and matt pellman is in for karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: govern everybody, we expect the humidity to rise as the day goes on. we have sunshine to the east and generally speaking we've clouds and sunny breaks and we may see a pop-up storm later. humidity on the low side, 68 in allentown and reading, 71 in wilmington, 71 in cape may. 68 in dover, delaware. your call for this afternoon 68 degrees by 7:00 a.m. noon, 80 degrees, later today 85. by 3:00 p.m. i expect a high of 86 around 4:00 p.m. notice how i'm posting a chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm later this afternoon and into the evening. where those hit you want to take cover because there's a small chance of an isolated storm that produces strong gusty winds. take cover if you hear thunder. when i step inside we have more storms on tap and another chance of strong gusty weather and chance of downpours. matt, looks like you're looking at the bridge open. >> reporter: tacony-palmyra bridge is back down there goes the line starting to move across the tacony-palmyra bridge. slowing on either side. busy on i-95 coming off t

for david murphy, tamala edwards, matt pellman, i'm matt o'donnell. see you later everyone. u >>> good morning, america. o.j. simpson ready to walk free. granted parole in a unanimous vote. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> after serving nine years behind bars robbery, the backlash growing this morning over o.j.'s demeanor in court. >> i basically have spent a conflict-free life. >> now, the countdown to his release. what's next for the former football star? we hear from his friends and supporters this morning as we also hear from ron goldman's family live. >>> breaking overnight, a deadly earthquake striking a popular tourist spot overseas rattling a greek island. the 6.7 quake injuring hundreds, killing at least two a buildings collapsing around them.

. >> david murphy is off, meteorologist karen rogers has more on that, matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: i was very excited to come in here this morning, because it's so cool in the studio. >> reporter: and you don't have to pay for it. somebody else is footing the bill for the the air-conditioning. we had a few storms yesterday, they were spotty in nature and not breaking the heat. we're dealing with the heat for an extended period of time today will be worse. let's look at the current numbers, 80 degrees in philadelphia. 73 in reading, 4 allentown, trenton and wilmington, 78 degrees that means that we are already approve our average high for this date. the shore, 78, at the airport in ac. you go further inland, 74 degrees, a little bit better in cape may. 79 degrees by 7:00 a.m. we'll see lots of sunshine, blazing sunshine. lunch time you're in the 90s. # p.m., 59. 97 at 5:00 p.m. 95 at 7:00 p.m. 91 degrees. look at the dewpoints. 74 in philadelphia. 75 in wilmington, 76 in dover. anytime you get over 70 it feels oppressive. already feeling oppressive and staying that way. we'll talk

i'll have that coming up, matt pellman. >> reporter: nice warm lamb-like weather today. good morning everyone, pretty calm traffic here, as well. schuylkill expressway westbound side see that, you have a little bit bump because they milled the westbound lane by city avenue. resurfacing project on the long stretch of 76 that continues. they do the work in the overnight, but you're dealing with the ramifications during the rush hour. expect the dust and bumpy conditions westbound this morning. eastbound has cleared out, they were both directions last night. there are no issues along i-95. what has not cleared is the work along columbus boulevard, southbound in queen village. one lane getting by, expect delays coming off i-95 once again this morning especially during the rush hours. vine street expressway, open and clear, no overnight construction last night, the crews work tonight starting at 11:00 p.m., they shut it down in both directions. woodhaven road eastbound construction that too, has cleared. lehigh valley without, 222 is blocked because of a crash. 78 or hamilton

matt pellman i'll have the seven day for you, no 90s as we look ahead. we've got that going for us we're making progress, but we're still without the southbound lanes of i-95. we are getting a better idea why it is taking long to clean up. looks like there was a substantial fuel spill when the truck jackknifed in the southbound lanes under the ben franklin bridge this morning. they put a ton of sand down all over the roadway. it's no day at the beach southbound on i-95 parking lot betsy ross bridge into 676 vine expressway, all southbound traffic is being forced off. people hitting a line of traffic stacked up from broad to the schuylkill expressway. a lot of people are hopping on 76 eastbound as the alternate to i-95 southbound. you can use columbus boulevard or delaware avenue one of the numbered street. expect traffic detouring away from the i-95 southbound closure. we have a truck that's broken down on the ramp 22nd street to the westbound vine. blocked again this morning because of the disabled truck. we had earlier issues on the schuylkill expressw

right now we'll head over to matt pellman. he has a look at traffic right now. matt it is moving right along. >> reporte along i-95, we've been keeping track of many, many many, many many overnight construction zones jennette and tam, including on i-95 northbound side of chester up to the blue route are they have cleared everything is open. if you're catching an early morning flight from phl groor good to -- you're good to go. there's one in upper gwynedd along valley forge road at allentown road. overnight construction 476 the northeast extension cleared. speaking of valley forge there was work on the east/west turnpike near the valley forge interchange. these crews packed up and west. eastbound approaching bensalem the right and center lanes on the ramp is partially blocked, so pennsylvania turnpike eastbound in bucks county, there are crews out there. milling work in cherry hill. a zone on 295 southbound between the black horse pike and 42 until 6:00 a.m. salem county southbound heading toward the delaware memorial bridge, one lane is out there, until 6:00. ti

i'll be tracking more storms today, matt pellman. >> reporter: we had an accident on i-95 northbound where a pickup truck flipped over, they made quick work of it. truck is gone and everything reopened on i-95 in philadelphia. vine street expressway, all lanes open, but tonight they the crews come back and they will close the vine one more time tonight at 11:00 p.m. that zone is gone as is the one on i-95 southbound by enterprise avenue, everything is reopened there. we have a new situation in glenolden, delaware county. a bad two vehicle crash, one vehicle into a pole, people are trapped in the wreckage. chester pike 13 at gardener avenue a spot you don't want to be, stay on mcdade boulevard instead of chester pike. live look at the blue route, 476 southbound lanes by norristown, overnight construction here is gone, everything is reopened as you head toward the schuylkill expressway on this thursday morning. >> we are following breaking news, philadelphia police are investigating a shooting ambush in germantown, it happened just a block away from where a similar style attack happene

matt pellman is in for karen rogers taking a look at traffic good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, we're off to a beautiful start low humidity and nice cool comfortable conditions, as you mentioned, the sun is on its way up. satellite shows a little bit cloud cover out to the west of us that's breaking a part. generally speaking bright conditions. 65 degrees in philadelphia. trenton, allentown and reading, upper 50s, mid 50s in millville. it's a morning when you go outside it's just beautiful. dewpoints on the low side most of us in the 50s that means low humidity and no sign of any stickiness. 65 degrees by 7:00 a.m. noon, 83. 3:00 p.m., 88. it's going to be warm this afternoon. information i expect a high of 89 at 4:00 p.m. it's sunny and not very humid. cool drinks a-okay. tomorrow, a tad more humid. wednesday, thursday, friday it might be stickier and spotty thunderstorms, i'll go over that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. what you got on the schuylkill expressway. >> reporter: i don't know what kind of road surface you like to drive on. we have a roa

time for a last look at traffic, let's go over to matt pellman, good morning. >> reporter: we're watching jersey jams on 42 northbound

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matt pellman what you got on roads? >> reporter: we have a crash i-95 southbound columbus boulevard heading toward the walt whitman bridge. coming down from penns landing stay to your left of course it was a more dangerous situation earlier, but at this point the right lane is blocked, something to be aware of. nothing block on the scion street expressway, overnight construction crews cleared out. the crews don't return until monday night. they have the weekend off from the overnight construction closures. just a little bit light fog in center city. as you go toward chester county we're seeing substantial fog this morning, this is the scene in downingtown, 30 bypass by business 30. the complex over there by the movie theater. the delays are not bad by 30 eastbound, the fog is relatively thick, something to be aware of. crash on the northeast extension northbound side approaching lehigh valley interchange left lane is out of commission as they work on the accident. we have a downed pole blocking 29 main street, gravel pi

matt pellman more may be on the way tomorrow. what he you got on the roads early? >> reporter: we've been talking about the resurfacing project along the schuylkill expressway, last night was the first night they started to tear up i-76. eastbound lanes indicating different color, indicating they did milling overnight. it's a rough ride eastbound past the blue route. the crews are cleared out of the way they will return tonight. same true for the vine street expressway, crews have cleared, they will be back tonight at 11:00. all lanes are open in both directions, a little bit westbound brake tapping as you approach the schuylkill expressway. speeds in the 40s and 50 as is on the major highways. a bridge opening at the tacony-palmyra just in the process of coming back down, the ship has gone through, heading northbound. head to the betsy ross bridge, traffic will be moving before too long. i-95, headlines coming southbound, the crowds is gathering, but not bad. the crash in glenolden at 13 in and -- 13th and gardener avenue. >>> a man was in germantown and a someone

. >> david murphy that's what we want tear about, matt pellman in your in karen rogers taking a look at traffic, good morning. >> reporter: we might have to wait a while for it, but we'll see sunshine later in the day. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing the bulk of the rain is off to the north and west of philadelphia. light stuff in reading and allentown, the heavier stuff farther north and west. where you don't see the green around the i-95 corridor and elsewhere, low lying crowds giving you drizzle on the windshield and additional shower activity in baltimore. 72 inned if. upper 60s in al-- 72 degrees in philadelphia. upper 60s in wilmington. dewpoints are high, a lot of 70s across the region, that's an indicater of oppressive humidity. when the sun comes back today you'll feel that. 71 degrees by 7:00. noon peeks of sunshine, but there's still a chance of spotty thundershower activity and thunderstorm. 3:00 p.m., 84. 5:00 p.m., that's the high, 85 degrees 7:00, 84. in the northern and western suburbs we might see a shower or thundershower that could come into philadelphia a

. >> matt pellman is looking at traffic and david murphy has weather good morning gentlemen. >> reporter: satellite shows you a little bit of cloud cover out there, we are expecting sunny breaks through the day, the humidity levels are going to rise up gradually as the day goes on there's a chance of a pop-up showers or thunderstorm later this afternoon and tonight. temperatures, 64 in trenton. 68 in allentown. 68 in beach haven. 63 in ac. philadelphia, 68. 69 in wilmington. 68 in dover. fairly comfortable conditions with the humidity on the low side. 68 by 7:00. noon, 80. today's high, 86. you don't see it on the map because i think it will happen probably back around 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. notice how i am posting a chance of a spotty thunderstorm at 5 and 7:00 p.m. take cover from the storm because there's a slight chance it could be on the strong side. the storm prediction center made a change. looked like we were in the yellow zone it was a margal risk scattered thunderstorms, now we're in the green that means are a chance of an isolated thunderstorm here or there that could be st

. >>> karen rogers is off, we're joined by david murphy and matt pellman, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, time to start a new workweek, a shortened week for most. >> reporter: today is hot and humid, but a good time to spend time near the pool. we have rain off the coast and showers exiting. we'll start out with sunshine and partly cloudy skies later on today. there's a chance of a late thunderstorm. 75 in philadelphia. 73 in wilmington. 69-degree readings in allentown and reading. 68 in lancaster. 73 in ac. 71 in cape may. it's humid out there today, we are expecting it to maintain fairly sunny conditions until later in the afternoon, 76 degrees by 7:00. noon 88. the high today at 3:00 p.m., 92 degrees, 88 by 7:00 p.m. tonight. if you're at the pool today we expect mainly dry conditions, but late in the day there's a chance of a thunderstorm north and west, if you hear thunder take cover and get off the pool deck. matt pellman when we come back we'll look at the rest of the july 4th forecast and the period extending into the coming week. sticky today, though. >>

matt pellman has the traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, for the past couple of days we started off with mostly cloudy skies. we're catching

. >> matt pellman how is the traffic shaping up? >> reporter: or stay on one of the boats that's a good spot to bees as well. it's shaping up pretty well, but we have crashes including one on i-95. volume is so light there's no delays. northbound toward cottman avenue watch out for the crash i-95 near bridge street. east norton montgomery county along swede road at evergreen road near the rolling green apartments. plenty of overnight construction in montgomery until 5:30, the next 15 minutes, walton road, plymouth road, flourtown road we're in construction season people, i don't have to tell you that. work on the blue route has cleared. as has construction on 476 the northeast extension near lansdale. everything reopened there. speeds in the 60s. looking good at this point. if you're down the shore and close to it in dennis township, route 9 blocked off downed wires, ocean view vet hospital, nine is blocked this morning. 49 in blocked until 6:00 for construction stay on 40 harding highway as the alternate. commuter report, cracker o

karen rogers is off, let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman with weather and traffic, good morning. >> reporter: is it really, though? >> reporter: not really we have a flash flood warning in effect in philadelphia and parts of south jersey and areas of northern delaware, as well. this is where we've had as much as 2 to 4 inches of rain overnight. we have high water on the roads you saw and the traffic cameras. we have a flood watch until 7:00 a.m. or longer, depending on how soon the rain gets out of here. flooding is an issue in urban areas and creeks and streams. we have a blob of rain coming in with scattered showers off to the west. you can see there are heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing east of philadelphia. the rain the heavy stuff is in the process of pushing past philadelphia pretty quickly. remember because we've had two to four inches in spots it will be a while before the rain settles and gets off the roads. additional rain in harrisburg that will pop through this morning. we're starting out with a warm temperature profile. 72 in philadelphia. 70 in allentown. 71

. >> once again, good morning, everyone, let's turn to david murphy and matt pellman for weather and traffic. >> reporter: good morning didn't have to use the umbrella for a day or two, i guess it's back later today. >> reporter: especially this afternoon and overnight tonight it will be heavy in parts of the region. we have a flood watch in effect not the entire region, but areas up to the pennsylvania turnpike and points south. it kicks in this afternoon and ends saturday afternoon. we'll be in an extended period of on and off heavy rain. we have cloudy skies and blips of precipitation down in delaware and more rain to the west. we'll be watching that over the next several hours. 72 in philadelphia. muggy. 66 in allentown. 73 in beach haven, 74 degrees in cape may. 81 degrees by noon, might get sunny breaks early in the day, by 3:00 p.m., the high is 84. i'm posting the chance of pop-up showers and thunderstorms beginning to fill in more as we go into the evening and overnight hours. of course we have a couple of issues with us, the first would be flooding. there's definitely the c

they are dealing with flooding around the region. >> along those lines let's turn to matt pellman, go to -- good . >> reporter: our cup over flowth. it's kind of a mess as you head out this morning, matt and tam. i-95 there's a jackknifed truck southbound, the truck jackknifed under the ben franklin bridge. no traffic is getting by, all lanes block on i-95 southbound you want to use delaware avenue or columbus boulevard or head to the schuylkill expressway eastbound, but 95 southbound blocked off right now. when you get on the vine westbound we had a crash here, as well approaching 76 that just cleared. everything is open along the vine. there was no overnight construction, so you're good to go as you detour around the i-95 closure. let's get to the burbs, a down tree perkiomenville road at penny road route 63 sum -- sumneytown pike. creek road is blocked because of flooding, barely mill alternate there. flooding close to apple bee road stay on 273 as you head to 213 to get to the new castle airport. >>> we had a crash earlier on the schuylkill expressway westbound under beneath 30th

karen rogers is off, matt pellman is in for her. >> reporter: if a ton of -- i have a ton of issues on the road. >> reporter: we have a lot of cloud cover in place, we have shower activity to the south and west starting to well into theen for now it's light rain highlighted in lighter shades of castle countyinto chester delaware where it is falling a part north of wilmington. farther to the darker shades of green and yellow by baltimore, all that is on the way. at off and on shower activity. 70 in allentown. 73 in cape may at this hour. it's a little bit humid out there. noon, 77. the high today 78 we'll be on or about that about 3:00 p.m. mid 70s by 7:00 p.m. we're posting thunderstorms for each and every part of the day here, it doesn't mean it will be a washout, the means there can be a pop-up shower or thunderstorm at any time during the day. we're looking at the possibility of severe thunderstorms, but only well to the south, i'm showing you this, because yesterday at noon, cape may county and the southern two-thirds of delaware would have a shot of that, but the storm prediction

. >> let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman good morning guys. >> reporter: it's a high stakes forecast. you can do it. >> reporter: weather center shows there's a lack of cloud cover. we have sunshine coming in with a batch of clouds moving away. out near cincinnati there's a shower developing there could be an issue for our northern suburbs. 74 degrees in philadelphia. 72 in wilmington, 72 in trenton. still in the 60s in allentown, reading and lancaster. 69 in millville. down in cape may, 70 degrees, here's how it will roll we'll start out with sunshine and wind up with clouds throughout the afternoon. 76 degrees by 7:00. 88 by noon, a forecast high of 92 degrees by 3:00 p.m. it's humid out there, but i expect the humidity to ease back later in the day, nonetheless hot enough for cool drinks. 90 degrees by 5:00. 88 degrees by 7:00. there's a chance of a pop up potentially strong thunderstorm especially in the northern and western area this afternoon. if you're he had pool, 91 by 4:00 p.m. if you hear thunder most of you won't, but if you do, i want you to take cover if you're

. >> let's go over to matt pellman and david murphy. i thought i was in san francisco. it was very, very nice. >> reporter: except for sour dough bread, that would have been nice. >> reporter: this afternoon plans, i hope so, it's going to be another nice one. we have cloud cover off the coast along with the storm system that came in over the weekend. now clouds sweeping in from the west. 66 degrees in philadelphia. 65 in beach haven. in allentown we're at 59 degrees. 55 in atlantic city. 61 in wilmington, 64 degrees for the early stroll on the promenade in cape may. as we take a look at the temperature profile today. it's going to be a warm one, 65 degrees by 7:00. noon, 83. maybe you want to keep the pooch off the sidewalk, it's going to be warm this afternoon get your evening walk in with fido. 89 degrees is the high, 86 degrees by 7:00. when you take a look at the dewpoints today they are not bad as you step outside, mostly in the 50s, we've got a 60-degree reading in reading. anytime you're in the 50s that's not humid air. humid and hot tomorrow, the stickies come

we'll work on that matt pellman? >> matt stay neutral.he middle of the highway there. >> i wish we could keep listening to him instead of talking about this mess. what a mess it has been along 95, a crash at the girard point bridge it's still gone but giving us a huge delay. through this point the whole way to the double decker bridge, pack your patiences in addition to the poncho of course. a long red line on the east side special by that does not help us out. they tore up the eastbound lane by the blue route and we expect them to tear up who tonight. a crash near ardmore at ardmore avenue and one at brook haven road and mushroom country near kennett scare a crash at hillin dale road. through the route 1 oxford bypass and teens on the concord pike and of of course it's a deluge down in middletown and townsend, delaware, a number of streets blocked off because of high water, portions of main street, 299 westbound blocked and saints anns road blocked. >> thanks matt. >>> well, today an 11-year-old boy in wilmington delaware got a huge birt

lets go to matt pellman. >> hi guys, drivers are investing time if their transportation needs mean i-orthbound, a crash if delco northbound lanes near 452 takes out the center lane and penndot is on the scene and locked up from the delaware state line. and the bigger delays are farther north on 95 from cotman approaching woodhaven it's a slow crawl the left lane is still blocked approaching woodhaven. and travel times nearly an hour and should be 14 minutes, you want to think alternated to the northbound of 95, like the boulevard or even frankford avenue. keep in mind in fishtown it's blocked from the water main break and we are hearing from the water department that that should open tomorrow afternoon. big delays toward the walt whitman bridge with people heading down the shore for the weekend many and the burlington bristol bridge is wrapping up an opening and still block because of the northbound side and bridgeboro road is an alternate there. >> thank you. >>> more ahead on "action news" this evening. the eagles hit the grid iron with rookies and veterans for the first time at tra

matt pellman is live in the "action news" traffic center. h to you matt. >> same to you and drivers are free to move freely on this independence day but a few slow speeds on the northbound side of the garden state parkway approaching the a.c. expressway people are starting to head back from the jersey shore shore points and adam is warning about pop-up stormed but highway 1 at the delaware toll plaza not too bad. dover downs off to the left and volume at this point is not a major issue on highway 1 toward newcastle county. a lot of people are waiting it out in the shore towns until after the fireworks and coming home late tonight or early tomorrow or maybe getting to stay down there the whole week. on the big picture the issue is not volume but closures around the parkway including ramps from the schuylkill and vine street expressway to the parkway they are blocked off because of the parkway closure itself. and in rock ledge a crash by ritas along huntington pike. >> thank you. >>> well, some are headed to the next holiday destination the act

lets go live to matt pellman. >> we want to hit the bar, dairy of course.n the shore now a crash brought down a pole and wires on route 9 in dennis township by the ocean view veterinary hospital. stay on the parkway or route 47. and big problems this afternoon coming out of delaware into pennsylvania, a box truck fire on the northbound side of 95 near the state line, that is still taking out the right lane, causing huge delays out of wilmington on 95 and 495, if you come from say newcastle take the bridge to the commodore barry bridge and you'll miss this mess from the state line from delaware to pennsylvania. >> here in westchester it looks like the accident at high street at 202, is in the process of clearing and mack laquer west town road is a better bet. ain crash in malvern on 29 southbound, that say nasty one. and out and about in the lehigh valley issues this afternoon along 78 eastbound by bethlehem. slow speed there's stay on 22. you may be a little better off. back over to you. >> thank you. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight. a local woma

matt pellman in the traffic center on a tuesday night. any field goals as far as traffic is concerned. >> the goal is to get home quickly and this evenings it's not being realize. we feel blue you because of a southbound accident at baltimore pike at the swarthmore interchange. it happens 15 minutes and and emergency crews are on the scene and all the traffic is funneling down to the right lane down to 95 that means extra slow coming down through villanova from this point at media blue route this afternoon. just off the blue route a crash north of the mall at atrium way. and on the big picture a crash along 95 northbound at penn's landing is gone and one along the shoulder at academy, speeds in the teens there north of cotman. and west philadelphia a crash at 53rd and woodland involving the 11 trolley than means delays on the septa route 11 trolley. and crash at route 1 off to the side. and 13 and memorial drive by new york fried chicken is gone. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >>> more ahead on "action news" at 5:00. new resu

let's go to matt pellman ending the morning in gloucester county.have set up construction in the girard point bridge slowing north of the phl. frankford avenue is closed in fishtown, expected to open this afternoon. tam, have a nice weekend. >> let's see how the weekend will be and go outside to david murphy. >> reporter: it's getting brighter on the terrace, but we're warm and muggy. this afternoon, high of 84. it will cloud up again, starting this afternoon there's a flood watch that continues through saturday so we have the accuweather alert red bars today and tomorrow. pockets of heavy rain will develop today and this evening, overnight it fills in heavy rain in through saturday morning, 84 today, 73 tomorrow, be carefulful any flooded areas. things get better on sunday, tam. >>> the state of new jersey is trying to take more guns off the street. coming up on "action news" citizen noon, we'll have details on gun buy back happening right now. find out when and where you can surrender your weapons today in exchange for cash with no questions asked

let's head over to matt pellman a last look at traffic.crank the ac and get through this thursday. it's going to be a slow one from the westbound side of the schuylkill expressway from the boulevard to the blue route 476 due in part to the earlier vehicle fire we had on the northbound side of the blue route approaching ridge pike. it's gone now, but caused the extra-heavy delays on 76. southbound blue route is slow coming out of the mid county tolls. >>> we had a medical emergency on the 30 bypass eastbound toward downingtown. it just cleared. we have a crash by the brandywine learning center 401. w0u6789 for -- watch out for a wreck on evansberg road. >> let's go outside to karen rogers with the heat. >> reporter: we have new numbers coming in with the current heat index values. feels like 90 degrees in philadelphia. 91 in wilmington with, feels like 96 in millville. dover has not updated. it has no the happened until just this time, 97 is the high. it's going to feel like it's over 100. sun and clouds, only an isolated shower later on to

let's head over to matt pellman starting on i-95.g. >> reporter: there's something in the water on i-95 in delaware these days, each of the last three mornings we have a southbound accidents in the southbound lanes approaching 273. tractor-trailer crash taking out two lanes, single digits speeds from 141. if you can stay on kirkwood highway or pulaski highway you're better off. i-95 southbound busy from bridge to girard. two lanes on the walt whitman bridge getting by, we saw slowing but it is not too bad. a crash 309 southbound by station road. earlier delays on the warminster, west trenton and lansdale doylestown line are easing because the signal problems near jenkintown have been resolved, tam. >> we'll take a short break and come back to accuweather. getting a cancer diagnosis is difficult. getting an appointment with a specialist shouldn't be. at cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, you can see a cancer specialist in as little as 24 hours. you'll meet with a physician who will discuss treatment options, answer y

let's go over to matt pellman with traffic, good morning.huylkill expressway, they milled a lane overnight. it's crowd and a bumpy ride in the left lane. i have a vehicle that doesn't want to run on the boulevard by large street taking out the inner lane. the phils play 12:35 p.m., that will give us extra traffic for the evening rush. watching a crash wempt southbound side of -- west chester, south of route 100. the ac rail line is not running between here and cherry hill because of the accident friday in pennsauken. >> let's go outside to david murphy with a look at accuweather. good morning. >> reporter: beautiful start to a beautiful day, tam. take a look, 72 degrees under mostly sunny skies. looks like it stays bright today. humidity is low and staying that way. this afternoon's high, 89 degrees. warm enough for cool drinks if you're exerting yourself. tuesday, hot a bit humid, not too bad, 91. stickier wednesday, thursday, friday, scattered storms possible in the afternoon and evening. saturday a cold front comes through for a period of

matt pellman in the traffic center with the latest on the highways tonight. midweek. >> beginning of the week for some people and a lot of our typical delays are in full force like this one 322 westbound side backing up to egypt road as you head out to collegeville. a slow go with a 6 minute delay. and also watching a number of serious accidents in the burbs bucks county 309 southbound at tollgate road. and have someone downed wires this afternoon near horsham blocking keith valley road and stick with 611 or limokiln pike. and a sinkhole at the willow grove mall eastbound. a lane is blocked there. on the big picture normal delays on the 95 and schuylkill and elsmere delaware a crash on kirkwood highway. >> thank you matt. >>> more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. president trump heading overseas coming up at 5:30, the packed schedule for the president during one of the biggest meetings of world leaders all year. >> but first health check the new offseason regiment for one high school football team in texas to make sure its players stay in tip-top shape

matt pellman is standing by with the update. i think my mind was blown. >> so many mind blowing things these days. you can bet your buns i'll be frank about the traffic it's my bread and butter after all. and we are not relishing the conditions, the water main break by the tank at frankford avenue at thompson street and girard is open but stay on front instead of frank ford you'll be better off. a crash along 95 northbound side near penn's landing and got it pushed off to the side and extra heavy in that area. and farther north approaching wood haven, we have earlier wet conditions and a fender bender on the shoulder. speeds of 29 miles per hour as you pass academy road. and farther north on 95, late running construction northbound in bucks county the crews are just finishing packing up by route 332 in newtown. in willow grove a crash this afternoon by the dunkin' donuts at 611. and a pair of water main breaks in new jersey. one in hamilton township. along 206 southbound and mays landing, route 40 is blocked by the library that

matt pellman is in the traffic center and a lot of folks back from work. how are we looking out there? >> hopefully staying down the whole weeks that would be nice for them. we saw the area roadways and additional complications and right now on the schuylkill expressway westbound side by the roosevelt boulevard have what appears to be a fender bender and vehicles off to the side and police out here as well. two lanes on the schuylkill are open and you can see it is jammed. we have a crash up ahead on the roosevelt boulevard northbound beyond 76 that causes xloeing speed miles per hour in the typically busy spot ain vehicle fire on 42 northbound toward the walt whitman bridge and that has cleared out of the way. we make progress but delays linger. a left over from this morning in white marsh township. downed poles from an overnight accident are closing joshua road. melissa hill is an alternate. and in morristown a crash near the dunkin' donuts and delaware northbound on highway 1 approaching odessa, lanes are blocked speeds in the 30s toward christiana. and

. >> let's turn to matt pellman and david murphy george. >> reporter: good morning. >> reporter: thing are about to go south on the weather front. >> reporter: it is, saturday's forecast is going downhill, as well. there's a chance of flooding rainfall heading our way starting later this afternoon. satellite and radar shows fairly tranquil conditions and blip of bigger stuff to the west is the bigger stuff later on. 66 in allentown. 68 in trenton. 74 in beach haven and 70 degrees in dover. as we go through the day we'll warm up. 73 by 7:00 a.m. there could early peeks of sunshine. noon 81. by 3:00 p.m., 84 degrees, clouding up showers and thunderstorms beginning to pop over the southern half of the region. 79 by are 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m., 79 and 7:00 p.m., 76 degrees. we want to remind you with the flooding rainfall on the way you want to avoid high rising water or any flooded areas. it doesn't take much to move a car as the rain water begins to build up and the flood water comes in. 6 inches can stall your car. turn around deodorant drown. if we see thunderstorms tonight there's a sligh

let's go over to matt pellman taking a look at your wet roadways good morning. >> reporter: it was aocky road to start this morning, but it's a sandy road on the i-95 southbound side under the ben franklin bridge a tractor-trailer jackknifed and there's sand all over the road for the fuel spill. two lanes getting by not a pleasant ride from i-95 southbound from bridge to the earlier scene just beyond the vine street expressway. trying to get to the vine from 22nd street the ramp is closed. it was closed for construction for over a month. this morning it's a disabled truck blocking the ramp. butler pike and ridge pike crash. route 1 between 95 and 295 there's a crash there traffic in spinningle digit speeds. >> -- single digit speeds. tam. >> we'll take a break and come back to your accuweather. with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. and there's no minimum balance. you're all right with simply right checking from santander bank. ♪ are you feeling all right, baby? ♪ with simply right c

it's a holiday let go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> you know how this goes on the holidaying is a little bit funky as we expect people to come back from the shore and some staying for the fireworks and some down for the whole week. things look good if you need to make the trek back from the beaches, 56 miles per hour from the parkway headed to the a.c. expressway. 20s going into a.c. and that is not unusual. 40s through mays landing. and a crash earlier on the eastbound atlantic city expressway headed to the shore points near egg parlor. that has cleared out of the way. as had a crash in the city 95 northbound side north of the work zone at girard avenue, 15 or 20 minutes ago. the delay is starting to thin still speeds in the 30s northbound on 95 and still just a couple of closures by independence hall, portions of 6th street and chestnut street are blocked because of earlier festivities there. and most of the festivities in the city are on the parkway at eakins oval. that is shut down as is the ramps for the schuylkill to that area. many parades happened earlier but one g

karen rogers is off, matt pellman is here, are there any people on the roads today, matt?lot, matt we're in holiday mode and holiday roads look great like the vine street expressway heading toward the schuylkill expressway. no delays on i-95, either. we have closures by independence hall because of the ifs -- festivities today. haverford township there's a crash old west chester pike by hollow run apartments. bensalem watching a crash on the northbound side of route 1, the super highway by the pennsylvania turnpike heading toward langhorne watch out for an accident taking out the left lane causing slowing. normal schedules on the septa regional rails despite the fact many people are not going to work today. >> let's turn to david murphy after the break for accuweather. ♪ ♪ ♪ with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. and there's no minimum balance. you're alright with simply right checking from santander bank. ♪ are you feeling alright, baby? ♪ from santander bank. everyone, i

. >> karen is off, matt pellman is keeping an eye on traffic, david murphy has everything you need to know about accuweather, ain david. >> reporter: i think our cup overfloweth. [laughter]. satellite and radar shows us we had rain, storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you things are tapering off and winding down ie northern and western suburbs are seeing a decent amount of rain north of allentown and west of harrisburg and pottsville that will popping through in the morning hours. things getting better in philadelphia. not as much rain as there was in spots, but damp. 71 in philadelphia. 70 in trenton. 70 in allentown. 72 in wilmington, 72 early in cape may. as we roll through the day it will be warm, look for clouds and showers, to give way to sun this afternoon, 3:00 p.m., 84. it's going to be late in the day, say, 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 85. 84 by 7:00 p.m. after 7:00 p.m. there's another chance of showers and thunderstorms popping through. we have a flood warning that's in effect in central delaware west of smyrna and below middletown and places like taylor's corner you had a lot

let's see what the thursday roadways look like and go over to matt pellman good morning. >> reporter:area, and a newly milled road surface on the schuylkill expressway. they did milling work eastbound by the blue route him that's why the two different lanes are different shades of gray and white. it's a little bit dusty and bumpy, but you're getting by okay on 76. a crash in pottstown at jackson. sinkhole from yesterday in willow grove 63 eastbound away from the mall, the right lane is blocked. slowing on the westbound turnpike that's normal for this time of the morning. 20 minute delays on the septa rail lines because of signal issues warminster west chester norristown and fox chase. >> all right we'll take a break and come back to accuweather. with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. and there's no minimum balance. you're all right with simply right checking from santander bank. ♪ are you feeling all right, baby? ♪ with simply right checking from santander bank. drops on the terrace.

. >> lets go live to matt pellman in the "action news" traffic center. >> hi guys, it looks to be a soggy trip home this thursday evening, looking at the flood watch down in delaware along the blue route 476 southbound side and plenty wet here as well and plenty slow in addition to being wet. southbound lanes jamming here approaching broomall route 3, it's jam starts approaching villanova and goes through this point through the media bypass. 30 minutes ideally should be 18, tacking on 20 minutes 476 the blue route. extra time on 476 the other way, northbound a broken down vehicle approaching landed dale, it may be mushed off to the side. but still slow. northbound on the oxford bypass headed toward kennett square watch out for a crash past avondale and speeds in the teens there. use baltimore pike instead. route 1 is all jammed up because of the accident. normal jams on the schuylkill expressway and i-95. and opening at the tacony palmyra bridge and a crash in camden, eastbound lanes were blocked. and now reopened. and gloucester county one more accident near 295, lets grab the ipad and d

let's go over to david murphy with more on the excessive heat and matt pellman is in for traffic. good morning. >> reporter: i think my air-conditioning will looking for a break. >> reporter: keep it going and hope you don't have a breakdown over the next couple of days. storm tracker 6 live showing we have an excessive heat warning in effect until 8:00 p.m. in the evening hours. in the central counties heat index will feel like over 100 and 105. i would say everyone everywhere should be careful of the heat today. as we look at satellite there's cloud cover and sun today. no rain expected. temperatures are the story, right now we're at 80 degrees in philadelphia. 72 in allentown. 73 in trenton. 73 reading. still 79 in wilmington. in dover. if you're down in cape may on the promenade this morning, 76 warm and muggy degrees. in the afternoon in philadelphia. it's going to be hot, noon, 90. 3:00 p.m., 94. the high today 95 we'll hit that at 4:00 p.m. even as late as 7:00 p.m. you're looking at the low 90s with the high heat index values because of the high heat and humidity. we have

. >> isn't that nice, matt pellman in for karen rogers and david murphy has accuweather. good morning, guys. >> reporter: i'm feeling water logged. >> reporter: muggy and damp out there. satellite and radar showing we have cloud cover across the region and there's showers around and storm tracker 6 live double scan has a better look at that. as we take a look most of the heavy rain in the northern and western suburbs u.s. and outside the immediate region, pottstowng and the northeast. allentown under the sprinkles and lighter showers. there's a bit of that in the i-95 corridor. keep in mind where you don't see the green there's a possibility of drizzle. we have temperatures on the warm side. 71 in philadelphia. 69 in allentown. 70 in trenton. 73 in beach haven, 71 in cape may. 71 in lancaster, as well. humidity up there, temperatures will rise today, we'll be dealing with the rain at 7:00 in the morning, noon still a lot of clouds, maybe showers and some of the shower activity could go into the evening, the early afternoon. and then we get into the later afternoon and eve

. >> first up, let's talk about the overnight storms david murphy has accuweather and matt pellman isfor karen rogers good morning. we had anything from two to four inches of rain and we have residual problems even though it's not raining in philadelphia. we have flash flood warning in the heart of south jersey and salem county and gloucester and camden county and northern new castle county and parts of delaware covered by this. even outside these red areas there could be runoff from the

let's head over to matt pellman yet again looking at i-95 in delaware. >> reporter: the laundry truck i-95 northbound. action cam was on the scene after the truck caught fire. first it hit the barrier and the driver lost control before that, caught fire, the fire is long extinguished, but they have the right lane blocked on i-95 northbound for the cleanup. 273 to 141 is a parking lot stay on route 2 kirkwood highway if you can, instead. i-95 near port richmond, southbound come the headlights toward center city, slow going from bridge street to girard avenue. cottman there's a crash. city avenue belmont avenue by the chili's. all lanes of 78 westbound are reopened, so go ahead and use that this morning. >> let's head over to david murphy with accuweather good morning. >> reporter: gray skies and misty drizzle on the terrace. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows another round of showers moving through the reading and lehigh valley area some of it steady that's on its way toward the i-95 corridor. 79 degrees, very humid, accuweather says a high of 85 degrees, damp start and then some s

. >> let's find out about that, matt pellman is in for karen rogers with traffic. david as i stepped outside, the air felt heavy. >> reporter: get the scissors out. we have cloud cover out there and rain in the region that will be popping through in the mornings hours. storm tracker 6 live double scan centered off the northern and western suburbs, the heavier stuff in allentown, reading and harrisburg and shooting toward new york state. where you don't see the green there's low-lying cloud cover around as you just saw on sky6 live hd, drizzle on the windshield not out of the question. temperatures on the warm side. 71 in philadelphia. 69 in allentown. 72 in wilmington, 70 in cape may. it's also on the muggy side more on that in a moment. 7:00, showers and maybe a thunderstorm in the far northern and western areas this morning. 71 degrees, noon, 79. it's going fob a slow climb to our high of 85. we might not get there until close to 5:00. you can see how the rain tapers off around midday or so, we see the return of sunshine with another thundershower in the evening

. >> let's talk about rain, david murphy has that and matt pellman is in for karen rogers this morning. >> reporter: my eye spies green on the radar screen. sarah bloomquist always says that there's green on the radar it's not good for us. not all of us. satellite and radar shows cloud cover marching in across the region and there's rain welling up out of washington, d.c. and pushing closer to our neck ofwo. let's get a look at storm tracker 6 live double scan, you can see most of the rain is south and west of philadelphia. wilmington is starting to see the beginning of this, light rain highlighted in green. the farther west lancaster and gettysburg, the darker green you see. on the other side of the baltimore a possible developing thunderstorm. most of the day we'll be in and out of showers and thunderstorms at times. temperature are on the warm side, 70 in philadelphia. 71 in wilmington, 71 in allentown. down the shore, 73 in cape may. 70 at the airport in atlantic city, a bit on the humid side especially toward the shore. as we roll through the afternoon, 71 degrees by 7:00. noon, 7

. >> karen is off, david murphy is here along with matt pellman. >> reporter: good sweaty days off? >> reporter: i did, did my walks in the morning and after that i stayed in the air-conditioning. this is an cheesive -- which hee heat warning making it feel like 100 and some 105. and everyone needs to be careful out there. satellite shows you there's no precipitation. we don't expect any today. muggy, 81 degrees in philadelphia. 71 in allentown. 72 in trenton. 80 in wilmington. 76 in cape may. as we go through the day it will be a hot one. 90 degrees by noon, 3:00 p.m., partly sunny, 94. a high of 95 around 4:00 p.m., by 7:00 p.m. still holding on to 92 degrees. we have an air quality issue, as we go through the, particularly, the afternoon hours and the early evening you want to be careful if you're in a risk category, especially young kids, seniors and those who several from heart aliments including asthmatics. we'll have the details on the rest of the week coming up you >> reporter: is the, it's sticky out there now, the crews have been hard at work overnight. eastbound last nigh

. >> it's hurts to hear it, but let's here more, karen rogers is in for david murphy and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: if we must. >> reporter: an excessive heat warning stays into effect until tomorrow night. that's a long time. satellite and radar we're currently dry. we have storms in chicago, we don't expect, though to see many more storms today. we'll stay dry through the day, look at the numbers, 73 in reading. 79 in philadelphia. 78 even in atlantic city at pomona international -- atlantic city international in pomona. 7:00 a.m., 79 degrees. we'll be in the 90s by lunchtime. at 3:00 p.m., 95. your high today is 97. at 5:00 p.m., coming down from that, 95 degrees, at 7:00 p.m., 91. sunshine mixing with clouds today it's just going to be a brutal day. you need to be careful. the dewpoints, 74 dewpoint in philadelphia. millville and dover, 76. we have the oppressive air mass that we continue to see that's going to be a problem through the region. the excessive heat warning goes into effect at lunchtime today. it lasts until friday at 8:00 p.m. because it will feel like it