jeff chirico at dilworth park. first we go to melissa magee in for cecily tynan. we have strong storms, right? >> first it's building heat and humidity. then severe weather we are tracking for saturday. it's day four and counting. tuesday, a high of 91. wednesday's high, 96. thursday, 95 and today, 93 well above the norm of 87. across the area, a warm start to the day. 8:00 a.m. 87. lunch time, 99. storm tracker 6 radar 3d showing you a complex of activity. you see showers south of green bay, milwaukee, chicago and pressing into grand rapids. this presses into our region by tomorrow afternoon. by 6:30, you see showers bubbling up across the region. when you look at the risk assessment tomorrow, what we are tracking, a high concern for lightning h downpours and strong winds, we are finding large hail and isolated possibility of tornadoes. we are keeping a watchful eye to the sky. we have more detail in the accuweather forecast. melissa? >> thanks. now to jeff chirico. >> it's friday night in the summer. many outdoor activities planned. folks carried on as usual usi

jeff chirico, "action news." >> use our mobile app to stay informed.he "6abc" app is a free download for your mobile device. it a took three hours to remove an overturned tractor trailer in bucks county. it landed on its side. the action stopped traffic. drivers were diverted across the median into the southbound lanes. the truck driver was taken to hospital. no word what caused the accident. firefighters say the up upper hand on a forest fire burning in burlington county. about 8:30, thick smoke rose from the blaze. 50 firefighters and ten engines have been attacking the fire since last night. the flames consumed 2,000-acres in washington township so far they have been lighting backfires to contain it. conditions are brutal for those working the fire line. >> it's been extremely hot. yesterday when we were doing the backfires, we were doing the fire operations, the temperature indicator on the truck said 107-degrees. the fire is remote. it is not a threat to homes or businesses, but those nearby in surrounding counties may smell the smoke. >> the woma

let's begin with jeff chirico with the good, the bad and the soggy, jeff? >> that's right, rick. fireworks ended minutes ago. it ended an eventful july 4th celebration here on the parkway. >>> a stunning display lit up the night sky at the art museum capping off a week long celebration in the city where it all began. >> happy fourth, philadelphia. >> th they wowed thousands. many decked out in patriotic finest for a food and fun. ♪ ♪ >> it. i'm having a great time. >> what brings you here? >> mary oblige and boys to men and the whole stick fromiladelp. nothing like living in center city. it's the place to be. >> the senate family says philadelphia itself is the true show stopper that has them coming back every fourth of july. >> this is our thirdare so nicey is so clean. the historical stuff -- i really like it. >> not everyone was smiling. this group was among 500 that got fraudulent tickets and were turned away. >> you come to see an artist you and your family like but you can't enter the show. >> around 8:30, fast-moving storms moved in. the concert went on, celebrating americ

jeff chirico is on the heat beat. >> it's hot and sticky. >> reporter: but the fans came anyway thousands of them under the blazing sun many line up to see the doe -- dooby brothers. >> this family brought fruit and cold drinks. in rittenhouse we have empty outdoor tables, ice cream shops were packed. >> it's hot. it's really, really hot. >> reporter: which is why you needed ice cream, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: schuylkill river provided relief from the heat. >> we have a routine going, so i keep going. >> feel sloppy and lazy and sitting here all day and fishing. >> you want to make sure the windows are open. >> reporter: employees for the corporation for aging stayed late to receive calls from the heat help line for seniors who may be feeling distress as the sun sets. the senior who is living by him or hers officials urge you to check on them, even if you think they are using air-conditioning. jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> keep track of weather conditions by using other mobile app to stay informed and tips to stay cool, the storm tracker 6 live a.m. is a free download for t

jeff chirico is live at the scene. what's the update there? >> in the backyard where bianca once played, her friends and family prayed. they are pleading with the shooter to turn himself in as today police released a screch h of the suspect. >> with candles in hands, dozens gathered for a vigil for bianca roberson. >> she feels truly a great hub. human being. what happened is unspeakable. >> family members watch frd the balcony of the home they got the news wednesday. roberson was killed, a victim of apparent road rage. >> it's surreal that i can't pick up the phone and call her, text her, seer h. >see her.>> i expected so much s from her. i'm trying not to be angry. >> bianca's mother spoke for the first time. >> i don't know why they would steal my baby from me. i want to thank everyone, family, friends, neighbors, strangers. >> police released a sketch of the man that shot roberson. >> it was a cat and mouse game between two vehicles. >> roberson's vehicle crashed into a tree. surveillance video shows the suspect leaving the freeway. police

way it looked on shore road and, in fact, that flood watch remains in effect until midnight and jeff chirico will tell us about flooding and damage in south jersey and before bridgeton let's get an update from cecily tynan and accuweather. >> and jim double scan live showing our situation has nothing more than a few sprinkles moving to wilmington but that was not the case earlier this afternoon. we had a parade of storms moving southeast across south jersey and this shows the rainfall totals and you will notice salem 2" many areas in cumberland county millville 2.1 you may think 2" is not much but that fell in less than 25 minutes so that did cause a lot of flash flooding a lot of streets in millville and bridgeton were flooded and quarter size hail and phoenixville this afternoon had winds that brought down trees and power lines and wind damage and windows damage in west chester and toms riveras line was struck by lightning so we had some pretty vicious storms the reason why the dew points the air is loaded with moisture dew point is still 70 in philadelphia however this front has passed, l

jeff chirico has the reaction. >> it was scary. >> reporter: neighbors described a tense moment as a family became trapped inside a collapsing home. fire crews responded to the west rockland street near the boulevard. part of the second floor fell stranding a mother and four children upstairs. >> i heard her screaming out the window, help me, help me, help my kids. >> neighbors jumped into action. >> i ran around the back she had the babies out the window, i climbed up the tree and started doing the best i could to help her out. >> reporter: perchedz in -- perd in the tree, he grabbed and hand the baby below. the mother jumped on a mattress below. >> she had bumps and bruises. >> reporter: residents of three other apartments were allowed to move out important possessions. red paws relief took in four dogs. the tenants say the buildings was -- building was not properly maintained. while several are homeless this grandmother is counting her blessings that this didn't end in tragedy. >>> i'm grateful we have neighbors on my block that love us enough to help us. >> reporter: the red cros

jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> gunfire interrupted a celebration in strawberry mansion. it happened s.a.t party was wrapping up -- it happened as the party was wrapping up around 2:15 a.m. a man saw another man approaching him with a gun in his hand. he went back inside and tried to prevent the gunman from entering. that's when the suspect opened fire. the victim was shot three times and had to be rushed to temple university hospital in critical condition. the suspect ran off and remains this morning on the run. >>> a man right now is in critical condition after being shot in the head at a philadelphia gas station. this happened around 10:00 a.m. sunoco on erie avenue in the nicetown section. the victim was standing outside the store as two armed men approached him. the victim ran as the crook opened fire hitting him. the bullets shattered the door of the mini mart no arrests have been made so far. >>> gloucester county police investigating a late-night shooting on the 1100 block of spruce street in paulsboro. 11:30 p.m., someone opened fire hitting the male victim in th

jeff chirico was at the vigil for the college bound teen. >> with candles in hand, dozens gathered for vigil for bianca roberson hugs and tears shared about the life cut short. >> they was a great human being. >> reporter: family members watched from the balcony from the home where they got the news wednesday, bianca roberson was killed a victim of apparent road rage. >> it's surreal, i can't pick up the phone and call her and tech her and come over and see her. >> i expected so much greatness in her. i'm trying to so hard not to be angry. him. >> reporter: bianca roberson's mother spoke for the first time. >> i don't know who did this, i don't know who stole my baby from me, i don't know why they would want to steal my baby from me, i want to thank everyone, family, friends, strangers, neighbors, in a late afternoon news conference police re-released a sketch of the suspect who allegedly shot bianca roberson as they tried to merge into the same lane. the car crashed into a tree, blurry images show the suspect's red pickup fleeing on the shoulder of 202 at paoli pike. detectives contin

jeff chirico has more from westtown. ♪ >> reporter: with candles in hand dozens gathered for a vigilor bianca roberson. hugs and tears and friends and family shared about the promising life cut short. >> she was a great human being and what happened is unspeakable. >> reporter: family members watched from the balcony from the home where they got the news wednesday. bianca roberson was killed a victim of apparent road rage. >> it's surreal. i can't pick up the phone and call her and text her and come over and see her. >> i expected so much greatness in her. i'm trying to so hard not to be angry. >> reporter: bianca roberson's mother spoke for the first time. >> i don't know who did this, i don't know who stole my baby from me, i don't know why they would want to steal my baby from me. i want to thank everyone, family, friends, strangers, neighbors. >> reporter: police released a sketch of the suspect he allegedly shot bianca roberson as they tried to merge into the same lane on the 100 bypass. bianca roberson's car crashed into the tree, blurry images show the suspect fleeing on 202 a

jeff chirico was there. >> reporter: shoppers in hours long line to take home a piece of the taj. everything in the hotel and casino mug. >> i hate to see that the taj mahal had closed, but i want to get memorabilia of the taj. >> i was one of the first in line. >> reporter: liquidator are selling off the contents of the rooms suites and casino floor. >> it's a tag sale everything you see behind me has a price tag on it, the suite furniture has individual price tag on. people see they like it they can buy it and take it home. >> where is this going? >> in her house. >> former casino workers came to pick up momentos of their time here. >> the chairs are 40 bucks, the lamps are 15. >> everything is just a couple of dollars for lamps and pictures, i wish i had more arms. >> reporter: vinnie and his uncle stalked up on chairs, 60 for 4 bucks apiece. the billion dollar casino build by now president trump in 1990 was shuttered last fall, hard rock bought it in march for 50 million. >> prices is getting to people in here to buy for their home, summer home, beach home. >> reporter: you'll

jeff chirico was in westtown, pennsylvania for a vigil for the college-bound teen whose life was cut short. ♪ >> reporter: with candles in hand dozens gathered for a vigil in honor of bianca roberson hugs and tears friends and family shared about the promising life cut short. >> she was truly a great human being and what happened just is unspeakable. >> reporter: family members watched from the balcony of the home where they got the news wednesday, bianca roberson was killed, a victim of apparent road rage. >> it's surreal, i can't pick up the phone and call her and text her and come over and see her. >> i expected so much agreedness in her, i'm trying so hard not to be angry. >> reporter: bianca roberson's mother spoke for the first time. >> i don't know who did this, i don't know who stole my baby from me, i don't know why they would want to steal my baby from me, i want to thank everyone, family, friends, strangers, neighbors. >> reporter: in a late afternoon news conference, police released a sketch of the suspect, they say he allegedly shot bianca roberson as they tried to merge

in feltonville, jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> glad that family will be okay. new jersey assembly speaker has sent a letter to chris christie saying state employees should be paid for the days they were furloughed during the government shut down. a spat over the control of horizon blue cross and blue shield was at the center of the impasse that led to the shut down. the govenor spent sunday on island beach even though the shut down prohibited the public from being there. a bill presented yesterday would forbid any governor from using the summer house during a shut down. >>> president trump sat down with prime minister teresa may a few hours ago. president trump said he would work out a trip to london to meet with leaders there, but the date has not been finalized. another issue, prime minister may is urging the decision to reconsider his decision about taking u.s. out of the paris climate change convention. >>> police are looking to are a dark gray infinity carrying suspects that hit transgendered people tea home on woodland avenue in northwest philadelphia. th

jeff chirico is live in delaware where it came to an end. jeff? >> monica, no one was hurt. you see a major please presence behind me. the crime scene extends for blocks as police investigate the pursuit entailing an exchange of gunfire between officer and suspect. new castle police spent the evening where the incident began. it started on the 1100 block of westover drive for a robbery in progress. the suspect drew a firearm from his person and fired at least one round toward our officer. our officer returned fire at which point a foot pursuit pursued. >> wilmington police pursued two other suspects believed to have been involved in the robbery and took them into custody as well. >> at this time, we have all three in hea headquarters and we waiting to conduct an interview with them later this evening. >> police have not released names and they were unable to tell us at this point how many shots were fired today. they are asking for anyone with information to give them a call. a thank you, jeff. now to weather, there is a real worry about flash flooding. cecily tynan has more

i reached out to the owner of the proper, but my calls were not returned. >> feltonville, jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> 6:04 a.m., the g20 economic summit is continuing today in germany. president trump sat down with british prime minister teresa may a short time ago. the two leaders discussed a trade deal that president trump said will be good for both countries. president trump also said he will work out a trip to london to meet with leaders there, the date has not been finalized. >>> another issue, prime minister may is urging the president to reconsider his decision to take the u.s. out of the paris agreement on climate change. >>> the suspects responsible for a paint ball attack here at home that targets a home where transgender people live. police recovered the video of a dark gray infinity. the shootings happened on thursday, between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. >> one of our victims on 42nd street said he heard the people laughing in the car that was firing the gun. although they think it is funny, it's not funny. we know the people are out there, it's a nice car, infinit

jeff chirico, channel6 "action news." jim? >> this was a night of stark contrast in ma'amburg germany. president trump accompanied by the first lady enjoyed the night at the philharmonic listening to beethoven. not far away, full blown riots. 60 civilians have been transported to hospitals. >> the big story of the day, face to face meeting between president's trump and putin. trump told putin that the american people were concerned that he had interfered in the election. secretary of state rex tillerson said the president is rightly focused on how we move forward from the agreement. they came to agreement on the cease-fire in syria. previous have collapsed or failed to reduce violence for long. only time will tell if this deal will be better. >> the sky over philadelphia announced the departure of moisture laden clouds clearing the way for rain free conditions and dryer, more comfortable air. let's get a look at the forecast with meteorologist cecily tynan. >> jim, the gusts moved in on schedule. 7:00, the cluster was entering

jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> teacher in berks county is accused of having indecent contact with one of students. daniel horn burger surrendered to authorities. he has been a teacher for more than 25 years, he was charged with institutional sexual assault and corruption of minors. the investigation began in june when detectives say they learned about inappropriate communication between him and a 17-year-old girl. he was suspended from his job. >>> a man is wanted by pottstown police, he was accused of breaking into a home. the picture was captured by the residence surveillance system. if you know who the man is, call police. >>> only "action news" was on the scene of a drug raid at a home on 28th street in grays ferry where police say they uncomped a heroin lab. investigators had to wear full haz/mat gear for fear that the drugs contain fentanyl which causes an overdose if it touches the skin. children were inside the home asked to be taken to the hospital as a precaution. >>> 14 people have offered to replace seth williams as the interim district attorney following his guil

jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> coffee on tap, our "fyi philly" satisfies their dining options at the king of prussia mall. that's ahead on "action news" at 5:30 a.m. this is a live picture of the wildwood area there, meteorologist chris sowers is telling you the shore not pretty today. bob brooks is in the area, the rain can coming down, roads almost impassable, if you see the standing water, don't drive through. chris sowers is back with a another look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: i'm nydia han with interest rates on the rise yet again may be the time to buy a house. even if the bank says you can afford your dream home it doesn't mean that's the best decision for your family. whawrveght know coming up in -- what you need to know coming up in the what's the deal. welcom, 5:44 a.m., saturday morning, this is a live picture right here, 16th and west in ocean city, new jersey. you see the rain coming down the streets flooded in. the shore is taking the brunt of the rain we're getting this morning. i guess good news the rain will not last all morni

jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> new this morning, a 22-year-old man is in the hospital aftereing shot multiple times in the stomach in southwest philadelphia. it happened at 11:15 p.m. on lion street between 80th and 8 #st -- 81st street. he is in critical condition. >>> a 19-year-old is in critical after an attempted robbery that led to a shooting. the victim was approached by an armed suspect on the 7500 block of wood crest avenue around midnight. two got into a scuffle, the teenager was shot in the stomach. the gunman took off. the victim was taken to penn presbyterian. >>> a man and woman were shot and killed in chester county. shots rang out before 2:00 p.m. on the 2200 block of west third street. there police found the two victims unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds they were pronounced at the scene. no arrests. >>> a tractor-trailer was ungulfed in flames last night in new jersey -- engulfed in flames last night it was caught on camera. an "action news" viewer shot the scene in buena vista township atlantic county at route 322 at route 54. the truck was carrying

jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> g20 economic summit is continuing today in germany. president trump sat down with british prime minister teresa may a few moments ago. they discuss add trade deal that the president said would be good for both countries. president trump said he will work out a trip with london to meet with leaders there. the date is not finalized. prime minister may is urging the president to reconsider his decision to take the u.s. out of the paris claymont change. >>> a paint ball attack targets a home where trans gendered people live. half dozen people were hit by paint balls along woodland avenue in southwest philadelphia. the shootings happened on thursday, between 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. >> one of the victims said he heard the people laughing in the car they were firing the gun. they think it's funny, it's not funny. we know there's people out there, it's a nice car, we believe it is an infinity it's an expensive car, southbound knows who is driving the car. call the tip line or 911 and report who is the individuals are. >> again if you see the car,

jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> gunfire erupted at a birthday celebration in strawberry mansionas the party was wrapping up at 2:15 a.m., a man stepped on the porch and said he saw another man approaching with a gun in his hand. he went back inside the home and tried to prevent the gunman from entering that's when the suspect opened fire. the victim was shot three times rushed to temple university hospital in critical condition. the suspect ran off and remains on the run this morning. >>> right now a man is in critical condition after being shot in the head at a philadelphia gas station. this happened around 1:30 a.m. at the sunoco on erie avenue in nicetown. the victim was standing outside the store when two armed men approached him. the victim ran as the crooks open fired hitting him. the bullets shattered the door of the mini mart no arrests have been made. >>> gloucester county police are investigating a late night shooting in paulsboro. around 11:30 p.m., someone opened fire hitting the man in the leg. the victim was taken to cooper hospital he is expected to be okay. >>> h