68 by 8:00. 83 degrees is the high at 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m., 77 degrees, nice night on the town, karen phillies are home, we'll talk about that coming up. we have heavy rain on saturday and there might be flash flooding, i'll have more on that, as well and talk built weekend call. >> reporter: the ramp from the schuylkill eastbound to the vine just reopened, westbound ramp is blocked, watch for the westbound vine being blocked thee still on the scene. in west philadelphia, 52nd street is closed near westminster because of the water main break use the numbered streets there. in chester county lots of closures remain in the area. in weston township, 926 blocked at caleb drive. downed tree at unionville road. downed tree blocked at schoolhouse lane. traffic lights are out in entire counties for some spots give it extra time when you're traveling, especially early on when it is dark out there. >> a sightseeing float plane carrying 8 cruise ship passengers and a pilot crashed into a mountain in southeast alaska. this is file of the cruise ship that carried the passengers. they were from the westerda

karen rogers. saturday/tonight on fyi philly. >> it's our annual down the shore special. >> we'll take you on a wineryr. >> check out the hottest summer shades. >> tell you how to spin your wheels for a good cause. >> plus, we get you fashion ready for the beach, boardwalk and beyond. >> and of course, there will be ice cream. >> hi, everybody and welcome to fyi philly. >> we are at crepes and shakes on the promenade in sea isle city. >> it's a place where you can sit and enjoy homemade crepes, ice cream and gourmet coffee with just a gorgeous view of the beach and ocean. >> and it's just one of the many things you can do here down the shore. >> so let's take a little shore tour and see some of the other options. >> long beach island is 18 miles with 6 towns ready for summer.

philly" is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 4:30 with matt o'donnell being tamala edwards, david murphy and karen rogers. >> for walter perez, melissa magee, and the entire "action news" team i'm sarah bloomquist perfect a great night and see you back here tomorrow >> i'm karen rogers. >> and i'm alicia vitarelli. tonight on fyi philly, >> from lancaster county to hersheypark, we'll show you fun ways to get outside and enjoy. >> from pop up beer gardens and an outdoor roller rink. >> to a slab of center city asphalt where life's a beach. >> and cafÉ dining right on the park. >> hi everybody and welcome to fyi philly. >> we are at the phs pop up beer garden at 15th & south streets. >> and it is gorgeous here. >> the perfect place to celebrate the official start of summer. >> phs has had great success transforming vacant lots into lively beer gardens. >> so much so that this year they opened 2 of them. >> phs's east passyunk pop up is at 9th and wharton streets right across the street from pat's & geno's steaks. this is, seems to be truly philly. >> oh, yeah, i think this is as philly as you get.

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. >> an all new fyi philly is coming up on 6abc. here's melissa magee and karen >> reporter: here's what's coming up tonight on fyi philly. summer just a week ago we check out the new places to get beach body ready. >> we check out some healthy new eating options too. >> reporter: plus father's day is around the corner, we'll help you outfit the special man in your life. >> tall shims are coming to the delaware river. we're getting ready. >> that's tonight on fyi philly. i hope you join us. ♪ mcdonald's asked me to remind you that their new sirloin third pound burger won't be around long. if you miss out, you'll never know how delicious 100% sirloin tastes. and that'd be a gosh darn shame. try any one for just $4.99. the sirloin third pound burgers at mcdonald's ♪ >> good morning doesn't that look nice? it is 73:50 78 degrees all right, sky6 live hd taking a live look at the beach in atlantic city. boy, it is going to be hot again today, a high of 89 degrees, but that does mean we're just missing the heat wave by one degree. >> "healthcheck" this morning if yiewr

. >>> fyi philly is getting you ready for fun in the sun this summer. here's alicia vitarelli and karens with the preview. >> here's what's coming up tonight on fyi philly. we'll show you fun ways i to get outside and enjoy. pop up beer gardens and outdoor roller rink. life a beach. and cafe dine dining on the park. >> it's our summer fun special we hope you join us. >> good morning, sky6 live hd taking a live look for us in atlantic city 7:49, 70 degrees right now here in the city. >>> in "healthcheck" this morning, more and more people are admitting to using ecigarettes. the new survey this week by reuters, findings one in ten america's use electronic devices known as vaping. while many believe ecigarettes can help people quit smoking 75% of them said they smoke traditional cigarettes. >>> a new app could save your life. send a message to someone who is certified in cpr if there's an emergency. researchers in cleveland developed the app that alerts a person with cpr training within a 3-mile radius. ten% of patients survive 30 days following heart attacks when volunteers were called to

. >> a drone drops into a phillies game leaving man at controls in trouble with federal authorities. >> first it's raining out there and let's go to david murphy and karen rogers with traffic. >> i would not have minded that drone if it brought hor hits for phillies. we have showers and thunderstorms creeping through the region this morning. in some cases these have produced some high water on some roadways especially in parts of delaware county. new as castle county, delaware where we have showers and thunderstorms activity. you're definitely hearing rumbles of thunder and lightning strikes and related thupdner new castle county and across the river in cumberland and gloucester and over by the shore still waiting for this line of heavier rain and thunderstorms to push off surf city. northern and western suburbs seeing a bit of this we have lingering flood advisories this morning one in newcastle county where we see the rain this morning. another unto the side of trenton and additional flood advisories are dropped on the i 59 corridor. more issued laider today as another round of heavy rain is expected. you don't see that on radar now. there's breaks ou

fyi philly is next, "action news" continues at 4:30 with matt o'donnell tamala edward, david murphy and karen rodgers. >>> for walter perez melissa magee and the entire "action news" team, i'm sarah bloomquist, have a great night. >> good night. >> ♪♪ and i'm melissa magee.. . tonight on fyi philly... summer is just a week away. we check out some new places to get beach body ready. and they say abs are made in the kitchen so we check out some healthy new eating options too plus father's day is just around the corner. we'll help you outfit the special man in your life. and tall ships are coming to the delaware river! and we're getting ready! hi everybody and welcome to fyi philly. we are on the gorgeous gazela. she is one of a dozen tall ships that will be sailing down the delaware river in just a few weeks and those ships will be accompanied by the world's largest rubber duck but first•. summer is just one week away and if you're working to get or stay fit, there's a few new places to do it. deep lunge here, melissa great

day parade, and then please tune in for the philly fourth of july jam on the parkway that night rick williams and cecily tynan will be host along with karen rodgers and adam joseph, concert begins at 7:00 followed by fire works display over the philadelphia museum of art. >>> phillies are charting a new course and what that might mean for folks who are there right now it is that it is at least not clear. >> i have i funny feeling new team president will start to clean house some toe speak. if you were expecting new team president andy macphail to immediately change phillies fortune you are cut from a optimistic cloth, we will get to andy macphail in a moment. but first phillies and brewers tonight tied at one in the first inning. milwaukee pitcher jimmy nelson balks in a run. you don't see that too often. phillies lead two-one. four-two phillies in the fifth. sean o'sullivan lead ryan brawn, the brewers scored six unanswered runs, sixth inning, the brewers begin the inning with six straight hits, and ramirez with a two run double, o'sullivan gives up six runs on 12 hits, in five innings and phillies lose seven-four. >>> phillies president

rick williams and cecily tynan host the philly fourth of july jam along with adam joseph and karen rogers. the concert begins at 7:00 followed by the fireworks display over the philadelphia museum of art. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight, upper darby police bust a meth ring and the alleged ringleader is a member of an infamous motorcycle gang. >>> jaime apody is live in south philadelphia where the flea phillies have a new face in the front office. jamie. >> jim, for the first time ever the phillies have gone outside the franchise to find their new leader. they have hired andy macphail to be this team's new president. i'll explain what this means for the organization and ruben amaro jr. coming up. cecily. >> jamie certainly beautiful weather today, dry, low humidity but i'm tracking more humid air on the way. warmer air with the threat of storms. more details in the accuweather forecast. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues. leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. on us. get your fir

karen rogers. >> and i'm alicia vitarelli. tonight on fyi philly, >> from lancaster county to hersheypark, we'll show you fun ways to get outside and enjoy. >> from pop up beer gardens and an outdoor roller rink. >> to a slab of center city asphalt where life's a beach. >> and cafÉ dining right on the park. >> hi everybody and welcome to fyi philly. >> we are at the phs pop up beer garden at 15th & south streets. >> and it is gorgeous here. >> the perfect place to celebrate the official start of summer. >> phs has had great success transforming vacant lots into lively beer gardens. >> so much so that this year they opened 2 of them. >> phs's east passyunk pop up is at 9th and wharton streets right across the street from pat's & geno's steaks. this is, seems to be truly philly. >> oh, yeah, i think this is as philly as you get.

and the independence day parade from 10:00 until noon and then the philly 4th of july jam on the parkway that night. cecily tynan and karenogers and adam joseph will be hosting. >> and still to come on "action news" at noon, a child gets behind the controls of a helicopter, the investigation into the mishap of a minnesota air show. >>> and what police say the driver doing instead of and we check back in meteorologist david murphy to get your seven-day forecast. >>> rescue teams are recovering bodies from a plane crash in indonesia a a cargo jet went down in a residential neighborhood today in indonesia had at this time add hotel and spa, nobody survived and it's unclear if anybody on the ground was killed. >>> time was running out for greece to avoid a historic financial collapse the nation has until 6:00 tonight to negotiate parts of its international bailout, without a solution the government will lose access to rescue loans it needs to pay off its debts a missed payment could result in the default and an exit from the euro currency. >> a wild fire in washington state has burns homed and caused other residents to evacua

>>> karen, as you know we're in cape may today. anyway also philly beer week.g close, goes through the weekend, now going to combine a spa segment with beer. >> i've done beer and shampoo how about beer and scrub. >> a beer facial? somewhat what do you? >> well i wanted to take my shirt off. then like quincy, please. we have a young man right here well, he has his shirt off. >> is he alive. >> well, move around little bit. can you move? >> okay. >> let me shake. okay essay life. this isn't a cadaver. essay life. >> here on 13th street downtown philadelphia, at the pa. penny how are you doing? >> great. i hear you are on the round doing beer, beer, beer this morning? >> yes, having so much fun. so you guys do beer massage here? >> yes, actually what we're using is malt dollars barley, casino of pruney burnt sugar kind of smell. >> this actually is hops, which we do not favor when i was trying to develop the formula, i did use hops but it is just not the right fragrance here, if you smell this, this is actually our mixture. >> okay little citrus, little geranium.

rick williams and cecily tynan will host the philly fourth of july jam. adam joseph and karen rogers will also be there. philadelphia's own the roots will take the stage along with special guests miguel and also jennifer nettles. i did experience this last year so i can say it is a fun event. you know all about it rick. >> i hope to see both of you guys out there. i will buy your tickets if you guys show up. >> they're free. >> so generous. >> thanks for nothing, man. >> oh, yeah. >> this saturday, right 7 o'clock. >> that's true. >> okay. >> thank you sharrie. >> one of amtrak's new locomotives lab mobile tribute to folks who served in our armed forces. it's called veterans locomotive 642 part of amtrak's fleet of 70 electric engines. it does feature a red white and blue paint job along with 50 stars an logo of military campaign service ribbons. it will operate along the northeast corridor and on service between philadelphia and pittsburgh. >> time for a check of our "action news" traffic report. >> let's take it live to matt pelman. got a ticket for you too matt. spread the

. >>> tune in for the philly fourth of july jam on the parkway that night. rick williams and cecily tynan host along with karen concert gets going at 7:00 followed by the fireworks display over the philadelphia museum of. >> the it's great stuff. 4:53 now. we're following a developing story. shots are fired at a man and a pregnant woman overnight leaving the woman's unborn child dead. we will have a live report at 5:00 a.m. >> next up authorities busted a long time airline employee in pennsylvania during a sex sting. what he was plan when did you go "action news" continues. >> ♪♪ jamie mcmurray: a boy born in joplin, missouri was fascinated by anything with wheels and a motor. the odds of him winning both the daytona 500 and the brickyard 400 in the same year? 1 in 195 million. the odds of a child being diagnosed with autism? 1 in 68. i'm jamie mcmurray, and my niece has autism. learn more at autismspeaks.org/signs. >> an american airlines employee has been arrested near pittsburgh in an on line sex sting. authorities say 55-year-old ray holland tried to set up a sexual encounter with a 10-year-old girl and he

. >>> then tune in for the phillies fourth of july jam on the parkway later that night. rick williams and cecily tynan host along with karenand adam joseph. the concert starts at 7:00 followed by the fireworks display over the philadelphia museum of art. >> busy weekend. karen was got there. >> a jam on the schuylkill expressway right now. looking light traffic volume schuylkill this is westbound traffic here at the boulevard. pretty heavy from the boulevard to gladwyne. eastbound also slowing from the boulevard to girard. so that's the schuylkill expressway. some slow speeds on i-95. 18 miles an hour southbound near girard. you're at about 33 near cottman. there you see the slow speeds we talked about on the schuylkill. in west philadelphia don't forget 52nd street blocked near westminster because of that water main break and also phils tonight at 7:05 a-concert at the mean at 7:00 so lots of congestion that those areas. reports of a new accident causing really slow speeds. watch for this. the ramp from the turnpike westbound to northbound northeast extension causing problems right now. we're seeing speeds like 23 miles a

and karen was aboard here trying to tie knots and 9500 ton replica. and this is phillies own official tall ship, ridgely in portugal and moved here in 1971 and has a strong program. >> here is the a.j. merewald and what is new jersey's official tall ship built in 1928, the big draw here is also the big rubber duck, this is mama duck, she stands 61 feet tall and we got a chance to see the french ship that has ties to our area, it brought over the french leader the marquis delafayette. >> there were so many different structures with all the different vessels that passed by and it was unique to see here. >> a combination of learning about these different types of ships, barks and maritimes and schooners, and it's a great event to have back in our area, which hasn't happened since 2000. >> if you want to come down, there is plenty of time. they are still docking as we speak and the rubber duck is coming down. and there is a lot going on on land. >> the not tying and cannon firing. >> it scared us because they are shooting them from the uss new jersey. >> it's a great day to b

philly fourth of july jam on the parkway that night. rick williams and cecily tynan host along with our own karen rogers and adam joseph.rts at 7:00 followed by those great fireworks over the philadelphia museum of art. >> some busy people around. >> i know, right. >> wow. >> look at you people. >> so fun to celebrate fourth of july in the city. you know, we'll be having fun doing it with you. let's take a look outside right now and check out southwest philadelphia. we're just sitting here on the mid span of the platt bridge not doing anything. traffic moving okay at this point with no problems this morning and the burlington bristol bridge has reopened. maintenance has cleared. it will close tonight at 9 o'clock and it will close until 5 o'clock the next morning and this is through thursday night. when that happen stick to the turnpike connector bridge. dave. >> all right karen temperatures really aren't too bad across most of the region. 66 pottstown, 62 in saint davids, 64 in warrington. 65 slatington. 69 in center city and across the river in south jersey a bunch of 60s as well and a couple of 70's. 71 in gandhi bea

. >> a drone drops into a phillies game leaving man at controls in trouble with federal authorities. >> first it's raining out there and let's go to david murphy and karen rogers with traffic. >> i would not have minded that drone if it brought hor hits for

day parade and then please tune in for the philly fourth of july jam on the parkway, that night, rick williams and cecily tynan will be host along with karenodgers and adam joseph concert begins at 7:00 followed by fire works display over the trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to your local car buying center. and three, walk out with your check in as little as 30 minutes. buying used cars is all we do... all makes and models... no dealership pressure. we'll even settle your loan or lease. so don't wait. get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar.com >>> phillies are charting a new course and what that might mean for folks who are there right now, it is that it is at least not clear. >> i have i funny feeling new team president will start to clean house some toe speak. if you were expecting new team president andy macphail to immediately change phillies fortune you are cut from a optimistic cloth, we will get to andy macphail in a moment. but first phillies and brewers tonight tied at one in the first innin

karen. >>> next, stealing secrets. the fbi launches an investigation into a major league baseball team that is accused of spying on their rivals. >> fyi philly runs down what's sizzling this summer including day trips perfect for the whole family matt. >> looks like my homeland. a horse and buggy in lancaster county. good morning tam live along 202 in malvern pretty quiet at this point northbound approaching 29. delays will come in a little while. we've got problems on the pennsylvania turnpike, and new issues in pennsauken after the break. >> also when we come back a pennsylvania man says he was given a rather unusual reason for being kicked out of a gym. more when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪♪ >> lovely shot of the platt bridge but more importantly the sun as it comes up over the skies in that horizon and accuweather is backing things off for us today. the heat and humidity is not as bad as yesterday its 71 degrees now getting up to 83. >> sounds good to me. if you can get where you were going without too much trouble it would be a perfect start to the day matt pelman. >> that would be nice but for now you might want to back off of

karens she has a five octave range and it's extraordinary. he preferred at citizens bank park with conditiony gamble and leon huff and j's oj's honored as part of annual philliesmerican heritage celebration presented by sound of philadelphia. >>> now for game itself. >> taking on the world series champions san francisco giants. jim, phillys are not quite ready for prime time. to be more specific the phillies pitching staff is not ready. huntser pennsylvania back in the house at citizens bank park. phillies jump out to good start. bottom of first inning ryan howard leads to one. his 11th of season. it's a two-run shot. phillies lead 2-0. we go to fourth inning jerome williams struggling. justin mx well flexing. monster two-run homer to second deck. ties game at 3. another short outing for williams yanking fifth inning. phils down 4-3 in fifth. third game tying homer this week five homeers in 20 games tied at 4. but louis garcia gives it right back in the 7th. surrenders a blast to posy and phillies lose 5-4. jerome williams has one win in the last eight starts. >> it's been happening a lot where i'm not locating the ball and i'm going to get hit hard. you know,

. >>> fyi philly went to visit a farm in gloucester county, new jersey, that offers customers a unique way to dine. the food is grown right in their own backyard. here's kareners. >> ♪♪ >> this is right behind the market and these are our egg laying chickens. >> reporter: megan bought the 42-acre cecil creek farm a year ago with her husband bill. by day they sell produce in their market, at night the place transforms into a restaurant. >> on a farm, you're in our market, you're having the full experience of a true farm to table. >> reporter: private dinner parties can seat up to 14 people and include eight courses of fresh local food: about two hours ago you harvested the as asparagus and the pork was raised on your farm. it the night ends with guests enjoying dessert around the campfire. >> it's a lot of fun. >> reporter: they say the experience is something their customers never forget. >> and everybody that walks through the door is happy. they walk through with a smile on their face and they leave with a smile on their face and that's a lot of magic that happens. >> watch fyi philly saturday night at 7:00 and sunday at midnight. >> [inaudible] >> under

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karen is live with all the details details. >> thanks the gates are about to open for a spectacular weekend of racing. the running of the oaks today for the 3-year-old philliessom derby synonymous with racing. in australia the brc derby as well. this dates back to 1780 and the blood lines off the track are also very important as well. her majesty the queen had about ten runners in the past and is die to attend tomorrow. the queen rarely misses this event. two in the past she has not attended so it's one for her personal engagement. the crowd looking forward to seeing the queen but the question we have been asking today is whether horse racing in the u.k. is still relevant. there's a lot of optimism here that the city can pull it together despite diminishing returns. 29 p that you can expect from horse racing ownership these days. >> thank you very much. look forward to hearing how much money you made this afternoon. the epsom derby is not the only horse race this afternoon. the belmont stakes. american pharaoh will race to become the first triple crowned winner since 1978. coverage begins tomorrow at 4:30 eastern time on nbc. be sure to tune in. now througho