princeton is princeton, trenton is trenton.first african-american in the 51-year history to ever win that award. so the reason, and to answer your question, the reason why i wrote the book is because i wanted to encourage anybody else that's trapped out in that lifestyle to let them know they can not only come out of that, but they can prosper. i wanted to take people to my lowest point in life and then to bring them to where i am at today as a respectable business owner in the community, a community activist, to show them that there's a way up and a way out. >> could you talk a little bit about that lowest point in your life? how old were you, and what were the pressures on you to go into that life? >> yeah. you know, and i say this all the time, a lot of our kids, we grow up, we don't have an opportunity to choose our parents. we don't have an opportunity to choose the environment we grow up in. it is what it is. i grew up in a single parent household, mother on drugs. i was first introduced to drugs by my mother and her then

fox 29's chris o'connell is in trenton with the story. >> reporter: you have to give credit to trentone for making quick work of this case much less than 12 hour after posing as a police officer, and sexually assaulting a store clerk, the man is arrested by police on a laundry list of charges. trenton police say he was carrying a radio, a police badge, a handgun and said he was a cop. but he wasn't. instead police think 54 year old gas staff vo garcia is a sexual predator. >> that's awful. you can't open your door unless you know who it is. >> reporter: hardy heard the news one of her trenton neighbors was violently sexually assaulted inside a store on the 800 block of broad street around 1:00 o'clock saturday afternoon. police say garcia posed as an officer and forced the w into rear bathroom and assaulted her. he was able to escape but not before these pictures were taken. garcia was arrested about 12:30 sunday morning off the delaware raritan canal jogging path. >> he was a nice guy. that's the part that gets moo. i spent a lot of time with this guy in close quarters. >> reporter: t

let's take you to the maps and stay here in trenton.is mercer county, the ramp from 29 northbound to 129 is blocked. we've got an accident out here in trenton that's still causing a problem. stick to the cass street exit instead because you can't exit off at 129. and in gloucester county, new jersey, right on the newapproacs for 322, we still have construction out there blocking the left lane so it's been out there a little bit late. it may cause you a bit of an issue. satellite 6 and action radar showing no big weather related issues today. nothing major affecting your morning commute or even your evening commute. we have been getting a couple sprinkles in parts of southern delaware and cape may county in new jersey so we're just watching for that but iwith 84 n elaw rpoa n car.he 1ckt the molein's wou shelcaco> livto atlanc cent itilomw om 1: hd ced tomelsn ed dichan nickrias froer rsvefnig v comingessed a winullm sor younlgogo st the next hour or sor younlgogo st the next hour or we'll berb centutructure fonnsy heym e ts t't.d d legh

folks like trenton are going to see more activity.t's going to take a while longer if you're closer to the i-95 corridor. 84 to 87 degrees. we will see more clearing as we head to the afternoon and into the evening setting us up for a nice monday morning. more storms are in your seven-day forecast. i'll let you know when coming up in just a bit. >>> thank you brittney. 7:32 now. new from overnight in burlington county, investigators try to figure out how a fire started at a vacant building that a used to house an auto body shop. this happened in river side before 2:30 a.m. luckily no one was hurt. witnesses say they saw someone running from the scene. police are thousand investigating. >>> also new from overnight. rescue crews were called to philadelphia neighborhood after officials say an amtrak worker got spooked while working on power lines. nbc 10 ontyson avenue and keystone street before 3:00 this morning. the worker 150 feet in the air was able to get down on his own. now it's not clear what caused him to need help. >>> we are f

numbers are still falling. 59 in trenton. 57 in doylestown. parts of interior bucks county are even cooler. 59 right now in levittown. 57 in doylestown. and it's dropped currently to 50 in quaker town and we could see numbers drop into the 40s this morning before the sun comes up. once the o. sun is up, we'll se it will be brilliant sunshine today. tomorrow will bring humidity back into the area. there's a storm system brewing to our west. with humidity returning on saturday, could lead to some showers on sunday. for today though, sunshine and temperatures that will climb into the upper 70s this afternoon. possibly into the low 80s in some spots. it's going to be difficult to get that warmth today. most of the area will be back into the 80s tomorrow with partly sunny skies and then here comes the heat and humidity with a chance of storms for the holiday. sunday, showers late in the day with a high of 92 degrees. showers and thunderstorms on labor day monday with a high of 90 and hot weather continues with a risk of storms again on tuesday. and

in the 50s in trenton, allentown and millville. 61 in millville. reading, is holding

trenton 63. along the coast ina aisle city 70. if you look at the temperature change 8 degrees cooler in reading and 4 cooler in wilmington. we'll talk about what is ahead as we look forward the precipitation dips to the south. lots of clouds for tonight. here's good news on the way. turning sunny and brighter for the second half of the weekend. also a check open tropics because we have tropical depression four to tell you about. that's only asking up in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast, sarah. >> thank you, melissa. stay on top of the changing weather situation with the new 6abc.com and stormtracker 6 radar and hourly and 7 day forecast as well as video from the "action news" meteorologist. it's all available now at 6abc.com. >> and a 45-year-old man is charged with aggravated assault after he was shot by his own mother. investigators say the man showed up at 78-year-old mother's house on the 5700 block of mcmahon avenue in germantown last night. she told authorities he appeared drunk and she barricaded herself in the

that's true just to the south of trenton, a close of half inch an hour.have seen a steady rainfall throughout the day. as we head into the rest of tonight, we'll continue to see showers lingering until 10:00, and them we'll start to see a little more clearing here. you'll notice the clearing from north to south as we push into our overnight hours and early morning hours tomorrow. plenty of sun expected for the sunday. temperatures recover a bit as we head into tomorrow as well. it'll make for a really nice day. average this time of year is 85. today we stayed in the 70s, and that was earlier. and in the last few hours, in the high 60s. 80 degrees tomorrow. temperatures recover, down seven degrees from this time yesterday, and philadelphia down 10 degrees and wilmington. you feel the difference. delaware beach is 75 degrees, plenty of sun tomorrow. monday, a picture-perfect day as well rkts 75 degrees. tonight showers clear up, 61 degrees in philadelphia, and it's a chilly night in the suburbs north and west, dropping down to 54 degrees, and tomorrow, sunn

readings in the 50s and 60s. 59 for allentown, pottstown and trenton. low 60s in delaware as well. sunshine will be bright and the temperatures climb starting off in the 60s, up to 70 degrees by 9:00. upper 70s at lunch time and climbing. we'll go through it hour by hour with the future weather when i come back. first, jillian mele has traffic. >> good morning, bill. it's early, it's a monday. let's start with good news. drivers in delaware, 495 at 12th street. over the weekend, 495 was re-opened in both directions between exits 2 and 3. traffic moving along just fine out there. 495, this is definite i a good news situation. the first workday we are seeing both sides re-opened on 495. heading into new jersey, accident on 295, the northbound side as approach lawrence/columbus. we are following a serious accident in montgomery county in hatfield township, north broad street near cowpath road. take line street or walnut street to get around that. >>> we're following that break news. jillian was showing us the traffic impact of a crash in montgomery county. one person dead after a viol

trenton, 78. allentown and reading, 80 degrees, cape may, a little cooler at 75 and will also about 77. here's what you can expect, again, this is over the next couple of days, lots of sunshine, just a few clouds, seasonable temperatures we're below average today, tomorrow and tuesday, temperatures are pretty much on par for this time of year. very low humidity leaves. more importantly no rain. how long does that last? i'll have the answer in the seven day, eva? >> we're at the "action news" big board looking for the search of the mill tans that executed james foley. u.s. officials thing they are close to identifying the man seen in the video of foley's execution, the white house is weighing military options as the militants threaten to execute more americans. >> reporter: the international hunt for the islamic terrorist responsible for the shocking beheading of james foley in syria is bearing results. british intelligence officials are zeros in on several london rs who joined isis. the terrorists

trenton, 78. cape may, 75 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, very nice and quiet over the next several days, 82 today, 84 tomorrow, sunny and nice tuesday, 85. the warm stuff gets in here by midweek. wednesday, warm and humid, 89 degrees, feels-like temperatures in the 90s as we see the humidity levels creep up there. thursday, fromghts system, 8 -- frontal system, 87. there's a couple of thunderstorms with it, the eagles play at the linc against the jets. it could impact the game. friday, 83 degrees, saturday, 82 degrees. remember you can stay up on the air and 6abc.com take 6abc.com with you. the new smart design fits any device you have, whether it's your tablet or smart phone, no matter how large or small that screen. check it out by visiting 6abc.com. >> next on "healthcheck" we're helping incoming college students fight the freshman 15. >>> cameras catch an . >> welcome back on this sunday we're taking a live look picture of love park there, you can see a large crowd has gathered to welcome ho

trenton, 64 degrees, allentown, 61. the poconos, 55. millville, 62. on the boardwalk in atlantic city, 66. and sea isle city, 66 degrees. the numbers are running anywhere from 4 to 7 degrees cooler than they were yesterday at this time which isn't necessarily a good thing since we only topped out in the upper 60s to mid 70s yesterday. look at these numbers, poconos, glassbo,nwn eut migh t yourselfe end ce. ut's august, though theglofhe gl that's enoh t8080 degrees bymos. ht fivsoblot o ts, w rain, comes backpoibornd. spp c a mre nnmeys ngfi the eivait.s fe. ahee he l d e -stres sroaid ryopdffmine a daylyan she helea bec ne rrou svasorly a ld sul w o the k ig s,ber g>>epveoting bk onia a sem w at th h thebathro asshi sim pff o wt b i tked d toyota corolla and took off. police don't think that car was involved. if anyone has any information call trenton police. >> new this morning, police are investigating aurar lars. awa w ser d el to s oawe. i-495 north in wilmington is open for traffic again. the delaware department of transportation opened the north

nothing but sunshine for doylestown, trenton, northeast philadelphia, mount holly.n the low 80s. humidity's going to be high for the jersey shore and delaware beaches. rehoboth 85. dover 84 degrees. low 80s, i-95 corridor, 83 for chester, glassboro and vorhees with nothing but sunshine for today. holiday weekend, things are changing. the seven-day forecast when i come back. >> you know what that means. maybe some rain. >>> nbc10's "first alert" traffic reporter jillian mele is standing by. >> bring us up to speed. >> good morning. disabled vehicle out there causing problems for drivers on hi i-95. willow grove easton road is closed between maryland road. take york road or welsh road as alternate access. you can't go north on easton road. you have to come south on easton road near the home depot in that area. keep that in mind. it may be a good idea to leave yourself extra time. wynnewood an accident at trent road. expressway looking great in both directions. 95, actually it looks like this disabled vehicle just cleared out of there. this is the southbound side. we h

trenton down to 57 degrees. cool conditions all around. sunny skies today.nd cool at 9:00. 68 degrees. just 74 at lunchtime. and 79 degrees later this afternoon. that's about five degrees below normal for this time of year.

it's docked on the delaware river near trenton.en were stabbed as the boat anchored off bethany beach on thursday. one died. the suspected attacker was found one day later in the water after apparently jumping overboard. >> a hearing is expected on two cases involving evidence that was at the delaware medical examiner's office but had not been tested there. it was tested at an independent lab after the delaware lab was closed. that lab is now at the center of a tampering investigation. the public defender's office will argue today that any evidence that passed through the me's drug lab should be thrown out and that could involve thousands of cases. >> david it sounds like the heat comes back in today, the humidity. >> humidity definitely on the rise today, tam. as we take a look at storm tracker 6 live double scan we're mainly drive. areas down to the south of philadelphia with a little bit of a sprinkle or shower, cape may, down around louis delaware, everybody else on the dry side, even that stuff down south isn't that was bad. a

low 80s in trenton and millville. cape may we'll get up to 77 degrees on the peninsula. you've got phillies ticket, 79 degrees for the first pitch under the stars and 71 degrees in the 9th inning. the washington nationals hot coming into town. high pressure sinla, althougwil. we have tropical storm cristobol down in the carribean will make a move up to the north, far away from us, where we don't have to worry about cloud cover or rain. but with the category one off ip currents down the shore. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 84, mostly sunny today, let's do it again tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, high of 85. hot and humid on wednesday we'll get up to 90. we haven't had a whole lot of that this summer, but it could haen wednesday. we have a frontal boundary moving through, and showers at night. thursday, the temperatures drop down to 86 degrees,1 friday, t one, for endit a onsarday is dry, but humid. the. >> white is good to wear when it is hot outside. clever, matt. >> the mile high hack attack, cyber trols cause problems in the sky. >> reporter: good morning

temperatures, a lot muggier. 74 in philadelphia. 69 in trenton. reading, 74.ncaster, 72 and the poconos 68 degrees. just about everybody north and west of philadelphia yesterday at this time down into the low 50s, it was very, very nice out there this morning, the complete opposite is humid, almost feels like the gulf coast states. 16 degrees milder in allentown than it was yesterday at this time. 11 in philadelphia. close to 20 in atlantic city and 13 is the number for reading and lancaster. 9 in wilmington. two reasons for that, one we have a lot of cloud cover out there that put an atmospheric blanket on us. we have a strengthening wind out of the south that's pulling in the warm southerly flow. that's why we're seeing the warm weather already. we're seeing a system out west, a piece of energy around 15,000 feels. as that pushes east and moves into the warm, soupy air mass it will trigger thunderstorms later on. the severe thunderstorm prediction center says there's a good bet we'll see severe weather in this. there's the possibility of hail. the wider view

. >>> we have breaking news coming to you from trenton. sky force 10 over the scene of what we're told is a multiple shooting right now. we see a sheriff's vehicle on your screen in the middle of the screen. we see what we presume to be investigators in the middle of the street at east state street and south alden avenue where at least two people have been shot. this is coming to us from sky force 10 over the scene in trenton. we're told one of these victims is critically injured and right now, we know of no arrests, no suspect in custody. so we're going to continue to monitor this story and count on us to bring you updates from this shooting scene in trenton as we get more information. >> now, the son of a former abortion doctor serving life in prison had his own -- alexander waits for his preliminary hearing. he was shot twice during a burglary in west philly. police say alexander broke into the same home three times, stealing cash, an x-box and laptop. investigators say one of the homeowners shot alexander. he faces several charges, inc

high temperatures, 76 in allentown, 80 in trenton. 81 in wilmington. 78 in millville. down the shore it will be cooler than the last couple of days, highs reaching into the mid 70s. tomorrow things start to change. warm front pushing past us, clouds and sun, getting more humid as the day goes on, sunday it gets steamy. monday steamy, as well. with a cold front getting close to us there's a chance of a drenching downpour producing thunderstorm in spots late sunday and monday, better chance on monday. up in the poconos, sunny and nice, 72. saturday, clouds and sun, 73, and chance of afternoon shower or thunderstorm on sunday and better chance on monday. at the shore, 76. 78 sun and clouds, more humid on saturday, sunday, humid with sun, 82. we can't rule out a late day or thunderstorm do you want shore on sunday and more of the same on monday. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 81, still nice today, more humid tomorrow, 82. not oppressive on saturday, no rain. sunday, hot and steamy, high of 90. that drenching thunderstorm may pop up late in the day or evening

trenton, 69. poconos actually dropped down to 54. you'll be flirting with that number tomorrow morning. millville, 69, dover, 71. wilmington, 70. high pressure from the north, you can see how all the cloud cover quickly erodes. it's probably not until thursday when we see the increase in clouds once again. here's the day planner. 70, lots of sunshine. 75 degrees by lunchtime. 3:00 p.m., 80 that's where we'll top things out later on. normally we should be at 85. yet another day with temperatures below average. lots of sunshine, it's probably not until thursday when we see the clouds increase. we'll heat things up, close, 90 degrees by wednesday. tropics are active, we have tropical depression number four i'll show you that when i come back in just a bit. >> police are hunting for the killers of a double murder mayfair. two women were shot execution style. it's not the first time the home has been the scene of a shooting. kenneth moten the details. >> reporter: crime scene investigators brought in lights and more after the murder of tw

lancaster, 3 miles, reading 2, trenton, 2 1/2.hiladelphia international airport, not reporting any weather-related delays, same thing with atlantic city and allentown. new york city airports are okay, baltimore and washington, d.c. are okay. even though they have denser fog down there. the day planner, 70 degrees by 9:00 a.m., 80 degrees by lunchtime, good day for a round of golf. 86 by 3:00, 5,, temperatures pulling back into the low 80s. i got off the phone with police in the lehigh valley. they are responding to a new accident upper salken township. an accident involving a deer, traffic is not stopped, but you'll see police responding to that shortly. looking at the big picture, no accidents or big problems on the blue route or schuylkill expressway or i-95. we're seeing slowing on the schuylkill expressway, 26 miles per hour with this area of yellow westbound heading from the boulevard past belmont, 24 miles per hour i-95 southbound. we take a live look at i-95, that's southbound traffic looking live heading toward girard, cen

. >>> now to some news from our trenton bureau. the search is on for a man whom authorities say posed as a police officer and sexually assaulted a store clerk. according to investigators, the man in this photo entered a store on south broad street and told the female clerk he was a cop. as you see, he was carrying a small black radio and had a handgun. he assaulted the woman in the bathroom then walked out and flagged down a tan toyota corolla. police do not believe the car was involved in the incident. if you know who the man is, trenton police would like to hear from you. >>> now to news from our delaware bureau. drivers will have a much easier time on the road now that northbound lanes have reopened a week ahead of schedule. southbound lanes were opened july 31st. the northbound lanes weren't supposed to open until labor day. traffic is flowing in both directions. the i-495 bridge was closed in june because supporting columns were tilt thing and unstable. the damage was blamed on a dirt mound dumped near the bridge by a soil con

trenton, 68 anticipate 72 -- and 72 in sea isle city. as we head out the door, muggy and dry, 73 by 8:00 a.m., partly cloudy and a bit on the muggy side. 76 by 9:00 a.m., 80 by noon, 82 that's the high. there's a chance of a shower or thunderstorm here or there in the afternoon. 6:00 p.m., 78 degrees. looks like the rain will be over in time for musikfest. it will feature a free concert by the craig thatcher band, so far an allman brothers show. i'll talk about a ticket give way that "action news" is involved with involving the show i'll be at tomorrow night, all american rejects. i'll talk about. >> reporter: we have more information on the fatal accident in northeast philadelphia. you want to watch for this accident involving a pedestrian. academy road is blocked between murrell avenue and president street in northeast philadelphia. it's causing closures stick to knights roads or boulevard as the alternate. an investigation underway in the fatal accident in northeast philadelphia. salford, montgomery county at clump road and whites mil

trenton, 60. allentown, 60. poconos 53.n't reach the upper 40s in the mountains today like yesterday morning, but cool for august. reading, 62, millville, 60. the dewpoints the way we measure the amount of moisture in the air as long as we're staying under 60 we're all right. wilmington, 60. dover, 66. we expect south jersey all the dewpoints overnight tonight to start to increase as we introduce more moisture into the atmosphere. we have a sunburn alert, make sure you apply the sunscreen, 20 minutes is all it will take for the sunshine and the uv index always highs we expect it to be. 4:00 p.m., 87 anticipating a high of 88. allentown, 88. reading, 88. millville, a comfortable 85. trenton, 86. 78 in cape may and atlantic city about 80 degrees. guys? >> new this morning an 18-year-old girl is hit by a car and seriously hurt. she was crossing route 73 in mount laurel when the vehicle hit her. the driver stopped. no word on when the driver faces charges. the investigation continues at this hour. >>> president obama is outlini

a closer look. 70 degrees in trenton. 66 in mount holly. 66 degrees in wilmington. we're seeing a few isolated showers outside of the poconos right now. other than that, partly cloudy skies. and what we see is a weather disturbance near the great lakes that's going to send a little more energy our way. and also has a cold front attached to it that's why the temperatures are going to drop down. as we go closer to today, the chance of showers, but by 6:00 p.m., we'll see the intensity building. and we could see thunderstorm activity developing here. and we'll continue into your overnight hours. and we have more showers on tap as we head into friday, especially friday afternoon. we'll see mostly cloudy skies as we head into your saturday more than and then things will clear up. taney dragons at the little league world series, a chance of showers and mainly dry, i'll have the seven-day forecast coming up. >>> so rain won't affect your drive at least, but there is that accident. jillian mele has that update. >>> this is the blue route looking great around the midcounty t

that's a popular number. 67 in trenton, 66 in millville. over the 70-degree mark down the shore. sun and clouds a little bit later on. 67 degrees by 6:00. 71 by 8:00. sun coming upund 6:15 or so. art out.be faioy as we rl rough the day, it's warm and sticky, 74 degrees by 9:00 a.m., 84 by noon, 84 by 3:00 p.m. with the high of 85 probably hitting around 4:00 and spottno ie uptick bit moreeezing going ong kstntovideonalthe w. students we spoke to believe the urcident as an is a it'sen unfortunate event. hopefully the perpetrator is found. >> reporter: the school is asking anyone with information about the attack to contact campus safety services, temple university police is investigating. we're live in north philadelphia, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> new tisooilad fe of the 1500 block of south 21st street of point breeze. witnesses gave officers a vague description of the suspected shooter. there are police cameras in the area that could provi additional clues. >>> aed shootg a t h mnti. michath bro willthg rorutt d dr considered. the police union said it's too soon

up by five in trenton. atlantic city, dover, also six degrees warmer this morning as well which has most of the area in the 60s. 61 in mount holly. pottstown and allentown at 61 degrees at this hour. tropical storm no more. it's now strengthened to a hurricane. 75-mile-an-hour winds. a minimal hurricane. good news is this storm is going to stay away from bermuda and the east coast but it will come close enough that there is a risk of rip currents right along the coastline, the jersey shore and delaware beaches. sunshine will be ripe. temperatures into the 80s this afternoon. getting closer to that 90-degree mark. we haven't seen that in a while and a possibility it will come our way in the short-term. the seven-day forecast with details when i come back. >>> check out this confusing drive. that's good stuff. i hadn't seen that video until now. lane striping problems along i-66 in northern virginia turns out tape was put down over the weekend for a bridge repair project but the tape started curling up. go ho

it is, but it's cool for now. 58 in trenton, 51 in allentown, wow that's cool. upper 60s down the shore. 69 by 9 al. noon, 77. the high today is 84. which is off the average high for this date. we'll hit that around 3:30. 6:00 p.m., 81 degrees, cloudier to the south, the sunnier to the farther north as you go through the region. same thing tomorrow and eventually we'll see showers, may see that overnight tonight, we'll have the latest on future tracker 6. >> reporter: all right, dave we have our second vehicle fire route 1 southbound past new road blocking two lanes, watch for that on route 1 southbound. let's head into new jersey, 42. this is northbound traffic looking good right now, you'll see the extra volume with people coming back from the shore in just a little bit. southbound we have the new construction pattern it debuted on friday, that's slowing you down, as well. a couple of issues on route 42. walt whitman bridge, right now until 35:00 p.m. you have three lanes open in each direction. westbound you have four lanes in the morning commute. you might w

temperatures still falling. 72 in trenton. wilmington, 74. 60s for pottstown and allentown. 76 degrees in philadelphia. bright sunshine today and into the low 80s by lunchtime. we'll go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back but first, jillian mele has traffic. >>> route 30 bypass, 340, that's closed down later in the morning but for now, no incidents to report. with the king of prussia and turnpike, 422 and 76, i just wanted to get you the average speeds on the highways. 55 miles per hour is what we're seeing on 202. 64 on 76. and 65 on route 422. all of those highways at that interchange are clear right now. still have this problem in willow grove. we have this gas work repair work closing easton road. you can take fitzwatertown road and delaware to get around. it's at the north toll plaza. as quiet as can be. >>> we continue to follow breaking news out of north philadelphia where a man was shot dead but not before he crashed his car into a house. and it caused it to partially collapse. nbc10's katy zachry

pretty much the same story in trenton over towards toms river. 85 in millville and we'll stop at aboutdegrees along the coast in cape may and atlantic city. heading to the ball game tonight? phillies won last night against the mighty nationals. they'll take them on again tonight, mostly clear and pleasant 79 degrees for the first pitch and 71 in the ninth inning, perhaps a tad humid but not too bad. tomorrow it looks like we'll start out with plenty of sunshine. late in the day and the evening, though, we will be on the lookout for the potential of an isolated shower or thunderstorm. these will try and break down out of the northern and western suburbs in the evening. and to the tropics we go. hurricane cristobal, this did become a category one hurricane last night is now moving a little more out into the ocean. still looks like it will take that track probably splitting the difference between bermudian our coastline. no big affects along our coastline except for the increase in rip currents and i can see that happening today, tomorrow, maybe thursday as well. if you're down the shore

most areas in the 60s. 63 in trenton and wilmington is holding at 65 degrees. live view and dry view of cape may this morning. saw plenty of sunshine yesterday and a nice crowd on hand and we'll see that repeat again today. 70 in philadelphia. go just a little bit outside of the city and you'll see the 60s and chester springs in the 50s this morning. 59 right now in allentown. blue bell at 59 degrees. in delaware, 60s. middle 60s for dover and for newark. down to 60 degrees even for vineland and woodvine and 70 at cape may harbor. we'll see sunshine along the coast. the threat of rip tides will be with us through the weekend. clouds to the south. that's the hurricane right there. it's going to stay offshore. cristobal won't be coming across any land masses over the next several days and that includes bermuda. steering clear of trouble. 80s this afternoon for the pocono mountains. upper 80s for allentown and plenty of sunshine for doylestown and trenton northeast philadelphia, mount holly topping out at 88 degrees and warming into upper 70s and low 80s along the

sixty-five in trenton and wilmington. the these temperatures will be getting in the 70's and close to 80 degrees, we might hit 80 degrees and some areas may stop a degree or two short of that. high pressure more and more in charge, more confident in itself and that is keeping this weather as nice it is today and over next couple days. it does move and as it moves as high pressure moves, we will start to get air coming from the southwest more and that will be boosting these temperatures a little bit but not too super uncomfortable levels but in the 80's. normally we would be at 85 degrees over next couple days. we will get around that point. future weather, a cloud, later this afternoon, and partly cloudy skies to clearing overnight, tomorrow looks great, this is monday at 6:00 p.m., already how time flies when we are not dealing without rage us weather, just outrageously nice i think that same story goes right through tuesday, and looks like wednesday, as well. we are dealing with a tropical storm that within we were talk

it's 58 in trenton. allentown at 52 degrees. we are waiting for sunrise this morning. the sun will be coming up along with temperatures. nowhere near as warm as what we've seen lately. 64 degrees at 7:00. 68 at 9:00 and middle 70s at lunchtime today. there are some changes ahead. go neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back. katy zachry is watching some traffic troubles this morning on a friday. >> i don't want to exclude anyone outside of the philadelphia area but you are all quiet. we are just dealing with activity in philadelphia this morning. so for all of you drivers trying to get a head start on your travel plans, heads-up on route 1 southbound and you want to get to 76 westbound. you can't. an overturned tractor-trailer has been out there since 2:00 this morning. an alternate is ridge avenue to city avenue bridge and that will bring you to 76 westbound. it's also affecting drivers who want to go from 76 westbound to the first city avenue off-ramp. you can't do that. an alternate is continue westbound on 76 past lincoln drive. look for the second city avenue

in trenton, the shiloh baptist church held a backpack and clothing give way.hiloh's back to school fest is a five year tradition. last year, more than 700 backpacks were given away. >>> sign-in day is a tradition for athletes and now it's an investment for students at a philadelphia school. . it's a work study program where students work one day per week in entry level positions in professional professional setting. sign-in day is for thed like the nfl draft. 350 students gather as reps for the 60 businesses announce who they higher to do real work for real wages. all of the companies that participated last year returned this year. >> the students will be working in an office environment they will be helping us with files, with some of our system work entering date doing things of that nature. >> i start work next week, next thursday. >> reporter: and 21 additional businesses have joined the program. >> peco will be selecting 8 students. this is a national model for college prep education that serves low income students. this teen will be working at independen

into tomorrow morning. 72 is the current temperature. 63 degrees in allentown, 65 in reading, 68 in trenton. low 70s in much of south jersey. here's how it will go, 76 by 9:00 a.m., 80 by noon, 3:00 p.m., that's the high, 82 degrees, back into the upper 70s by 6:00. we're looking at spotty pop-up showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. we're posting a scattered shower for musikfest as that big wonderful concert series opens. craig thatcher, it's a free band allman brothers show tonight. those showers will be scattered, the temperature is 76, i could see the concert grounds being dry tonight a pretty good chance of the. as we head outside, karen, we'll talk about the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, there's an issue on saturday and little one on sunday. >> reporter: we'll get to the breaking news of the fatal accident in northeast philadelphia. the action cam is live on the scene. there you can see the vehicle involved, the tape surrounding this area, because we've got academy road southbound blocked between murrell avenue and the president street. you can see the da

still the upper 50s in allentown and trenton and millville. 62 in wilmington, 63 readings at sea isle and on the the boardwalk in atlantic city. 71 degrees by 9:00 a.m., 80 by noon. 83 by 3:00 p.m. with a high of 84 probably around 3:30 or 4:00 by the time we are back to 82 degrees at 6:00 p.m. tonight. when i come back with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we'll let you know how long the nice weather lasts and the humidity returns. >> a crash in montgomery county killed one and injured another. police in hatfield say a driver lost control and slammed into a utility pole. the impact of the crash broke the car in half. this happened around midnight in the 1600 block of north broad street. crews closed down the road so police could investigate. >>> philadelphia detectives need your help in tracking down an armed robber. this is brand newspaper surveillance from the holdup. the men walked behind the counter of the dunkin' donuts on west lehigh avenue. he threatened the worker with an handgun and ran away with cash. >> homicide detectives are trying to figure out who murdered

trenton, 68 anticipate 72

the temperature, 69 degrees in philadelphia. 60 in allentown, 65 in reading, 63 in trenton. 69 in sea isle and on the boardwalk in atlantic city. satellite and radar shows you how the cloud cover and sprinkles and showers are shifting to the south of us, lots of sunshine on the way, allen be town, are looks like a good one today, 81 degrees mostly sunny and pleasant during the day. musikfest looks great with the temperatures in the 70s. we get into the main stage period, it's a great day to be up there. 79 by noon at the shore, 83 by 3:00 p.m., uv index high. the oaks temperature is in the mid 70s. i will caution because of the departure of bertha there might be linking -- lingering rip current in the water. swim near the lifeguards. humid in south jersey and delaware, but that will improve as the day goes on. there will be a northwest breeze at 8 to 16 miles per hour. 70 degrees by 8:00 a.m., 77 by 11:00 p.m., 82 by 2:00. probably getting that 84-degree high around 3:30. him for the phillies we'll try to sweep the astros. if you have tickets for tonight, man, did you pick a good one.

partly sunny for trenton, 3 degrees along with mt.lly, doylestown, 84 for northeast philly, down the shore. 79 for cape may. double 77s in rehoboth. also under a mix of sun and clouds. chester at 83 degrees and voorhees at 84. for the next seven days, here's sun and clouds for tomorrow. thursday, a chance of showers and storms. we look real good as we head into the weekend. >> 6:21. we continue to follow breaking news this morning. a philadelphia police officer lucky to be alive after being shot while going after a suspect. we have live team coverage from the hospital where the officer is being treated to the crime scene where police are still selecting evidence this morning. there's a great way to buy high quality cars at low, no-haggle prices... ...and it all starts here, at carmax. log on to carmax.com and start your search today... ...and choose from over 35 thousand carmax quality certified used vehicles. from cars and trucks to suvs and minivans. browse the store nearest you... ...or shop from our nationwide inventory and have t

trenton, 56. reading, 56. wilmington, 58. and low 60s down the shore at this early hour. as we head outside it will be cool during the morning commute. 6:00 a.m., 60 degrees, 65 by 8:00. some suburbs by 8:00 holding on to the 50s. as we roll through the day, 67 by 9:00. 74 by noon, 80 by 3:00 p.m., high of 81 probably around 4:00 p.m. before we dip back to 77 degrees by 6:00 p.m. lots of sun on the way. there's the humidity change as a warm front down south will come through the region and start to wraiz the humidity over the -- raise the humidity. i'll have more in the seven day. >> two brazen robbers, robbed and were going to shoot a man who was carrying loads and loads of cash. it happened in broad daylight in northeast philadelphia. katherine scott has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: the 37-year-old victim is recovering. he owns several local businesses and was on his way when he was ambushed. his gun was laying on the ground in the park parking lot. broken glass was everywhere. it happened at 6:00 p.m. in northeast philadelphia. the businessman pulled u

trenton 81. in the poconos 70.pril long the coach beach haven to sea isle city 77 degrees, dover in the upper 70s as well. talking about the dewpoint, even though we have pretty comfortable conditions now as far as the temperature is concerned, when you look at the dewpoint the level of moisture in the atmosphere, ranging from 65 to 75 degrees. you will notice the humidity when you step outdoors. not a whole lot going on as we look at satellite 6 along with action radar. pretty quiet, but things will retire as we get into the afternoon hours for some locations. we will talk about what is ahead. staying muggy for us on our monday. we are tracking the threat of some thunderstorms as we get into the middle half of our week week. and also, we'll give you a check on the tropics as we keep a close eye on what is now hurricane bertha. a closer look at that storm and how it will indirectly impact us later this week with the exclusive accuweather forecast. sending it back inside to you. >> thank you. remember, keep track of

partly sunny skies, slight chance of a pop-up shower, trenton, 82 and cape may, 81.he exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 84 degrees for tomorrow, low humidity levels, 79 for tuesday, becoming more humid, channels of showers and thunderstorms -- chance of showers and thunderstorms, especially south of the city. wednesday not too bad, combination of sun and clouds, 83 degrees. thursday another system swings through chance of showers and storms, friday, another chance of showers european -- and storms, saturday, 8 # - 83 degrees. >> don't forget take 6abc.com with you. the new smart design fits any device you have, whether it's your tablet or smart phone, no matter how large or small that screen. check it out by visiting 6abc.com. >> parents of teenagers know all too well how frustrating or frightening it can be when you can't locate your teen and giving your child a cell phone don' mn they will answer. a texas mom has taken conol, literally, and invented an app that her kids and yours can't ignore. we have the details. >> reporter: sharon standford was lived whe

we have 63 degrees, in trenton, yesterday it was 53 degrees. sixty-five in wilmington, 69 degrees out at the airport in philadelphia. sixty-three up in allentown. so, nice start to the day. the dew points, depending on where you are, if you are north of the city, they're low. if you are south of the city, you're dealing with some fairly humid conditions, atlantic city, has almost 70 degrees for your dew points. so that's pretty high. you'll feel that sick i necessary in the air. i think generally, though, today, once we get rid of some of the showers, and the front gets to progress a little bit more through, we will start to see the winds coming from a northwesterly direction, than is a much more refreshing direction front is slow to move through. may be finding showers late monday according to this computer model i'm about to show you and possibly early tuesday. otherwise, notice those showers, computer pretty good at picking that up. it totally missed these, so it is not always right in every location, as we say every weekends. which means, i

no sign of fog for trenton northeast philadelphia.oylestown, 88 degrees this afternoon. 77 for atlantic city. cape may, the very low 80s today with nothing but sunshine and plenty of sunshine to warm temperatures for westchester, wilmington. upper 80s inland and the warming trend continues tomorrow. the seven-day forecast when i come back. >> 20 minutes until 7:00 now. let's update the breaking traffic situation we're following on the northeast extension where an accident earlier had things backed up for miles. >> it is opening up now. sky force 10 is overhead. the backup remains. nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jillian mele has details. what can you tell us about this? >> just in the last few minutes the vehicles involved were moved away from that accident scene and that has been cleared. so what you're seeing right now is traffic getting by in both directions. both lanes reopened on the southbound side of the northeast extension. again, this happened about three miles south of that lansdale interchange. you can see the backup ex

a lot of of our suburbs have dipped into the 50s as and he coulded. 52 in allen up to, 56 in trenton. 63 at the boardwalk in atlantic city and sea isle city where we have our reporting station set up. 67 degrees by 9:00 a.m., 74 by noon, 80 by 3:00 p.m., low humidity and very the nice out there. humidity rises during the day on saturday and sunday, matt pellman looks like we're in for steamy conditions around the region. i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: oh, boy, you like scrambled eggs for breakfast, matt likes scrambled eggs, here on the ramp from the schuylkill expressway expressway city avenue and the roosevelt boulevard southbound to the silk and city avenue. truck overturned before 1 this morning that was carrying a load of eggs, yuck. they have the truck uprighted. the ramp is blocked, the truck is here, we're hearing they will clear the accident out by 6:00. for now you need to think alternates for this busy series of ramps. if you're coming west on the schuylkill expressway bail at montgomery and take that over to belmont to g

the boardwalk around 79 to 83 degrees, the dew points are low, 53 in the lehigh valley and 51 in trenton and millville 55, and a reminder when the dew points are below 60 it feels comfortable out and there is not much in the way of moisture. we stay in the 50s tomorrow and they start to climb in the 60s on saturday and spike sunday into monday and even extending into tuesday as they get to oppressive levels and more tropical outside and with the tropical humidity and extra moisture in the atmosphere when we see the chance of thunderstorms working their way into the forecast, high pressure is in control and the high pressure showing a crystal clear satellite and radar in the eastern half of the country, that is good news if you are heading down to the linc for the preseason game for the eagles, that is mainly clear and comfortable and a kickoff at -- the temperature going down to 71, beyond that overnight tonight, we crash into the northwestern serbs, allentown 51 and millville 55 and trenton 57. another spectacular lair day tomorrow. at the shore bright and beautiful and 76 and in the po

sixty-five in trenton, 61 degrees inhisew afternoon will be the the middle.we carry slight chance of shower as we move through the afternoon, this computer model says that at 8:00 we have few showers, at 11:00 few showers by the time we:00 we have few more. and we will take a look at. that will not a wash out day. just know there could be co out through the afternoon hours. we've seen some this morning already to the north. we'll check out forecast coming up. >> thank you, carol.: meantime, new this morning police are investigating a suspicious fire in riverside new jersey. now, the vacant auto body shop caught fire around 2:30 this morning. authorities say mort land's auto body shop on the 400 block of pavilion avenue hasyears. eyewitnesses told police that they saw someone running from remains under investigation. >>> and, developing right now, in ferguson, missouri, dozen defy the mandated curfew imposed by governor jay nixon. requiring all to get off the streets by midnight. now, police used smoke and tear gas to disperse the crowds protesting the fatal s

out to the west of us, temperatures are comfortable, 54 in allen unto. 66 in philadelphia. 60 in trenton. the upper 60s in sea isle city and elsewhere along the coast. 78 degrees by 9:00. 78 by noon, 84 at 3:00 p.m., 81 at 6:00 p.m. just a light breeze 6 to 1 miles per hour overnight. tonight will be comfortable up at musikfest we'll wind up with a 72-degree temperature at 8:30 as allen jackson takes the stage. opening acts before that, i could see the end of the concert slipping into the 60s, cool and comfortable, of course during the day at musikfest lots of sun. we have the weekend call including the shore and the poconos outlook coming up. >> reporter: we're starting with a problem in washington township, gloucester new jersey, we have delsea drive shut down between cross skis and barns borough road. there's debris still there and accident investigation on going. another morning accident clump road and whites mill road. outside we go in delaware county, this is what it looks like on i-95 by the airport, construction blocks the right lanes, northbound, but traffic can get by in the le

the upper 70s in trenton. pair of 7s for wilmington and dover. along the coach from beach haven to sea isle city temperatures in the lower 70s. 78 to the north and west in allentown. if you are stepping out later tonight, perhaps firing up the grill for some early-evening barbecue, we have the forecast on the way for you. a few clouds, comfortable this evening. 6:00 p.m., 78. lower 70s getting into 8:00 tonight. the satellite 6 along with action radar. a few high thin clouds across areas in new york across pennsylvania and through south jersey. not calling for any precipitation as a result of the clouds moving on in. it stays pretty quiet and dry. in fact it is all about building warmth and increase in humidity. and futuretracker 6 has you covered. getting into 3:30 tomorrow afternoon the heat indices along the 95 corridor. not terrible, feeling like the lower 80s. and also the lower 80s north and west of town and upper 70s from lakehurst down to wildwood. but as i fast forward time here, as we get into 3:30 in the afternoon on sunday, check out

sunny for trenton, northeast philadelphia and mt. holly, middle 80s around.upper 70s for the coastline, the delaware beach and the jersey shore, cape may 78 degrees. 7 for vineland, dover up to 82. and then here are the 80s once again, inland 83 this afternoon for wilmington. up to 85 degrees for philadelphia, voorhees and chester. the seven-day forecast with the timing of the showers when i come back. >>> about 20 minutes till 6:00. let's get a check of the highways and mass transit. >> jillian mele has what you need to know.ç >> mass transit is on time, no accidents on the majors and i-495 is re-opened between exits 2 and 3. that is a bit of good news. road work out here on trooper road and audubon road. there's work being done to that traffic signal at that intersection. it's not blocking traffic but it's something for you to know about. also in this area, 422 eastbound as you approach trooper. we have a disabled vehicle on the shoulder but still, just use caution in that area. this is a big problem this morning. hatfield township, montgomery county. this