with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, rick is off and in the news this noon, a man fires on police during a standoff in atlantic city. how the suspect was finally caught. >>> and police say they busted a fake travel agency at a home in new jersey. but the big story is the aftermath of powerful storms that left 260,000 people without power. chopper 6 hd was over some of the damage this morning. large trees were knocked on to homes this morning across the area. and crews are still trying to restore electricity to tens of thousands of customers. we have live team coverage of the cleanup, david murphy has more and "action news" reporters katherine scott and john rawlins are checking out the damage. lets begin with john in radnor township. >> reporter: it was an intense quick-hitting storm that came through the western suburbs last night. it didn't have much rain in it, but it had considerable wind but it doomed some mature trees like the one behind me. from meeting house lane in lower merion, the blitz krig storm took down trees and clos

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara is off and we begin with breaking flus at this hour. an air algeria plane carry, 116 passengers and crew has disappeared from radar. the crew's last message asked air control to change the plane's route because of heavy rain in the area. the flight lost contact after 15 minutes after takeoff. there are reports that the niece of former dictator fidel castro was on the flight. mariela is an outspoken activist for rights in her country. she also received the international ally for lgbt award. and is the daughter of current daughter of dictator, raul castro. >>> now to the latest on the ban on flights to the gaza trip. the faa has lifted bans on travel into tel aviv. this shows israel's iron dome missile system intercepting missiles there today. this is the first carrier to resume service to tel aviv with a flight out of newark airport in new jersey this afternoon. for the very latest, lets go live to amy buck plan at philadelphia international airport. >> reporter: well, good afternoon rick, u.

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news, a gas station clerk stops an amber alert, hour a woman's instincts saves a baby girl. >>> but the big story on "action news" is the chance of more downpours as we head into a long holiday weekend. >> right now a flash flood watch is in affect for much of area. as we look live here at the scene from cape may from sky 6 hd, today accuweather is tracking more heavy rain heading our way in the aftermath of strong storms last night. and we are keeping an eye on hurricane arthur this noon, this is the picture from the international space station as it churns off the coast of north carolina. there is a mandatory evacuation order for people in the outer banks. and people are told to leave to avoid getting stuck on the islands. >> while not making a direct hit on the jersey shore, it could bring dangerous rip currents to the atlantic. lets go to david murphy for more. >> lets start with radar, stormtracker 6 live double scan we are seeing development of new cells be probably some thunderstorm

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, several car owners are facing repairs after a police crash ends with a crash. >> and philadelphia celebrates the second annual wawa hoagie day and we'll take you live to the 4th of july tradition. >> but the big story is the heat advisory that just took affect. we have a chance of strong storms, lets go outside to sky 6 hd, a scene in center city, it doesn't look too bad, a few clouds in the sky, temperatures are reaching the mid-90s for the second day in a row. people are going to the beach where it is hazy and muggy this afternoon. lets head to the big board and meteorologist, david murphy. >> there are a couple of issues happening in the weather and the most obvious one is the heat. it starts at noon and goes until 8:00 at night. we are concerned with the urban center, and all the areas in boxes of orange, more importantly, the combination of heat and humidity making it feel like 100 and 105 through the afternoon and the potential for strong storms and the weather servic

delaware valley's leading news program with rick williams, sarah bloomquist, and meteorologist david murphy>>> good afternoon. rick and sarah are off, i'm matt o'donnell. in 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 over

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news this noon, a new jersey mother shot outside of her apartment while her children slept inside. >>> and a plane crashes in a costco parking lot, hear from the man that tried to save the pilot. >> but the big story this afternoon is the concern over the spread of the deadly ebola virus. the peace corps is pulling volunteers from the area because of outbreak. for the latest we go live to marcy gonzales in new york. >> reporter: sara, leaders in the impacted countries are declaring this a public health emergency and experts say that medical professionals need to be alert. >> it's the worst ebola outbreak in history. outbreaks in new guinea and sierra leone more than 6- 600 people have died. people have to be checked before boarding flights. one emergency room in charlotte closed before they would clear a patient that returned from west africa. some doctors fear it could happen. i would not be surprised that isolated cases arrived here. you could have no symptoms for three weeks before you

murphy. this was the overnight in bear, delaware, where the westbound lains of route 40 are blocked because of an overturned truck. it was carrying yogurt and hum hummus. they are telling us that westbound blockage could be lasting for a little while. at school bell road strict to 273 or 13 as you work toward highway 1. that accident happened at 2:45 a.m., but the blockage remains in tact. still blocked the northeast extension montgomery county. northbound side we had a vehicle that struck a barrier and became disabled and a truck comes along and strikes the vehicle, two separate accidents have the northbound lanes closed at lansdale stay with stay on 309 d the mess and resulting backups. >>> eastbound lanes are crowded on 422 and heading into trooper. the roads are dry, the weather is cooperating for the monday morning ride. on the big picture a little bit of southbound traffic building, no issues on the schuylkill expressway. if you're off last week, they finished the paving job on city ave

sounds like david murphy. >> oh stop it. >> j.k. rawlings has given a glimpse in harry, he is described as 34 years old and attending the quidditch world cup with his old friends ron and hermine. >> thank you sara. i try and play quidditch and my knee would go out. stormtracker 6 live double scan, we don't have any precipitation out there just yet as we take a look outside, riding aboard chopper 6 and looking down at the schuylkill river there, with manayunk on the ride and a lot of sunshine out there earlier and still fairly sunny across the region with the potential for cloud cover to mix in as the day goes on. man is it hot, it got up to 90 degrees, and dew points are in the mid-60s, it's not oppressively humid but it's sticky and winds are at 9 miles per hour at the airport. we are almost there, 90 in wilding ton and 89 in millville and 89 in the beaches and back bay and wildwood. an air quality alert is posted for the state of new jersey, because of the way they calculate the ozone particles in the atmosphere, they feel it's un

. >> it's been a night of strong storms, meteorologist david murphy is tracking arthur and the rain. >> happy birth day, america. philadelphia is celebrating with a sons certificate and parade and 6abc is the place to see it all. >> many residents and tourists heeding the warning, arthur an unwelcomed here on america's birthday, we'll have a live report coming up from north carolina. >> good morning, everybody, happy birthday america, welcome back to tam. >> yes. >> let's go to david murphy and talk about what's going on with the weather. >> reporter: the big story is arthur. it's sir calculating toward the northern edge of north carolina he we have a string of rain that came in association with the cold front made use of the moisture available from the rotation of arthur. the storm itself is getting ready to pull off the coast of north carolina and shoot past our coastline. rain is in the northern suburbs, there are additional bands that will be tending to pop up the coast from arthur as the storms gets closer, but we're looking for improvement in the afternoon. we have the flood wa

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, we begin with noon with breaking news out of north philadelphia, where a pharmaceutical delivery person was shot at a pharmacy, chopper 6 was over the active scene on ridge at 11:00 a.m. we go live now to david henry. >> reporter: this all happened at 10:37 this morning on the 2700 block of ridge, it remains closed here on the corner. the man driving the van was making a drug delivery when he was approached by a gunman and one shot was fired during the course of the robbery and the deliveryman was hit in the han in his index finger. this is a day care center next door and the surveillance camera captured a picture of the van going by and then a green sedan, coming down the street and parking in front of pharmacy in a black car there. a number of p.m. in the street are stopped and stunned and looking down the street, and they must have heard the gunshot, and then a guy came down the could have beener and jumped into the parked sedan and drove away. the police are looking at the video, but the scarey

you're about to meet the murphies. it's a special bond, a special relationship indeed. standing 6' 6 it's hard to believe there's anyone in trent murphy's family bigger than him. well? >> pop is 295, 6' 7. he's a big guy. >> reporter: pop is dad, jerry murphy, and even in his 50s he still seems to have a physique carved out of mountain rock. >> he's been working out. he still can bench 25, 30 reps. >> reporter: jerry built a home gym where he pushed trent and his other kids during workouts and even today trent says -- >> i'm still trying to catch pops, can't beat up pops just yet. >> reporter: growing up under that heavy hand was easy. pops was judge and jury in all things often meting out punishment in his own fashion, flashback to when trent was 14. >> we had a big backyard. we had three trash canfuls of rotten oranges, dog feces, you name it. i did a great job. he walked out there for the inspection. he looked at the yard and dumped it all over the yard again and said that was a horse crap way to do it. do it again. i was so mad. >> reporter: jerry has always been tr

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> the big story on "action news" this noon is breaking news, police are investigating a report of five children left alone inside a vehicle. chopper 6 hx d was over the scene of the the 8700 block of aramingo avenue in the port richmond section. the children have just arrived at the local hospital to get checked out. david henry joins us with the details. >> reporter: it was 11:00 this morning and other shoppers were walking through the parking lot and came across this vehicle, a lincoln suv, inside they noticed five children unattended by any adults. we have video of the police arriving here. lots of police officers arrived at the scene along with philadelphia medics, they found out indeed the kids were locked in there and pried open the driver's side of the vehicle and got the children out. the children arrived at the hospital, all five are apparently okay. it turns out that the car was running and the air conditioning was on and the children were not suffering from hyperthermia or anything like that. they were ju

murphy. good morning everybody we're drying out on the roadways this morning.re starting to see a little bit of volume in just a few spots like on i-95 in the typical slow spot southbound from the betsy ross bridge into girard. we've seen worse, but it's starting to slow on i-95. the schuylkill expressway looking good at this point, the crash that we had that was affecting the route 10 trollies hat 45th an lancaster has cleared. so things returning to normal there. we have a new downed tree in langhorne mannor bucks county. westbound turnpike a vehicle fire is in the process of clearing at houston road. we're getting word of a crash in the harleysville area along spring hill drive at maple avenue. no issues on the northeast extension. on the new jersey turnpike southbound between exits 3 and 2, left lane is out of commission. matt. >> new this morning, a gunman on a bike opens fire on two men in north philadelphia killing one of them. police found the victims lying in waterloo street after midnight. one victim did not survive and the other is in critical condit

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, escalating violence, israel steps up its air strikes against gaza as the death toll mounts. >>> and a rare tornado, a new england town is cleaning up from its first ever twister on record. >>> but the big story is the final report on the 2012 train derailment in gloucester county. they say that conrail is to blame for the accident and first responders did not do their job after if happened. they are faulting conrail for the accident that leaks toxic fumes into the community. they say they did not keep the swinging bridge stationary. and that officials made bad decisions after the derailment. several workers and people that live near the accident site have reported health issues and have filed lawsuits. they say that the money response to the derailment was quote, abyssmal. >> the citizens of communities expect and count on that when there is a disaster in their commune, the emergency response system will protect them and that didn't happen in this case. >> since the acciden

meteorologist david murphy has the [ mom ] when the nest gets too quiet... it's time to find some real harmony, with nature. [ family screams ] elmo! [ wolf, kids howling ] [ train whistles ] [ bird chirps ] [ people screaming ] [ snoring ] music to mom's ears. [ female announcer ] turn your visit into a getaway. busch gardens and water country usa summer packages from just $60 per person per night. [ mom ] we may live in houses, but we're born for busch gardens. >> for the fourth time in five years, people in burbank, illinois you dealing with major flooding.ople in burbank, those who tried to drive through the high water got stuck and needed to be rescued. more rain is expected in the same area again today. >> we could see flooding in our area. >> i could see a flash-flood watch perhaps being posted tomorrow, depending on how the storms set up, there might be heavy downpours later tonight. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you you will we've got are a couple of nuisance sprinkles around the region. if i give you that two dimensional view, most of them

meteorologist, david murphy joins us with a look at accuweather. it's a warm one. >> i don't like it. it's a lot more humid out here even over the last couple of hours. i was out on the terrace earlier and it's stickier now. we are getting more cloud cover filtering in. every now and then the clouds give way for sunshine and generally speaking a little grayer than it was at sunrise this morning. temperatures don't seem to care, 83 in philadelphia, we continue to zoom out of the 70s and 83 in wilmington and allentown up over 80, you get a break like you do at the shore, still the mid-70s but a bit humid there. dew points climbed between 65 and 70 and that is where they'll stay across the region for the rest of the afternoon. it will feel humid, if you get up to 70, you have border line oppressive humidity. 85 at 1:00 and 87 at 4:00. dropping down from a high of 89 degrees, maybe it's a better idea to have a pool party. but even there clouds mix with sun you can burn in 15 minutes. keep the sunscreen handy. it stays humid tomorrow and the threat of t

outside, 3-0, with murphy on-deck. daniel murphy, good hitter from the mets. is 3-0, on frazier. and a four-pitch walk from rodney, right out of the bullpen, puts two on. >> harold: one of the things with fernando rodney, i think he's tougher on left-handers than right. >> joe: he gets a chance to face a left-hander here, with daniel murphy. he's tied for third in the national league with his 113 hits. >> harold: the guy can really hit. and he's worked his tail off to become a second baseman, too, to find a position to play. >> joe: there's a strike from rodney. extra base hit could tie this in the eighth. >> tom: could see the dough and arrow for rodney. that's reserved for saving the last out of the game. that drops in for a strike. 0-2. >> harold: that's the equalizer. when he gets the velocity going and drops the change-up on you, that's a good pitch. circle change. left it up. but you don't recognize it if you haven't seen it before. >> joe: if you haven't seen it before, as this ball is going to head out of play. he has the hat cocked to the side. and he

outside, 3-0, with murphy on-deck. daniel murphy, good hitter from the mets. is 3-0, on frazier. and a four-pitch walk from rodney, right out of the bullpen, puts two on. >> harold: one of the things with fernando rodney, i think he's tougher on left-handers than right. >> joe: he gets a chance to face a left-hander here, with daniel murphy. he's tied for third in the national league with his 113 hits. >> harold: the guy can really hit. and he's worked his tail off to become a second baseman, too, to find a position to play. >> joe: there's a strike from rodney. extra base hit could tie this in the eighth. >> tom: could see the dough and arrow for rodney. that's reserved for saving the last out of the game. that drops in for a strike. 0-2. >> harold: that's the equalizer. when he gets the velocity going and drops the change-up on you, that's a good pitch. circle change. left it up. but you don't recognize it if you haven't seen it before. >> joe: if you haven't seen it before, as this ball is going to head out of play. he has the hat cocked to the side. and he

we're talking the "murphy brown" episode.t, if you want to make it political, this is a democratic party worried about culturally conservative voters. this was where republicans saw an opportunity to make democrats the party of murphy brown. we have culturally come a long way from that. >> have we? what happens is, that happens and cut to now where an outspoken single woman who is on twitter or on the internet is now, not only has the vitriol of dan quayle or who has access to somebody with an opinion. for me it looks like we've moved backwards with more information and more media. now, the more you put something out there that's alternative lifestyle oriented you're slammed for it. >> a lot easier to hear from angry people, people who hate you -- >> i guess the thing -- when i say things have changed and we've 3406d on, i'm thinking politically, i the democratic party of bill clinton, there was the fear of people said whether it was don't ask don't tell in '93 or defense of marriage act in '96. hey, don't want to go too far

, david murphy. 5 o'clock on this wednesday, july 9th.f, erin o'hearn joins us and here's what's happening. >> a strong line of storms rolled 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 learns she is living in a real life house of horrors. >> let's take a look at the accuweather forecast and also a look at traffic with david and matt filling in for. good morning. >> bumpy night last night.

murphy.dwards, karen rogers and >> good morning. it's 5 o'clock on this tuesday, july 8th. tam is off. erin o'hearn joins us and we're following breaking news. >> gunfire breaks out in a bucks county neighborhood. we are live on the scene of a deadly shooting investigation. >> anguish turns to anger over a deadly fire in southwest philadelphia. hear how the mayor is responding. >> get ready for the warmest most uncomfortable day of the week. and accuweather is tracking the chance of an even this morning. >> david murphy with details. matt pelman filling in for karen with traffic. good morning. >> right now a little muggy out there, not terrible. we have a cold front off to the north that last night produce maryland thunderstorms at a watch box off to our north. today that action will get closer to us although i think most of our thunderstorms and shower activity today probably holds off until this evening but that's where the focus is going to be along the face that of front. 76 degrees is yo

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning have exclusive video on this wednesday july 23rd. only on "action news" exclusive video as rescuers free a baby from a locked suv. details on what will happen to the mother. that's ahead in a live report. >> the support to get international flights back into israel after the faa banned u.s. carriers from flying to tel aviv. >> this invasion of beatles was not as welcome as the one that took place 50 years ago. the ironic end to a tree dedicated to an iconic music man. >>> good morning out there, it is now 4:30, i'm tamala edwards here with erin o'hearn. matt has the morning off. much more on all those stories in a moment. let's find out about this heat. sounds like it will be a real burner out there david murphy. >> headed to the 90's this afternoon. for now starting out clear, plenty of sunshine over the horizon maybe a little bit of haze over the atmosphere and we're watching to west as a cold front is beginning to trigger thunderstorms and showers on the other side of eerie pennsyl

we are heading over to the big board david murphy, the latest from accuweather.s not going to look like that all day right david? >>reporter:no, it's not. they didn't cancel their plans. we are excepting improvement this afternoon. now at the noon how are things are going according to schedule. the rain, the heaviest of it is off the coast. the last of the rain along the jersey shore is beginning to break up and beginning to be not as much of an issue. it could hang in for another hour or more. you can see it push away from us. philadelphia is in the process of drying out. obviously, big time improvement. the wide view with satellite, i'll point out the back edge of the cloud cover chasing the storm away is getting close to battle. places like gettysburg to our west and harrisburg sees sunshine returning. it's thinner cloud cover. we expect the sunshine to make a run back at us west to he's as we roll through the afternoon. the flash floods are cancelled expect right along the coast where we see the showers. this is going off the board before too much loncker. ri

let's go outside to david murphy. 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 forecast shows a high of 93 it will be hotter than over the weekend, gradually more humid. hot and sticky tomorrow, showers in the afternoon north and west of i-95 could be gusty thunderstorms, too, warm and humid on wednesday, 87 another round of thunderstorms south of i-95. >> a teen was shot while sleeping in south jersey, the police say it was a stray ♪ >>> we're showing you behind the scenes footage of the sixth annual body issue by espn. featuring amy purdy, and some of the other world's best known athletes. we know amy from "dancing with the stars" and so much more. she's going to be here. >> looking good. >> has an exclusive preview of that much-anticipated body issue. that's what the kids are calling it today, george. >> all right. coming up. we have a dramatic coast guard r

murphy down on strikes. the texas rangers end their six-game losing streak.ng streak comes to an end as well. texas scores 4 in the first, chirinos three-run shot, they retire the mets 5-3. we'll return to citi field after these messages. >>> my dad was in the army. >> i wear this pin for my husband who was killed in action. >> my son served his country proudly. not a day goes by that i don't think about him. >> she was my wife and best friend. >> remember, respect and honor our fallen military heroes and the sacrifice and strength of surviving families who wear the gold star pins. >>> you're watching fox. >>> we welcome you to the chevrolet baseball night in america post game show. i'm with the hall of famer frank thomas, i'm kevin burkhardt. the rangers end a ten-game losing streak and they defeat the mets here tonight. you look at this game, frank, and you're talking about two teams that are obviously not having great years. and look at some trades. how about bartolo colon. even though he didn't pitch great tonight he still gave you innings. i don't know.

. >>> meteorologist david murphy in for chris sowers always a good time, right? >> reporter: yes. >> are you rooting for argentina in a. >> reporter: germany may win, but i like argentina. as we look out at sky 6 we can see cape may. couple of people on the beach. dry on the water, but humid across the region. take a look at cloud cover, we'll see sun and clouds mixing for most of the day, there's a chance of an afternoon thunderstorm popping up, but most of that holds off in the western suburbs. 72 in wilmington, 69 in sea isle city. ocean temperature off ac is up to 70 for the first time in quite a bit. 9:00 a.m., 74. noon, 10 degrees better at 84. by 3:00 p.m., i guess you might say five degrees worse, 89 degrees, high of 90. it will be more humid and on the hot side this afternoon. 6:00 p.m., 86. this afternoon there's a chance of pop-up thunderstorm mainly north and west of philadelphia. if you're heading to the pool party remember sunscreen. noon temperature, 84. again, that high of 90 at 4:00 p.m. we have the possibility of strong storms coming up monday a

lets go to david murphy first and look at your accuweather forecast. >> it's a nice morning across the region with sun trying to break through clouds and there is one issue, an air quality alert, air is unhealthy for sensitive groups including young kids and people with asthma, you'll want to limit your activity from 12:00 to 6:00, that is when the ground level ozone is at its worst. as we look at pictures, elaine sends this one from sea isle city. and i ask twitter followers to tweet in sunrise and vacation pictures this summer. this is a nice one from yesterday, but what about today? there looks like cloud cover down the shore and it's in the process of breaking apart and a fair amount of sunshine at the shore, 71 right now in philadelphia, 71 in wilmington and everybody else in the upper 60s and as we roll through the day it looks like a warm one for your saturday. 9:0075 and noon 82 and your high today is 89 degrees, that is about 4:00 this afternoon. it gets more humid tomorrow eva and then we have thunderstorms moving into the forecast especially as we get into next week's work w

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon rick and sara are off today. in the news speed limits take affect on the turnpike. but the big story this after floon, more airlnes are canceling flights in israel as the country's battle with hamas has turned to war. fighting continues today in the southern gaza strip. secretary of state, john kerry, landed in tel aviv despite concerns about rocket attacks. the faa has banned american airlines from landing there. it has left thousands of passengers standards around the world. john rawlins is live with more on the impact there. >> reporter: we are waiting for word from the faa, but in the meantime. u.s. airlines announced though will cancel the flight from here to tel aviv, a non-stop flight. they said in a statement, that the safety of our passengers and crew are our top priority. we have canceled 796 to tel aviv on july 23rd and we are reaching out to customers to reaccommodate those affected. >> it was a delta jet after a hamas launched rock the fell about a mile from the airport. it issued 24 h

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news this noon, police identify a body found two years ago in delaware. the technology that finally cracked the case. >> and from the plane to the hospital, the severe turbulence that threw passengers out of their seats. >>> but we begin with a developing story. a man has confessed to killing a young woman found dead in a duffle bag. david henry joins us live from police headquarters with details. >> reporter: they are meeting with representatives of the charging unit of the district attorneys office right now, putting the pieces together before formerly charging the suspect, he is identified as a 22-year-old man who lived in the same building as the victim. 23-year-old laura araujo was looking for a more permanent place to stay after moving to this apartment building. her body was found and she had been beaten and strangled and her feet were and hands were bound. police have arrest aid 22-year-old man that lived on the same floor as araujo. police sources say he has confessed. a neighbor

delaware valley's leading news program with rick williams, sarah bloomquist, and meteorologist david murphy>>> good afternoon. sarah is off, rick will be along later. i'm alicia vitarelli. in the news, more deadly violence in gaza as secretary of state john kerry heads cairo. >>> and a driver of an s.u.v. loses control and slams into a pole in chester county. >>> the big story is still developing, the search for a boater missing in the atlantic ocean. members of the coast guard returned to keep this morning to look for 45 year old andrew bittle. a search began last night after a friend swam to shore after an accident with their boat in the water. and we have the latest on the search efforts. >> the search continues and the coast guard is here as well as the state police. out behind me here is a small 23-foot state police vessel, one of two involved in the search at this point. it has been 12 hours now, so the presufferings -- presuming that it is a recovery effort. as the sun came up they continued to find the operator of a pontoon boat, both were thrown about 11:30 last night. it struck on

. >> david murphy is here and matt pellman is in for karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: let's start you out on radar. as you look, it's easy to see where arthur is located. it came ashore as a category 2. it's back to 100-mile an hour winds which makes it a category one. we're seeing rain bands coming up from the storm. you can see on storm tracker 6 live double scan it's a little bit of steady rain passing northeast right like that through lancaster and reading and lehigh valley. another band possibly trying to come into the shore, although we may have to wait until a little bit later this morning until that becomes a big issue. we have the flood watch into friday afternoon. it will expire around most of these counties, but we'll leave it up in case there's other heavy bands that pop in. we have a rip current issue, remember if you get caught in a rip current, don't panic, swim parallel to the beach north or south, you'll get out of the current fairly quickly and you can bring yourself back to shore, that's the way to defeat a rip current. 74 in philadelphia, 72 in sea isle city. t

meteorologist david murphy is outside and the heat enjoys us with what they can expect this week, david. >> sarah, we're looking at clouds and sun mix on the terrace and elsewhere across the region now. take a look at satellite. you can see earlier clouds this morning. the sun came up and we're seeing fair weather kum lus begin to pop up. heavier stuff to the north you won't have to worry about that today. sunburn alert. enough sun out there to require suncreen today, uv index is high. remember even when it's cloudy you can get a burn through those clouds. at times we have full sun today. boy those temperatures are soaring, 88 in philadelphia now. 89 wilmington and 87 allentown and down the shore relief upper 70s there. if you head out to the playground this afternoon or anywhere else for that matter bring cool drinks. clouds mixing with sun. bit humid out there. 89 by 2:00 and up to high of 93 by 4bg. tomorrow it's hot and bit sticky all over again sarah except we add to the forecast a threat of thunderstorm or two. details from accuweather coming up, okay? >> okay, david, see new a bi

murphy. hope you had a nice weekend. we're baca long 42. southbound side by creek road we have a crash up ahead at 544 clemens bridge road. traffic getting buy without much of a problem as you can see as you head south to ac expressway and northbound we'll see extra traffic open ac expressway and coming north to walt whitman and so far volume is nice and light. no problems schuylkill or roosevelt and there was overnight crash in norristown. watch for it basin street green sally road and overnight construction westbound norristown knocking out the right lane there. northeast extension of the turnpike northbound past quakertown interchange open but construction. >> mid county tolls ride is nice and dry and volume light and we're looking good in plymouth meeting so far this monday morning, tam. >> thank you, matt. and we're starting this morning with breaking news theer is search on for a man that disappeared into the water after his boat hit rocks. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live in longport with more details. >> good morning,

>> chairman murphy, ranking member johnson. i'm honored to testify on european energy security and the impact on the crisis in you cane. when it comes to energy security for europe we focus on natural gas supply. it's interesting to ponder why when europe is more dependent on oil imports than gas imports. there's been major global oil supply interruptions in the past year, but not in gas. yet the level of anxiety is higher with gas than the oil. why? the root causes are in part related to incomplete market integration in europe when it comes to gas and electricity. the gas markets has been dom mated by long-term contracts at fixed volumes with prices indexed to oil. supplies have restricted competition and the free flow of gas with destination clauses in control over pipelines. the business practices were supported by major foreign suppliers and by incumbent european gas companies that control distribution networks in their home countries and pass on the higher cost of gas to consumers. european harkts in gas and electricity di

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meteorologist, david murphy has the accuweather forecast.ood morning, david. >> good morning, guys. it is a little bit cool out there as we are in the 60's but we also have clear skies, low humidity, really kind of refreshing as you step outside and there's cloud cover out to the west you can see it's falling apart. over all expecting sunshine today with perhaps an occasional passing cloud. 66 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. if you're in allentown you're stepping outside to 60 so that will feel cool. 59 out in lancaster, 63 in wilmington and 67 in sea isle city and on the boardwalk in ac. heading out the door then this morning, cool, refreshing, not much wind, 64 by 6:00 and 66 by 8:00 a.m. pretty pleasant start to your day. it looks like it will stay on the pleasant side today. lots of sunshine early, perhaps a few clouds every now and then, particularly as we go later into the afternoon. 68 by 9:00, 75 by noon. a great morning to get out and get errands done or do whatever you need to do. by 3 o'clock that's your high o

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

and david murphy has the exclusive accuweather forecast, >>> officials at ucla will be assessing the damage today for the school's famed basketball arena after it was inundated by water, a water main pipe near the campus burst and released 9 million gallons of water yesterday. witnesses were in shock by the incredible scene. >> i kind of didn't believe it at first, i didn't know what was going on and then i saw the water was coming out. >> the water main break happened at a time when los angeles and the rest of california is facing a severe drought. >>> dozens of americans volunteering in liberia are volunteering to leave that country when a doctor and another aid worker contracted the ebola virus. they evacuated 60 non-emergency personnel. one of them has displayed -- none of them have displayed any systems of the virus. >>> a young stow away was found in the wheel compartment of a jet that landed in germany. they found the boy's body sunday night and it was a young black man that may have been of african origin. and now they are talking about the security of a plane that made sever

chris murphy was part of a recent delegation to talk to officials about the situation. he chairs the two-hour senate foreign relation committee some hearing. >> welcome, everyone, to this hearing. this is not a new topic for this committee, the annexation of the crimean peninsula, it has brought a new sense of the and also focused to this debate. and we are happy to have two great panels are today. myself and senator johnson wille givem some brief rocks and wel,t stll give you the summary ofreme their marks and then also have our second panel of experts. russia's status as a regional power is commensurate only to to th russiality to blackmail and threaten europe.ut we have imports of about 30% of its gas and 35% of its oil, contical decision-making is dictated in part by the reality of running a continent and how we are supplied by one unpredictable neighbor to another. the question is how much longer real will your approach with the reality and work in the united states to and the strategy proposes action to increase europe's own energy production and decrease demand,

for matt pellman, david murphy, nydia han, i'm matt o'donnell.e a great thursday, see you later. >>> good morning, america. breaking overnight, fatal shooting. a crazed gunman opens fire in this upscale houston neighborhood then leads police on a child chase. >> the car has yet to be stopped. >> officers throw down an a nail strip, corner the suspect, a dramatic hour's long standoff. how he finally surrendered and the hero victim who helped prevent more carnage. >>> terror plot foiled. new details targeting two of the world's most popular tourist destinations, the eiffel tower and the louvre. how police took down the suspected terrorist. >>> incredible rescue. the family stranded in the middle of the pacific ocean. their 1-year-old daughter sick and clinging to life rescued by the navy. now the parents are telling their side of the story for the first time. >> i can't make it. i can't make it. ♪ i will

nydia han joins us. >> nice to see you and let's get more from meteorologist, david murphy.morning, david. >> good morning. it is muggy out there as you step outside. satellite shows you cloud cover mixing with clear spaces. like yesterday we'll probably start out with that mix. there's rain out to the west. almost looks like it's falling apart but as this comes towards the east maybe a stray thunderstorm today, a much better chance of that tomorrow. temperatures this morning in the 70's just about everywhere. 73 in philadelphia, 72 in allentown, 73 in wilmington, 71 in sea isle city. 70 degrees up in trenton and as you head outside the door this morning, you'll see that partly cloudy mix. it will feel muggy to you and we are going to climb into the mid 70's by 8 o'clock. and as we go through the day, it's going to be a hot one. a little bit hotter than yesterday in fact and probably a bit more humid. 79 degrees by 9 o'clock. that's pretty toasty early. 87 by noon. and by 3 o'clock, we'll be at 91 degrees with a high of 92 probably around 4:00 today before we fall back to 88

meteorologist, david murphy is here. >> another hot sticky day.s 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 thunderstorms later today and especially this evening from anywhere from philadelphia up to the north and west suburbs. for now we're dry, 77 degrees, though. wet warm in the city as you step outside. 77 in wilmington. still 69 in allentown. 75 in trenton and 75 in sea isle city. as we head out the door this morning, we expect partly cloudy to mainly clear skies. it's going to be warm out there. 75 degrees by 6:00 a.m. and probably heading up toward the upper 70's by 8:00. and it looks like we'll be at about 80 by 9 o'clock. then like yesterday we're off to the races. 94 is your high probably around 3:30 or 4 o'clock and the farther we go into the afternoon the better chance we have of showers or a pop-up thunderstorm and

meteorologist, david murphy. on this tuesday july 15th.s happening. >> powerful lightning, flash flooding and a possible tornado tear across the delaware valley. we'll have a live look at some of the hardest hit areas. >> we're not out of the woods yet. accuweather is tracking the risk of more thunderstorms and drenching downpours again today. >> brand new at 6:00 a demolition derby in berks county takes a terrifying turn. an arena owners makes plans to preventer anything like this from happening again. >> good morning. let's talk about the accuweather forecast and go over to karen roger

murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 5:00 a.m. on this wednesday july 23rd. matt o'donnell is off, erin o'hearn is joining us. here's what'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 this area of pre

and tone, and following miss vonrotpaden murphy. >> good afternoon. >> i would just like to say thank you to the board of supervisors for giving me a chance for speak, i work full time with children with autism and i am also a graduate student. and i am also a member of peers, which is the dedicated to supporting and growing the sharing economy worldwide and more than 2500 people from san francisco have signed my petition to make the car sharing program available. and they signed it because they want to help to get proposed parking spots and to make sure that the program is a success. and i graduated college during the recession and the job that my parents generation had was not there for me and we are embracing government and initiatives and like the car sharing program and we are also learning to share what we already have. >> i wanted to say thank you for your commitment to making this program a reality. i know that we have many more hearings to approve of the 900 parking spots and i applaud your dedication and hard work and it is greatly appreciated by san franciscans like me that

karen rogers is off and matt pellman is looking at traffic and david murphy is looking at accuweather. >> it's a comfortable start here. humidity not much of a problem early on. few clouds over by the coast. sun is digging through well. satellite shows you most of the cloud cover the more significant stuff anyway is to the some app staying there todayment partly sunny overall today and sun mixing with clouds. 67 in philadelphia currently. 66 wilmington. light wind. most of you stepping out into calm conditions and feeling comfortable with the numbers in the 60s. it's still summer and will feel like it later on. 81 by phone and high of 6 on or about 3:00 this afternoon before we slide to 81 by 6:00 and it might feel a tad more humid than over the weekend and more humid tomorrow once begun a summer sun alert. high uv index. we'll talk about the higher humidity tomorrow and return of thunderstorms to the forecast ahead. >> many no longer need to worry about getting the burn david because they're coming home from the beach this morning they were trying to stay until the last minute and no

david murphy is off. karen rogers is here.hat accuweather and matt pelman is watching the roads. good morning. >> good morning. as soon as you step outside you could feel how heavy the atmosphere is. so much moisture out here. horribly uncomfortable. let's take a look right now at the flash flood watch. it is in effect until tomorrow morning. downpours are likely with these storms that we are going to see once again, 1 to 3 inches of rain possible with this. the recent flash flooding such a concern we could get 2-inches of rain in less than an hour. this is possible along streams, creeks and streets and it only takes about 6-inches of moving water completely knock you over. so you really have to take this flash flooding threat seriously as we look at satellite 6 and action radar nothing more than a osama bin laden couple sprinkles popping up near reading pottstown and doylestown. this isn't a big deal yet. this ignites the atmosphere late this afternoon into this evening. that's when the storms come through. 75 degrees in phil

let's go to david murphy.today. 84 is the current temperature in philadelphia, everybody is shooting on up and today's high in philadelphia 95 with a higher heat indexes. we may also see some strong thunderstorms in parts of the region late dan tonight matt, okay. >> thank you david. also today at noon a fourth of july tradition. today is wawa hoagie day, part of the wawa welcome america celebration. constitution center for a big hoagie give away. live tyler the guest on kelly and michael on announcer: it's "live! with kelly & michael." today, from the new series, "the leftovers," liv tyler. and star of "the fosters," maia mitchell. plus, our "summer fun week" continues with vern yip and fun and fantastic outdoor entertaining. ll next on "live." now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪ kelly: thank you. [applause]

this term that proved right. >> brown: all right, neal katyal, erin murphy, and michigan.measure marcia coyle. thank you all. >> thank you. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day. iraq's parliament convened, but failed to make any headway toward choosing a new government. heavy fighting seized eastern ukraine, one day after the government ended a cease-fire with pro-russian rebels. wall street started the month strong. the dow industrials gained 129 points. and in the world cup, belgium beat the u.s., two-one, in overtime, despite 16 saves by u.s. goailie tim howard, the most saves since records have been kept in the cup. but the loss ends american hopes of advancing to the quarterfinals. on the newshour online right now, merrit johnson wants to challenge the perception of native american art as only "beads and feathers." the sculptor, who is of mohawk and blackfoot descent, is part of a new exhibit that showcases a broad spectrum of contemporary works from native american artists. see some of those pieces on art beat. all that and more is on our web site, n