dozens of residents demanded action from elected officials as crime in pottstown has spiked. neighbors tell nbc 10 crime rates are worse there than nearby philadelphia, reading, and allentown. george spencer is live in pottstown at a meeting tonight, some residents calling on the council president to step down. george? >> reporter: jacqueline, there does not seem to be much disagreement that crime here in pottstown needs to be addressed and addressed forcefully. the dispute centers on whether it is the fault of inactive leaders here or that of the community as a whole. how critical is it? >> it's very critical. >> reporter: walking near borough hall, pottstown resident katie jackson insisted crime is changing the character of her historic community and putting even its biggest supporters in the crosshairs. >> it has terrorized this community. and we are absolutely held hostage to the violence. >> reporter: residents count six violent gun crimes in the past three weeks. part of a larger trend that crime data confirms. and tonight this group of citizens demanded action, waving

wilson street is closed by farmington avenue and poplar street in pottstown. heading out to 76, a live look near girard avenue. quiet in both directions. checking your drive times, 95 southbound from woodhaven to the mine. that's about a 13-minute trip. no delays to report just yet on 95. that will change once we get into the 6:00 hour. 76 eastbound from the blue route to the mine is 14 minutes. >>> philadelphia police are searching for a person who shot a man while he was sitting on his french porch. this happened at west spencer street near 21st and germantown. the victim was simply smoking a cigarette when police say two people came down, one asked the victim "what are you looking at?" he didn't respond. that's when one of the men pulled out a gun and fired six round. the victim was hit in the thigh. he's in listed in stable condition. >>> federal officials will be in wilmington to take a close look at the rise in violent crime there and find ways to crack down. jesse gary is in wilmington. what prompted the feds to come in. >> a city councilwoman first put

right now like we just mentioned, we're in the 80s, staying in the low 80s for pottstown.steady for westchester, 79 for wilmington, 70s for atlantic city to stone harbor, sea isle city cape may. you'll warm up today, also in the 90s by this afternoon. hours an hour by hour look. our high, 95 degrees. 6:00 p.m., there's a slight chance of thunderstorms, after 6:00 p.m. on this evening, we'll talk more on that and how long this heat spell will last. i'm sure a lot of people will be seeking relief. that's where we're going right now, over to katy zachry this morning at one of those cooling stations. good morning, katy. >> i'm in collingswood, right in front of the cooling station that will open later today. the reason there are cooling stations throughout the county is because there is a heat alert issued for all of camden county. yesterday, the health officer issued it because temperatures climbed into the 90s. it's even more humid today. what does this mean for you? let's go to our video. we visited a cooling station today in camden. the county opened more than 50 of these

just in, an accident in pottstown.that accident is at wilson street and farmington avenues, a vehicle that went into a pole. use caution in that area. northeast extension southbound just past quakertown, we have a little bit of construction there. keep that in mind. that's part of the long-term construction project, though. the vine street expressway is looking good. 59 passing 8th street and broad street and eventually out to 76. both directions on the vine are in the clean right now. i mentioned that construction on the brip. y that's on the ben franklin bridge. the right lane is blocked. two lanes of traffic are getting by. it's not causing delays. >>> we're following breaking news out of malaysia this morning. crews are searching for survivors after a boat carrying about 100 people sank. the boat sank off the coast of kuala lumpur. you can see it on the map. the people on board were from indonesia, many were women and children said to be headed home at the time. we'll continue to follow this story and bring you new

but we're still not opened in pottstown. overnight crash brought down a pole and is closing wilson street between farming ton avenue and popular street by the pose reality diamond street or eighth street possible alternates. downed wires late last night in cherry hill along 70 at cuthbert boulevard. they're out of the way. everything is opened there this morning but a downed pole and wires in cape may courthouse continue to block 47 both ways north of 612. stay over on route nine to get around that one. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> let's get back to that heat and humidity that karen has been telling us about. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live in philadelphia with more on the current conditions. katherine as soon as you step outside you can really feel it. >> reporter: you can and of course it's early yet. it's early, the temperatures are high and they're just going to go up from here. we're at the art museum steps where a lot of people are squeezing in early morning workouts and we're starting to see peopl

when it comes to this accident in pottstown, it is still there.n street remains closed between farmington and poplar street. a pole came down as a result of this accident. a lot of activity in that area. take east street if you want to avoid that. it's still a small chunk of wilson that is blocked off. cape may courthouse, downed wires closing route 47 in both directions near dias creek road. take route 9 as your alternate there. >>> out of business, a camden county contractor abruptly closes its doors. customers and employees are left wondering what's next. some need to be paid, others need to have work done that they already paid for. >>> plus, it's a masterpiece and then some. special hidden underneath this picasso painting that's more than a century old. i love the taste. always smooth, never bitter. my cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin'. man: i see the steam rising off the cup, 'cause you know it's a fresh pot. man: one cup a day for sure. two if need be. and it's usually "need be." dunkin' -- your place for coffee. >>> we h

farther east on 422 we're not seeing the normal morning delay because everybody is stuck in pottstown. during the midday they will be working on trooper road southbound side by audubon road and 23. we're expecting work 252 blocking a lane. tonight they will close 401 by 202 for construction during the overnight hours into tomorrow morning use the interchangeses at 30 or 29 instead of the one at 401. the crash along 95 at 206 finally gone, all lanes reopened there, tam. >> new on "action news," police in the lehigh valley believe the black market is to blame for a recent rash of tire and rim thefts. car owner's work up torched their cars held up by cedar blocks. the harsh winter has drin up the demand for stolen tires that can be sold on the cheap. >>> a police led 44-year-old an ton foman to his arraignment in handcuffs. he taught piano at the malvern student for five years. a 6-year-old student told her mother he had been touching her inappropriately. he was fired soon as as the school learned of the accusations. >>> spurs are making it a habit of showing off in the first hi. i'm hen

we have an accident in pottstown that's been with us all morning long.we have downed wires in cape may courthouse. 95 southbound slow moving right near cottman avenue as you can see, this is the first delay of the morning as it is every morning. i just want you to know it is out there right now. 95 heavy southbound from cottman down to girard. 422, we still have an accident westbound near the p. averaa tu. wilson street remains closed between farmington and poplar street because of an accident. take east street if you need to get around that. >>> 11 minutes past 6:00, caught, the u.s. snags a dangerous man, the man believed to be the mastermind behind the deadly benghazi attack in 2012 is now in u.s. military hands. >>> how long will it take to straighten out the tilting piers? >>> at 6:15, breaks news out of malaysia. crews are searching right now to find survivors after a boat carrying about 100 people sank. two people are dead, 60 have been rescued. 35 more are still missing. the boat sank off the coast of kuala lumpur. people on board were from indon

that affects allentown, pottstown, stretching into westchester. flood warning is mainly in effect for parts of the streams in these certain locations and we have a flood advisory that was just issued. you can see it just popped up on our screen here. a closer look at our radar right here and the reason why we're seeing that flood advisory is due to all of this activity that's starting to push through harrisburg. this is still far off to the west of us, but it is going to continue to track to the east. so right now seeing a break, but, again, we still have more moisture that's going to continue to head our way. not just for the next few hours but this is on and off through at least the evening. so by 7:00 p.m., expect to still be dealing with rainfall here, especially for philadelphia, wilmington, stretching up to trenton as we head into 9:00. still showers around so if you're heading out for dinner, keep your umbrella handy. we will start to see clearing in the overnight hours. as we approach saturday afternoon, plenty of sunshine for us, same thi

the big issue is back in pottstown because of a blockage on keim street. crash at horsham road and norristown road by auto concepts, a three-vehicle wreck you want to steer clear of. today is dump the pump day when the american public transportation association said don't drive take public transit instead like the regional rails which so far this morning are on time. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live 3d showing the heavy storms are out of the area now. but we can see spotty showers trying to pop here and there and a organized system out to the west by pittsburgh. it's going to be a day of lots of clouds and chance of shower or thunderstorm. the most organized showers come through in the afternoon, nothing like the overnight hours. 67 in martins creek, 71 in chester. the heat is down today, but it's sticky out there. 67 in hammonton, 07 in bridgeton, 71 in dover. as you're planning the day hoed, 77. noon, lots of clouds, maybe a shower around 82. 3:00 p.m., showers around and 83 degrees, 6:00 p.m., the showers move through and cool things down a little bit.

we drive down into the 50s and 60s. 61 in northeast philly, 55 pore pottstown. millville is 56 degrees. trentons is dropped into the 50s as well. 58 degrees there. stand by for a sunny one today. that's a clear view of center city. bright sunshine, 68 at 7:00. by 9:00 we'll be in the low 70s. look at the warmup, between 9:00 and noon. the temperatures will still be climbing. we'll go neighborhood by neighborhood to show you what to expect today when i come back. jillian mele has your monday morning traffic. >>> starting off in the lehigh valley where things are quiet up there. this is route 22 at airport road. traffic moving along just çfin. 78 is clear, so is the northeast extension. this is 76 out near route 202. 76 is still clear the entire length of way. we have two problems in montgomery county. we have an accident in norristown, trooper road at potshop road and conshohocken, a downed tree closing balligomingo road near front street. you can take swedeland road to get around that problem. >>> investigators say a fight broke out, just after 1:00 this mornin

it's 66 degrees in allentown. 71 in pottstown. mt. holly, currently 71. atlantic city, 75. here's the forecast for the day today. we're not going to get too many sun breaks. we're looking at overcast skies throughout much of our monday. the chance of showers all the way true the afternoon and

trenton just dropped into the 50s. 57 in pottstown, 60s in south jersey and delaware. we'll see the temperatures climb under bright sunny skies. that's a view from the lowe's hotel. 67 degrees to start with at 7:00. by 9:00 we're in the low 70s and close to 80 degrees at noontime today. neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i come back. first, jillian mele has your friday morning traffic. >> sounds so good. music to my ears. we start off in center city philadelphia, the vine street expressway looking great out there. speaking of 76, this is what it looks like right near route 1 between city avenue and the roosevelt boulevard. you can see a few drivers out there. 76 is clear the entire length of the way right now. when it comes to area bridges, they're looking good. construction over the tacony palmyra, construction on the ben franklin bridge, the eastbound side. the right lane is blocked as drivers make their way into new jersey. average speeds on 95 right near the ben franklin bridge as you can see, 50 miles per hour is our reading right now. vai? >>> in an nbc 1

leaving pottstown use 724. nasty accident.ice are on the scene there north bound route one at horning road right before the turnpike interchange, watch for a crash. we have a closure of 495 between exit two and three. we will getty big crunch this weekend. not only do we have folks heading to the delaware beaches but we have fire fly festival at dover downs that begins today. if you are heading south try use that commodore barry and south on 295, coming back in over the delaware memorial bridge. natasha, back over to you. >>> thanks very much. >>> eighty-nine northeast philadelphia man is accused of serving as nazi guard. johann briar was held without bail yesterday on a german arrest warrant. federal marshals arrested briar tuesday night at his home in the northeast and took him in custody. he is charged with aiding and a betting the killing of over 200,000 jewish men, women and children. >> his guarding, along with the other guards, who were in that circumstance in the battalions that he belonged to were making it possible f

>> unfortunately, accidents, disable vehicle, thank you, soup, pottstown, wilson street shutdown. farm inning ton avenue, to poplar street, accident with downed pole. mog ers mill road the alternate. southbound side of the northeast extension, not too much after slow down, approaching quakertown, disable vehicle, taking out one lane. looking at all of the majors, things looking good this morning, chris? >> okay, kacie, anyone with kids knows could affect boys and girls differently? the surprising results, of one study. >> while house and senate leaders test white house today. now, this is more us troops head to iraq, a mid the growing violence, officials say, 275us troops, are being deployed, about 160 of whom will help with embassy security, the rest will be forward stationed outside of iraq. now it, comes as at least ten people were killed, and dozen wounded, in another car bomb in baghdad. animal i shall a men have allegedly executed four dozen sunni prisoners during the siege on the facility. >> hillary clinton weighing in on continuing violence in iraq, fox news channel exclu

thento with, mount holly dropped to 59 and it's 52 in pottstown. wilmington is now in the 50s, just down a couple degrees. 63 at philadelphia international. that sunshine will warm temperatures into the low 70s by 9:00. by midday we'll be closer to 80 degrees, then tapping out at 84 with mostly sunny skies today. sunshine today, there are clouds in the future,he ast en i come back.fit, jillian mele i tracki traffic trouble this morning. >> let me tell you what's going on traffic-wise here in south philadelphia. we have a water main break. oregon avenue is shut off, blocked off in both directions near third street as a result of this massive water main break. here it is. you can see all of the water. this is oregon avenue and this intersection is third street. third street is divided into two different areas on other side of oregon. this is not the third street that is the small street that dead ends. this is third street, a lot of people live out there. it is residential. third street is blocked off. oregon avenue is blocked off as well. packer ave

pottstown and mount pocono.o, call ahead if you have a flight out there this morning. 84 degrees is our high. isolated thunderstorms, clouds, showers, a possibility, and then tonight, we will have, 70 degrees with showers and storms and more fog, form after midnight, kacie, what a mess. >> thank you very much, sue. in addition to the fog, the rain, whatever you face, you come up to a roadway because you don't know until you get on that roadway you have a lot of accident. east falls lincoln drive at kelly drive one accident. down pole from overnight in wilmington. smith bridge road atmont shanon road. crews trying to get that out of the way. looking at your majors 76 is slow. i-95 south slow. normal slow spots this morning. as sue mentioned if you have a flight out and didn't sign up for text alerts phl.org to check on that, guys. >>> speaking of traffic, progress being made to get i495 bridge over in delaware reopened to traffic. >> we have is a bean owe out there all morning. what is the latest good morning. >>

pretty bad accident again in pottstown.f we go to the southbound side of the northeast extension lansdale, debris in the setter lane. not showing too much after slow down, west depford last to the pep was struck here, parks ville station road north of the new jersey turnpike, guys? >> 8:04, boy, police hunting foreman captured on video, i think this happened on fathers day, didn't it? allegedly commit ago violent robbery inside oxford circle amount building. >> this happened, yes, june 15th. the victim says a man followed her into her apartment lobby, from the parking lot, she says he demanded money and jumped her from hine, then threaten to kill her. when she said oh, i don't have any money the man toll her you better call a friend. well she d the friend delivered some cash to the guy, dropped it off at the apartment, then the guy set everybody free. no arrests so far. homing for your help. do you recognize this guy? call police. >>> a tragic story out of the state of missouri. a bride to be, she's on her way to a bachelor

temperatures still falling, 56 in millville, pottstown, 55 degrees. wilmington, philadelphia international is 66. it will be a warmer afternoon. very little wind but the wind picks up out of the southwest, pushing our temperatures into the 70s by 9:00, lower 80s by lunch time today. and yes, warmer weather is on the way. a look ahead when i come back. neighborhood by neighborhood. first, jillian mele has traffic. good morning. >> good morning, bill. we're not seeing delays out there on any of the majors just yet. this is a live look at 95 near girard avenue. things are pretty quiet there. an update on the accident in norristown, trooper road at potshop road. just got word that is cleared. you're good to go. but north wales, sumneytown pike near beaver street. and the roads in conshohocken, with the exception of balligomingo road, we have a downed tree blocking that road near front street. you can take swedeland road if you need to get around it. for drivers in delaware, this is a live look, 495 at terminal avenue. 495 is still closed in both direction

pottstown at 71. 74 over sbensalem. atlantic city at 79 as well. a future cast will show what we can expect throughout the afternoon and the evening hours. notice we're not looking at widespread rain but there's still a possibility of scattered showers. notice by 3:00 to 4:00, too, and even to 6:00, too, and we're not ruling out, it's unstable out there, but we could get some isolated thunderstorms and the thunderstorms will also give us a chance of some pretty good downpours and even some gusty winds along with it. chances are out there but it will be scattered rather than very, very -- along with that line, there's really no line of storms that move in. if anything it will just be pop-up thunderstorms that we're watching. notice later on tonight we start to lose that instability. we start to dry out. tomorrow we'll have clouds but still a slight chance of isolated showers. the threat not as high for our wednesday thankfully. temperatures around 83 degrees for the day today. showers, thunderstorms possible, mainly light winds unless you're near th

same spot we had an earlier truck fire its been a busy area in pottstown.ully there's no debris left over from the truck fire causing the disabled vehicle but watch for that guy struck out here. in camden county right on the new jersey turnpike southbound construction blocking the left lane. this is going to last about another hour and a half here so watch for that near exit three. that's as you exit off for the black horse pike. so that's usually a busy area anyway so look for that. temperature-wise 74 degrees right now in philadelphia. just a small handful of traffic issues but no weather related problems affecting it. the roads are dry right now. later on for your afternoon commute, afternoon shower, the best chance for storms later this evening and into tonight, erin. >> okay, thanks so much, karen. >>> there are more questions swirling around new jersey governor chris christie and once again those questions involve a bridge. the manhattan district attorney's office and the securities and exchange commission are investigating whether his administration

if you're headed out 422 to pottstown keep in mind that in pottstown we still have that downed pole from earlier crash closing wilson street between farmington avenue and popular street. maybe stay up on diamond or down on eighth by lincoln elementary to get around that. we also are without balligomingo road again this morning as they take down some more trees in west conshohocken between portland street and 23 front street. 320 swedeland road gets around that. also trinity lane blocked long term through july 3rd for construction. south gulf gets you around that one. new restrictions yesterday in falls township because of a dear raider the drainage pipe along old route 13 between penn valley and mill creek roads. down one lane. flaggers out there much of the time controlling traffic. let's head back outside to 95 southbound side now busy by cottman. again the betsy ross bridge through this point at girard. northbound getting used to that new traffic pattern by girard not causing a huge delay. something to look forward to we get a new traffic pattern on the southbound side on monday. alwa

patchy areas of fog from allentown to pottstown and reading. we'll see fog again for tomorrow morning. where is the rain at? that's way off until long island right now and connecticut. behind this, yes, we have the clouds but, no, it's no echos coming back on the radar so we remain dry in the tri-state region for now. the showers will be returning. they will not be widespread. scattered showers. i notice this will be right around the afternoon commute, too. there is brief, mef vheavy rain. even tomorrow morning, as this progresses, you notice that we're not done yet. wednesday will have clouds around and also a slight chance of showers by midweek. that will last all the way until friday. the forecast for the day, hour-by-hour, 78 to 79. scattered showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the forecast, too. a very slight chance, too, by 9:00 p.m. as that tapers off and we don't have the daytime heating anymore. down by the beaches, we have the chance of showers and thunderstorms. it's cooler temperatures in the mid-70s to upper 70s. cape may

humidity up at 64%. 68 pottstown. still feels comfortable outside. if we have numbers in the afternoon with thunderstorms nearby, it will be a little uncomfortable. things rather cool outside now. 74 philadelphia. chester springs 73 degrees along with kenneth square. bridgeton 77 degrees. further inland, lehigh valley 72 allen town, reading 72 along with pottstown. doylestown 71. avalon 73. cape may, wildwood 71 along with atlantic city. 78 vineland and clayton. 70 is the popular number now. by the afternoon, a lot of us in the 80s. radar, net work doing sweeps, not picking anything up. high pressure to the north in maine. that flow is giving us dry conditions now. most the shower activity down in del mar this hour. few areas of light showers moving the western part of the state. if this reaches us, it could give us a slight chance of sprinkles. that's about it. low 80s quaker town. reading 81. trenton high of 82. norris town 83, mount holly 83. northeast philly same story. down the shore low 70s atlantic city by the afternoon. cape may 74 along with

in pottstown and up in the mountains. it will slow you down in some spots. will see sunshine later on. we have a few areas lift that still has rain but that is easing up that situation is improving around pine islands in southern new jersey and bay side we have pocket of heavy rain. then sussex county delaware and south of that heavy rain around snow hill, ocean city maryland has had some rain as well. 71 degrees in philadelphia. sixty-six allentown, pottstown and trenton heading to a high if we get enough of 84 degrees but pop up thunderstorms in the forecast for today, tomorrow, thursday and for friday. now driest of all will be wednesday and that is when we could see some sunshine but it does look like it gets really nice in time for weekend, kacie. >> we are going to take a look at your majors. lets look at 76 at 476, you can see is there still a lot of fog out there and we just took a look at 202 at route 29 i had that up on the traffic camera as well. is there fog every where. it will be patchy. just come up on it, if we go to new castle in delaware ea

thento with, mount holly dropped to 59 and it's 52 in pottstown.ington is now in the 50s, just down a couple degrees. 63 at philadelphia international. that sunshine will warm temperatures into the low 70s by 9:00. by midday we'll be closer to 80 degrees, then tapping out at 84 with mostly sunny skies today. sunshine today, there are clouds in the future,he ast en i come back.fit, jillian mele i tracki traffic trouble this morning. >> let me tell you what's going on traffic-wise here in south philadelphia. we have a water main break. oregon avenue is shut off, blocked off in both directions near third street as a result of this massive water main break. here it is. you can see all of the water. this is oregon avenue and this

roberts elementary school in pottstown sent us this video of the "action news" theme song.udents are fine tuning their instrumental skills at orchestra camp. the third through sixth graders are having fun at camp by playing popular television theme songs and i'm a little bit biased but that's my favorite television theme song. >> i know it's the best there is. >>> all new on "action news" it was a harrowing scene at a mcdonald's in new york after a man walked into the restaurant with a knife sticking out of his back. >> the most ruthless soccer players often use their hands elbows or knees to rough up opposing players. how one man left his mark and now he's going to pay the >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> june 25th, here's what's happening. >> all new this morning, two teens are recovering after being shot. now, police are looking for the person who pulled the trigger. >> and could another bridge scandal be on the horizon for new jersey governor chris chr

out of town, currently at 78. 77 for pottstown and trenton.bensal bensalem, 79 degrees. 81 for philadelphia. westchester, too. dover, 79. 81 in millville. down the shore cooler at stone harbor and cape may. 82 for atlantic city. 79 for glassboro. an hour-by-hour look for philadelphia and lehigh valley. 82 degrees by noon. sunshine. mostly sunny by 4:00 p.m. 88 degrees shouldn't be a problem for your afternoon commute. 80 for 8:00 p.m. slight chance of thunderstorms that we could see in some areas later on today or this evening. allentown, 79 degrees at 8:00 p.m. also a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms as well. we'll talk about when we could see rain drops and also our first 90 degree day that will happen this week. we'll show you when coming up in just a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you, tedd. >>> new this morning, former new england patriots star aaron hernandez appears in court as his lawyers ask a judge to dismiss a murder charge against him. he's accused of killing semi-pro player odin lloyd. his defense attorney also argued t

temperatures in pottstown in the 70s. 79 in lancaster. 81 wilmington.eady in the low 80s for atlantic city. 79 in dover. temperatures in millville at 80. stone harbor 79. a closer look at our live camera sky network here, take a look at the shore. clear conditions. we are seeing in the poconos more cloudiness. this is right outside our studs he. you can see the flag is not moving but still dealing with breezy conditions. a closer look at the city skyline closer to the city where we are seeing thick and gray clouds. we don't expect to see any rainfall as we head into the rest of the day. a closer look at our average this time of year. 85 degrees. today will be above average at 90 degrees. as we head back into tomorrow, temperatures drop below the average. we are going to head down into the low 80s, which is nice. we have to get through today. days the warmest day of the week then we'll start to see temperatures dropping. 4:00 p.m., 90 for philadelphia, cooler for pottstown. temperatures along the shore in the 80s, 86 at mount holly. as we head into the r

we're in the 60s this morning. 65 here at nbc 10. 50s north and west for pottstown, reading and allentown. 66 in millvilleç and wilmingto at 64 degrees. a pleasant start, a sunny day ahead. 67 degrees at 7:00. by 9:00, low 70s and then near 80 degrees at noontime today. no sign of the 90s for today or for the weekend either. a look towards the weekend within i come back. but first jillian mele has your traffic. >> good friday morning to you, bill. so far, so good on the major roadways. this is 95 near girard avenue. this is in the midst of the construction zone that's out there. the boulevard is also clear. you can see the headlights, drivers making their way southbound as they pass fox street down to 76. 76 is also quiet. we have long-term construction out along route 202. the route 29 off ramp is still closed. vai. >>> two men are in custody after a county-to-county police chase through new jersey. skyforce 10 was there as the shooting suspects surrendered in camden. nbc 10's jesse gary is live at police headquarters in camden. jesse, how did this all play out? >> reporter: we have inf

that is the latest from pottstown, jen bernstein, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> 4:33. let's get back to katie. we have big changes. >> we have enjoyed sunshine and certainly the heat over last couple of days but you can tell that the humidity is out there just by the sky line. low cloud cover starting to drop in on us here over center city. this is the beginning of the moisture just building up, all in advance of the next cold front. we have showed you on storm can 3a second ago that we have wet weather to report off across northwestern, pennsylvania. locally still no issues, but just a matter of time. that is why i would highly suggest if you have a long day ahead of you, take your umbrella with you because you'll thank yourself later. morning rush looks fine. laters object today that wetter does start to move in. it does not appear that these storms will be locally severe but they will produce some heavy downpours. especially through our northern and western most counties outside of philadelphia that could lead to some flash flooding. if your travels are taking you p

currently outside it's rather warm, temperatures around 68 degrees for philadelphia. 64 for pottstown, mount holly 68. it's not going to be a warm day today. in fact, we're looking at temperatures only to reach 79 degrees after those 80s we had yesterday. and you'll notice hour by hour there is occasional showers throughout your afternoon and your evening. even a slight chance of thunderstorms. we'll talk more what to expect today and the rest of the week coming up in a few minutes. >> good morning to you, tedd. it's a rainy commute, the roads are wet but we're not reporting accidents which is a good sign so far. this is a live look in montgomery county, 309 at the pennsylvania turnpike, 309 is clear. this is the p.a. turnpike. we have spots of construction on the pennsylvania turnpike but no slowdowns to report. that is really good news. delaware, a live look at 495 at 12th street. 495 is still blocked off now. it remains closed between exits 2 and 3 because of that bridge work out there. so take 95, route 13, 295 if you need to get around it. mass transit riders, patco, single track

look at the cooler weather, north and west, pottstown is 55, 54 degrees in quakertown.in south jersey, delaware, a bunch of 60s. a few spot vineland and mount holly in the 50s to start with. they're see 80s this afternoon as well. a few high clouds off to the north. we are in the clear for today. but come tonight we might see a few clouds move in. there's a chance of scattered showers late tonight. until then, those clouds will steer clear of our area. we'll see sunshine drive the temperatures up. by 9:00 this morning, the temperatures will be in the low 70s for philadelphia, trenton, upper 60s in allentown, reading and 60s along the coast in atlantic city. by noontime, we'll be in the 80s, possibly warmer than it was all day çyesterday. and look at the winds shifting, becoming more southerly at noontime as we go into the later afternoon hours, more of a southerly wind and some spots a southwesterly wind will push temperatures that the upper 80s. 3:00 in the afternoon by philadelphia. we may go a bit hotter than that. yes, hotter, more humid conditions are on the way.

low 70s pottstown. mid 70s in allentown.ut look at the temperature change from 24 hours. 20 degrees colder in millville. 16 degrees colder in pottstown. so drying out. i think you can put those umbrellas up if you're stepping outdoors for your evening plans. clearing skies, low 70s by 9:00 o'clock. upper 60s by 11:00 and coming up, we'll talk about the cooler temperatures for the overnight as well as what to expect for the upcoming weekend. preview and forecast coming up. >> all right. thank you scott. >>> federal investigators say the driver of the tractor trailer that allegedly caused a crash that injured comedian tracy morgan and killed a colleague was speeding. the preliminary report released this morning by the national transportation safety board says trucker kevin roper was driving 65 miles per hour at the time of that june 7th crash. that's 20 miles over the speed limit. roper was driving the truck for wal*mart from a store in bristol, pennsylvania. the truck plowed into morgan's limo van. morgan is still hospitalize

if you know something that could help catch him, call pottstown police. >> some terrifying homes for workers at a church's chicken in southwest philadelphia. >> take look at this. gunman getting into struggle with the manager after jumping over the counter. police say another suspect then started grabbing money from the safe. the manager had some minor cuts on his face and his head. the robbers got away with an unknown amount of cash. if you have any information at all, police want to hear from you. >>> decades after their loved ones vanished two families now have some answers. >> these philadelphia sister-in-laws disappeared in berks county back in 1968. how new clues helped investigators track down their remains. >>> plus, remembering d-day. honoring the memory of veterans in the battle that changed the course of history. >> and the phillies have tough matchup ahead in cincinnati as one player goes for three in a row. we'll explain why that won't be as easy tonight coming up in sports. scott? >> colleen, coming up in weather it's been a picture perfect day today. will this nice wea

traffic moving along well on 422 between king of prussia and pottstown but in pottstown watch out forcident and a downed pole closing wilson street. we'll help you around that blockage coming up in about 10 minutes. matt. >> thank you, tam. it's 4:48 wednesday morning heading to the big border here talking about your travel forecast and we have some early delays cropping up at san francisco. about 10. >>> not that many. but this time day it is kind of relative allot due to some low cloud cover in san francisco. that could extend later on in the morning so you could see some more delays crop up if you're heading out to sfo across its country. lots of delays related to the chance of thundershowers all across the area. you see how many airports we're posting here. just mentioned san francisco with the low cloud cover this morning. up and down the east coast could see some thundershowers break out mostly later on today so we're thinking if you inn you use any of these airports early on things should be okay but look out boston new york city philadelphia, hartsfield-jackson in atlanta, the

in pottstown route 100 northbound is reopened between slew maker road and state street.d some emergency construction that i talked about a little bit ago and it just cleared so things looking better for you right now. route 100 is nice and opened. northeast extension northbound here watch for this, it's construction blocking the right lane past lansdale and past quakertown as well, so the right lane blocked in a couple of spots on the northeast extension with the construction workers out there this morning. sometime for your commuter traffic report which you can be a part of when you download the free waze app. i've got it right here on the ipad. someone talking about a pothole. we know they've been all over the place. they've repaired so many of them but still this one on rich road in west rockhill township that might get you so look for that. 73 degrees right now in philadelphia. it's warm out there already. warmer than yesterday. and we are dealing with higher humidity as well. feeling rather oppressive at 73 degrees currently and no weather related problems for your

a crash on route 100 at pottstown at jackson road. follow thanks used 100 last night they had a trash truck fire that has been cleared, repairs made and that stretch is opened but we had this accident there at 100 near jackson. down wires over here on route 33 at i295, at hamilton square. mass transit looking good. erika, back over to you. >>> happening today drivers take note a new report should give us more information about the roads, bridges many of us use every day in pennsylvania. "eyewitness news" reporter jen bernstein joins us now at graterford bridge in perkiomen township with more on the new you report released later on today,. >> reporter: good morning, erika. interestingly, pennsylvania leads the the nation in structurally deficient bridges. right behind me is an example of one of those. this is graterford road bridge that spans perkiomen creek and you can see it is closed, recently because of structural detear racial. 3,000 drivers use it every day but not right now obviously. just one example, close to 500 structurally

and pottstown weaver got a disabled vehicle now. route 100 northbound at shoemaker road.is the same spot that was closed earlier because of a truck fire, dave and now a guy stuck out there this morning. >> all right, on the big board this morning, twitter follower lynn checks in from blackwood, new jersey. 70 degrees and muggy in blackwood and in fact temperatures across the region right now are all in the low 70's at our reporting stations outside of the poconos anyway and you can definitely feel that it's more muggy out there. 73 right now in philadelphia. if you're running errands definitely a good idea to try doing them early. it will be muggy this morning but not as bad temperature-wise. by 9 o'clock, up to 77 degrees. by noon, though, up to 84 degrees. in fact we'll probably hit 80 by about 10 o'clock and then by 3 o'clock, every degrees with a high of 88 and that will hit probably around 4 o'clock this afternoon before we dip to 85. oppressively humid through the afternoon. there's a spotty shower through the afternoon but the best chance of thunderstorms is probab

cities like ephrata, pottstown, upper uke lynn, upper milford, all of these areas under flood advisory, goes until 7:45, thanks to the heavy showers have come through, meaning smaller streams across the area, if you are traveling along those streams, already been swollen this week, because of all of the rain that we've h also in turn and -- urban areas, any spots that tends to flood, if you are familiar with your area, if you noah spot that tends to get a lot of water when it rains, those spots will probably see ponding hit this morning. so play it safe. again, heaviest of the morning showers should start to push out by about 7:00, 8:00. notice what happens around midday. see the breaks in the cloud cover? still showers around. i think we may actually see sunshine around noon. of course more sun, means, more heat. and the more sun we get midday, the stronger these storms will be coming through 5:00, 6:00 this evening. they are scattered, but localized downpours, strong gusty winds possible with anyone of those storms, until about 8:00. and then, finally, we clear things out overnight a

. >> a happy day for one pottstown family their son is home after serving nine months in afghanistan.9's shawnette wilson reports he received a warm welcome in his hometown today. >> it was awesome to have people be there for you, you know torque come back and say thank you for everything. >> i'm so glad you're home safe. >> a surprise welcome home for army specialist joseph anderson. just back from a nine month tour in afghanistan. >> i haven't seen him in almost two years and skype doesn't count. >> reporter: members of warriors watch gave him hero's welcome to his home in pottstown where he had no idea his entire family and closest friends would all be waiting. >> most in tears and with mixed emotions. >> driving home i said, i'm thankful that he's home but i feel so bad for all the moms who's sons and daughters didn't get home and that's really who the heroes are. >> reporter: joseph is a hero especially to his father who also served in the mill tar. >> he's proud himself but he doesn't want to show it. i'm very proud of him. >> that one is for the purple heart. >> reporter: he br

and then out in pottstown, an accident, at charlotte and bleim.ugh the weekend, big event manayunk arts festival will shut down main street, both saturday and sunday, and the septa buses will be detoured through the neighborhood as well. nicole, back over to you. >> all right, thanks, bob. it was great night for some glamor in one every philadelphia's most well known spots. the ball and square held on the third thursday every june each year in rittenhouse square. proceeds from the event go to the upkeep of the square. always looks very nice, chris may, jessica dean, mc the festivities. >> such a great event. >> really is. >> well, hey, weaver video of one of the world cup tournaments biggest fans. >> you can say, he gets a kick out of soccer. check him out. this is george's. can't stay still during the game. >> george's. >> his owner says george's loves to watch the action on the big screen, and just watches for hours and hours on end. must tire himself out. doesn't seem to matter who wins. georges, he just enjoys watching. >> wee, wee. >> he gets

some of us have cooled quickly. 64 in pottstown. 68 in allentown. 66 in millville.e of us hanging on to the 70s and i think we all fall down into the low to mid 60s by tomorrow morning. clear skies overhead tonight and we'll be greeted with sunshine early monday morning. as i said temperatures will start off in the 60s. comfortable for your monday and while it will still ab very nice day it will start to feel warm especially north and west as think core of very hot air starts to move in. mid to upper 80s by tomorrow afternoon. certainly still going to be cooler down the shore. 65 in the city tonight. 60 in the suburbs under clear skies. much more on this warmup is still ahead. dawn and chris. >> all right. thank you, caitlin. >>> remembering entertainment icon casey kasem. the radio legend died this morning at 82. he was surrounded by his loved ones. he was born kamal kasem in 1932 to lebanese immigrants he grew up in detroit and wanted to be baseball player but once he hit the air waves as a sportscaster in high school his path in radio was charted. he got his firs

pottstown 57 for our current temperature. elsewhere wilmington 62. wildwood 66. dover 67 degrees for our current temperature. millville now, good morning to you, starting off right now in the mid-60s. ocean temperature 71 today. look at our temperature trend. not bad today. 83, typically 84 this time of year. then numbers start to go up. 88 by wednesday. drop by thursday. we'll start to see humidity increase as more thunderstorms start to move into the area. the other days will remain dry and warm. look at that. mid-80s by tuesday. radar shows dry conditions now. the only showers we're seeing are way south of d.c. this hour. few clouds from the west. we'll see them throughout the day. we'll call for a mix of sun and clouds. for the most part, we remain dry. if we get rain activity, showers i should say, it will not touch the ground. this is what we're seeing on the future cast. a lot will evaporate before it hits the ground. if it hits the ground it will be light showers and brief. looking dry for our monday especially in the morning hours. sky cast shows tempera

temperatures in pottstown at 83.s your heat advisory in effect, mainly the i-95 corridor stretching into parts of south jersey, camden, gloucester county and northern parts of burlington county, included in that. also stretching out to new castle county. so what this basically means is that we are going to see hot temperatures and high humidity. that combination is potentially dangerous so please be careful. limit your outdoor time if you can, drink plenty of water and fluids. this will stay in effect from noon until 7:00 p.m. today and a closer look at our future heat index and our temperatures, we will warm into the mid 90s. it will feel a little warmer than that for us here in philadelphia. it will feel like 93 degrees in dover, 90 degrees in reading, and then it will feel like it's close to 90 degrees for parts of allentown. near record heat is what we're tracking for today. our average is 83 degrees. the record today is 96 and our forecast high is 95. so we are going to get pretty close to that record. again, th

thick fog got thicker down to a half mile in pottstown and northeast philadelphia. now reporting quarter mile visibility. dense montgomery extends into new jersey now. mount holly with quarter mile visibility. this is what zero visibility looks like. this is blue mountain. a live view there. the fog will thin out but then we'll be tracking more storms. you can see the bright white clouds, these are showers and thunderstorms moving in and there are more of those in store for us as the week goes on. this large scale storm system is going to be affecting us even into late in the week. affecting things this morning, this line of slow-moving showers and thunderstorms. seeing the heavy downpours now in new castle county. in the newark area. slow moving storms moving into the northeast at 10 miles an hour. heavy downpours. along with fog. won't be all-day rainfall. we'll get some breaks of sunshine, temperatures climb into the 80s this afternoon. more of the same for tomorrow. high of 81 degrees after another warm start. possibly some fog to start with tomorrow. then showe

pottstown 59. blue bell 64. oxford currently 60 degrees. nice and mild down the shore. atlantic city 69, avalon 70, cape may 69. 71 dover and vineland 66 for our current temperature. radar sweep doing their thing. not picking up echoes in the tri-state region now. we are looking at clouds passing over the area at this hour. those clouds going to break apart as the day moves on here. temperature trends today. right near average. typically 84 this time of year. tomorrow right at average. above that tuesday and even more for wednesday. the numbers start to go up. take a dip by thursday. these days here we'll start to get humid and feel the humidity by tuesday. one more day of nice sunny skies. forecast for the day today lunchtime 78 degrees. mix of sun ask clouds high of 83. partly sunny skies across the area. if you're headed down the shore, long beach island 72, partly sunny, winds less than 10. looks like atlantic city 71. sea temperature 70 degrees. wildwood 73 sun and clouds. winds keeping things on the cool side. same for rehoboth. sun and clouds, winds 10 miles per

pottstown 54, wilmington 55, stone harbor 55, atlantic city 54. upper 50s wilmington now. here's what you can expect for the day today. hour by hour look. high 82 for philadelphia. clear and sunny skies. 74 slightly breezy down the shore by 4:0 with plenty of sunshine for your father's day. going to be a beautiful day to go out and take dad to lunch. however, things change big time this week. we'll talk about what to expect coming up in your first alert forecast. >>> thanks for that ted. >>> now to a developing story. first setpa trains are back on track after a strike that lasted less than a day. trains are trains are rolling after president obama intervened. katie has the story. >> reporter: all setpa workers scheduled to work this morning showed up on time. i went downstairs to check out the regional schedule, and all trains are running on time. could have been a very different story. the regional rail system shut down 12:01 saturday morning. 400 members of engineering and electrical workers went on strike over pension contributions. 13 train lines that connect the subu

we're at 62 in allentown. 63 in pottstown. 67 in swedesboro. 67 in mt. and closer to the shore in avalon 68 degrees. we're in the mid-60s for dover. so a nice and mild start to the weekend. if you are going to head out to the citizens bank park for the phyllfill phillies game, tempers in the 80s. we'll see temperatures at 81 degrees today. and if you're going to head t the poconos, it will be cooler. we'll stay in the0s thenos. at our radar shot, no rain for us. a few passing clouds here. we'll eind speeds movingn as weea in omhegh pree contl so plenty of sunshine expect ed fo us as we head into the rest of today. clouds and radar show that by tomorrow we are still going to be dealing with plenty of hine bar any clouds showing up on the model here, not holding true as we head into monday. heading down the shore to temrature close to 70 o see degrees. also for saturday and today temperatures at 80 degrees. by tomorrow, 74. a little bit cooler. p poconos 74 your saturday. plenty of sunshine tomorrow and 74 degrees. temperatures will range between 79 and 82