with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> hello everyone.e're working on several developing stories on this tuesday, view 15th. a violent line of storms roared through the region leaving behind extensive damage and accuweather is tracking yet another line as strong storms for later today. >> after a bloody week of rocket fire the egyptians try to get israel and ham ms. to agree to a ceasefire. >> septa police spring into action taking down a man carrying a cache of weapons. >> good morning, it is now 4:30. we'll get to all of those stories in a moment. first up, those storms were something else. let's go right on over to karen rogers, niece for david murphy. good morning. >> we're in for another day of that. as you mentioned as we start out with storm tracker 6 live double scan you can see we're basically dry through the area. we have one shower near baltimore that may migrate to our area and one west of reading. through afternoon we'll have to watch closely. we are under a slight risk once again for severe weather much like yesterday. satel

hear from one of the victims who came home to delaware overnight. >> good morning, 5:30, matt o'donnellastbound eve joins us, let's go over to david whose talking about a great day in accuweather and matt pellman is in for karen. >> reporter: today is great. we have sun coming up over the horizon and lack of he any cloud cover. high pressure building this will keep winds light and keeping us under the sun and insuring that we remain with a low humidity patt

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> good morning 5:00 a.m. on this tuesday july 29th. >> a plan is stabbed multiple times outside a home in philadelphia overnight and police take two people into custody. >> police credit a philadelphia community for leading them to two suspects in a deadly carjacking case you. >> might want to grab something with long sleeves before you head out the door. accuweather is tracking a cool start this morning. >> and i'm okay with that. let's find out more about that with david murphy. he's got that accuweather and karen rogers is taking a look at traffic. good morning to both of you. >> i want to say we had one or two days maybe about a week ago that were like this and we got another one this morning and another one tomorrow so a couple mornings that are going to start out cool and comfortable. we'll also see plenty of sunshine over the horizon quickly as the cloud cover out to the west is really falling apart. we've got dry air in place helping that to happen. how are the numbers this morning? not bad.

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> good morningm. on this dnesdayjuly 23rd. matt o'donnell is off. erin o'hearn is joining us. here's what's happening. >> accuweather is tracking a big spike in the heat and humidity and the threat some late day thunderstorms. >> rescuers free a six week old baby from a locked suv and we have the video that you will only see right here on "action news." >> new at 6:00 the sign the times. a berks county woman shares a strong message with misfits on her block. >> and also we've been watch

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> good morning's 5 o'clock on this tuesday, first day of the month of july. tam is off. nydia han joins us and we have news you didn't see last night. >> the hunt is on for the gunman who shot and killed man in delaware. >> an attempt to beat the heat proved deadly for a teen in philadelphia. >> oppressive heat and humidity return to the forecast. and accuweather is tracking the chance for thunderstorms. >> and to help us do that we have david murphy with accuweather and karen rogers taking an early look at the roads. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. let's get you right to satellite. it is a little bit muggy out there. you'll feel it as you step outside and you can see you

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> good morning're working on several stories you didn't see last night on this tuesday, july 8th including breaking news. gun shots rang out in bucks county overnight. new details in a live report. >> protesters were fired up in southwest philadelphia after four children were killed in a fire over the weekend. why they are pointing fingers at firefighters. >> a disgruntled yankees fan caught sleeping during a game against the red sox is hauling several parties to court. we will tell you why. good morning everyone. 4:30 on this tuesday. tam is off. erin o'hearn joins us. good morning. >> dorn good morning to you. >> let's talk about some weather. getting hot again. meteorologist, david murphy is here. >> another hot sticky day. this time guys you can see that there is a string of cloud cover that's a little closer to us. this is in association with a cold front that we talked about yesterday. last night the severe weather was off to the north of us. there's a possibility we get a couple strong thunde

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> good morning everyone'clock on this wednesday, july 16th and developing this morning. >> philadelphia police say they are close to making an arrest in the killing of a young woman whose body was found in a duffle bag. >> a slip of the foot turns into a trip to the hospital for a man in philadelphia overnight. >> a delaware county teen has an amazing story of survival after he was struck by lightning in monday's storms. >> let's talk about today's forecast. getting betterment karen is filling in for david and matt is following traffic. good morning. >> good morning. we just have to get through the first half of the day where we're stuck with a lot of cloud cover, still pretty high humidity and as you can see with storm tracker 6 live double scan still dealing with some rain in the area, mostly south and east of the city of philadelphia and that's really where we had this one cell we've been tracking with double scan. it's left over but in fortescue, millville you're getting really good soaking rain at this

matt o'donnell is off, erin o'hearn is joining us.at's happening. >> accuweather is tracking a big hike in the heat and >> accuweather is tracking a late day thunderstorms. >> rescuers free a six week old baby who was locked in an suv. we have the video that you will only see right here on "action news." >> international flights into israel remain on hold as the violence in the middle east drags on and the death toll continues to climb. >> first up we're going to take a look at weather and traffic. let's talk with david murphy who is talking about really high heat and humidity today and matt pelman is in for karen. good morning. >> you can feel that sticky air building in during the day yesterday and you're going to feel it again today. it is going to be a little hotter. right now looking at not a lot going on on satellite. hazy sunshine expected to come up over the horizon and all eyes are on thi

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> good morningg on several stories you didn't see last night on this tuesday, july 8th including breaking news. gun shots rang out in bucks county overnight. new details in a live report. >> protesters were fired up in southwest philadelphia after four children were killed in a fire over the weekend. why they are pointing fingers at firefighters. >> a disgruntled yankees fan caught sleeping during a game against the red sox is hauling several parties to court. we will tell you why. good morning everyone. 4:30 on this tuesday. ta

matt o'donnell is off and erin o'hearn is joining us and matt pellman is in for karen. first off david will look at weather. good morning. >> good morning, guys, now we have clear skies overhead. maybe a couple clouds trying to filter in from the south during the morning rush hour. generally speaking is it will be fairly bright start out there and over all partly sunny skies today. 68 in philadelphia. 66 wilmington and 65 allentown and 60 trenton and 65 sea isle city. comfortable with 60s everywhere. once again it is summertime in philadelphia and will feel like this this afternoon. 81 by noon. high today 3:00 will be the 86 degrees. might feel humid as the day goes on and over the weekend. generally speaking not bad out there humiditywise of high of 6 through the afternoon. more humid air beginning tomorrow and eventually thunderstorms details in the 7-day. matt what about traffic. >> so far looking good on most of the roadways and highways included david like the schuylkill expressway sign open the westbound side though a little penndot activity partiallytic sticking

rick and sarah are off, i'm matt o'donnell.n the news a small explosion sends employees rushing out of a chemical plant in south jersey. >>> detectives speaking to a man suspected in a reported sex assault in the spring garden neighborhood. >>> the big story, escalating in the middle east. hamas firing rockets and some of them aimed at the airport in tel aviv. israel responding. and it is the fourth day of air strikes, neither side backing down. people are gathering in center city to show support for israel. a live look at the action cam at a solidarity rally on j.f.k. boulevard infront of the israeli consulate. let's get the latest on the conflict. abc news correspondent karen travers is live in washington. >> moments ago israel prime minister said no amount of international pressure will prevent them from responding with force. a significant escalation of violence in the middle east. the israeli defense forces says hamas fired more than 44 rockets at israel overnight, 11 intercepted by the iron dome, israel's defense system a

good morning everyone, i'm matt o'donnell. it is sunday, july 6, 2014, happy birthday america. we have g. terry madonna from the franklin and marshall poll. >>> brian tierney. welcome back, rene amoore. >>> it's been a biz week in -- a busy week in harrisburg, governor corbett has not passed a budget. the legislature will likely pass a bill later this week that will likely allow philadelphia raise cigarette tax, city leaders are rejoycing, but some wondering will it fill the budget. do you think they have enough. >> i don't think they have everything they need. the critical ingredient is not pension reform, what the governor is saying for public school teachers new ones that are hired are for new people we cannot give them the same pension because we're going broke. you would thing he was trying to shoot new puppies in the parking lot. if you work there, nothing changes. when you see those professional protesters they should be up for the construction screen actors . >> do you think pension reform, terry will happen before the november election? >> here's the situation, the cig

i'm matt o'donnell. this tuesday jute eight. matt pelman talking about a flew accident here filling in for karen. let's go to you matt. >> right on the roosevelt boulevard, matt, northbound side i know we need a little bit of windex but you might be able to see the penndot crew here. northbound inner drive taking out the center lane and at times the right lane as well although at this point it looks like the right lane is getting by. still a little sluggish north of broad street on the l southbound on the boulevard at tyson watching a crash in the inner drive. on 95 southbound of course it is just plenty of slow speeds from about bridge street on into girard. you're looking at the teens, just 9 miles per hour on the schuylkill westbound and normal slow spot by city avenue. in abington township close to the whole foods watch out for a crash and vehicle fire along the fairway between 611 and rydel road. northbound 42 sluggish up to 295 but as you can see at this point not awful. matt. >> thank you matt. it'

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> we are workinga developing story you didn't see last night on this wednesday, july 9th. a police standoff in atlantic city ends right after the man tries to flee naked. the story is brand new on "action news." >> calls for help. police release the 911 calls made after a fire ripped through southwest philadelphia taking four young lives. >> downed trees, crushed cars, power outages a few of the reminders of last night's storms. a live report on that is coming up. >>> good morning, it is 4:30 on this wednesday morning. tam is off, erin o'hearn joins us. >> those storms make us up. >> let's go to meteorologist, david murphy for the accuweather forecast. david. >> we did call for those storms last night. >> we did call for those point. you see the watch boxes to our west but a couple trees down locally. now we are looking at another unsettled day way cold front getting a little closer to us trying to push through and as that happens there could be more spotty but potentially strong storms through the da

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> hello everyone.eral developing stories on this tuesday, view 15th. a violent line of storms roared through the region leaving behind extensive damage and accuweather is tracking yet another line as strong storms for later today. >> after a bloody week of rocket fire the egyptians try to get israel and ham ms. to agree to a ceasefire. >> septa police spring into action taking down a man carrying a cache of weapons. >> good morning, it is now 4:30. we'll get to all of those stories in a moment. first up, those storms were something else.

. >> ♪ >> good morning everyone, i'm matt o'donnell., tuesday, july 1st and we're tracking oppressive heat and humidity moving into the area and storm tracker 6 double scan is keeping a close eye on a tropical system that could impact or weather on independence day. meteorologist david murphy has the overnight update. >>> tragedy on the water. a teen drowned while trying to beat the heat in a local creek. we are live with new reaction. >>> israel fires back overnight after three kidnapped teens turn up dead. >>> it is game day for team u.s.a. at the world cup. hear about the key player expected to take the field and why the coach is a little concerned >>> finally from us this morning, an artist who isn't painting or sculpting or using anything like traditional artwork. >> he is using sound to create his masterpieces. >> christine dobbyn of our station in houston has his story. >> reporter: like every piece of art, every set of eyes interprets it differently. when david culkins got this idea a few years ago, he was on a favorite waveleng

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy.dwards, karen rogers and news on this wednesday, july 2nd. the hunt is on for a gunman who shot a barrage of bullets into a crowd hitting five people. a full report is next. >> as we predicted, the hot weather continues with temperatures hitting the mid 90's and accuweather is tracking more humid air. >> the the wawa welcome america celebration is in full swing. look what we have live on the action cam from the national constitution center. these people got up way early to make a 5-ton hoagie and we will track its progress. >> looking good. they are rearing to go, aren't they? >> good morning, everyone, it is 4:30 on this wednesday. tam is off. nydia han joins us. we love hoagies. >> and it's hot, hot, hot. >> there you go. >> i like them cold. sweet peppers on those wawa hoagies. i could eat 1 ton all by myself. we got issues today. the first a heat advisory. this kicks in at noon and goes until 8 o'clock tonight because we're looking at excessive humidity and high temperatures. the h

>> ♪ >> good morning, i'm matt o'donnell.s 4:27, wednesday july 9th and we're following several developing stories including in the line of fire, a man fires shots at police during a standoff at the jersey shore. brand new details and video are just coming in. >>> utility crews have been working through the night to restore power to tens of thousands of people. storms toppled trees and power lines. >>> brand new this morning, a pilot goes out of his way to feed his hungry passengers who were grounded by powerful storms. >>> a potential setback in the effort to fund philadelphia schools. it's happening in harrisburg. that story plus an fyi philly next on "action news." south. >>> so finally this wednesday morning, if you're someone who loves anchovies on your pizza, really? this story is for you coming from southern california. >> that's where a massive and we mean massive school of small fish was seen earlier this week. alison asht has our story. >> reporter: jen moffett of birc this. aquarium was one of the lucky ones. she j

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> good morning's 5:00 a.m. on this tuesday july 15th. here's what's happening. >> storms featuring powerful lightning, flash flooding and a possible tornado tear across the delaware and lehigh valleys. we are live in one of the hardest hit areas. >> and we're not out of the woods just yet. accuweather is tracking the risk of more thunderstorms and drenching downpours again today. >> a passerby makes a gruesome discovery in an empty philadelphia lot. now police want the know how a woman's body ended up in a duffle bag. >> let's get right to that accuweather forecast. david murphy is off. karen rogers has your accuweather and matt pelman is taking a look at your roads. good morning. >> good morning, it's going to be another day where we're watching these storms very closely. on storm tracker 6 live double scan we can see nothing more than a sprinkle over here near wilmington and out the our southwest. we'll stay predominantly dry through much of the morning hours. it's later on this afternoon that we'

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> good morningryone, it's 5 o'clock on this tuesday, first day of the month of july. tam is off. nydia han joins us and we have news you didn't see last night. >> the hunt is on for the gunman who shot and killed man in delaware. >> an attempt to beat the heat proved deadly for a teen in philadelphia. >> oppressive heat and humidity return to the forecast. and accuweather is tracking the chance for thunderstorms. >> and to help us do that we have david murphy with accuweather and karen rogers taking an early look at the roads. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. let's get you right to satellite. it is a little bit muggy out there. you'll feel it as you step outside and you can see you have a bitter avenue clouds and sun mix on the way as well. there is rain out to the west. the own thing we're looking for today is a very stray thunderstorm. most of you probably missed that this afternoon. tomorrow there will be a better chance of some precipitation. 73 degrees in philadelphia right now and 72

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> good morningon this tuesday, first day in the month of july. tam is off. nydia han joins us and we have news you didn't see last night. >> the hunt is on for the gunman who shot and killed a man in delaware. >> an attempt to beat the heat proved deadly for a teen in philadelphia. >> oppressively high temperatures and humidity return to the forecast. and accuweather is tracking the chance for thunderstorms. >> david with details on that. karen rogers with an unusually busy morning on the roads. good morning. >> good morning, everybody, not too bad so far. we've got some sun up over the horizon. some of you with a bit of cloud cover overhead. satellite reinforcing that idea right now. and out to the west there's a little bit of rain. looks like it's mainly falling apart. there's a slight chance of a stray thunderstorm later did or tonight but most of you miss out on that. 73 currently in philadelphia, 73 in wilmington, 69 in allentow

. >> our own matt o'donnell proved his putting prowess at the bala golf club.ed his putting prowess at a little friendly competition to support a good cause. putt off carve cadets to help struggling teens get back on track. >> i was not the only person that made a putt there. despite the video showing this. they're going to lock me up if i miss. >> you had to make it. >> where was your checkered cap. >> i left it at home. next time. >> let's head outside live in southwest philadelphia, platt bridge by i-95, drying out looking good this morning. we got word tomorrow they're going to be putting up some new speed limit signs. speed limits dropping here on the platt bridge. right now it's 45. tomorrow it goes town to 35 so heads up for you if you use the platt to get to or from the airport. here's our good buddy ben, the ben franklin bridge. looks like this morning again we're only going have three lanes headed westbound into center city. that was the setup yesterday morning and it caused some big delays. also getting word of a new downed tree in hamilton township

. >> ♪ >> hello and good morning, i'm matt o'donnell. july 29th and we are live as the community plans to come together today to honor the three children killed by carjackers in tioga. plus, how the city may create a permanent memorial in their honor. >>> also happening today we're expecting to learn more about the final cause of the destructive train derailment in south jersey which happened back in 2012. >>> dramatic video showing a car bacterialing into a -- barreling into a repair shop. barely missing a mechanic. >>> cooler temperatures to start your morning. weat >>> and finally on this tuesday morning another offering for your viewing pleasure. sarah palin is just announcing her very own internet channel. >> to watch it for yourself you'll have to cough up about 100 bucks but our dan harris has the preview for free. ♪ >> hello and welcome to a new project. this is a news channel that really is a lot more than news. this is a community. >> reporter: sarah palin, former vice presidential candidate, former half term governor of alaska

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> good morning's 6:00 a.m. on this dnesdayjuly 23rd. matt o'donnell is off. erin o'hearn is joining us. here's what's happening. >> accuweather is tracking a big spike in the heat and humidity and the threat some late day thunderstorms. >> rescuers free a six week old baby from a locked suv and we have the video that you will only see right here on "action news." >> new at 6:00 the sign the times. a berks county woman shares a strong message with misfits on her block. >> and also we've been watch something breaking news. here's the latest downtown center city. the cher tan hotel has been evacuated after the smell of smoke forced officials to take emergency action. the action cam is live on the scene there right now. you see all of those people who were evacuated out of their rooms just having to sit there and wait. investigators say smoke started coming out of the basement. they believe it was caused by a malfunctioning electrical breaker. we're hearing that the breaker tripped. there are no reports

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. >> good morning, everyone, i'm matt o'donnell, 7:26 monday july 7. roblems on the northeast extension let's go over to matt pellman filling in for karen. the holiday is over and the fun is over, and there's no fun on the northeast extension. this gray vehicle struck the median barrier happened after midnight and the tractor-trailer came along and struck the disabled vehicle. seven hours later without the northbound lanes of the northeast extension at lansdale. everyone forced off, the better bet would be to stay on the northbound side of 309. the other big accident in bear, delaware. happened after 2:30 a.m. a truck carrying yogurt and hummus overturned at route 40 pulaski highway and school bell road stay with us on 13 to get around this one. >> live picture, the delaware river getting hotter this week. let's go outside to david murphy. yes it is, it will wind up a little more humid, 75 degrees, cloud cover overhead and sun is trying to break through in philadelphia, currently. all the numbers are in the mid 70s. the exclusive accuweather seven-day f

. >> good morning out there it's 4:30 now, tamala edwards with erin o'hearn, matt o'donnell has the morning off. we'll get to those stories in a moment. let's talk about the weather and head to meteorologist david murphy. welcome back, david. >> no thanks, no snakes in the studio i hope. partly cloudy across the region. some of you may be looking at nothing but stars right now. as we go through the day partly cloudy skies appear likely. rain to the south misses us for now. as we look at temperatures, 68 as you step outside. comfortable morning overall. 69 wilmington and mid 60s allentown and low 60s tren tone an 65 sea isle city. we may have partly cloudy skies and other areas clear and comfortable. temperatures go from 66 atmosphere 6 to 73 as we hit 8:00 this morning. 7 3w by 9, 8 1 by noon. and it may feel a tad more humid today than yesterday particularly as we roll into the afternoon. not terrible. and by 6:00 we're back to 61. enough sun endplay today. make sure you use the suncreen because of the high uv index at times when the sun is out today. when we come back we have a more humid

i'm matt o'donnell. matt pelman is standing by with a look at track. this week because volume has not been horrendous. we're something some of it in chester county along 202. northbound side from the 30 bypass through this point at 29, also getting used to that new southbound traffic pattern off to the right side instead of moving right here where the traffic was last week. have a crash to watch out for in worcester township along germantown pike at north trooper road. if you're taking your kids to curious kids preschool watch out for that accident in that area. meanwhile on the schuylkill expressway 95 is just normal morning volume. extra volume on the westbound ben franklin bridge because we own have three lanes instead of the normal four. and there's a broken down vehicle in cherry hill along 70 eastbound near haddonfield road blocking the median there. matt. >> okay, matt. thanks so much. >>> meteorologist karen rogers filling in for david murphy looking out for some storms later. karen. >> that's right, matt. right now we're just in the soup. real

matt o'donnell and i will host the freedom ceremony at 10:00 a.m. followed by the parade at 11:00 p.m. tonight rick williams, cesily tynan, adam joseph and karen rogers brings you it is 4th of july jam told me off by fireworks at the museum of alter. >> is it going to rain on matt and tam's parade? >> reporter: a little iffy, but it won't happen all the time. we have rain off to the north and west, there's a little bit creeping up to cape may. as we come in tighter you can see this is moving from the southwest to the north/northeast it's basically moving in a line through places like berks county and lancaster and areas close to allentown, earlier, allentown, bethlehem and easton are getting this. there's steady rain in there highlighted in yellow, but it's not a steady downpour. i want to drop down to the south, there's lighter stuff along the shore. i talked about heavier bands coming up this is rain attached to arthur. this is an outer rain band as this pushes up cruel -- you'll get steadier rain down the shore. there also the shore, it's not gre

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good morning, everybody, i'm matt o'donnell along with erin o'hern, tam is off, david is here and matt pellman is in for karen rogers. >> reporter: we have some breaks in the clouds, and we have rain up by toronto, this is in association with a cold front that will produce showers and thunderstorms tomorrow at the earliest. 75 degrees in philadelphia. 73 in allentown, 73 in reading. 70 in sea isle city and up the coast in atlantic city on the boardwalk. 73 by 6:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 75, fairly comfortable with humidity fairly low for now. as we roll through the day it gets hotter than over the weekend and a bit more humid, 75 degrees, okay to get out and run errands if you're doing that early. we have a fair amount of sun, so matt pellman sunscreen important if you head to the beach or the pool. >> reporter: did you have a nice weekend? >> reporter: yeah, it was nice. >> reporter: here we go back to work and back to reality and you'll expect backups, right now we have slowing on northeast extension approaching lansdale. we had a disabled vehicle and in the darkness a tractor-trailer come

good morning, everybody, i'm matt o'donnell along with erin o'hern, tam is off, david is here and mattllman is in for karen rogers. >> reporter: we have some breaks in the clouds, and we have rain up by toronto, this is in association with a cold front that will produce showers and thunderstorms tomorrow at the earliest. 75 degrees in philadelphia. 73 in allentown, 73 in reading. 70 in sea isle city and up the coast in atlantic city on the boardwalk. 73 by 6:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 75, fairly comfortable with humidity fairly low for now. as we roll through the day it gets

matt o'donnell and tamala edwards hosted the freedom ceremony, you can see the independence day parade and then rick williams and cecily tynan and adam joseph and karen rothers will bring you the party on the parkway capped off by fireworks over the museum of >>> usa is in a hole that might be too deep to climb out of. >> it's running out for the u.s. things have turned in the last few minutes. look at the highlights from brazil. dicey moments early in this match. opening minute, belgium checking to see if tim howard is ready? howard is standing on his head in this match. dempsey and bradley with stop and go action, no dice. fast forward, we are injury time. the net is wide open for him, that is actual another howard save there -- now the one i was talking about. he has an open net and goes over the net. we go to extra time, 93rd minute. after a u.s. turnover, belgium star kevin debruhny. the americans have just now scored, it's 2-1, and we are at the 107th minute and we play to 120th minutes maybe more. so it's not over just yet. the winner of this match faces argentina. scoreless aft

cutting hair, a new initiative aims at the >> good morning it is 5:00 a.m., friday, july 25, matt o'donnell is off, eva pilgrim is joining us. we're following breaking news this morning. >> a grizzly discovery in south jersey overnight. a delivery man finds a body dump on the side of a road. >> we're learning about the suspect who opened fire at a delaware county hospital leaving one woman dead and a doctor wounded. >> the phillies eagles fans, the birds report to training camp today. >> the wait is over to get out of that terrible sticky weather, it's here, david has that and matt pellman is looking at the

. >> "good morning america," i'm matt o'donnell along with tamala edwards. karen rogers is back, filling in for david murphy. hey karen. >> reporter: good morning, we're looking at storm tracker 6 live double scan, we have a couple of showers and sprinkles touching down in delaware and south jersey. we're seeing what's going on in baltimore right. the movement of that is slowly inching its way around the region here. we have a chance for a shower or thunderstorm at any point. some of these storms could be gusty or severe. that's why we're watching them so closely. 75 degrees in philadelphia. 72 in allentown. it's warm and muggy. 73 in wilmington. 670 degrees even on the boards this morning in ac. and as we look at the dewpoints you can see they are in the upper 60s in philadelphia. but already 70 in some locations, 70 is what we consider oppressively humid, today is a hot day, humid day, high of 91 degrees we're watching for gusty thunderstorms coming through, especially later on, more details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tam. >> thank you

matt o'donnell and tamala edwarded hosts the celebration and parade. and join, rick williams, cecily tynan and adam joseph and karen rogers for the fireworks over the museum of art. we have advisories and we could get tumultuous weather. >> philadelphia is storm free and it's steamy and we have strong storms developing in the north and west suburbs, one cell is sitting over north central buck county, moving at 6 miles per hour over bedminster and dublin. and it's tapping into high humidity and dropping a lot of rain, a flash flood warning is posted for north sensual buck county and already 2.5 inches has fall and in this region. this likely will cause flash flooding and that warning is in affect until 10:15 tonight. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a strong line of storms working in lancaster county into berks county and birdsboro and lauer and hill, all in the path of this storm system. again, this is moving slowly at 15 miles per hour. berks county is under a flash flood warning until 9:30, all right 2.5 inches of rain and could get 2 more inc

. >>> matt o'donnell and i will kick off things with the freedom ceremony attended by vice president joe biden and followed by the parade from 11:00 p.m. to 12 and rick williams, cesily tynan, adam joseph and karen rogers will bring you the wawa welcome america jam followed by fireworks. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you most of the rain is in the northern and western suburbs, as we go into that two-dimensional view there's a little bit of showers pushing up the i-95 corridor. that's pushing through chester county and new castle county, the steadiest rain in berks county and lancaster county and allentown you're getting caught with a little bit of this same thing in bethlehem and easton. no lightning, but this is an early rain band we're expecting from arthur. looks like one is forming off the coast, but right now it's scattered stuff down there. we have cloudy skies the sun trying to break through some of the early cloud cover, that hams even when you have the deck of clouds over philadelphia. warm and muggy out there, dewpoint, 67. it's on the humid side. wind

. >> good morning, 5:30, matt o'donnell is off, eastbound eve joins us, let's go over to david whose talking about a great day in accuweather and matt pellman is in for karen. >> reporter: today is great. we have sun coming up over the horizon and lack of he any cloud cover. high pressure building this will keep winds light and keeping us under the sun and insuring that we remain with a low humidity pattern always the gentle little flow is coming out of the dry north. 60 in wilmington, just refreshing as you step outside. not a lot of wind. 56 degrees and 66 in sea isle city. everybody cool and comfortable. as you head out, expect sun up over the horizon, probably still maintaining temperatures in the upper 60s. comfortable conditions, clear. as we roll through the day, it's going to feel like summer. it's not going to be humid, 71 degrees by 9:00 a.m., 84 is the high at 3:00 p.m. and probably holding on to the low 80s by 6:00 p.m. matt pellman if you have plans to be out on the town tonight you picked a great night for its going to be comfortable and fun weather. when i come back we'

. >> good morning, everyone, i'm matt o'donnell, 7:26 on this thursday, july 10. ff, matt pellman is here with traffic, the schuylkill expressway is always making us go grrr. >> reporter: there's always something on the schuylkill expressway. we have a broken down vehicle on the eastbound side between the boulevard and montgomery drive. police assisting, eastbound is stacked from belmont to montgomery. westbound is busy past montgomery to gladwyn. in northeast philadelphia, traffic light troubles along welsh road at bluegrass road by the shopping center. throughout the day today and tomorrow, in north hampton, bucks county. alms house road is shut down for construction. stay on bristol. bristol is the alternate for lime kiln in chalfonte. that's the ben franklin bridge trying to back up in the municipality today. david murphy has the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: i expect the humidity to dip in northern areas and lastly down the shore. speaking of which we have thunderstorms to deal with at the shore, it's pushing rve pushing -- atlantic county and cape may co

matt o'donnell is off and erin o'hearn is joining us and matt pellman is in for karen. first off david will look at weather. good morning. >> good morning, guys, now we have clear skies overhead. maybe a couple clouds trying to filter in from the south during the morning rush hour. generally speaking is it will be fairly bright start out there and over all partly sunny skies today. 68 in philadelphia. 66 wilmington and 65 allentown and 60 trenton and 65 sea isle city. comfortable with 60s

>> hello everyone, i'm matt o'donnell. it is 7:56 on this wednesday, july 2nd. oads and karen rogers. karen. >> hey, matt, just checking out this accident scene westbound on the schuylkill at the blue route as yu heading towards king brush. this is blocking left lane and part of the right lane. , see this guy right now working on it right now and we've got a couple of vehicles involved with this. you can see the destruction of this one right here so a messy accident. there's a fuel spill. now we're getting a close look, a fuel spill as well so all blocking the left lane and part of the right lane. now this is the schuylkill past conshohocken curve and you see that westbound traffic because of this really jamming at this point past gladwyne to the blue route. might want to stick to ridge pike or 23, conshohocken state road, that's opened today. avoid the mess on the schuylkill. also this accident involving a vehicle into a pole still a problem in cheltenham church road at willow grove avenue. stick to cheltenham avenue instead, matt. >> okay, thanks karen. >>> liv

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morningryone. it's 6 o'clock on this wednesday july 9th. tam is off. wednesday july 9th. here's what's happening. >> a strong line of storms rolls across the region leaving behind downed trees, crushed cars and thousands of people without power. >> philadelphia leaders go to great lengths to defend the actions of firefighters and dispatchers the morning a fire killed four children. >> a missouri woman learns she is living in a real life house of horrors. >> let's get your weather and traffic update from david murphy and matt pelman filling in for karen. good morning. >> good morning. it's comfortable enough out here on the terrace although just a tad humid. as we take a look we've got sun coming up over the horizon. satellite shows you that we are mixing that sun with clouds especially down the shore. sprinkles getting close to clearing the coast. we'll keep our eyes out to the west for more thunderstorms to pop up later today. 73 is the current temperature in philadelphia. not too bad. actua

join us for all the 4th of july festivities, matt o'donnell and i will host the freedom ceremony at 10:00 a.m. followed by the parade at 11:00 a.m. and tonight, rick williams, cesily tynan and adam joseph, and karen rogers will bring you the 4th of july jam. >> the fireworks look good, 10:00 a.m., and the parade, what are we looking? >> reporter: we'll have showers around, but not a washout. we have rain in the northern suburbs, as we go in tighter you can see the next batch coming through reading that will be steady rain that will not last much longer. in bucks, chester, light stuff, nuisance stuff. there's another batch that might form off the coast, for now it's the light sprinkle down by atlantic city. as we look outside we have sky 6 at the airport, it's a little bit gray out there for now, and probably will be for a good portion of the morning, but the afternoon in particular does look better. 74 degrees in philadelphia, it feels a bit muggy out there. 69 in allentown, 73 in wilmington, 72 in sea isle city. in terms of this morning activities around the region, all right, between

matt o'donnell hosts the celebration followed by the independence day parade and at 7:00 friday night, cecily tynan and i along with adam joseph and karen rogers will bringou the party on the parkway capped off by fireworks over the art museum. >>> up next, the controversy over a college cheerleader and her facebook pictures that have gone viral. >> and the hidden charges that could be lurking in your monthly bills. and meteorologist, david murphy will be back with your seven-day forecast. >>> firefighters are scrambling to protect 200 homes from a wild fire in napa, california, today. it burned 300 acres and damaged five structures since the blaze started yesterday afternoon. no injuries are reported. >>> the libyan militant now in u.s. custody in the benghazi attacks was in a washington, d.c., courtroom today. he is the suspected ring leader in the attack that killed four americans including ambassador, chris stevens, they say that they continue to target americans with deadly and distruckive intentions and should remain in detention. >>> a college cheerleaders hunting trip is causi

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. >> friday this noon, our own matt o'donnell took part in a golf outing it raise the money for campe that young people will pursue a career in law enforcement, nice job. >> don't forget, "action news" at 4, 5 and 6:00 p.m. for meteorologist david murphy and karen rogers, our "action news" team, i'm rick williams. new i am in trouble. [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ >> uh, uh! hey. what up, baby? what up, boss? what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up? hey, hey! all right. [cheers and applause] exciting. hello, everybody, and welcome to millionaire. i'm so excited for this week. we are going to give away lots of money to a bunch of great causes, because it's celebrity week, y'all! [cheers and applause] and every day, the hottest stars are here to play for charity. and, ladies, i've brought you a little something to start off the week with a little nice eye candy. from bet's real husbands of hollywood, y'all show some love for my dog, boris kodjoe! let him know! >> how you guys doing? [cheers and applause]

we are your station for all the 4th of july festivities, at 10:00 a.m., matt o'donnell and tamala edwards host the ceremony as well as the parade and don't miss the 4th of july jam hosted by cecily tynan and karen rogers, a huge concert and fireworks show leads up to "action news" at 11:00. >> it's going to be a fun evening that is for sure. >> i may even sing. wait wait. >> just for that i'm definitely going to sing. matt pellman is in the traffic center. you wouldn't mind. >> i may not go now. our cars don't want to run in this hot weather. broken down vehicle on the schuylkill, police pulled up to assist and the left lane is blocked, a parking lot coming away from 202 from gulph mills and farther east on the schuylkill, because the vine, all is not fine on the vine, it's a parking lot, another stalled vehicle on broad street there. and westbound side is backing up approaching 76 and expect a slow down on the northeast extension because of a crash past landsdale. speeds like 10 and 13 miles per hour. because of a crash near 295, taking out the two center lanes, farther along on 55, are

." >> of course you can catch all the 4th of july festivities on channel 6, at 10:00 matt o'donnell and tamala edwards hosts the freedom ceremony and then the independenceance day parade and at 7:00 p.m., rick williams and cecily tynan and karen rogers and adam joseph bring you the 4 and of july jam capped off by fireworks off the mousse automatic of art. >>> philadelphia police have charged the man whose mother was founded in his freezer. he turned himself into police this afternoon and is charged with abuse of a corpse, he has not been seen his his mother andrea was founded in her home. they are waiting for the body to thaw out to determine when and how she died. >>> the cigarette sales tax, the $2 per pack tax would be funneled in the cash strapped school district. and jerry jordan issued a statement saying theedcaters and parents of philadelphia should be proud of how our legislators have advocated for our city's children. >>> meanwhile, school reform commission board member, pritchard, resigned today and he was immediately replaced with long time philadelphia educator and advocate

join us for the festivities, matt o'donnell and i are proud to kick off things with the freedom ceremony followed by the independence parade at 11:00 p.m. and rick williams and cesily tynan and adam joseph and religion karen rogers will be bring you the -- bring you the 4th of july jam. >> we're learning about the gm recall of 34.3 million vehicles. it was issued after finding a 9-year-old e-mail in the files warning of trouble. >>> the dow crossed the 17,000 plateau for the first time to end the week. wall street is closed for the holiday. >>> nation's unemployment rate fell 6.1% that's the lowest level since the financial crisis struck five 1/2 years ago. this is the best hiring streak since the 1990s, however, the caveat here, wages are relatively stagnant. back to you. >> our thowrlts today are with -- our thoughts today are with our servicemen and women, family friend and strangers welcome home joseph jones iii. he just finished an 11 month employment in afghanistan. welcome home, pfc jones, thank you to all of you for stepping up. >> and they painted the town red, white and blue in