured.. as the suspect prepares for his first court appearance. john gonzalez kicks off our coverage, live in charlottesville . two virginia state charlottesville were also killed saturday when the police helicopter they were in crashed while responding to the violence. this is video of the wereckage in albermarle county...about 7-miles outside the city. lieutenant h. jay cullen and trooper pilot berke bates were assigned to protect the governor. the national transportation safety board is investigating what went wrong. an outpouring of support this morning across the country i

a high of 86 but not as humid. keep your eyes on monday another cold front and another round of heavy storms possible. >> thanks david. >>> you may not have heard of it. but the back building is a place to get things made. on this week's fyi philly. >> back building is the corner of 9th in philadelphia. >> the school was closed by the the school district. >> a former life as a vocational high school. >> very vintage. >> in 2015 the building became a mixed use space. >> bringing a new business model to south philly. >> over the the last 24 months we have tent ents doing a variety of thing. >>s we have a 50 foot drafting table in the studio and the silk all the way down. >> it must feel good to spread out thinking you started this in your apartment. >> i look at here and it's my dream studio artists like max gordon and his bird watching studio is where he illustrates and designs. >> all the poster and paper printing goes here and t-shirt printing is here. >> the bones of the vocational school made it a perfect space

tuesday, hot and humid, 91. there's a thunderstorm around, wednesday, humid, 84. there's a chance of a storm. looks like it might be earlier in the day, we may wind up drying out and getting better on wednesday afternoon. we'll see about that. thursday, friday, saturday look great. highs closer to 80. low humidity and lots of sunshine. nydia and gray. >> in "healthcheck" a new study says choosing an alternative cancer therapy dowbilities -- doubles the patient's risk for death. researchers discovered patients who received alternative medicine instead of surgery, chemo or radiation had a greater risk of dieing. >>> munchies could disrupt the body's internal clock which produces how it protects your skin against the sun because it weakens the potentcy of protein. sunbathers should dine early if they plan to catch rays. >> we remember the life and legacy of comedian and activist dick gregory. >>> a mall in florida was placed on lockdown after shoppers reported sounds of gunshots. >>> a mall near miami florida was placed on lockdown after people reported hearing gunsh

upper 50s, you got to get to 60 before you start talking humidity, millville a little bit more humid, that dark patch of green above dover a bit more humid there, not bad feeling comfortable this morning and staying low with the humidity the rest of the way. we're looking at mostly sunny skies, we'll see serious clouds at times, and pop up fair weather cumulus and generally very bright. 3:00 p.m., 88 degrees, might be sitting on that at 3:30 p.m. or 4:00 p.m. we have the solar eclipse tomorrow, 80% coverage in the delaware and lehigh valleys. we'll talk about the timing of that when i come up with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, nydia will give you the latest call for eclipse monday. nice for now, though. >> developing this morning a block party ended with police shooting a man in north philadelphia and an investigation into the shooting is happening right now. the party was happening on the 2500 block of north adder street. one of the attend des notice a man who was not a guest and flagged down officers. the armed man ran toward the alley and they followed him. police s

. >> it's another hot and humid day.nd we're tracking possible thunderstorms for parts of the area. >> so, let's find out more about that, head on over to dave murphy. matt pelman has your traffic. he's in for karen rogers. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. we're off to a muggy start across the region. you'll feel it as you're starting to walk around. a lot of cloud cover this morning so that will block out the sun in most neighborhoods for a little bit and maybe make that morning walk a little easier. as we take a look at temperatures, they are on the rise. we're at 74 degrees right now in philadelphia. 73 in allentown. 72 in dover. down in cape may 74. 68 in allentown and reading and 71 up in trenton. and as you check out those dewpoints we have a lot of dark green on this map and that accompanied with those high dewpoint numbers well over 60 is an indication that the humidity is definitely out there and again for your morning jog you'll definitely be using that sports drink afterwards. 74 degrees is your 7 o'c

-degree threshhold where it begins to feel humid. down in cape may, 67 degrees there. noon, 82. warm one today high of 86 around 3:00 p.m. you can see the clouds get thicker and thicker as we head into the evening. looks like we get more humid later in the week and eventually thunderstorms pop up. i'll he

it's very humid once again this morning, the humidity leaves will be calming down a little bit later on. satellite and radar behind me, there it is, the little line that stretches through south jersey, as i speak here, behind it we're cooling down, we have cooler drier air working in from canada, that will bring about a nice pattern change for us, a much-needed pattern change after all the heat and humidity we've been dealing with. let's zoom into extreme southern oaks county and atlantic county, oceanville north of atlantic city we have one remaining downpour if you're traveling along route 322 and you take the exit off to route 50 south in mays landing. in between mays landing and tuckahoe you may see a quick downpour. once that pulls away, that's about it. clouds will pull away and conditions will improve here over the next couple of hours. temperature-wise you can see the difference off to the west here. we have numbers in the 50s in the western half of the state of pennsylvania. 58 in pittsburgh, and there's no humidity out here, the air is bone dry, so it's a refreshing 58 degr

it's starting off horribly humid, 72 degrees, millville throughout most of t feelppressively humid. dry to facility into the poconos andthrough the day today the numbers will drop. it will feel better this 76 degrees the cature right now. so it's already warm and sticky. here's a look at the day ahead partly sunny warm d by the afternoon, slightly humid, 7:00 a.m., 74 lots ofoon on partly sunny skies it's a good day you stay dry in the day and evening except for one part of the area. i'll show you who gets the chance after storm in the seven-day forecast in just a minute. >> right now we're following breaking news, there's more vandalism in the wake of violence that swept this nation overnight. a mural mayor frank rizzo is defaced with paints located in the italian market in south philadelphia. the p suspect. they are searching for the vandalism. this follows the defacing the rizzo statue that stands near city hall late thursday night. vandals spray paint tage black power on thatas removed the writing that is. the suspect in that vandalism is 40-year-old wallie for mayorimself. the

low humidity. very nice for early august. highs: 82-85 winds: n to se 5 mph tonight: mainly clear. another comfortable night. lows: 65-70 winds: se 5 mph thursday: sunny start with increasing clouds late. still pleasant. highs: 81-84 winds: se 5-10 mph breaking news at 5:xx from suitland - gunshots ringing out overnight on shadyside avenue. police say that's where they found a man shot. he was taken to the hospital in unkonwn condition. and in the district - anoth back on w street in southeast. he was taken to the hospital. no word yet on his condition. and so far no information on possible suspects in either case. breaking overnight -a stern warning from president trump. this after north korea threatens to take aim at the u-s. and now - we're learning of one possible target: the territory of guam. while you were sleeping - the governor of guam speaking out.. sam sweeney is following the breaking new developments from the live desk. guam's governor - not taking the threats lightly but says the island's threat level remains unchanged. that brings us to our instapoll question of the

in allentown, warm and humid. down the shore, low risk of rip currents temperatures in the low 80s in most locations, mainly dry down the shore, you head in off the beach if you hear thunder. 89 in philadelphia. clouds and sun, humid, thunderstorm possible. more thunderstorms around midnight tonight, 73 is the overnight low. tomorrow, another chance of a spotty storm, but not as much as today. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 89 humid, spotty drenchers as you just saw on future tracker 6. friday, 89 humid, spotty thunderstorms. overnight we could have more showers and they could link into saturday morning, we expect the sun to come back and less humid, high of 86. sunday, nice and sunny, 84 degrees, monday, another rounds. thunderstorms not out of the question. looking good tuesday and wednesday,. >> we'll tell you why a man was dangling high in the sky with nothing but a harness for a half-hour. >>> a woman in north jersey encounters a criminal who was helping with the chores. >> reporter: we have an

that's oppressive humidity. anything below 60 is not humid at all. winds out of the north at 7. the ocean temperature, 74 degrees off atlantic city. numbers will treat us well, 67 degrees by 6:00. 74 by 10:00. noon, 78. great if outsidend grab lunch. 82 degrees does high at 3:00 p.m. at 6:00 p.m., low humy all the way. high temperatures across the region, looks like some of us up north will stop in the upper 70s, allentown and reading 80 in trenton, wilmington, philadelphia, millville and down the shore, low risk of rip currents and high temperatures on the beach, 80 degrees. the phillies are playing the par r mostly sunny skies, low humidity, first pitch temperature, 79 and 81 in the 9th inning. great day for basketball. if you have ticket to the eagles, lincoln financial field, 78 for the first quarter, 70 in the 4th quarter, nice conditions for theontest. a taste of fall for the next several days we have high pressure often times in the somersets up down to the south of us pumps the air up to the south, it's humid down there. highs to the north, that's bringing the northerly

it's definitely humid out there. the humidity will continue to build through the day. temperatures continue to rise to right around 90. we do have some storms in the forecast for today. we're going to be talking about those and let you know whenha humidity finally starts to fall. that's all coming up in just a few minutes. let's talk to jack taylor right now. good morning, jack. >>> good morning, our neck of the wood in frederick county. we had an early morning crash on 75. i believe it's blocked both ways. baldwin road toward ed mcclain road, deputies on scene and rerouting traffic. >> may try to pick the one from virginia. the rock creek parkway at the kennedy center. traffic all the nates one direction at a time. that one stays until 6:00. it is friday. hopefully they'll wrap up early. not be in your way by the time you hit the roadway. >> jack, thank you. we're working with you with a big heads up concerning metro. >> metro will shut down a stretch of the green line starting this weekend for an improvement project. derrick ward is live with what could affect you? >