city. we're dry in philadelphia. we go in just a little closer you're getting some heavy rain there. etching from atlantic city up just northwest of surf city right now. it is slowly lifting to the north and east. it's going to take awhile for the front to clear and this rain to clear the coastline. but right now only raining south and east of philadelphia. you see a wider view of this radar. we're still stuck with the clouds but that stream of moisture still coming in because the front hasn't cleared yet but it does clear during the day. by 9:00 a.m., 75, dry in the city but still rain along the coast. by noon more sunshine, 81 degrees. by 3:00 p.m., you feel much better with lowering humidity, 85 degrees, sunshine and clouds. we should be dry about everywhere by 3:00 p.m. by 6:00 p.m. 83 degrees coming down from your high of 85 so pretty good looking afternoon and the weekend's not bad, either. details on that coming right up, matt. >> my yard is going crazy with all this rain that's coming down and apologies to my neighbors. looking forward to drier days ahead. things are drying ou

no evacuations were necessary. >>> it is 5:05 and happening today, philadelphia city officials will join the family of a fallen police officer to dedicate a mural in his memory. the mural honors officers chuck cassidy. it will be unveiled at the penncrest gym in northeast philadelphia during a ceremony at 6 o'clock tonight. officer cassidy was a 25 year veterans of the force killed while responding to a robbery in 2007. his killer is on death row. >> doctors say the delaware county teenager who was struck by lightning this week is going to be fine. 14-year-old david bodkin paris was leaving his mother's glenolden home on monday night just as the storm unleashed dozens of lightning bolts in the area. one of them hit the teen just as he reached for a friend's car. >> i was just kind of like running and i heard it and then i was just shocked. i was shaking. and i was bleeding everywhere from right here just gushing blood. >> amazingly the teen was left with only a small wound on his arm. some involved in his treatment believe the soles on his sneakers saved him from injury. however, the nat

the parents of the four children who died in last weekend's fire, poured out their emotions to philadelphia city officials to day. councilman johnson, held a meeting to discuss the circumstances, surrounding the blaze. residents of the 6500 block of gesner street in southwest philadelphia, have said that the emergency response was too slow. fire officials, reject that saying crew is a arrived within three minutes but these grieving parents say that is not enough. >> the city is saying that we are out there, for accurate information, are we stupid. we lost four kids? i want them to say i'm sorry, i'm with y'all. >> liberia's ambassador to the united states was also there tonight. >>> a buckling foundation wall toys blame for collapse of the two row homes in the cobbs creek section of philadelphia the department of licenses and inspections says that a party wall dividing 6015 and 6017 spruce street collapsed on monday, causing the buildings to cave-in. fortunately nobody was hurt. a contractor must now demolish what is left of the houses within 30 days and inspectors say that the surrounding homes

. >> do you think it is a win for the city of philadelphia? >> we're making on the cigarette tax issue progress is being made. it's not a done deal yet. >> reporter: but mayor michael nutter says this is the best sign he's seen in over a year. >> but we must fill this deficit first and then start to make investments on top of that. >> reporter: you think this is a good start? >> this is a good start but we have a long way to go. >> reporter: and we just heard from the governor's office, governor tom corbett says he will not sign this budget until he can determine its full impact on the state of pennsylvania. as mentioned, there are some housekeeping items to attend to and some lawmakers here tell me they plan to stay until july 4th. live in harrisburg tonight, nbc 10 news. >>> tonight, a deadly reminder that swimming and hanging out in creeks in philadelphia is dangerous and illegal. tonight a 15-year-old died after he went under at the tacony creek. nbc 10's denise nakano joins us live from northeast philadelphia and has the very latest for u

invest in children. >> i think it's still possible for us to allow philadelphia to raise their own taxes cigarettes, only in the cityand county of philadelphia. that's still an active discussion but only one part of the equation. >> reporter: they will vote on the cigarette tax later today, followed by a vote from the house. philadelia mayor michael nutter will say he wiltay i harrisbu comes down. >>> that cigarette tax vote is critical to the philadelphia school district that approved its budget last night without knowing if the money from the cigaretttax would be there. right now there's a $93 million gap in the school reform commission's budget. if the cigarette tax vote passes, the money will be ere, ifnot, they are face iing an increase in spending cuts. >>> governor chris christie used his executive pows to vo two tax hikes and cut back the state's contribution to pension funds for public workers. >>> ne fm overnight, police in atlantic city are investigating a crash that left two people hurt. a jeep and car collided at route 30 in martin luther king boulevard shortly after midnht. the jeep flipped on to its s

>>> live from center city in philadelphia. this is "fox 29 news" at 6:00. >>> first at 6:00 a child fighting for his life after falling two stories from a window in philadelphia's cobbs creek neighborhood tonight that boy is in critical condition. good evening, everybody, i'm joyce evans, as a neighborhood recovers from the shock, questions are being raised about how something like this could happen. let's go straight out to fox 29's dave kinchen live at children's hospital of philadelphia tonight. dave, what have you learned? >> reporter: joyce, there are certainly a loft questions here. philadelphia police are calling this an unusual incident and right now that boy is here at the children's hospital of philadelphia in critical condition trying to recover from injuries to his face and his head. police tape marks the home, 5400 block of malcolm street, cobbs creek, where police say a four year old boy fell out of second floor bedroom window this morning. critically injuring himself, hurting his face, and head. >> well, we hear

the city says this time line issue has hampered the ongoing investigation. reporting in southwest philadelphianneth moton, channel 6 "action news." >> happening today, hundreds of casino workers are expected to fill the boardwalk to fight the closure of the showboat in atlantic city. 2100 jobs will be lost if the hotel closes next month. workers claim the showboat's owners caesar's want to close it down to protect other properties. new jersey assemblymen chris brown is proposing a bill that in part would place a limit on the amount of casinos that a company would be allowed to own in atlantic city. >>> philadelphia city and school officials waiting for the state legislature to finalize the cigarette tax are left frustrated again. the pennsylvania senate voted 43 to five to approve the hike but wants the tax to expire in five years. that change plus another measure on hotel tax center city forcing the bill to be sent back to the house for a second time. school superintendent dr. william hite says a five-year limit on the tax throws the schools back into uncertainty. mayor michael nutter says wi

keep in mind that we are still one year away from the philadelphia meeting. still, the cityf philadelphia is moving ahead with plans for a papal visit, in may a papal em czar i traveled here to survey the area and check out art museum steps as a possible location for a papal mass but until official word comes from the vatican, all philadelphia can do now is wait. jessica dean, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> in the meantime, a group of pharmacy clerks were stunned when pope francis join them for lunch in the vatican cafeteria, can you imagine. pope tuned on fish and chips we are told ape lunch for the holy father was free, of course. cashier said he did not have the nerve to charge him. >>> we will of course follow all of the developments in the possible papal visit here on "eyewitness news". you can get very latest, on cbs philly.com. >>> facebook's surging stock pushes the the company to new heights. the social media giant is now bigger than coca cola and at&t. founder mark zuckerberg is $1.6 billion richer today thanks to the surge after a weak initial public offering facebo

. >> philadelphia city hall was a busy place after the sun went down.the mayor was hosting a gathering for ram ramadan. the followers don't eat or drink from sunrise to sunset. after the call to prayer and meeting for quran, it ends later this month. >>> the film office chief sharon pinkenson led a film screening. they hosted "alive inside" music that treats alzheimer's disease. it took several awards at the sundance film festival. >>> and across america with the mega jackpot. i am john kronis. the jackpot is estimated $41 million. you must have the five white balls plus the gold mega ball. the first number is 40. followed by 2. up next 17. the next number is 4. the final ball is 36. the mega ball number is 5. again the winning numbers 40, 2, 17, 4, 36, and the gold mega ball is 5. we showed people a survey that stacked fios up against comcast. what's it like paying for internet that's rated 6th out of 7 in customer satisfaction? not gogood. it's not the best. no, that's not fun. look at it this way, you're kind of on top. if i was like this, all day. s

still no sign of the philadelphia teenager that went missing while swimming in ocean city.gil was held at the 9th street beach where corinthian hammond was pulled under water. the weather is next. >>> it's back and it's going to be more intense during the day today. temperatures will climb into the 90s, middle 90s. it will feel more like 100 grows this afternoon because the higher humidity today. we'll be watching for strong storms developing late this afternoon and into this evening. and keeping a close eye on the fourth of july, because of arthur, expected to come up the east coast. but offshore for the fourth. still could be close enough for impact. 77 degrees right now in philadelphia. humidity is at 74%. we are 4 degrees warmer already this morning than yesterday at this time. skies are clear. won't see any rainfall this morning or even early this afternoon. the showers, the thunderstorms are likely to move into center city will happen late this afternoon and this evening. when we come through, there will be heavy downpours and gusty winds. the rest of the day, it will

. >>> equal pay for women was the topic at philadelphia city hall today. members of the house democratic policy committee heard from the public. state representative maria donetouchi, disparity between men and women, she wants to increase the fine for businesses that discriminate. >> it hasn't been changed since 1959, the penalty right now is $25, that is a joke in 2014. >> her house bill 1215 would raise that fine. tonight atlantic city getting ready for big weekend beach bash. the city hosting two free concerts. it starts tomorrow. country superstar blake shelton will take the stage. the beach is expected to be packed with tens of thousands of people. the mayor says this is his vision for the future of the boardwalk. >> atlantic city, is still a jersey shore town. so where the urban town, but still jersey shore. so all of the wonderful activities you get being on the ocean is right here for people to enjoy. >> lady andbellum will perform from the same stage sunday. >> old treatment but providing new hope for cancer patients. >> next, health reporter step

meanwhile anyone with any information is asked to call philadelphia police homicide unit, as with any unsolved murder here in the city of philadelphia, $20,000 reword is in place for at rest and conviction, of the killer. >>> we are live, nicole brewer, cbs-3, eye witt pest news. >>> the clean up continues this morning, after another round of strong storms left some south jersey neighborhoods covered in debris. this was the clean up we want to show you the aftermath in glassboro, gloucester county. a tree came down in the mana hat cemeteries knocking monument right off the base. another tree snapped in half, and, cars, within inches. >> our back door blew opened and we are look what happened there. we ran back down to the back door to shut up and i told her to check her car and the tree was already down. >> i don't know what to think. i'm surprised it fell down especially you don't expect to come home and find your tree down in your front lawn. >> fortunately in one was hurt in either incident. >>> national weather service says that straight line wind, not a tornado caused all this damage in voorhees. many homes and

planned but had to be canceled because of the weather. >>> and live once again here in philadelphia, in center cityver the ben franklin parkway. fireworks just wrapping up right now in philadelphia. we're going to show you the finale, straight ahead. >>> plus, we'll take you to the nation's capital for a look at their fireworks display. >>> and i'm also watching your weekend forecast. we do still have some lingering threats at the shore because of hurricane arthur, but i'll show you when we'll see temperatures back in the 90s. that's coming up. ♪ >>> just beautiful. hurricane arthur, though, did force a last-minute change for the big macy's fireworks display tonight in new york city. the barge where the fireworks are set off had to move to a new location on the east river because of a strong rip current. after that, boy, the show really went on, didn't it, without any other problems. ♪ >>> to washington, d.c., where fireworks lit up the night sky over our nation's capital tonight. thousands packing the national mall there as fireworks were launched from the lincoln memorial reflecting pool. also to

a seven month investigation in 2012 also uncovered former philadelphia city council's secretary allowed for victims to live in squalor. >>> 5:10. feisty donald sterling takes the stand as he battles with his wife over the sale of the los angeles clippers, that is coming up. >>> also ahead grandfather of the baby girl abandoned at a new york subway station speaks out. hear why he believes his daughter just left the little girl there all alone. >>> later in the healthwatch what you should drink before your work out that will help you lose extra pound. katie? >>> sign me up, all right. we are looking a head to another day that features more heat, more humidity and more storms. although it may in the be as impressive in any of that regard here as we go forward in the forecast, i will explain, we will talk about it, easing up on the tragedy strikes a maryland campground. >> one child was killed after trees collapsed during a strong storm this happened at the river valley ranch summer camp. authorities say that more than 100 campers were caught outside when severe wind and rain swept through

philadelphia. we're live university city area eva pilgrim "channel 6 action news."" >> thank you, eva. "world news" with diane sawyer will have continuing coverage ever the ebola outbreak. that is next on channel 6. and coming up on "action news" tonight the largest free music festival is about to get underway. we'll have a preview of this year's musikfest and the trade deadline in baseball comes and goes. jeff skversky is traveling with the philliess. the big question, did the phillies make a deal? we'll find out. cecily. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing moisture building to the south. and this will put a big damper on part of the weekend. i'll have the latest in the timing on the accu wairming forecast. >> those stories and and much core continue with "action news" >> those stories and and much core continue with "action news" tonight. corrs rermybuthmheonow. ika nowfearoneee sge o for owds foing.igh c s l.elk u ar.ick laterno'stn veryy ah age ri ee igether emlple i t dloer arei>> y y e righstthg f heaseeservipgscen.hap tnign ne t ser you need ta ok al c indw ex ne t ser yo

. >> i think it's still possible for us to allow philadelphia to raise their own taxes on cigarettes, only in the city and county of philadelphia. that's still an active discussion but we're only one part of the emotion that involves the governor, the house >> reporter: republican lawmakers are offering their support over the cigarette tax in exchange for democrats to back pension reform. the bottom line is the cigarette tax we understand will be voted on later today. first, the senate will take it up and some lawmakers, well this be they say they are not leaving harrisburg until the cigarette tax is decided. reporting live from center city, conshohocken, nbc news. >> no one is awaiting the outcome more than the philadelphia school district. they're depending on the cigarette tax for a majority of their funding. the school reform commission unanimously approved a $2.6 billion budget, leaving a $93 million gap. that's because they're waiting to see what palaumakers in harrisburg decide on that cigarette tax. without that revenue, the district is facing deep spending cuts, including laying off 1,300 emp

statewide parole report found over a two-year period more than didn't thousand philadelphia inmates were released from prison. the city has had an over 60% rearrest rate for nearly a decade. >> breaking news a tense night in philadelphia's spring garden neighborhood. the bomb squad is called in for a report of a suspected drug l lab. "eyewitness news" was fir on the scene at ninth and spring garden tonight. we go now to "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco. diana. >> reporter: jessica, we still have pretty active scene out here tonight. police have been out her for several hours. short time ago the narcotics unit was called in. the investigation has been focused around the second floor of this building. they are still trying to determine exactly what it is that they found upstairs. the call came in just before 7:00 o'clock tonight on ninth and spring garden. the bomb squad responded almost immediately because it was initially thought to be a hazmat situation. what they found upstairs i have just learned from police was a pressure cooker and some piping. but it turns out tonight that that substance found in that pres

keep in mind that we are still one year away from the philadelphia meeting. >> still the city of philadelphias moving ahead with plans for a papal visit. in may, a papal traveled her to survey the area and checked out the art museum steps as possible location for a papal mass. but until official word comes from the vatican, all philadelphia can do now is wait. >> in the meantime, group of pharmacy clerks were stunned when pope francis joined them for lunch in the vatican calf tower ya. for the record the pope dined on fish and chips. lunch for the holy father was free. cashier just didn't have the nerve to charge him. >> we will continue to follow all the developments in the possible papal visit here on "eyewitness news". you can also get the latest any time the commodore barry phill philly.com. >>> they're called the best band in the land and they're known for their eye catching performances but tonight the ohio state marching band is in the middle of a sex scandal. hear what the leader is accused of making his members do. >> but first, incredible video of a storm that seemingly swallowed an

. >> happening today a noontime rally in center city philadelphia in support of israel. we'll have a report in the next half-hour. the violence continues in the middle east. a rocket from gaza struck leaving a man injured. gaza has fired four missels into israel over the last four days. gerard from bala cynwyd just returned from israel, he took a picture of himself in a bomb shelter. >> there's all these people rushing trying to cram into this little room. >> reporter: israel has bombed 900 targets in gaza. palestinian officials say most of the dead is women and children. president obama is hoping to help broker a cease-fire. >> 5:04. relative also of people shot by -- relatives of people shot by police officers turned out in city hall. commissioner ramsey was on hand as investigators invited the public to talk about their experience with the police department and where they think the department fall short. some did not minutes words about what they call a lack of trust by the force. >> we believe it's hard to get justice for the victims of police-involved shootings beca

we're also dealing with construction in center city philadelphia. 5th street tunnel is closed until 2:00 on wednesday afternoon. tracy? >> jillian, thanks. the president said something about dessert at the white house last night. it's making headlines this morning. >> had people chuckling. plus, this wild ride here, dramatic video that looks like something straight out of a movie. as the people in that car can tell you, it is very real. >>> plus, look, ma, noç hands. how shooting a selfie on your cell phone just got simpler. >>> 4:44.ç a live look at cape may. we'll get the weekend forecast coming up. >>> the camden county police department hope this sketch will help them find a man they were looking for that sexually assaulted a woman last week. the man pulled up in a car. this is video of the older white toyota avalon with jersey plates. the man forced her into the car and sexually assaulted her before driving away, the woman says. >>> a boil water advisory is still in effect in two bucks county communities, west rookhill township and sellersvil

philadelphia is still the 35th largest city in the country for homeownership. even though the numbers dropped we're high as we look at the rest of the county. and reports came out not just on the high end side, but on the low income side to say we need a better mix between rental and homeownership. >> you can't separate it out from the rising poverty rates we see in the city. if you don't have a job, you can't buy a home. so some people unfortunately have been demonized, section 8 is taking overly parts -- over the city. people are leaving, it's a different city now. >> inside stories of th >> time for inside stories of the week. >> monica, i want to go to the smoking topic, $263 million a day, direct healthcare cost we lose in the country. 1200 people per day dieing from smoking related issues. we helped the kids by raising $2 per pack and we're lowering healthcare costs. >> we have a good number of kids working in the city of philadelphia. over 7,000, the university of british columbia came out with a report this week that said this matters for the summer and

philadelphia school budget crisis, still remains to be seen. democratic representative brendan boil argued on the house floor, there wasn't enough for the city schools. >> we cannot leave here without having done something to solve this problem. >> the $2 cigarette tax vital to is philadelphia school funding woes put into separate budget related bill will be voted on by the senate today. house vote would then follow. the $2 per pack cigarette tax would bring in about $80 million for the school district. yesterday, the school reform commission had to approve a budget that includes $93 million hold with hopes other revenue sources like the cigarette tax would fill it for next year. >> there aren't any other place toss cut. this is not a problem you can solve now. we can't cut our way to the top for this problem. >> governor corbett did not sign a bill last night, saying at least pension reform on the table. he also is up for re-election this fall, this is a measure that he has made a priority. now, he did say in a statement following that that he will continue to work with legislature, toward meaningful pension reform, i am withholding signing the bud

. >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 5:00. >> five at 5:00 pictures speak for themselves. strong winds, heavy rain knocking down trees and even power lines. even ripping off roofs and we are not out of the clear just yet. more powerful storms are on their way right now thank you for joining us. i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. the damage so severe some thought it could have been a tornado but the turns out straight line winds between 60 and 70 miles an hour left behind this path of destruction in voorhees. several trees were knocked down there and tonight some residents could see even more damage. let's get you right over to chief meteorologist scott williams. >> good evening iain and lucy. we could see more straight line wind damage violent up drafts producing violent down drafts producing that severe weather. yesterday in sections of burlington and also camden counties. as we take look at the threat right now, severe thunderstorm warnings in effect former sorry county until 5:30. also sections of kent and new castle county until 5:15 so watching showers

already starting to warm up, nicole, through center city philadelphia. won't stop there, though, we will be going all the way up to the upper 80s today, center city looking just great from the cbs-3 studios, "skycam 3", and it is busy at the shore, as you might imagine. look how many people are closing out the holiday weekends, maybe not even closing out the holiday weekends, a lot of people will tie that

philadelphia, of course, a city that prides itself on food trucks.ly hundreds of them that move throughout the city. some kind of an accident occurred, with this one earlier this afternoon, again, critically injuring four people. this is chopper three live over the the scene right now, you can see emergency responders who are there, and, any kind of fire that may have originated within this truck appears to be out at this time, but again, we do know that this blast did injure four people. >> thinks at third and wyoming in feltonville and as you look at the area surrounding that truck you can see it does look like it was a forceful explosion, of some sort, that is at least what it appears to look like and you can see fire crews there on the scene. it took four people that we have been told were burned and two of them suffering critical burns at this point. so clearly they are getting medical attention, right now, a big scene there, and as they zoom in there you can see a blackout portion of that truck. it doesn't sianni you cannot clearly see what typ

look at your overnight forecast here in the city of philadelphia, feeling nice. 66 degrees. mainly clear. few more clouds starting to creep in as we go in the early morning hours on saturday and then saturday's forecast partly sunny, warm, more humid with a isolated shower or storm. high of 88 degrees. here is your seven day forecast and shore cast and you can see we will steam up through the weekend, best chance for storms sunday into monday but once we clear that front out take a look at what is beyond the three day, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, gorgeous low humidity, comfortable friday looking nice as well. back to you guys. >> that looks good, ready for some football. >> always. >> come on now training camp gets underway eagles fans are anticipate gooding things this season. >> many good things. when they helped to lincoln financial field that home game experience will be a little different when season starts in september. kyw news laid ohio steve, checks out upgrades. >> reporter: front office led the media on a tour of the link on the receiving end of some nice upgrad

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but take look at the temperature right now in center city philadelphia. 82 degrees. but this is the deal. the humidity it's only in the 20s% category so really comfortable for this time of year. satellite and radar showing quiet condition conditions for a few high clouds moving in. but look at all of the moisture to our south. most of that will likely stay to the south as we move into the upcoming weekend. but look at the temperatures right now. 72 degrees in the pocono mountains. we have low 80s in philadelphia as well as wilmington. 76 degrees right now in atlantic city. so if you have friday plans looking pretty good. 80 by 7:00. 9:00 o'clock, 76 degrees and low 70s as we move toward the 11:00 o'clock hour. that saturday snapshot for you kicking off the weekend. we'll have more clouds than sun but it looks like we'll stay dry. coming up, we'll time out warmer conditions as well as the threat for some rainfall. iain? >> scott, thank you. >>> memorial service takes place tonight for a woman whose body was found inside a dufflebag. friends and family will remember 23

why a local man says the s so-called affliction is very real. >> the city of philadelphia told the ownersthis house their street tree was dying and that the city would remove it. that was nearly two years ago. now the tree is on top of their house. fox 29 working to get results. i'm bruce gordon. the story straight ahead. >> and the phillies, they were almost no hit today. but then wait until you see what happened. and maybe the golf shot of the decade. that's all coming up in sports. >> howard, coming up in weather, ultimate doppler lit up depending on your location. the flood con >> right now philadelphia police are searching for two men after a robbery in franklinville. think happened at peter's seafood on the 3500 block of germantown avenue. police say the men got into the store by cutting through the front gate and then they got couple of cash register. 40 bucks and six cartons of cigarettes. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> new developments in last spring's big drug sweep that targeted those schools on the mainline. timothy brooks was in court today and waived hi

. >> and there is a hearing today at philadelphia city call calling for equal pay for women. advocates say there is a large pay disparity between men and women and they want better ways to report discrimination. >> an urgent health warning about mosquitos inin new jersey. not one but two viruses have been detected in the garden state. >> heart-stopping video of a train bearing down on two women stuck on the tracks. but what happens next will probably really make your jaw drop. ♪ >> beautiful day down for you down the shore. looking live as the sun starts to creep up into the skyline and just some beautiful temperatures, too. low 60s in late july? >> that fall feeling once again. >> love it. >> see how long it lasts. katie has your fast, bo >>> it's a very close call for two women walking on a railroad bridge in indiana. >> it's all caught on tape, too. they were close to the middle of that train bridge, 80 feet high above lake lemon. once the women realized they had no where to go, they laid down and let the 100-car train pass right over them. >> we had an engineer who though

philadelphia's middle class carries a larger burden than other cities. s support one of the largest groups of low income residents in the country. second to detroit. not only that. philadelphia has fewer rich residents, 9% of the population to offset the burden. this is stretching philly's middle class, causing higher taxes and limiting how much money the city can spend on police, spire, and updating an -- fire and updating an ageing infrastructure. philadelphia middle class may have hollowed, but there's a solid, albeit smaller base in a few parts of the city. this is one of those neighbourhoods, traditionally blue-collared italian-american, it's in the midst of a transformation as a new middle class of young professionals move in. they could be the transformation of a new middle class. brian howard bought a house here in 2009. you could call him the case of the new middle class. >> how does this feel to you as part of a city that has seen decades of hollowing out of the middle class is this does this feel like a good middle class neighbourhood? >> i lik

. >>> happening right now, the crisis in the middle east, takes center stage in center city philadelphia chopper three is live over love park at this hour, dueling rallies are underway, they are happening not far from one another. one in support of the palestinians, other in support of israel, so far things have been rather peaceful only a few minor incident have been reported. >>> of course, weighing on the mind of the many on the rallies flight ban in tel aviv in effect. today faa continued that ban for another 24 hours. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is at love park with more on today's news, syma. >> reporter: that is right, chris, this rally, both are being held just hours after the faa ban. you can see behind me here at love park this is a pro israeli group, they are standing hundreds of them with flags, posters, shouting, chants, talk about standing with israel. as you can see the police presence is heavy here. in fact, they have police bikes making sure in one can get on the sidewalks so that way this crowd can be at peace. across the the street on the other side we hav

admission fees to strip clubs in philadelphia are already taxed at 5 percent. the city wanted to extend the amusement tax to semi private dances but three clubs appealed. they would have owed more than a million-dollar in back taxes, interest and penalties. philadelphia's tax review board sided with the clubs and that decision has been just upheld in common pleas court. >>> and some institutes cherry hill location is now warning have to close by september 15th because of financial challenging. campus provides education, and training for careers in health care and technology. it is trying to find other institution that is would allow the 256 students to transfer. >>> well, tonight the story behind the story, of the wedding proposal last friday that has been seen by thousands of people on the internet. well, it business to get a far greater audience as told by "action news" reporter sharrie williams. >> i was like totally shocked. >> reporter: mary is a bride to be after two and a half years of dating her fiance, chris, popped the question. >> i pick out the ring, and i w

center city, clouds overhead already in the upper 70s at this hour throughout much of the region. it's just going to get even warmer. forecast right now, temperatures at 77 for philadelphia, 69 for the lehigh valley, 74 atlantic city, 77 also for wilmington all the way down to dover. we're at 72 for lancaster. your high for the day today, right around 94 degrees. that will be the hottest day this week we think is going to happen today. hot and breezy with also late-day thunderstorms and certainly some evening thunderstorms with those winds anywhere from 10 to 20 miles per hour. coming up in a few minutes we'll let you know how much rain to expect and how long these 90s will last. first,et's get a check of the tuesday morning commute with jillian. >> we're starting off the morning with construction out there. overnight road work. this is 95, the southbound side, right at girard avenue. you can see we have cones set up. we have one lane of traffic getting by 95 southbou right now. it's too early for it to be causing big delays. this is the boulevard, quiet as can be in both directions, out near 76. average speeds across the board in the 50s and 60s. 55 miles per hour is wh

>> much different note, lap dances, remain tax-free in philadelphia. cityeaders are not happy about this. a judge has shot down the city's bid to tax lap dances. critics of this proposal call naked money grab. fox 29's bruce gordon has reaction from both sides. >> tax dispute that would knock your socks off. first, two, if she were wearing any. the court ruling has fans of gentleman's clubs cheering. >> that's ridiculous. already paying ridiculous amount of money anyway. >> just to get in? >> yes, and for a lap dance. >> first-hand knowledge of the subject matter? >> yes. >> did you ever go into anyone of these establishments, do you have any first-hand knowledge of the subject? >> uh, yes, i have. >> you wouldn't want to pay an extra tax for lap dance, i am guessing? >> no. >> un-american? >> yes, un-american. >> here is the basic story, the city wants to charge a separate amusement tax for lap dances at strip clubs, that's on top of the tax already built into the cover charge you pay when you walk in the door. the city solicitor, shelly smith, explains it

this is a live look in center city philadelphia. the vine street expressway is looking fine it both directions. we're not seeing any delays out here just yet. we have volume near the conshohocken curve. let's take you outside right now to a live look in center city philadelphia. this is about top of the comcast center. skies are looking good in this area. elsewhere if the area, we're seeing rain. >> you got that right. yeah, storms have fired up once again in some of the western suburbs. chester county seeing heavy rainfall with thunderstorms. they're moving off to the northeast into montgomery and bucks county as well. some of the heaviest rainfall right in the west helpen area crossing the turnpike, wallace seeing some of that heavy rainfall. downingtown is getting drenched this morning as well. more storms late today and in between the storms you can see that an active one with more lightning strikes. we'll see a big warmup into the 90s this afternoon. >> as you heard bill tell thus morning, hurricane arthur is making its way up

. >>> former philadelphia city council secretary nancy gonzales facing sentencing today. she was convicted of stealing nearly $25,000 from the 88 year-old woman from her care. >>> we are not only ones who dealt with severe weather overnight coming up next a look at worst damage all across the united states. >>> this baby girl was abandoned in the new york subway station by her own mother. this morning we are hearing from the baby's grandfather about why he thinks this may have happened. >>> and this is not a hot new accessory for children, it is more for parents who want to track down their childreren, with an app. see how it works when we come >>> a mother is behind bars in the new york city jail accuse of abandoning her baby on a subway platform. surveillance video shows, she's pushing her daughter's stroller off the train machine morning and then getting back on alone. ten month-old was not hurt and is in the care of social services. woman's father says she's a loving mother and wondering if a recent tragedy was more than that she could handle. >> she saw her boyfriend

it's no secret that christy is weighing a run for president in 2016. >>> a philadelphia judge has stripped away the city's authorities to tax lap dances. admission fees to strip clubs in philadelphia are taxed at 5%. lawmakers wanted to extend the so-called i musement taxes to other dances. but three clubs appealed. philadelphia tax review board sided with the clubs and that decision was upheld in common pleas court. >>> all new in the next half-hour of "action news" a wild bank robbery out west ended in a gun fight and three people dead. we'll give you the details. >> it was one of the biggest nights of professional sports. a look in a >> a man nearly burned his home down when i tried to kill a spider. frustrated by not being able to catch it, he created a makeshift blow torch and let it fly. that set the a wall and ceilingt on fire doing $60,000 damage to the rejt home. the -- rental home. the red cross is providing temporary shelter for him and another resident who are homeless. >> middletown police officers searching for a brazen thief who targeted a big-box store not once, but twice in two days. scre

philadelphia area. already impactin impacting someg flights toward new york city as well as the philadelphia international airport because of the activity to our west. so now until 7:00 that line continues to approach from the west. from 7:00 until 9:00 moving toward the north and western suburbs, the philadelphia area, the i-95 corridor, and then as we move from 9:00 until 11:00 the storms weaken a bit as they move into south jersey and sections of delaware. we'll talk about the heat relief on the way with the seven day coming up. >> all right. scott, thank you. of course, you can keep track of the storm system as it moves into our area tonight. by just heading to our website it's myfoxphilly.com all you have to do is click on the weather tab. >> skyfox over an accident in north philadelphia tonight. police say four vehicles were involved in this crash on west lehigh avenue and north eighth street. it happened around 4:30. two children have been taken to saint christ mers hospital. another person was hurt and has been taken to temple hospital for treatment tonight no word on their conditions or what led

a reporter for the daily news, he covers atlantic city, and he joins us from philadelphia. chuck, this is not -- atlantic city is a big deal. and what has happened? >> well, what happened is two words, it's called convenient gaming, and simply what that means, the example that i always use to illustrate what happened in atlantic city. up from 1978 to 2006, grandpa and grandma, who lived in northeast philadelphia, which is an hour and a half plus ride to and from atlantic city, they have their favorite slot machine, and they would go down there once or twice a month, ride the buses and play the slot machine and go home and come back the next week. and what happened was, pennsylvania, specifically southeastern pennsylvania, the philadelphia region, got a handful of casinos, four or five, and for instance, now grandma and grandpa, who don't care about celebrity chef restaurants, and 24-hour spa treatments, and kanye west and jay-z concerts, that you can avail yourself of in atlantic city, and now these people who live in northeastern philadelphia, atlantic city, all they need t

are warmer this morning and sunshine falling on center city, that's a live view from the adventure aquarium. currently 76 degrees in philadelphiashould be in the 60s at this hour, running 3 degrees warmer than yesterday. and a hazy view of center city, hot, humid conditions will feel like 100 this afternoon, possibly more. tomorrow a different story, not as hot. in part because of the moisture coming up the cst from tropical storm arthur. arthur has strengthed, 60 miles an hour now. moving faster to the north at 6 miles an hour that will keep it off the florida coastline but headed for the carolinas. that moisture as it comes up the coast will be part of our weather. this is the tropics first thing friday morning. you can see the storm centered off the north carolina coast but spreading moisture into our area on the fourth of july. the first moisture arriving late in the day tomorrow with heavier rainfall. late friday we'll see clearing north and west. the storm will pass by us offshore. stays far enougz off the coast, we won't see much wind. there's still the potential for rain even during the late afternoon and early evening

keep in mind how vital this is for the city of philadelphia's public schools. would inject $80 million into the public school system. coming up in the next half hour, you'll hear from lawmakers about it. reporting live in center city, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >> this have our nbc 10 trenton bureau. new jersey does have a new budget in place. governor chris christie signing that spending plan late yesterday. he used his executive power to veto two tax hikes and cut back the state's contribution to pension funds for public workers. unions for public workers are suing the state for full pension funding to be restored. >>> happening today, remembering the three israeli teens whose bodies were found monday almost three weeks after they disappear. tracy davidson is live in the digital operation center. one of those teens has family in this area. >> there's been an international uproar over this but it does have local ties. we spoke with relatives of 16-year-old neftali frankel. they were praying for his safe return. that was not to be. people will remember frankel a