this is the spectacular firework show above the ben franklin parkway. thousands turned out tonight for the welcome america celebration. happy fourth of july everyone. i'm jessica dean. chris may has the night off. >> the biggest party of the night is right here in philly. the birthplace of freedom and tonight it is the place to be. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is there live as the fireworks are popping. matt? >> reporter: jessica and i'm not even in front of the camera because really who wants to see me when you can look at those fireworks. absolutely outstanding. so colorful above the art museum tonight. there are thousands of people here along the parkway. i'm pretty sure 99-point 8% of them have their cell phones out right now filming this, tweeting, putting it on facebo facebook. i may be one of those people guilty of that myself. with that said it has been an absolutely fantastic day along the parkway here a little bit of weather in the morning, little bit of cloudy weather in the morning turned into a great afternoon as we saw for ourselv

vicinity of the parkway. at is not blocked whatsoever is the vine street expressway and the schuylkill expressway. the major highways this afternoon look good. because of the closures the septa buses are running for detours. and if you get to the welcome america and late night trains on the rails helping you to get along. we are on a sunday schedule with 10 minute delays on the lands dale, doylestown drive. a crash off in the gore point and blocking the left lane u.ing get by with no problem. one in harleysville pike. 113 at godshaw road. we have a water maybe break southbound near airport road. a shoulder is squeezing by that break. you can get by. on the major roads i-95 are delayed at 12 minutes on nay - - naymons road. it's all good. >>> okay. coming up the parade of parades continues. we'll take a look at the community celebrations in other areas. >>> a reminder of the president saying that the birth of america should mold our future. >>> it's the special day for the first daughter. it's a milestone frigh

you can see all the action on the parkway on 6abc. ck, cecily tynan, karen and adam have the coverage live at 7:00. it goes over the art museum. >>> very a list of local fireworks shows. the list is broken down by state and county to help you find one >>> it's cool for the fourth of july. the part of reason it feels cooler is because of the blustery winds. coming in at 32 miles-an-hour. trenton up to 30 miles-an-hour. along the coast atlantic city 30 miles-an-hour. and beach haven a gusts up to 31 miles-an-hour. we have the moisture exiting to the north and east. it is because of hurricane arthur. the storm system is off to our east. the center of the storm showing a wave height of 29 feet. as you get away from the center of this storm and the tropical moisture wave heights up to 15 feet. it starts to diminish. the wave heights are a concern as we progress through the weekend. they are not as strong as they are across the center of that storm system that is pulling away. nonetheless, a high surf advisory at 4:00 p.m. on saturday. waves

the times. >> show time draws closer. john laurijohn rawlins is live e parkway. the folks are ready, on. >> let's find out from people are you ready to party? >> yes. >> who do you want to see ed sheeran. >> and? nicki minaj. >> we are pretty close. 30 or 40 yards. we had cool weather. things are very, very nice right now. take a look at our vantage point as far as the eye can see there are people. >> jamfest pouring into the parkway at 5:00 this morning despite iffy weather. >> you bundled up. >>reporter:they are waiting for hours. with it torrance. >> we have a long wait. >> who are you here to see? >> nicki minaj and jennifer hudson. >>reporter:they spot the teddy bears in the crowd. >> he had a teddy bear at christmastime called ed sheeran. it's neat that we thought we would do. temporary medical facilities are up and arriving. the police seem to be everywhere. something new this year. numerous trash trucks not just wood barricades. >> in the wake of this weeks tragic food truck explosion focused on vendors that used cooking gas. >> we were very thorough yes.

issues have to do with the events like the events on the parkway. they have the eastbound ramp blocked along the vine as well as rambles toward the schuylkill expressway and the spring garden and the parkway. they are closed because of the fest tifts and the preparation -- festivities and the preparation for them. parade east greenwood avenue and wycomb avenue. ends the pennwood high school. marple. ending at the firehouse. in delco, they have a parade, as well. beginning at the park and continuing along lancaster avenue and garrett avenue. orlin, continues at bruise road and bryce -- bruce road and bryce road and one in glenside at jenkintown and edge hill road. >>> justin harris is behind bars who has been charged with murdering his 22-month-old son. he said he forget to drop him off at day care before driving to work. they had two life insurance policy and harris looked at websites against having children. he exchanged nude photos with several women including one teenager on the day that his son died. >> an online retailer joins the ranks of the t

nick smith joins us from the parkway. >> we know that the stretch of the parkway is slut down for at least the next three or four hours. look over my shoulder and see why, the red chevrolet pickup that fremont police department say crashed into the tree and bounced back over to the opposite side of the road. the early determination is that the speed is indeed a factor. a few minutes ago we had an opportunity to speak with the treatment police department spokesman. >>> the first officer found a red pickup truck had most likely hit a free and the officer rendered first aid to the only occupant of the truck, an adult male and that driver was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. >>> we understand the driver is a fremont resident. police have not said they believe that drugs or alcohol are a factor but they do believe speed was the contributing factor. you can see the truck is, indeed, destroyed. we understand that fremont fire had to extract the driver using their equipment because of the damage sustained to the vehicle. we know this is southbound parkway and it

the party at the parkway beginless at 7:00 an 6abc. and rick, and adam and karen will be there to bring you the excitement. it capped off by the fireworks over the art museum. we have dozens of photos. there is updated list was fireworks shows. check it out. we have the accuweather forecast and stormtracker 6 throughout the evening. >>> and live to matt pellman. a patriotic guy over there. hey, matt. >> happy 4th independence day. things are getting better at shore. if you want to head to an evening at boards. a nice ride. southbound on creek radioheading to the amounheading tothe ac ex. the the roosevelt boulevard and the schuylkill and the vine the ramps with spring garden and the parkway are shutdown. of course of the parkway itself and surrounding streets are closed. kelly street is blocked balls of the regatta. there is a broken down volume at williams way. and lansdowne, doylestown rail line have delays. otherwise we are on a sunday, a holiday schedule. on the septa subways to help you get around. >>> to the parade stepped off at

. >>> it's a beautiful day here as people party on the parkway. but, this week's food truck explosion prompted extra safety mesh fourz food trucks out here. i'm christine maddela, a live record at 6:00. >>> right now at 6:00, action in the wake of this massive food truck explosion tuesday that left several people badly hurt. philadelphia firefighters paying extra attention to the food trucks and the propane tanks for the 4th of july. two women were critically injured when a leak in the propane tank triggered the fire. it's important for the department to take on responsibility of inspecting the propane tanks. one day later, firefighters are taking action. nbc 10's christine maddela live on the ben franklin parkway. hunts of food trucks serving thousands of people today. firefighters aren't taking any chances. >> reporter: we have been here all day. we saw fire crews as well as crews from licenses and inspections out here. you can see all of these people waiting for food. there are food trucks and vendors all up and down the parkway serving of these

"action news" reporter sharee williams is at the parkway with the wawa welcome america fans and annieany people and the roots, the house band from philadelphia. >> roots were on fire. >> they were on fire and they kept the show going. they were so much fun. and i got a picture with weslo. >> that's all you wanted. kicking things over the roots. best part of tonight we heard from a lot of performers we had not heard from like alo black does. >> he was great. >> sont takening. >> jennifer hudson was wonderful. nikki minaj. >> i'm so happy i was going to wear that exact same outfit nikki minaj wore. >> i am so glad i didn't. >> that would have been the big story on "action news". >> jennifer hudson was draet and nikki minaj may have gotten the biggest hand, of course, when she came out we heard from all of the young girls of course. >> that's true. >> it was quite an exciting right. and to top it all off we had the fireworks above the philadelphia museum art. so much ooing and awing and the skies completely clear. chopper 6 was able to show video like this what a great advantage point in

up there and coming our way. >>> preparations underway right now for party on the parkway. the stage has been set quite literally and with names of nickie menaj, jennifer hudson, thousands of people are expect for today's and then tonight's event. officials say extra security measures have been put in place to keep everybody in place but there are some things you can do to make sure that their job, karen is a lot easier if you do in fact go down the parkway. >> as far as security obviously, clear bags, stay away from the coolers, stay away from things that we cannot see inside. those kinds of things we don't need because it will help us and tax our ability to sit back and get stuff done. >> officials say you can expect additional security cameras on the parkway, however you will in the know where they are because those remain a secret. >>> 6:39. let's look at the radar of hurricane arthur heading out to sea. you can see bands of where the rain is falling, allentown lancaster area moving into our neck of the woods, caitlin ross will have a if you will look the at forecast and

all across the region we will start off in the city of philadelphia, big fire works display on the parkway at 7:30 p.m., 5 degrees, 10:30 tonight, 70 degrees with the northwest wind a cool breeze grab a light wetter or jack it or bring it with you tonight, breezy but beautiful outside. heading up to the poconos for the rest of the weekend we've got temperatures in the 70's throughout the weekend, monday we're up to 85 degrees for daytime high. down the shore looking much better, once that storm pull as way but one thing to mention as we will have a threat for dangerous, rough rip currents down the shore, and tomorrow, it does get better on saturday and sunday, saturday night into sunday, temperatures back in the mid 80's down the shore for the start of next week. all across our area for saturday look at improvement, we will warm things up, 80 down the shore, 48 degrees the high tomorrow in philadelphia and 76 in the poconos. so no matter where you are, you will love your fourth of july, weekend forecast. really enjoy it. get outside this evening and take a look at those fire works arthur l

the independence day parkway is closed for the concert and fireworks. and expect restrictions at independence hall. cape may county, downed wires, this is the case around the region, downed trees and wires. the one closing route 9 at indian trail road and wildwood boulevard, stay or the parkway to get around that. >> hurricane arthur spent last night and this morning lashing the coast of north carolina. it made landfall at came look out with 100-mile per winds. the storm brought several inches of drenching rains and caused widespread power outages and reports of tornados. there are no reports of injuries. >> although well not experience the brunt of hurricane arthur, the effects will be felt along the jersey shore. eva pilgrim is live in atlantic city, wrurvet very careful -- where you need to be very careful if you're going into the water. >> reporter: the rain is just starting in atlantic city, just about five minutes ago, if you look out towards the beach and the ocean, you can see there's a fog that started to develop in the last half-hour, the wave

afternoon as the sun returns, great timing for the fireworks in philadelphia and the concert on the parkway, turning cool with temperatures back to near 70 by 11:00 with a northerly breeze. when meteorologist cecily tynan comes back she'll lets you know what is in store for the rest of the weekend. >> lets switch live to the ocean city boardwalk and amy buckman, nothing is more synonymous with summer than july 4th at the jersey shore. >> better yet if you had july 3rd off, it's a perfect beach day. this is 7th street watching people head home with their pizzas and people are up to desert and having ice-cream and we have the band setting up forever the free concert and today was spectacular. >> for the most part the o'connor boys were keeping themselves amused today. conner did go in for a dip. >> it's choppy. >> were you getting tosses around? >> yes. >> was it fun? >> sort of fun. >> they were warned to lift and to the lifeguards and not go in too deep and not go back home because they were bearing the brunt of arthur. >> they are getting hit, we have friends with beach houses and they are

that is your seven day forecast, lets check out the the parkway. at is scheduled to be closed due to the concert and fire works going on later tonight. it is closed from 11:00 a.m. today for the party on the parkway. >> those fire works tonight and tomorrow night the fire works will be at penns landing. >>> a florida mandy side it is good idea toes were will a alligator but this did not work out so well. what he told two teens who work out so well. what he told two teens who came to his rescue straight the answer to treating your dog's fleas and ticks is staring you right in the face. nexgard, from the makers of frontline® plus. it's the only soft, beef-flavored chew that kills both fleas and ticks. vets recommend it. and dogs, well, they're begging for it. nexgard is for dogs only. and hasn't been evaluated for use in pregnant, breeding or lactating dogs. reported side effects include vomiting, dry flaky skin, diarrhea, lethargy and lack of appetite. use with caution in dogs with a history of seizures. recommended by vets. loved by dogs. from the m

it wraps up with concert on the parkway, that's tonight. the roots, nicki minaj, jennifer hudson will be performing. >> 4:50, let's get check on business. >> here's jericka duncan with this morning's money watch report. >> wall street invest remembers celebrating independence day, and big milestone for the for the dow jones industrial average. stronger than expected jobs report lifted the dow 92 points to close at 17,068. the first time it has crossed the 17,000 mark. the nasdaq gained 28 points. the us services industry is bouncing back it, expanded for the second month in a row after a dip from harsh winter weather. services industry makes up 90% of the us work force, including retail, construction, healthcare, and financial services companies. >>> mortgage rates nearing historically low levels. mortgage company freddie mac says the nationwide average rate for its 30 year loan dropped to 4.12%. that's down from 4.14 last week. and two of the nation's largest drug store chains reported increased pharmacy sales in june. wallgreen climbed mor

one star who will not be singing on the parkway tonight, aerianna grande. the problem the singer pulled out at the last minute because of a family emergency. grande tweeted yesterday: new york i'm sorry you saw less of me this trip off to grandparents, g-parents in florida, they need me. now i got to be there. love you and thank you for understanded g. >>> check out plans for the fourth. check first on our website cbsphilly.com. it is the best place to get the latest on any last minute changes. >>> new this morning, a double shooting in philadelphia's frankford section, leaves one man dead. it happened late last night, on the 5200 block of akron street. police say a 25 year old man shot in the chest died at the hospital. another 25 year old man was shot in the leg. homicide detectives are investigating, there is no word right now on if any arrests were made. >>> well, strong storms pacca punch in the tri-state area. >> we'll show you some of the worse damages many people wake up in the dark this morning. >> scary, shocking, incredible. >> you know what? incr

. >> i'm ukee washington, getting ready for the parkway. putting finishes touches on the stage. will the weather cooperate with the plans? let's finds out. here's katie. >> it depends on what your plans entail. i think the winds will prove difficult for folks trying to get fireworks displays in here, checking departure after all of hurricane as well as cold front that's been very, very significant for us two, days straight of severe storms. does look as though we gratedly get better with time. so we start, sore of front load the forecast, with the bad news, looking ahead to real nice weather news the rest of the weekend. i'll have it all for you coming up. >> katie, thank youment meanwhile vice president biden helping celebrate independence day in front of the landmark that gave birth to our independence. >> taking part in the celebration every freedom at independence hall. nicole brewer joins us now on the mall, not far from where the vice president will be in just a few hours, hi, nick, happy fourth. good morning. >> happy fourth of july to both of you. that's right, we're get

heading to the parkway mostly clear and breezy, temperatures in the 70's. the poconos looking fantastic at 76 degrees, on saturday. seventy-nine on sunday. but back to 85 on monday. if you are down the the shore this weekend, again, it started off a little rough today but tomorrow looks fantastic. 80 degrees, sunny, still breezy and surf is still rough for your saturday. sunny and nice at 82. monday we are up to 85 and mostly sunny for the start of next week. so fantastic down the shore, coming up, we will talk about a gorgeous weekend ahead the rest of the fourth of july weekend looking great. it does steam up next week. we will talk about that as well. did you know anytime you can get your weather on the go with our brand new user friendly and beautiful looking cbs philly weather and the app is available in the app store on itunes and coming soon for android products. we have a hard time getting me off the sky deck, we will have your seven day forecast in a bit but that is coming up. jessica back inside to you. >> it looks great, kate, thanks very much. >

how are things in the parkway, q. >> they are amazing. re camping out, already. 500,000 people expect to come down here for big concert, all of the activity and i'll have it covered for you guys. >> thanks, q. here's the thing lets say you don't have a fancy shirt like q there, which that is a fancy shirt and i have some other things you can do with the family today even if you are not going to the beach or poke knows and you are not going to be here in center city. >> now we have good suggestions all over our delaware valley. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we look like an american flag here don't we. >> you have to do it. absolutely. we say two live pictures of the beach and then we saw here in center city. two different stories right now. it is overcast in philadelphia raining along the coast. >> yes. >> how will this all play out. >> well, the highest impact is along the the coast, that is where arthur is along the the north carolina cher line and that is where it is tracking northeast ward. grazing the coast but not without t

south jersey to delaware county and the hundreds of thousands of people packing the ben franklin parkway. the fireworks lighting up the skies in center city right now. >>> good evening, on this independence day. happy fourth of july to you. i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. this is a look at the huge crowds that filled the ben franklin parkway for hours tonight. people in philadelphia celebrating america's 238th birthday in grand style. >> nbc 10's nefertiti jacuez joins us live. nefertiti, the fireworks just sta started. >> reporter: happy fourth of july. i'm not sure you can hear me. there goes the big spectacular show folks have been waiting for. folks have been so excited throughout the day for what you're seeing right now. some folks have been here since early this morning. hundreds of thousands of people packed the parkway for the big fourth of july celebration. >> i think it's amazing that this many people show up. >> best fourth of july ever. >> busy and patriotic. >> reporter: many people showed off their patriotic pride wearing red, white and blue. >> it's nice to h

in the parkway and the fireworks yesterday. temperature trend shows our average for this time of year is 87 degrees. today will be below that average at 84. as we head into your sunday, 88 degrees. we are slowly warming above average. that warming trend will continue into midweek, and we will push back into the mid-90s. we are seeing quiet conditions. here is what left of what was hurricane arthur as it continues to track to the northeast pulling well aware from us. our future rain shows we have no rain to worry about and no clouds either. we are going to see plenty of sunshine for us as we head into the rest of your saturday, and sunday and even monday, our humidity going up and a chance of storms. a high surf advisory in effect for "today" ftoday in the beache locations. tomorrow 83 degrees. make sure you wear sun screen and take it easy was head into the ocean, and monday 86 degrees and hotter. for today throughout the city, sunny and nice for us and a beautiful weekend and then look what happens as we head back to work. 93

. >>> hundreds of thousands packed into the parkway for great music and fireworks to celebrate the 4th of the july. chris sowers joins us with the accuweather forecast. once the rain stopped it was a nice day. >> reporter: mother nature she came through, the morning, i was like this is miserable, and in the afternoon it was fabulous. let's show you the philadelphia international airport. we have a beautiful weekend now that hurricane arthur has pulled away. the wind has shifted out of the northwest, the cleared the skies and knocked the humidity out of here. temperatures are in the 60s. 65 in philadelphia. 61 in trenton. millville, 62. allentown, 59. 55 in the poconos. reading, 57. lancaster 58 degrees and wilmington showing 60. there's what's left of arthur, again, pushing off to the northeast now it's into new england moving into the canadian maritimes. high pressure builds in from the northwest, that will provide us with a picture-perfect afternoon around the delaware valley. if you have a tee time, lots of sunshine, it will be breezy, winds out of the northwest at 10 to 20 miles pe

> the ooh's and the a ahh's philadelphia celebrates with spectacular fireworks with partying on the parkway. from the city to the suburbs, the festivities included food, families, of course lots of fun, all celebrating independence day 2014. >>> today is saturday, july 5th, good morning to you, thanks so much for joining us, i'm nicole brewer. it is 5:00 o'clock. let's get awe check on the forecast, just talking about it, carol, little chill think morning when we were coming in. >> isn't it shocking? >> shocking. >> from the heat and the humidity to how chilly it got. >> it's been a while since i had goosey's coming out of my car in the morning, you know? >> i even hate to say it, i turned the sort of the heater on in the car. >> no. >> yes. >> did you really? >> yes, i mean, can i not believe the difference, i think it is the breeze, the lower humidity and the temperatures have dropped a lot. great overnight though, you can get some of the hot air out of the house and just kind of replace it with the cool air at least this weekend. things change again, though, however. so let's enjoy this.

put out advice if you're going to the parkway. >> security, clear bags, stay away from the coolers, things we can't see inside. >> there's no work day the neck day, we're working around those type of happenings that the crowd will stay longer than normal, because they don't have any reason to get back out. >> "action news" at 11:00 p.m. will follow the fireworks. today 4 account of july events kick off with the celebration of freedom ceremony, joe biden and mayor nutter will take part in the events to mark the 238 birthday of america. it will recognize the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act of 1964. join us for the festivities, matt o'donnell and i are proud to kick off things with the freedom ceremony followed by the independence parade at 11:00 p.m. and rick williams and cesily tynan and adam joseph and religion karen rogers will be bring you the -- bring you the 4th of july jam. >> we're learning about the gm recall of 34.3 million vehicles. it was issued after finding a 9-year-old e-mail in the files warning of trouble. >>> the dow crossed the 17,000 plateau for the first

more on the bw parkway coming up in my next report. back to you guys. >>> tensions in the middle east continue to run high. >> israel says overnight it has targeted terror sites and command senators used by hamas -- centers used by hamas leaders. >> susan mcginnis has the latest. >> reporter: smoke billowed into the sky over gaza a day after a proposal to end fighting between israel and hamas militants fell through. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country has no choice but to respond more forcefully to hamas after the group rejected a cease-fire plan yesterday shortly after israel had accepted it. israel is warning families in sections of northern gaza to evacuate saying it plans to carry out air strikes against terror sites and operatives in those neighborhoods. the u.s. is standing by israel but is pushing both sides to work toward deescalating the situation. >> we believe that israel has the right to defend itself. that remains the case. but our focus continues to be on working towards a cease- fire. >> reporter: a

. >> first there was big giant concert on the parkway on the fourth of july. could the weather have been better. >> no. >> it was cool, then the next night on the fifth, it was jay-z and his lovely wife beyonce performed, at phillies stadium there. quincy was at both of these event. so why don't we start with what happened on the parkway. >> well, parkway, i mean nickie menaj, ed sheeran and the roots. i was hanging out with you. you are hanging out with all these girls. every time i go out with mike, there is nothing but girls. it is the the truth. i see mike, he said q, who cares, let's just go. we're happening out with the girls. and then, karen hepp, i love karen hepp so much. she's like the baby whisperer. she held my youngest son kobe. we were all together. it was a fox family friday, we had. >> yes. >> that was a nice little neighborhood street party, then a bunch of us walk over to the art museum steps for the concert. i thought it was pretty good. >> it is always good. last year, the roots have taken over as musical conductors of it, it has been great

matt pellman is in for karen, you'll see karen on the parkway later tonight for the jam on the parkwayus about the roads? >> reporter: they are restricting the vine eastbound ramp to the parkway. most of the roads are dry. there's a crash to watch out for in east norton germantown pike by the muffler store. there's a downed wires in middle township blocking route 9 stay on the garden state parkway. >> we'll send you back to "g.m.a.," they continue to have 4th of july fun, we'll see you in 30. >>> you are looking at a live shot of virginia beach. still feeling the effects of hurricane arthur at this hour. that heavy surf. the storm moving north right now, after battering the banks of north carolina overnight. we're going to have so much more on the storm that's affecting so many, coming up next on "good morning america." >>> but the weather is not keeping fans away from central park. they are fired up this fourth of july, ready for a blockbuster performance from global sensation, jason derulo. >> we cannot wait for that. >> look at that crowd. >> they are already wiggling. >>> coming up

as we get ready to head to the parkway or fire works, 79 degrees. high temperatures. ch cooler then the past couple of the days. all of the stormy weather has broken the heat and humidity too. seventy-nine is the high temperature. by fire works time in the city, no need to do any cancellations, 57 degrees, mostly clear. down the shore by 9:00 o'clock you are clear too. it will just take a little bit longer for those clouds to filter on out. that is a look at your fourth of july forecast for philadelphia, we will have have your seven day straight ahead. but first to the roads, we have an accident on 76 westbound approaching 202. many people are not going to work but this could still cause some slow downs, we have the right shoulder block and right lane partially blocked. is there a down pole closing upper pine creek road, and this is between new london hill road and paper mill million road. the alternate is poly drum and hill rhode island. >>> with a nickname like kaboom you have to live up to your name, right. the town that set off this fire works display does not live

after the party on the parkway and all of the fireworks yesterday. it ended up being a nice evening. our satellite radar shot shows quiet conditions now and it's going to stay that way through the rest of the weekend and we are done with any of the impacts with hurricane arthur and it continues to push well off to the northeast, and as we head into the next 24 to 48 hours this is what we can expect. just a few more clouds as we head into the overnight hours, but really under the influence of a northwestly wind, and we are going to seat humidity remain low as we push into the rest of the weekend. monday, pressure rebuilds and temperatures will climb into the 90s starting on your monday. for philadelphia, temperatures in the 70s and as we head into the next few hours, our temperatures will be between 82 and 85 degrees. we do have a high surf advisory in effect until 4:00 p.m., and we will have your 7-day forecast coming up. >>> we are continuing to update you on breaking news out of southwest philadelphia. here is a look from the scene overnight on the

roughly 500,000 people are expected to pack the parkway to see the roots, nicki minaj and others. some officers you'll see and others you won't and that goes for the hardware as well. >> we always have cameras, condition tell you where though all are. you know where some of the mobile ones come out. >> if someone has an i'd to come down and disrupt the event, they will have a significant and swift reaction. >> if you come tomorrow, organizers say no coolers, if you bring a bag with belongings, make sure it is a clear bag and it could be checked. again, if you are going to the phillies pop concert it is moved indoors to the kimmel center. i'm live, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the new 6abc.com is the place to go for all the details on this year's wawa welcome america, you can see the listings of the daily events and a slideshow of all the performers, it's right there right now on the new 6abc.com. >>> and remember 6 abc is your home for all the festivities on the 4th of july, the coverage kicks off at 6:00 tomorrow morning as matt and tam host of the celebr

lucy. >> talk to you soon, scott happening now getting ready to rock out on the parkway. the july 4th celebration about to shift into overdrive. some of the hot fest acts in music will take the stage in less than an hour. we're talking nicky minaj, jennifer hudson, ed sheeran and none other than philly' own legendary roots crew. >> our dave kinchen is life -- you're living large is was you're doing with the choice assignment, dave, hanging out for the festivities live on the parkway very nice. >> reporter: yeah, real hard assignment out here. i'll tell you what, philly is going to look a lot like a new york award show tonight with some of the big acts that are playing right now on the quest love stage behind me some of the up and coming artists from philly in and around the area. let's go to some video, though, that we shot earlier. it shows a crowd watching rhianna cash with her ban many of the same people will be here for nicky minaj, jennifer hudson and of course ed sheeran all playing with the world famous hometown house band the roots. they often call themselves the h

, you can see behind me the big stage is coming together for friday's big concert event here on the parkway, all across the city at all hours, people are taking part in great events leading to the 4th and taking part in the events meant taking part in the heat. tourists took the time out in the shade of a tent set up for a reenactment about to start. >> the shade isn't so bad but it's very hot. >> it's hot here in philadelphia, and not just temperatures. so much is going on as part of the wawa welcome america festival. >> we do is every year, we do it every year, this time, right around 4th of july. >> great, lots going on and fun for the kids too. >> this morning at smith memorial playground, kids took part in a go forth and learn about fitness event with readings by special guests and face painting on the parkway the stage is getting set for the big concert event. but first on the river stage of penn's landing, the philadelphia orchestra performs for free. so even if you have already been to the city, there is good reason to return. >> we are going to come back up, it's a 30 minute drive.

nick smith joins us from the parkway. >> we know that the stretch of the parkway is slut down for at st the next three or four hours. look over my shoulder and see why, the red chevrolet pickup that fremont police department say crashed into the tree and bounced back over to the opposite side of the road. the early determination is that the speed is indeed a factor. a few minutes ago we had an opportunity to speak with the treatment police department spokesman. >>> the first officer found a red pickup truck had most likely hit a free and the officer rendered first aid to the only occupant of the truck, an adult male and that driver was transported to a local hospital with

sit back and get some stuff done. >> officials say you can expect additional security cameras on the parkway tomorrow but their locations are secret. >> the government is warning that al-qaida linked terrorists are ratcheting up their efforts right now. they say the terror group is trying to target planes at airports oversees. specifically planes with direct flights to the united states. officials believe terror groups may be trying to create

all of our partners will be $ >>. >> reporter: part of the crowd on the parkway moved in a panicked rush and brought down several barricades. the city says it fixed that this year. >> two instances had a collapse of one of our to barriers, reinforced that this year, the barriers are going to be ins that we did lose temporarily. >> reporter: other wildcard, a roots, what impact hurricane arthur might van at music and fireworks. not a factor as far as you can tell tomorrow night? >> we are expecting tomorrow night to be fun. right now, it's not a factor at all. >> reporter: the wawa welcome america folks say they are banking on most of the arthur-related weather moving out before anything starts out here. live in the parkway, i'm doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >> all right, doug. first, we have to get through this evening's storms. nbc 10 chief meteorologist, glenn "hurricane" schwartz monitoring that tornado warning as well as other severe weather in the area. glenn, where are the worst of the storms right now? >> jim, we have that one cluster up in the poconos and another one approaching che

iain page has the evening off. >>> fox 29's dave kinchen is live on the parkway tonight. , you just saw some sort of scuffle? >> reporter: yeah, actually just within the last few minutes there was some sort of a scuffle. i was actually pinned i was i was trying to get into this area where we are doing our live sh shot. i'll step out of the way and i tell was happened. we were getting ready to go on the air and several groups of people just started rushing out of the parkway here. you could see the horses therely its philadelphia police mounted patrol and you may be able to see some people coming out right now. nicky minaj is on stage and stopped her set actually for a few minutes because there was a report of a scuffle and an officer even being tackled, and what i noticed was people just rushing all the way out. it was such a steady flow of people that i was actually pinned between a young family as we were trying to get in to do our live shot pinned up between them an gate. so kind of a scary situation here but the philadelphia police rushed in and it looks like things ar

we're just hours away from the party on the parkway. no one puts on a fourth of july celebration like philadelphia. earlier today, the one and only nicky minaj, the sound check just one of the many entertainers performing tonight. >>> our dave kinchen is live on the scene where the crowd is already gathering. super excited about the main event and, dave, my daughter has a mission for you she wants to find ed sheeran and get a self selfie. >> reporter: i will do my best. let me tell you, we are looking out for him, but i know a good party when i see one and i'll tell was, this is a good party. it is the party on the parkway here we are right in front of the request love stage where you have some hometown music a lot of people performing ahead of the big concert that starts at 7:00 o'clock. let's go to some video. of course, you just saw nicky minaj a sound check from miss nicky herself. checking the microphone and everything getting ready for her concert tonight with the hometown house band we like to say the roots. they're playing with n

under the ukrainian flag on the parkway on 17th street. >> now to another major story, israeli ground offensive in gaza has produced heavy fighting. now one israeli soldier was killed believed to be a victim of friendly fire. 19 palestinians have been killed since rizzo israeli forces move into gaza. more than 206 palestinians many women and children have been killed since the conflict began stay with us with "good morning america" for continuing coverage. middle east crisis and plane disaster in the ukraine. the team will have the latest developments at 7:00 a.m. after "action news." >> 5:36 this is new video in from the scene of a homicide investigation in camden, new jersey. a gunman shot a man several times on north 21st street at

at noon, it's the party on the parkway. live look at the ben franklin bridge, the day-long family friendly event offers games, entertainment, music andplyty of food. nbc 10's katy zachry is live on independence mall this morning with a look at what we can expect on this fourth of july. and also jçaty, a look at how police plan to keep people safe, right? >> right. hundreds of thousands of people, chris, are expected to philadelphia to enjoy the july fourth festivities it starts with a ceremony here at independence hall behind me and it will culminate with a huge fireworks show over the philadelphia museum of art later tonight. because of this, philadelphia police have brought in extra officers. they have additional cameras keeping an eye on the crowds. philadelphia add july fourth events begin at the place where we gained our independence. vice president joe biden and city leaders will speak this morning pop for security reasons, organizers have asked people to show up two hours early. >> the city itself makes it nice for p

the full shaban here, all leads up to the fourth of july japan fireworks, from 7:00 to 11:00 on the parkway, also known as many the largest free concert in america. this sex siting highlight. we have everybody from the roots, nicki minaj, to jennifer hudson, and vicky martinez, now, we mentioned those fireworks as well, the city of philadelphia will once again end things with a bang, thanks to amazing fireworks display over the philadelphia museum of art. so, if we come back here live, i think it is safe to say, we are getting our freedom on in the very place where freedom got started. there is no better place to celebrate the fourth of july than right here in the city of philadelphia. we're live at independence hall, nicole brewer, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> here here. >> i think you just started a hashtag there, get your freedom on. i like it. >> now, one tact will not be on the parkway tonight, singer aerianna gram, canceled her performance, off to be with her grandparents tweeting they need me, i got to be there. thank you for understanding. >> are you still making plans for the four

they always stay true to their roots and come to the parkway every 4th of july. rick williams, cesily tynan and karen rogers and adam joseph hosted the coverage. we thank you for pulling up a seat to watch. >>> it was a soggiy 4th of july at the jersey shore which meant no beach and no fireworks display. annie mccormick has more in atlantic city. >> reporter: it wasn't much, but it was something, a few fireworks lit up the atlantic city skyline, but the official show was disappointing to many. >> we didn't know. including this family pro drove here from -- who drove here from paramus. >> i'm making the best of it, because the rain stopped and it is nice outside. >> reporter: most jersey shore towns postponed fireworks in anticipating of hurricane arthur. he started our nation's holiday with downpours up and down the shore forcing families to find indoor fun and left the lifeguards on the offense. >> it's a dangerous surf. once it breaks and comes in it wants to run back out. >> the waves are high and big and kind of dangerous. >> reporter: with the rough sea came

. >>> still have chopper on the way to the situation bw parkway southbound at 32. we understand that the police chase has stopped there. they do have the suspect there in custody. we're trying to get chopper over to show you you, but traffic be that slow. one lean shut down. a wider look, no major issues. just a little bit of slowdowns. 295 just past 50 and 66 headed in to town, beltway at branch avenue, looking pretty good. 95 at 32, good. again, 295 or bw parkway just to the east of this at 32 has that issue with that police chase. again 66 about 47 miles an hour at this point and slow down in dale city as you head north. >>> police say a man shot in silver spring may be the victim of a drive-by shooting. this happened around 7:00 last night outside of apartments on bradford road not far from piney branch road. a neighbor told news 4 the victim tried to run to an apartment building for help, but no one responded. others say they have noticed recent confrontations between residents. >> there's been some arguments. and i couldn't really -- you you know, i fry to mit

still without power, after downed tree limbs, actually dent in the darr at the intersection of the parkway and ashburn and cheltenham, montgomery county. now, luckily, the child in the back seat wasn't hurt. that's good news. >>> in chester county, though, one tree actually fell onto two cars, closing north calm road. one of the drivers suffered minor injuries. >>> definitely some damage here and there, carol. but largely spared. wouldn't you say from arthur at least in our part? >> oh, yes. i mean, i think though the rain that we saw, and also, the high surf, that's problem pi going to be the most lingering memory of it. we've got blue skies now, though, arthur is long gone, it is being push out, leaving on its own, high pressure is here, and look what high pressure can do when it feels lick it. and this is what it feels like to do today. and we've got low humidity, so the air mass is so comfortable. it is such a departure, from what we dealt with during the week. our temperatures are great. our sky conditions are beautiful. not just through center city, but also, in the poconos, look at

plus, hundreds of thousands of people packed the parkway for great music and fireworks to celebrate the. but first, meteorologist chris sowers is here with a look at the accuweather forecast. you're on the roll with the winning weekends. we'll keep the winning streak going, how about yesterday it was the coolest 4th of july in 20 years. temperatures in the 70s for highs, both humidity levels we'll keep that going this weekend. let's get you outside and show you what it looks like that's philadelphia international airport, all is quiet. no reported weather reported delays. we don't expect any all weekend long, it should stay nice and bright out there, very quiet and tranquil. millville, 60. allentown, 59. poconos 54. trenton, 61 and sea isle city 63. everybody 8 to 12 degrees cooler than yesterday at this very same time, the humidity levels have gone way down. it feels fantastic thanks to hurricane arthur, actually as it continues to wrap up and spin it pushes off to the northeast, once it pation -- past by the delaware valley it took the canadian air mass and dropped it into the delawar

that is great timing from the fireworks in philadelphia, from the parkway and the concert, the sun will be back before the sunsets and the temperatures are falling to 70, so do i dare say it will be chilly along the parkway come tomorrow night. when meteorologist, cecily tynan comes back we'll talk about a beautiful day in the seven day, we have news to share in the 4th of july jam, arianna grandee will not be appearing now. and hurricane arthur has caused places to postponed their fireworks. the city says that tomorrow's ocean waves and wind would hinder their show. can you see more information on fireworks show change information at 6abc.com. the fireworks show will continue as scheduled at rehoboth beach, delaware, the action cam was there when the lifeguards were waufing for any signs of rip currents. they are prepared for a safe 4th of july weekend. >> "action news" reporter david henry is live in brigantine with preparations underway there. >> reporter: hey monica, the folks here enjoyed a sunny and breezy day at the beach. they are not expecting anything but an undertow, not much

. >> i'll be here and he'll be on the parkway. >> we can text each other. still ahead on "action news" at 5:00, signs crashing down on philadelphia, looking live at sky 6 hd, a steamy night in penn's landing, the complete forecast for 4th of july next, jeff skversky with sports and we'll be right back. >>> chopper 6 hd in rich m monday. a sign came crashing to the street. amazingly nobody was hurt and now investigators are looking to see how it happened. >> in delaware ark crash at the peoples plaza shopping center, a driver tried to pull out a shopping center and was hit by an on coming car. emergency crews finally freed him and he was air lifted to christiana hospital. no word on the extent of the injuries or who exactly was at fault. >> phillies are on a losing streak and it has been painful. jeff skversky is live at the big board with more. jeff, are you optimistic? >> silence. things continue to go south for the phillies on south street. the phillies are below .500, a whopping season low 10.5 games out of first. you can see the frustration on cole hamel

we'll also be in the east bay at the grand lake theater in oakland as well as the parkway theater for a one night repeat screening of our closing night film, little white lie, which will be wonderful and the chris b. smith in marin and palo alto. >> it's spread in the bay area. palo alto, marin, and the east bay itself. >> we do and offer new places. you can buy a pass that gets you into all of the films at those venues for a discount, so people should check it out online. >> wonderful. so we have another film called touchdown israel. >> yes, this is a film that in a sense is a microcosm of israeli society and believe it or not, american style football is now being played in israel and when you think about it, it kind of makes sense. it's kind of a good sport for that country, i think. this is a quick clip of the world premiere. >> okay, touchdown israel. >> why doesn't anyone know this? >> you really don't know the game? the culture. >> the advent of rock em sock em tackle football in israel, some 80 put on helmets for the first time ever in this country. it's here. >> ready, go. >>

we are live on the parkway, dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> thanks, dann. >>> our coveragef the crash of the malaysia flight 17 continues on the six abc news app. we will alert to you new developments as this story, continues to unfold, and there is a lot have of unfolding yet to do. we have posting new photographs and videos from the scene. you can down load the app free for apple and an tried devices. >>> this is a live picture of gaza city, the sunnies coming up, it is dawn, it is, 6:08 and all is now, quiet, but israeli rockies have been pounding target in the relentless assault overnight. conflict between israel and hamas has rocketed to a new level by hitting the ground. thousands of israeli troops crossed the border in to the gaza strip at 10:00 p.m. local team. the ground forces are being accompanied by what is described, asthmas i have air support, and naval forces and intelligence. israeli officials say their prime targets are the tunnel networks that hamas has built and which it uses to infiltrate israel. move comes after israeli defense forces captured 13 hamas