right in old city.o blocks from independence hall. >> what can you tell us about that tent location, back in history and what took place there? >> oh, my gosh, it's incredible. i mean as you drive up and down the east coast it's become a cliche to see the historical signs that washington slept there. what we know about the command tent, he would have this set up in the yard, whether it was a tavern or a home that he was staying. this was the only private washington had. where he'd read and write the dispatches. where he would not be disturbed. as we learned about this use of the tent, we somewhat tongue in cheek came up with this is the first oval office. you come up with the memories of kennedy in the cuban missile crisis, and to have a private place like that for the weighty moments of command. >> what about artifacts from here in the philadelphia, area, are those included in the ç collection? >> absolutely. i mean, everything from i think we mentioned earlier the first newspaper printing of the decl

this was the scene a few hurz go in old city. you see the umbrellas were out as people walked around 3rd and market tonight. let's get the latest on what you'll wake up to from nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. >> we still have the rain around right now and we could even see some rain around for the morning commute and even before it is that right. here's a look at the radar. we still have some pretty heavy rain right around the philadelphia area. this extends up through parts of burlington gloucester camden counties. this is pretty heavy rain over the major interstates. even through parts of delaware county. and it does extend down into newcastle county. you see the yellows, oranges and reds here right around middletown up to wilmington. that shows us the heavier rain. it's all going to continue moving into parts of new jersey. i think we're going to see it for a little while longer. here's your morning forecast.

also the monuments in old city. look at the temperatures, 84 right now.er that high temperature of 87, the due point right now at 60, so starting to feel a little more sticky but nonetheless pretty comfortable. 77 degrees right now in millville, 76 in atlantic city, we have 86 right now. that's the warmest spot on the map. upper 70's beautiful in the poconos mountains. at the shore, with that on shore fetch, low 70's, beach haven 71 at the boardwalk, 74, wildwood, a long with avalon. once again, parts of the area, take a look at the latest drought monitor showing abnormally dry conditions, berk county, lehigh, north hampton into the poconos mountains, couple of inches below where we should be, moderate drought towards sections of new york city and northern new jersey. dry and quiet as we look at the satellite and radar with ultimate doppler but a thin line of showers and thunderstorms through parts of the midnight. that's the front that will bring us a chance for rain, the western counties by tomorrow afternoon and evening. much of on our area by tuesday.

we take live look into old city. it was a beautiful day across our area. very low humidity but could some showers put a damper on the rest of the week. meteorologist scott williams tracking that now. scott? we have a chance for some rain not so much tomorrow but by the latter part of the week we'll replace the sunshine with the clouds and, yes, you'll need the umbrellas but beautiful weather right now here in old city. nothing but sunshine. 78 degrees right now. that's the current high temperature for today. but look at the the humidity 25%. dew point right now at 40. any time dew points are below 60 it really feels comfortable but 40 really unheard for june. so dry, quiet not a cloud in the sky. but look off to the west around the great lakes the upper midwest showers and thunderstorms that system will head in our direction for the latter part of the week. but beautiful weather get outdoors and enjoy it. once again, no problems if you're stepping out this evening. those temperatures are going to be really comfortable but coming up, we'll time out the rain

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it's warm but dry heat ear in old city. lucy, we can be talking about 90-degree temperatures again tomorrow and that would set the stage for our second heat wave of the year. as we take a look at the over o*l all perspective you can see what we're talking about the average for this time of year is 84 degrees. none yesterday. 91 the high today. we should hit 90 degrees again tomorrow. so really right on queue as summer officially begins later this evening at about 6:34 the official summer solstice the longest day of the year. the sun will set this evening in philadelphia at 8:33. 89 right now in philadelphia. we have 89 in dover. upper 80s still in the lehigh valley. 87 degrees in reading. so a warm summer evening on tap it will be dry. the humidity increases overnight tonight. wee come indoors we'll talk about scattered showers and thunderstorms chance force your tuesday and lucy, a break in that heat. back to you. >> all right, talk to you soon. you know what our cameras were also in wildwood today where the beach is almos

it's warm but dry heat ear in old city.alking about 90-degree temperatures again tomorrow and that would set the stage for our second heat wave of the year. as we take a look at the over o*l all perspective you can see what we're talking about the average for this time of year is 84 degrees. none yesterday. 91 the high today. we should hit 90 degrees again tomorrow. so really right on queue as summer officially begins later

but take look at old city you can see we're looking at a few breaks in the clouds. and also a break from that rain but temperatures a little cooler than average. 75 degrees right now but look at that humidity at 73%. so here's a look at ultimate doppler once again most of us are dry a couple of thunderstorms down around baltimore and washington, d.c. some activity scattered driving to move into the lehigh valley and pocono mountains. temperatures pretty uniform. low to mid 70s right now across the city. if you're headeed to mann center could be a scattered shower. for tomorrow, the roots picnic, 84 degrees. partly sunny and warm. we're looking at maybe an isolated shower coming up we'll talk much more about other events taking place this weekend and what to expect weather wise and that severe weather threat on sunday. back to you. >> all right, busy weekend. now take live -- another peek outside at old city as you make your weekend plans stick with fox 29 and weather authority team tune in tomorrow morning starting at 7:00 a.m. for "good day philadelphia" weekend. w

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hundreds of people lost power today in olde city.stigators say caused the outage. >> also fund rafer that really went to the dogs today. we'll tell you about the great cause that these pups and their owners are helping to support. >> plus, the phillies bats come alive as they take on the brewers today at citizens bank park. jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back. >> a malfunctioning transformer knocked out electricity to part of olde city this afternoon. peco says wet weather conditions caused the transformer to fail in the 300 block of wood street. 1200 customers were initially affected. just over 40 customers remain without power right now. peco stays restoring power to the remaining customers is a complex job and could take up to 12 hours. >>> 260 men and women officially took on a new title today. doctor. they graduated from the philadelphia college of osteopathic medicine joining 1,000 osteopathic doctors. dr. brian nester was the commencement speaker. he's the currents ceo of the lehigh valley health netwo

that is being celebrate today as well right here in olde city philadelphia.illies coming back to play the blue jays in canada playing them today. they will come back tomorrow and play blue jays. 85 degrees. watch out for rain on thursday, maybe friday morning and then the weekend is, so far, so good for fat thers day on sunday. that is your seven day forecast. let's check traffic on this tuesday morning. we have an incident to tell but that happened out in pottstown this morning. we understand it is a motorcycle crash right around route ten at county line road, so traveling around there it is going to definitely slow you down. looking at some volume this morning we will go to the schuylkill expressway right around spring garden, you see sun glare, just starting as sun gets higher in the sky but so far so good everything moving well and route 42 in new jersey same thing there everything is moving fine with you volleys picking up this morning, chris and lauren. >>> 5:47. capture a man accused of killing three other men in west virginia. police say pennsville to

taking a live look at olde city a beautiful sunrise. still humid this morning, but on a scale of one to to look at that meter, we will give it a perfect ten. >> we deserve it. it will be a nice day. look at the planner. temperatures in the 60's to near 70 by lunchtime. have your lunch outdoors. 80 degrees almost. 86 degrees is the afternoon high temperature. it will be a nice one. the once again look at that nasty line of severe weather that blew through yesterday, numerous storm reports, some hardest hit areas in parts of the south jersey, you can see icons showing you tree damage and winds in excess of 60 miles an hour. we will talk about the weather forecast and the tropics, you guys, we have tropical storm colin in the gulf of mexico. but how is traffic on this monday morning, bob? >> did you hear him say he is treating for lunch outdoors today. >> yes. >> 6:02. good morning. here comes the sun in northeast philadelphia waking up to some sunrise, all those clouds out of here. we're drying out from that heavy rain last night, 42, aga

. >> adrian lives in old city and fills up across the bridge. >> it is not going to be saving yomoneyit is the same price. >> i know, but they pump it for us. if e didn't pump it for me, i couldn't woman. >> and the money is earmarked for the fund about to run dry for t end of the month. and the state lawmakers link the tax hike to a break dropping from 7% to 6%. some taxpayers are not sold. >> and eventually we are going down 1% on sales tax. but they all said it doesn't k s to me. it doesn't add up. the math doesn't really add up. >> and the motorists are braising to have the steeper pre this is summer. >> it is prrough, when people a ready to travel. >> the last gas tax increase was in 1988, around 2.5 cents. reporting live, christie ileto fo channel 6 "action news." >>> the head of atlantic city's major casino union, a strike could be friday again at least one. at caesars, balis and they are committed to a deal fair to both sides. >>> and leaders in atlantic city arek looking to come up with a way for them to take over their finances. an disssing options, saying the city will hire

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. ♪ >>> took a walk around old city philadelphia tonight.e bit more vibrant than usual and i thought, yes, it is the first friday of the month. >> the celebration of the arts marks its 25th anniversary this year. >> let's get out to bruce gordon live in old steam bruce you're outside the betsy ross house. a lot of people in all city tonight. >> reporter: absolutely. we're here we got through watching a cam pee 1960s sigh fly flick under the stars a good time had by all. first friday is more about traditional art. these days arts mixed with a fair amount of commerce. ♪ >> reporter: residents on alley celebrating their state historical marker on this night. right next door the folks who run the clay studio were marking history of their own. 25 years participating in first friday. once a month event in which old city art galleries stay open late just about all of them. >> what is your studio gape from first friday. >> people. easy answer to that. there's lot of human beings that come through on first friday. why do they come? they see activity,

city. the 137 year old beach town, was named the best beach in the garden state. ccording to new jersey monthly shore town showdown. ocean city beat out 39 other beaches for the top spot. the dry town, this popular, with families, as it offers few amusement parks, to cater to kids. wildwoods came in at number two, cape may, round out the top three. before we get to weather, many student cross the philadelphia area are rejoicing today. it is the last day of school, that's right, school's out for the summer! for city schools, ya, they're ringing the bell, par rent going oh, no, marge, what are we going to go? are we going for frozen yogurt again today? and we want to see your last day of school photos. send them, use the #fox29goodday. oh, i guess we could go see the new nemo movie. massive fire rips you there house in chester overnight, house of five, plus severe damage left behind as the trees came crashing down, roofs were ripped off. take a look at this. we will be right back. on this cushion for generations. alright kiddos! everybody off the backpack, we made it

crews will hang more than 600 of these throughout center city, old city and university city. >>> in south philadelphia, which will host the convention from july 25th through the 28th. there will be events at the pennsylvania convention center. the dnc is expected to bring thousands of people to philadelphia. >>> the mega millions jackpot has swelled again for the holiday weekend because no one matched all the winning numbers last night. the jackpot has jumped to $415 million for friday. that's the third largest prize mega millions ever offered. and the tenth largest lotty jackpot in u.s. history. the ticket for last's drawing matched all five white balls. so you can check your tickets now. tuesday night's mega millions numbers. they were, 15, 17, 20, 35, 55, and the mega ball was 7. >>> day three of the wawa welcome america festival. here's a live look at the philadelphia human of art. in the spotlight tonight is the man who made the stone steps here a symbol of determination. tim? >> reporter: two friends are here, too. the only question is, where are you? we're going to see a movie on t

and old city, there's an accident, pickup truck overturned 2nd street.we're seeing delays around that scene. more updates when i come back. tracy. >>> scientists in our area are getting ready to test the vaccine. researchers at the risk star research institute developed the vaccine in just nine months where it can normally take decades to create vaccines like. they partnered to replicate the vaccine. the next step is a clinical trial with human volunteers from multiple cities including right here in philadelphia. >>> the new jersey transit is taking the audio surveillance systems out of its trains. both audio and video recordings have been in use on njt's river line. agents say after careful review it's removing the audio feature since it was announced in april rail rider groups and civil liberty advocates have raised privacy issues about the surveillance. >>> today is your last chance to get the septa key card. septa wants to get feedback from you. 10,000 riders have them. the cards are like debit cards that you can use and reload. septa as wants to rem

not a bad shot in old city, but a lot of events going on this morning. for that we like to check in with sue and wendy. weekend wendy is ready for fun in the sand. she's headed to monday for beach to be 2016. this is a great time with family friendly events. non stop music, food, volleyball, paddle boarding and lifeguard competitions. it takes place on the beach between huntington and grandville avenues. it starts at 7 in the morning and goings all the way until 10:00 p.m. will the sunshine on weekend wendy's sand cattle. >> we have sunshine now. some clouds, nothing picks up on the radar in margate so a nice start. this afternoon should be pretty nice, a cooler breezy setting up. the ultimate doppler is all clear. headed to the 80s this morning, but maybe a little cooler. wildwood mid 60s will climb into the 70s. there's a few clouds around this morning, but the clouds clear out and we're in for a nice day with lower humidity. that stretch for continue for a while at least. we're back to where we should be with the summertime weather and the seven day f

it was not disclosed why, the jury will report back to the courthouse this morning, in old city, andhannel 6 "action news." >> >> president barack obama will travel to orlando today to grieve with those who suffered from the mass shooting. authorities want to know if the wife knew her husband's plan to attack the gay nightclub. no final decision has been made whether or not to charge her. >>> the 5:07, the body of a 2-year-old boy was recovered at the disney world resort. the boy was dragged under and drown by an algreater as the parents -- alligator as the parents watched in horror. >> the body was completely in tact, there is no doubt in my mind the child was drowned by the alligator. >> officials euthanizeed five alligators and they will compare the by the marks on the child to make sure they got the right alligator. disney our parent company is cooperating with police. >>> authorities in delaware delay in school could give students a boost. school leaders say the calendar decisions should be made at the local level. the bill goes to the house. >>> lawmakers believe the future of

look at that beautiful sunrise here in olde city. the temperatures in the lower 70's.idity at 81 percent. cooler north and west. we are lower 60's pottstown. allentown 61. seventy-three in at atlantic city a cross the region for today we are looking warm, center city 86 degrees. down the shore 81. poconos, temperatures in the mid to upper 70's. we have a ballgame tonight: we are looking at temperatures at 78 degrees by first pitch, so it is going to be warm enough to wear those short sleeves. coming up we will talk about the better chance for rainfall which is going to be wednesday of this week, at 50 percent, timing of all of that, and then looking ahead to the weekend bob kelly, coming up. >> you got it, scottie, good morning. as we look live at the schuylkill expressway here, this is eastbound, on the schuylkill expressway, that box truck off to the left there, it is on that eastbound side, and westbound side do you see police officer, this fellow has been out here most of the morning. the as soon as you come around that curve he is hug ago this shoulder. it looks l

>> you got it, dave, 6:45, good morning, everybody, got an accident right here old city.e is a live look, our penndot camera, right at the intersection of second and race. and now let's roll some video, from bill fox, he's one of our fox viewers every morning, he happens to be out there, he sent me some video from his cell phone, that i then put up on our twitter page there. take a look at this, overturned pick-up truck. this is right in front of mr. bar stool. they normally have the big characters, the blues brothers outside, remember, see that? okay, so right at that intersection there, now, the firetruck wasn't involved in the accident. they had just showed up, everybody is okay. but that's causing a delay there at the intersection of second and race. we could have -- >> so bill next time, come on, right out here, second and race, that's causing delays coming into and out of old city philly. now, westbound on the schuylkill expressway, delays approaching the conshy curve, out toward 476, all because after accident, starting to see the sun glare pop. blab your shades, a

the building on third street and chestnut in old city is still under construction, the officials announced today that the museum will open on april 19th, 2017. that will be 242 years to the day since the first shot was fired in the revolutionary war. the museum explores the revolution with a distinguished collection of artifacts and manuscripts. and chairman donated another $50 million to the project today. >>> a delaware county hero is taking the next step if law enforcement. >>> and the wet morning gave way to a cloudy evening and i am tracking brighter days ahead as you head through the holiday weekend. all the details in the accuweather forecast. >> melissa? >> cecily we are down the shore here in ocean city, it's a cloudy start to the day but the sun is trying to do a late day peek. we have more on that plus the shore forecast. >> thank you, those forries and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >>> thousands of unionized workers are voting today in atlantic city whether to authorize a strike it could happen on july 1st the height of the tourist season. it would affect ball

supposed to be a ten, scott told us last hour but you can see from the camera on top of our studios in olde city what it looked like yesterday. time lapse video and that severe weather moved right through our area, scott, just in time for beyonce to take the stage. >> it was fast and furious. >> yes, it was. >> scott, good morning. still humid in the studio. we are getting that remedied. we are getting less humid by lunchtime. >> temperatures warming up rapidly as well but still muggy stepping outdoors this morning. look at the morning drive temperatures near 70 degrees. right around 80 degrees as we move toward lunch. 86 degrees for the high this afternoon. look at ultimate doppler, yesterday, that squall line just rake across our area. we saw that bow echo on the radar and that caused wind damage, wind down and power outage as cross the area. look at numerous reports of the the hardest hit areas, just to the east of the i-95 corridor and gloucester county and sections of the camden county. we are drying out. we are looking at sunshine during the day-to-day. the current temperature in philadelp

>>> today old city will debut old city eat.s weekly extended happy hour program starts today, runs every thursday, until august 25th from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. record 32 restaurants have joined the line up including fork, cuba lib ray, dynasty, commonwealth, many other, new program will give philadelphia resident workers and visitors more discount dining out options. >> still ahead, new details emerge in the wake of the orlando night club shooting, who the gunman reportedly called in the middle of caring out that attack. plus, steve keeley live for us this morning. >> well, if washing down the classic hoagies and breakfast sandwiches with anything but bottled water he'll be paying more, we are at city hall, wondering how much more will they have to charge for soft drinks, diet or regularly? >> soon be paying a sugary drink sticks. >> community comes together in the wake after tragic shooting at orlando night club. how classmates remembered the local basketball star, whose life was taken too soon. >> all full forecast, good day ever

talk about delicious. >>> that is the flag at sixth and market in olde city, philadelphia. flags are ordered by president obama to be flown at half staff, through thursday, of course, in honor of the victims of the mass shooting in orlando yesterday morning and carnage in orlando this was a bit of luck. a police offices was shot in the head and swat officers stormed into the nightclub. bullets went flying as the officer got into a confrontation and shoot-out, with the attacker. the officer's helmet, stopped the bullet and saved the life of that officer. the orlando police department posted this picture on their twitter account and it has been shared thousands of times. >>> remember, find all of the breaking details about the the shooting on our web site at fox 29.com. >>> next up on good day all eyes honor land owe after the worst mass shooting in u.s. history killed at least 50 people were the gun man was in stranger to the fbi. >>> feeling impact here at home security measures being taken here to make sure we remain safe. (vo) we went to hollywood to ask if america's favo

we're looking at old city.s nice and dry, not a humid day, nice dry, warm day on top cras the delaware valley, atlantic city wildwood looking good, lots of high pressure in control across the region. only storm activities towards the south, scattered showers even a rumble of thunder, that's not going to impact us, this complex of storms going to stay way out towards the west. that is not going to impact us. we got a great stretch of weather. 60's and 70's across the eastern half of the nation, big heat going to develop across the southwest. a deadly heat wave you're going to hear a lot about this on the fox news channel and our newscast. that heat will stay out towards the west. however, a slither of that will push in our direction and get us into the 90's for three days, which should make this a second heat wave of 2016. so that will certainly be no notewort noteworthy. then goes to the low 90's across region for tomorrow. not a cloud to be found. let's get to the beach quickly. upper 50's into the 70's. close

there are more events coming up for flag day right here in olde city, and happily weather is cooperating. >> so many have asked about our intern, we will keep you updated every morning patients carter is her name and she was wounded in orlando. she was at that pulse nightclub when shooter started firing shots and she was hit in the leg. >> her family tells us she underwent surgery and she is in stable condition. of course, we are praying for her speedy recovery. >> more on her, and, two friend that she was with, last night and sunday. >>> so yesterday you promised a ten. you came through. can you give us another. >> i will, only because you you asked. >> i'll have another. >> you'll have another on this flag day. 2016 is a ten out of ten. weather is just as beautiful. bus stop buddy excited about flag day as well. we are off to a nice start with temperatures in the 60's mostly this morning. the beautiful sunrise. prettiest ones are ones where we have a few clouds here and there we will look at 63 degrees at the airport. 13 miles an hour wind out of the north, relative humidity 50 percent

. >> happy hour just got a little well happier in old city. today old sitly debut old city eats.s weekly extended happy hour program start today and runs every thursday there is will go until august 25th, from 5 to 8:00 every night, at least every thursday night, record 32 restaurant have joined the line up including fork, dynasty, little ryan, commonwealth, many other. new program will give philadelphia resident workers, dining out options. >> this case you missed fits on wednesday, you did try it again thursday, in old sit. >> i oh, i miss sips on wednesdays, because i'm never up at that hour. speaking every eating, you can get a recipe and you can get a recipe and a recipe, oprah winfrey's releasing her very own cook book. >> oh, like you get a recipe, and you get a recipe, and you get a recipe. >> oh, book underneath your seat, and get a book. all right. thank you. the face of weight watchers will be released february 3rd of next year, judging from all of her posts, it will be really popular, popular, popular. >> tv mogel, previously admitted to secret. >> controversy over th

hope a quarter of a million people will one day live here, with 150,000 workers commuting from the old citywater. david frame: when we initially thought about building eko atlantis, we looked at an area in london, we looked at dubai, and we looked at the heart of london, heart of paris, heart of new york. obviously, the vast majority are wealthy people. i could not afford to live in the heart of london. but, in creating the residence for these people, you are also creating job opportunities. and it is the norm, here in nigeria, that if you create residential apartments, you also create orders for the domestic staff working for that family. you have to take into context that this is a city development. it is not a low income settlement. it is a business sanctum. primarily. this is the future. the first commercial development of lagos. there is no doubt of that. narrator: david hopes the first residential units will be open by the end of 2016, with the infrastructure of the whole site in place by 2022. >> projects like eko atlantic raise as many questions as they answer. especially from where

. >>> philadelphia mayor jim kenney spoke to a group in old city tonight to help raise money for ardella'souse. and it helps woman with criminal history find work and rebuild their families. in the process of refurbishing a house to be a home base for women recently released from prison. >>> and the class of constitution high school with the commencement ceremony at the appropriate site, the national constitution center. the founding fathers and mothers looked on with pride as their sons and daughters received their diplomas. >>> and break underway for the children as they left the school this afternoon. it let out at 2:00 while the rest of the elementary schools dismissed at 3:00. >>> call this purchase timing since the city pools just started opening up to give the kids somewhere to go this customer. mayor jim kenney onhand to welcome the youngsters taking the traditional first dip at the center in northeast philadelphia. 70 pools and water parks open between now and july 1. over the course of the next few days it is going to be hot enough so those pools willful. >>> it it is getting to

so that's tying traffic upcoming into and through old city this morning. west on 422, an accident, out near pottstown, thursday means it is breakfast time. we will jump in the news van, and head to pudge's in conshohocken. there is two locations, one in blue bell, we're going to the one in conshy here, so we'll get involved, come around the conshy curve, jump off at fayette street, bamm, see you from 9:00 to 10:00. kids off from school. bring them on by. bring your appetite. i'll bring tv cameras, we'll put you live on good day philadelphia. watch for the accident out on the blue route, causing delays, some sun glare on the eastbound side, mass transit looking good, alex, back to you. >> 7:18. big changes coming to your facebook news feed. why you can expect to soon see more pictures of people's babies and pets. and mcdonald's set to debut burger design specifically for texas by texans, so we want to know, what casino of burger would you create for philly? created by philly people, and for philly people. let's get our stuff together. tweet us. use the #fox

looking into exactly what caused that enormous sink hole. >>> just ahead of the fourth of july holiday old city septa station gets a new name to fit in with its historic surroun surroundings. mayor jim ken was among the leaders with at the renaming. it will be phone as the fifth street independence hall station. name change is the first step in rehab project there. step is hoping to make critical structural repairs to station and secure federal grant to pay for the project. >> philadelphia street where thousands pass by every day shining brightly with new ligh lights. the filbert street under pass next to reading terminal mark has multi colored led lights. in honor of the city's fourth of july events and the up coming democratic national convention, the area will red white and blew the lights enhance the entrance to the market and increase the safety in the area. >> this is a really key project to connecting the head house and reading terminal market and activates the street and creat creating a real civic space out here where it didn't exist in the same way before. >> lighting project costs $5

. >> reporter: with the tom down, visitors aboard big bus tours in old city get a bird's-eye view of independence mall during their trip. the crowd today are manageable but during the last week in july it will be all hands on deck. >> in light of the fact with the dnc we've stepped our game up way, hired more guys than ever, more sales staff. >> if you look to your right, you will see the national constitution center. >> reporter: eight of big bus tour's double deckers are booked every night of the convention. >> we're looking forward to the dnc which we think will be a great opportunity for people to take advantage of our products for them to tour the city and learn what philadelphia is all about. >> so far so good. >> reporter: big red pedal tours is geefring up for the convention adding a fourth pedi cycle to its lum in july. >> it's a big deal for our city and for us. >> welcome to the walking tour guide. my name is ian. i will be your tour guide today. >> reporter: private parties are starting to book dnc week with the constitutional walking tours philadelphia and the guides are

we have the cloud cover and muggy conditions a live look in old city. it's partly sunny to mostly cloudy. temperatures right now are in the 70s. 74 degrees but look at that high humidity. well up there at 73%. the high temperature this afternoon below average at 75 degrees. so maybe an early scattered shower otherwise it's mostly cloudy and it stays kind of steamy like a sauna if you're stepping outdoors. and what about the all pop weekend. we have a lot of events taking place. tomorrow it's partly sunny, maybe a spotty shower. then sunday upper 70s and that's the day that we have that severe weather threat. it look like mainly the timing will be the afternoon and evening. we're talking some wind. maybe some large hail and we can't even rule out an ice layed tornado. heavy rain is possible as well with that system. coming up we'll talk much more about other events taking place across the delaware valley. for th upcoming weekend. the shore forecast and more specific timing on that severe weather threat for the second half of the weekend. back to you. >>

. >> israel has extra police on duty in the old city today the first friday in the muslim holy month of ramadan. tensions are high after an attack that killed four israelis. israel has canceled many trfl permits for palestinians during ramadan. the palestinian authority condemned attacks against civilians in general without mentioning tel aviv. >>> in north africa, libyan government forces are on the merge of a major virnth against isis. militants reportedly are retreating from the stronghold of sirte pushing into the city center. sirte is the most important isis its loss would be a major blow to isis. >>> a virginia man who joined isis for two months and apparently changed had his mind has appeared in federal court back here in the u.s. muhammad quis is charged with providing material support to terrorists. he was captured in northern iraq in march later telling kurdish tv he became disenchanted with isis. >> i didn't really support their ideology and that's when i decided i needed to escape. >> at least 85 americans have been charged with isis-related crimes but quis is the first t

mayor won his primary race for old city council seat in warren 7 and defeated yvette exand erwining by a 2-1 margin. he thavrpingd supporters over twitter. this is of course a major come back to him coming two years after he lost his 2014 reelection fwoyd now mayor muirial bowser at the time. he was the focus of a federal investigation into a shadow campaign that had supported his 2010 mayoral efforts. the u.s. attorney office ultimately deciding not to charge him in the case. here's what gray told supporters last night. >> i'm just excited. excited that the people at ward 7 have voted so decisively to give them an opportunity to represent them once again. i'm really looking forward to. it there's so much to do in ward 7 at this stage and i'm excited to be able to have the opportunity to >>> now when it comes to voting it was not smooth sailing for some. the "washington post" was reporting problems for d.c. voters. it's not clear how many were affected but some found when they went to vote their party affiliation was changed to np for no party though they had not done or authorized tha

it's so nice outside looking at old city. >> severe weather could be headed our way, scott. good. we would like it to stay just the way it. >> i wish we can bottle today up and just use it again tomorrow kind of like a coupon. as far as what's happening, though, we're pretty dry, quiet but it was a beautiful day but we do have a threat of some severe weather by this time tomorrow across part of the area. take a look at this highlighted area. look at this nasty line of showers and thunderstorms. we have severe thunderstorm warnings right now for sections of wisconsin, but in red that is a tornado watch and then in yellow you can see severe thunderstorm watch. we could see a severe thunderstorm watch for a part of our area tomorrow. the main threats would be some damaging wind along with hail and we're talking saturday afternoon and evening. not the entire day and not a complete wash out but we do have that possibility of severe storms. the main timing between three and 7:00 o'clock on your saturday. winds could gust up to 60 miles per hour lightning and hail torrential brief

there's a mural dedication in old city at 2:00 this afternoon.ere's also free museum day at the benjamin franklin museum and tonight at 8:30, there is a free screening of finding nemo at franklin square. nbc 10j5Ñ the official media sponsor of wawa welcome america. and to learn more about today's fun and the full calendar of wawa welcome america events, tap the nbc 10 app. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> coming up on eight minutes after 4:00. pleasant morning, skies are clear. the humidity is down. the temperatures have cooled off, into the 50s and 60s. a live view looking across the delaware, no sign of any fog here. the view from the adventure aquarium. the temperatures are still cooling at this hour. 50s in interior new jersey and at the shore. while it's in the 60s for philadelphia, delaware, the suburbs, cooler, low 60s in the lehigh valley. 60 degrees. nice and clear this morning. there are some clouds in our future during the day today. most of them coming in this afternoon. right no

tens of thousands headed to center city in old city for today's events.e rolled down market street despite heavy hearts after news of the orlando shootings. philadelphia's director of lgbt affairs say this year's may have had a record turn-out beating last year's of 30,000. of. >> it's a very heavy and complicated day. as you can see folks are gathered and celebrating and being out and proud and visible. that is so critically important. on the other hand, grappling with what that can really mean and the consequences that can happen. >> a candle light vigil for victims of the massacre is tomorrow at 6:30 at city hall >>> in the middle of carnage in orlando, there was a bit of good luck. an orlando police officer responding to the mass shooting was shot in the head as swat officers stormed in the night club in a begun fight with the shooter. he stopped the bullet and saved the life of the officer. you can find all breaking details about today's shooting on our website of the just head to fox29.com. >>> on your radar right now, we have ms. kathy orr talking

in hodge or of 239th birthday, pat gallen live at the betsy ross house in old city with a preview ofebration. >> good morning, brooke, nicole, 239, getting old, aren't we? no better place to be than the betsy ross house than to celebrate a symbol of our freedom, symbol of our nation. arch street, to talk about the festivities happening this morning, this is lisa acker molder the director of the betsy ross house, good morning. >> good morning. it is a big day, celebrating flag day at the betsy ross house since 1891. 125th flag day celebration. we're kick being off the day with a flag raising in the courtyard, then at 1:00 have the philadelphia flag day association naturalization ceremony, so 13 people will take the oath of citizenship here in our courtyard, as always, you can meet betsy ross in her shop. >> how much to get in? >> $5 a person, if you want the tour, two bucks. >> seven bucks total get down here do, it. let's meet our friends here, just met this lovely lady. her name is betsy ross. >> good morning to thee, young man, i apologize i am trying to get some early work done to

voice in cock "eyewitness news" news reporter david spunt is live outside the federal building in old city with that story tonight. david? >> reporter: nicole, chaka fattah still an active member of congress. he still on the congressional role. no chance it looks like he'll resume any time soon. this means we have a convicted felon that's servation a member of congress. philadelphia congressman chaka fattah smiled but didn't say much as he left federal court. moments after learning a jury found him guilty on 22 counts in a racketeering case against him. >> very tough day but we're going to confer with my lawyers, we'll figure out what our next steps are row rt report fattah's case focused on efforts to repay an illegal campaign lone worth $1 million. four co conspirators were found guilty. >> we investigate the facts, we follow the facts we charged appropriate. >> fattah first went to congress in 1995 but lost his april primary to gate evans. fattah is still a member of the congress. he just can't vote on the house floor. >> the people deserve a represent in congress that were vote for him

olde city district hosting weekly summertime restaurant promotion, we will have details. review of the new animated flick finding dori, check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial. >>> 4:49. time for a check of business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange. jill, stocks fell for a fifth straight day, what are investors watching? >> reporter: it the is all about interest rates, which are staying put for now, so one reason for this, last month's disastrous jobs report that showed hiring is slowing down, fed chair janet yellin says she's in the ruling out raising interest rates at their next meeting in july. fed rates raised for the first time since the financial crisis, nicole and brewer. >> n d.a. is warning whole foods to clean up its kitchen, what is that about. >> reporter: inspectors visited whole foods prep kitchen in boston and uncovered violation like condensation from the roof and pipes drink on to food prep area, and the kitchen makes food for 74 whole foods locations throughout the northeast

in philadelphia in old city quite a different story than here on the boardwalk. the high temperature 84 degrees. right now it's still 80. little bit muggy down the shore a different story. we when you look at the temperatures around the he john 70s in the poconos. 80s to the north and west of philadelphia as you get closer to the shore it gets cooler and cooler. right now on the boardwalk it's 64 degrees. some 60s for the most part down the shore, and ocean water temperatures are sitting right about 57 to 60 degrees. if you're going to the phils game tonight, 78 degrees. it will be balmy as the phils take on the brewers. if you're coming down the shore this weekend, it's looking pretty good. a few scattered storms on frid friday. 70. partly sunny, a stellar day saturday and then some showers and storms cooler temperatures on tap by sunday. back here live we'll have that forecast for you from the city to the shore. coming up for the weekend. maybe some severe weather at home by sunday. more on that coming up with your seven day. i'll see you later in the broadcast

voice in cock "eyewitness news" news reporter david spunt is live outside the federal building in old city with that story tonight. david? >> reporter: nicole, chaka fattah still an active member of congress. he still on the congressional role. no chance it looks like he'll resume any time soon. this means we have a convicted felon that's servation a member of congress. philadelphia congressman chaka fattah smiled but didn't say much as he left federal court. moments after learning a jury found him guilty on 22 counts in a racketeering case against him. >> very tough day but we're going to confer with my lawyers, we'll figure out what our next steps are row rt report fattah's case focused on efforts to repay an illegal campaign lone worth $1 million. four co conspirators were found guilty. >> we investigate the facts, we follow the facts we charged appropriate. >> fattah first went to congress in 1995 but lost his april primary to gate evans. fattah is still a member of the congress. he just can't vote on the house floor. >> the people deserve a represent in congress that were vote for him

tonight, they put their talent to the test at a lip-synch contest in old city but it was all in goodfun to benefit the big brothers big sisters organization, which pairs children with adult mentors to help them grow into productive lives. "jimmy kimmel live" coming up at 11:35 right after "action news." here is jimmy with a preview of tonight's show. >> thanks, jim. hello, philadelphia. here is what awaits you tonight. >> trust me at this point because i've made so many good calls. i'm not a -- i know it sounds crazy, like i'm a lunatic. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> but -- >> i mean no. ♪ roll all summer with a classic -- dunkin's savory pork roll breakfast sandwich is back. crave it while you can. america runs on dunkin'. this afternoon, refresh yourself on the outside and inside with a medium sweet tea, sweet tea lemonade, or original iced tea from dunkin'. sip one for 99 cents from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. america runs on dunkin'. i'm so sorry, ms. maroney. this personal essay is way harder than i thought, it's just not in my nature to brag on myself. not even a backdoor brag? what's a backdo