as this cold front crosses western pennsylvania, central pennsylvania it will come through and you will see in in future weather in a second that starts to break up by the time it reaches us. why? sun will have gone down. timing is on our side. we don't to have deal with major severe threat. we set in the marginal wrist income southeastern pennsylvania for severe weather. main issues look to be winds, hail, isolated tornado threat especially in the yellow shaded area. that doesn't include us per se but we will want to keep an eye on that line as it travels e. let's time it out, jump up to 3:00 p.m. most of us still in the clear, heating up, granted but, for the most part right through early afternoon. if you are out toward poconos especially or heading, maybe inland, out to hershey park for weekend or something like thaw will likely to have deal with these storms and here comes that line you are talking about where you'll have the heaviest storms in central pennsylvania. and then well into the overnight 2:00 a.m. by the time anything starts to fire up here. it is just not willing to hav

you can see some in western pennsylvania. a a little more significant stuff towards chicago. that was affecting green bay as well. and that's going to be part of the system that's going to be affecting us friday night and into saturday. we're 83 degrees now. our hay high was 86 today. but it's into the 70s in dover and millville and mount holly and trenton. it's going to be another comfortable night. ocean. temperature nice and comfortable. 76 degrees. and tomorrow we just have a nice day. more clouds than what we have seen recently, but that's just the first piece of change we're going to be seeing. rain is going to affect part of the weekend. i'll have the timing coming up. >>> pulling the plug, the local city that's putting restrictions on a. popular smart phone game. >>> and countdown to kickoff, we're live in green bay as the eagles prepare for the first preseason game against the packers. >>> we. want to bring you to breaking news where police are still looking for the suspect who stole a car with a child inside. the child is safe. sky force 10 is live over the scene as

. >> reporter: and two state troopers in western pennsylvania also shot. fortunately the officers who were shot in jacksonville and western pennsylvania are expected to survive, tom? >> all that violence a terrible reminder of the dangers officers face. victor, thank you. >>> next to the shake-up in the white house. steve bannon out as chief strategist for president trump. now vowed to lead the fight for the trump agenda outside the white house. he has his hands back on his weapons. the president thanking bannon on twitter. to lead the fight against a favorite foe, fake news. nothing fake about the challenges facing trump with backlash simmering over his charlottesville response and several in his own party expressing concern. abc's david wright is in bridgewater, new jersey. >> reporter: the president trying to project strength and steadiness. this photo montage set to music by the white house communications staff. but trump's former chief strategist is no longer in the picture. the populist rabble-rouser steve bannon, now banished. now back at breitbart

in 2024 the path of totality will cut through western pennsylvania. back home you won't be able to see complete totality but still an 80 percent chunk of the sun will be blocked, and for areas that unfortunately are under cloud cover chief astronomer derek pits from the franklin institute said you won't be left out this day in age. >> we will be connected in ways we have never been connected before through social media, there will be so many different agencies, streaming views of eclipse that we can go right than line on our smart phones, lap tops and ten breathes and still experience the total solar eclipse. >> reporter: all right. i call myself a weather geek. he is a geek when it comes to astronomy. he has been here over the week over river in the airport camped out in his car. he is sleeping in his car every single night. we have nasty storms that came through this morning. blew his whole tents down, his whole set up, built it backup and red are for another night tonight. we will head over that way and check out his digs and check out total solar

>> pretty sure. >> jim is from western pennsylvania. >> yeah. a statement about the president being a weak leader. really in terms of the curiosity factor a lot of people were there taking pictures and that sort of thing but they cleared it with the secret service. they had the all clear to put it up on the ellipse and there you saw it. >> i believe the same folks had it out here in march. hit to do with taxes. they brought it out during some of the tax day protests they had. >> i wonder if they knew the timing the fact that the president wasn't in washington at the time to do it. >> when they put this up. >> i don't know. >> i don't know how long it takes to get permitted for something like that. >> i'm sure it's not easy. >> we'll call and find out. we want to put up our own >> do we have a giant fox5 inflatable. >> i don't know. check ebay. thanks for joining us. fox5 eight on the plus is next. >> fox5 eight on the plus. fox5 plus at 8:00. on "tmz" -- harvey: we got pictures of the hottest future billionaire on the planet. no doubt about it,

we have a couple patchy cloud in western pennsylvania. can't rule out a stray sprinkle here or there overnight but some parts of the state just with some cooler air aloft moving in and for the most part dry stretch and we have got sunshine and low humidity through the next several days. temperatures right now slightly below average we have got cool northwesterly win, very light breeze, feels great , 81 in the city. seventy-six in reading. seventy-nine in trenton. cool, comfortable 67 in mount pocono. take a look at these dew point s we're talking about dew pointness 409's in some spots. dew point in philadelphia is 47 degrees. of course, dew point measures moisture content in the air. when we have dew point of 47 lets look at our comfort index we will start as you of range at 50. i'm not sure what 47 would be, extra awesome perhaps, it feels fantastic out here and we will see those awesome level dew points, for the next several days. we will tell you coolest days and nights to expect and take a closer look at hurricane harvey threatening

. >>> strong storms left thousands in western pennsylvania without power. utility crews are busy in pittsburgh. several trees were ripped out of the ground, one tumbled in front of a home and everyone appears to be okay. >>> 5:14 a.m., if you're just waking up with us, meteorologist chris sowers tracking the accuweather forecast. we are pounded by the rain this morning. the video that you showed is the same line of storms that's pushing through right now. we're not seeing severe weather, but we're dealing with the heavy drenching downpours. sky6 live hd showing you the view, philadelphia international airport, wet runways, but the rain is letting up at this point in the city. but we have heavy downpours east of the delaware river. in particular ocean and monmouth counties that are starting to see quite a bit of downpours here over the past half-hour are or so. there's satellite and radar, here it is, you can see the line in western portions of pennsylvania and eastern portions of heavy and marched here overnight and we're seeing it in our neck of the woods.

and western pennsylvania are expected to survive. new york. >> dick gregory, a comedy pioneer and civil rights activist has died. he wrote books and recorded albums but was also actively pursuing social change. gregory marsh with dr. martin luther king junior, gregory fasted for a month to protest the vietnam war. he was hospitalized recently for a unannounced medical condition. >> hundreds of construction workers are racing against the clock trying to fix the dam at lake oroville. they released this video showing crews working to rebuild the damages main spillway and emergency spillway if is not scheduled to be finished until next year, but they need enough of the spillway rebuilt by november in time for the heavy rains last winter. last winter, is ripped a huge hole in the concrete structure causing evacuation of 200,000 people. >> more than 24 hours away from the great american eclipse. millions are getting ready for this unforgettable event. marcy gonzalez is live in lincoln, city, oregon. there is a lot of excitement there. >> t

if you look across western pennsylvania, it's clear. clouds in the morning giving way to sunshine in the afternoon. humidity dropping into the upper 80s. not as hot or humid as today. the oalings temperature very warm, 79-degrees, a low risk of rip currents, tomorrow a mix of clouds and sunshine. sunday, 83. poconos, late day, 77. the exclusive accuweather forecast, 89 tomorrow. 88 on sunday. monday, 89-degrees. great viewing conditions for the eclipse, a few fair weather clouds beginning:21 in the afternoon, peaks at 2:44 ending heat and humidity 92-dok a system, a slice of nice for th . twinge ofut o there are so many people wf the rose to million, the eighth biggest in american history. you have until tomorrow night to buy a ticket. join us "action news" at 11:00, right afterather. ♪ ♪ >> tough night for the phillies. >> has rare o herrera on the iny list. zach eflin, 2-0 giants, now the eagles, first team offense left a lot to be desired last night. there were positives to take away from the game. most of it with defense. quarterbac

with sunshine around and showers and thunderstorms developing across portions of the western and central pennsylvaniayou can see that direction moving eastbound and it will approach our western areas as we head in the second half of the evening and severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for most areas in the delaware valley west of the city until midnight tonight. that does include berks county , lehigh valley and poconos and western pennsylvania suburbs. future weather shows thaws line will approach berks county, lehigh valley, poconos eight or 9:00, it is still quite potent as the line is. but trends for it to weaken and we will see rainfall in and around center city philadelphia, south jersey as we head throughout the overnight period and that line continuing to weaken. we will have a higher threat west of the sit and lowest threat off to thee as we head throughout the overnight per. could see early morning shower lingering but then turning over to sunshine and low humidity. not as high temperature tomorrow at 84 degrees and after 90's today in the lehigh valley and berks county highs only in the

western pennsylvania, you see the sunshine brightly.ront is in the process of pushing through. are the sweeps through later neerchg a -- this evening, as it does so it will trigger a shower or thunderstorm. in the meantime, expects clouds and warm and sticky. heading to chester, the union game taking on montreal an 8:00 p.m. start time. there can evening thunderstorms around, by 8:00 p.m. most of the activity is gone, partly cloudy and warm with terms in the mid to upper 70s. there you go, i'll be back in a few minutes, i'll have the rest of the weekend call from accuweather including the shore and the poconos. >> 7:32 a.m., the war of words between president donald trump and north north korean leader km jong-un does not seem to be dieing down. >> president trump issued another stern warning to north korea about launching any missiles. here's abc emily rowl with the latest. >> reporter: as president trump met with his national security team at his bedminster golf club, b-1 bombers were practicing above the pacific. >> if he does anythin

satellite 6, we are tracking the disturbance out of western pennsylvania with a severe thunderstorm watchpired that works its way east of the i-95 corridor. for the rest of tonight, the showers exit the coast. it's partly cloudy, dropping to 64 and 70 in 23eu8 philadelphiar the overnight low. the humidity lower tomorrow than today. a high in philadelphia of 86. 84 allentown, dover's high tomorrow 85. all eyes up in the sky on monday as we tack abou talk about the r eclipse passing through 12 states, oregon to south carolina. that's when you are in the path of totality. it takes the eclipse 90 minutes to cross the united states. the last time it happened 1979. back home in philadelphia, we are talking about a partial eclipse, 121 in the afternoon monday. max time, 244 in the afternoon, 80% of the sun will be eclipsed by the afternoon ending 4:01 monday. it's a sight to see. you want to be sure yo you havee protective eye gear. tomorrow is a nice day. ocean temperature 83. a mix of sunshine and clouds, pleasant, high of 77. the seven-day forecast, sunday, sunny, less humid, high of 86. the

bring doug: a look ahead to the weekend but first want to update you on the storminess in western pennsylvania. new warnings issued now between hagerstown, cumberland and hancock. it's quickly moving to pennsylvania but reforming. look ahead to the weekend. the weather will be spectacular. lowering humidity rates. sunshine and breezy. 82. warmer and still nice on sunday, 86. looking ahead to monday, the showers and the storms back in the forecast. "abc7 news at 5:00" returns john: tonight in 7 salutes we salute a man who turned a passion for sports to something that helps wounded warriors after they return home. challenging and fast-moving but most importantly therapeutic. it's fast-moving. >> that is it, man. >> competitive. for many of the wheelchair athletes it's therapeutic. around the country dealing with ptsd, traumatic brain injury. >> 16 years ago, navy lieutenant commander harper started to play the sport. you was his passion. he was good at it. so he thought teaching and sharing the sport with the wounded warriors would do two things, build camaraderie and help heal them. >> we want

. >> by the way we had greg on at 6:30 and went to uva he mentioned, i grew up in western pennsylvania parts of western pens when john murtha said there's parts of red neck and drew a lot of fire i went to school with people who had the flags on confederate truck, they say that's part of their history, that's fine, i see where greg was coming from. >> we might think because it's a southern city you can experience in a northern city, you can martha's vinyard as i had in the 9 90's, it wasn't around violence or wasn't around people to take down a statue or put up, its intention is. the fault line has been revealed, every century -- every decade every month seems like we see this pimple is growing all over, and frame at the notion of where the united states of america and when we look at the streets all the buildings on k street in our national capitol we see all the buildings represent a self interest because obviously, they want to be shadows of a government they feel aren't doing them services, women's rights, gay rights, national black organizations. you know, male rights, we're so fr

so the worst of those storms tomorrow will be in western pennsylvania. the timing may help us a bit but we could see damaging winds in some of those parts of pennsylvania. 84 and cloudy now. sweating the clouds with the eclipse and some places getting a lot more sunshine than others. but everybody -- so the temperature drop a couple of degrees as the eclipse was going on. the ocean, 75. got a wind off the ocean so it's nice and comfortable day at the shore but fair amount of clouds as you can see there. at least in parts of the area. these storms are not moving. unfortunately for baltimore, it's flooding there because the storm hasn't moved. so this is way ahead of the next system. we have nothing to do with the thing coming in tomorrow. this is what we've got to deal with. and as that comes in, with the heat of the day, then we got issues. the feels like tomorrow, look at that. close to 100. philadelphia, 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. not quite as high north and west and why i don't have the first alert out for those areas. but for northern delaware, that's where it

it's in the the forecast and it's coming right behind the front that is up through western, pennsylvania . we have quite a dramatic change coming up in the next few minutes. >> coming up, a judge shot, ambush style right outside the courthouse. up next, who pulled the trigger and the judge's surprising reaction after he was hit. then new claims against singer art kelly. a woman who says she had sex with the singer at age 16 is fiejly telling her story even though she says she could be sued because of it. and the solar eclipse also help police catch one of those most wanted sex he offenders. we're going to explain how that happened coming up next. pass as woo head to break, we are celebrating the life of the godfather going chuck brown. today he would that he bin 81 years old eleanor holmes norton introduced a congressional resolution designating august 22 as chuck brown day. it honors brown for being the architect of going music and giving the district of columbia a distinct music identity. we'll be right back. . >> new details revealed about the man suspected of shooting a judge right o

. >> ducis rogers has the latest in the pete rosa ga when "action news" >> a small western pennsylvania town remains evacuated at this hour because of this highly, firey freight train derailment. csx doesn't know when anyone will be home or how long the clean up will take. it started in behindman a hundred miles southeast of pittsburg when 32 cars went off the tracks. some had hazardous material. several of the train cars are still burning. one has molten sulfur. a mother describes how she was awakened by a freight car hitting her home. >> we had to climb out the window. my neighbors got a ladder and brought me and my daughter down. >> this is what's left after an explosion that left seven people dead. >> the 81-year-old janitor is missing. contractors were working on a gas line that sparked a leak and exploded. several students were playing basketball in the gymnasium at the time. they were not hurt. >> a suicide bombing killed two american service member in afghanistan. the top general in afghanistan made it a policy not to release combat deaths until day days la. officials aren't say

get through some storms before we get to that dryer air and quite an impressive line over western pennsylvania that is moving its way east hence, national weather service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for most of the area west of the city until midnight tonight that includes part of our western pennsylvania suburbs, berks county, lehigh veil, poconos, this line will be weakening as it moves on flaw but our best chance of the strong to severe storms tonight will be west of the i-95 corridor so nine or 10:00 g over the river as we head into about the 10 or 11:00 o'clock hour but weakening but still showers and embedded thunderstorms in the city, south jersey and down the shore and throughout the overnight period. other activity starting to wind down but we will have that shower threat as we head into early tomorrow morning. overnight tonight scattered showers, thunderstorms west of the city low temperature still quite warm at 74 degrees but improvement starts tomorrow early morning shower and then turning over to sunshine, humidity levels dropping off not as hot, high of 84. only in the zer

. >>> well, a family has been torn a part by an accidental shooting in western pennsylvania. young brothers were playing with a gun when it went off, police in allegheny county say a 10-year-old boy shot and killed his 6-year-old brother. the mother was at work who was the legal gun owner. police did not say how the children got ahold of the weapon. >>> a s.w.a.t team in pittsburgh were exposed to fentanyl drug. it is believed the powered went airborne when someone knocked over a table with the drugs on on it. >>> happening today, mayor kenny will announce the recipients of the around son award. this award ceremony will takes place in november at the kimmel center. >> still ahead on "action news," a skinny dipper tries to swim past police on the schuylkill river. >> later shoshanna presents a planking move and kicks it up a notch with friends in today's fitness tip. >> two mamas and their sons are kicking off their -- >> mom son >> they're make it's blinds to go's anniversary summer bogo sale. buy any blinds or shades and take half off your next item. all blinds! all shades!

surface analysis shows that high pressure in control right now just over, western pennsylvania, and then eastern , ohio, it will track east as we go through the day-to-day but unfortunately it will break down through the night time hours, tonight and into tomorrow. as our next area of low pressure starts to filter in on the back side. temperatures this morning waking up to 71. right now just pennsylvania 8:00 here in philadelphia. seventy-one in millville. more zero seven's down toward the shore. atlantic city, wildwood at 70, 73 respectively. fifty's up toward the poconos. what you will feel as you step outside is lower humidity. dew points in the 60's. still might think to yourself that is high but compared to where we were yesterday? it is really very comfortable out there a few 50's down toward mount pocono as well. don't be surprised if we see dew points dip at lee later this afternoon in the high of 50's here in philadelphia much lower humidity is in store for us but things change as we go into the start of our workweek we will look for our comfort index to stay humid, to oppressiv

shot and wounded two officers in jackson florida and another gunman attacked two officers in western pennsylvaniafour officers are expected to survive. >>> virginia state trooper lieutenant hj cullen was laid to rest. one of two virginia state troopers killed in a helicopter crash last saturday while responding to the deadly protest at a white supremacist rally in charlottesville. the funeral for trooper berk bates was held yesterday. the cause of their helicopter crash remains under investigation tonight. >>> thousands marched in boston today to protest a free speech rally featuring right wing speakers. only a few dozen showed up for the rally. they're out numbered by thousands of counter protesters. as of tonight, police said they had made at least 27 arrests. >>> president trump tweeted out this in response to the boston rally today, i want to applaud the many protesters in boston, who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. our country will soon come together as one. >>> president and first lady will not be attending the kennedy center honors, he and the first lady will skip the event. the

. >>> evacuations are in place after a fiery strain derailment in western pennsylvania, we'll be right back. good morning, it is 5:00 a.m., thursday, august 3. matt is off, alicia vitarelli is here. >> we have new information in the on going murder investigation in haverford township. this as investigators are raising the stakes to find a killer. >>> a home invasion in new jersey,

. >> a family was torn a part by an accidental shooting in western pennsylvania. two young brothers were playing with a gun when it went off. a 10-year-old boy shot and killed his 6-year-old brother yesterday morning. the two boys were home alone while the mother was at work. police did not say how they got ahold of the weapon. >> a 27-year-old man was killed riding a motorcycle in mantua section last night. police say he lost control and crashed at 42nd street. he was rushed to penn peb hospital and pronounce -- penn pretty bad hospital and with a pronounced dead. >>> a man who set a deputy on fire. they were there to issue a warrant for probation violation, jeremy jones tossed a molotov cocktail at one of the deputies setting him on fire. >> i know what got into him. i don't know, he surrendered, i thank god he surrendered. authorities say they found more homemade explosives stocked inside the apartment. the sheriff did he meanty suffered second degree burns to his leg. >>> north korea threatens the american territory of guam. with the latest from washington. >>

. >>> and a freight train derailed and caught fire in western pennsylvania and forced the evacuationf nearby homes and people line up for jobs at amazon warehouses across the u.s. >>> and a developing story the arrest in the murder of a new jersey woman. michelle long was found dead in her home back in june and late this morning officials say her husband is to blame. vernon odom is live in woodbury where the gloucester county prosecutor announced the charges. >> reporter: good afternoon sara, it was a very remotional news conference in woodbury this morning, many victims relatives were there and they are deeply grieving and michelle long's killing is a gruesome case. >> she did not deserve this at all. we are broken without her. just trying to keep it together. britney mcguire is the daughter of slain woman michell l

it'll bring propane and fuels from western pennsylvania. >>> and today in wilmington a famous baseball player will help get children ready to go back to school. former yankees pitcher will help hand out supplies. more than 1,500 backpacks will be given to children. >>> new at 5:00 a.m. art lovers are in for a new treat today. organizing sun flower paintings into one virtual exhibit. one of the participatings hangs on a wall at the museum of art in philadelphia and the others are in amsterdam and tokyo. they will use efforts to make it look like all five participatinparticipate paintings are in the same room. nice we can walk in and see it ourselves. >>> beaten and murdered. breaking over night, a south philadelphia couple is found dead inside their ransacked apartment. >>> placing the blame. president trump faces mounting pressure from his response to the racial clashes in charlottesville. >>> swallowed by the sidewalk. a woman watches in disbelief as her husband falls eight feet below the ground in their philadelphia neighborhood. >>> good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. thanks fo

certainly have been some in western pennsylvania. there's been reports of wind damage here. that's a pretty impressive line. there's a lot of lightning with it. but it's still 200 miles away from philadelphia. so it's got a long way to go. that little red thing up there is a tornado warning for part of north central pennsylvania. if you time out this line, it's moving at about 50 miles an hour. it still will be after 10:00 tonight before it got to philadelphia. and may not be quite moving at 50 miles per hour right now. a little slower than it was. these are the areas getting hit the hardest. we'll see everybody getting relief from the heat. >> download the app to get alerts for your neighborhood. >>> sky force 10 is live over breaking news in gloucester township. firefighters faced tough conditions battling a house fire in that heat. you can see one of the firefighters on the roof. that house went up in flames a little while ago. the fire is under control. we're told a lot of the firefighters asked for water. you can understand that because it's so hot out there. the good n

action radar showing the plume of moisture continuing to push to the east and look across western pennsylvania clearing skies and that will happen overnight tonight. and again with the ground level moisture and light winds we will see dense fog developing and could cause problems for the morning commute. warm and muggy 64 degrees in the suburbs for center city. future tracker 6 showing you wake up with clouds in new jersey and delaware but look at what happens in the afternoon, high pressure is building in and the sunshine is back with a few patchy clouds and it gets hot with a high of 90 degrees, dew points in the 60s and not as humid as today. and as we head into thursday a warm front is getting closer taos. what this will do is bring us more clouds nast into and and 86 degrees and a possible of late day thunderstorms but a better chance of thunderstorms developing late on friday and friday night as the cold front slips through and that brings us heavy downpours. in the meantime hurricane gert continues to strengthen off the coast with maximum wins of 75 miles per hour. the problem though is

. >>> new this morning, in western pennsylvania, two state troopers shot in a gunbattle with a suspect are expected to recover. that shoot-out happened outside a grocery store in fayette county about an hour south of pittsburgh. here is a live look at the stop and shop store. state police say the gunfire broke out around 9:00 last night. a witness heard about a dozen shots ring on out. police sources say the suspect was killed. medics transported the wounded troopers to hospitals, both are reported to be stable and alert. >>> in florida, more violence against police. one officer is dead, another seriously wounded follow willing a shooting in central florida. it happened in kissimmee near orlando. police say the officers were checking people in an area of the city known for drug activity when they were shot. authorities say the officers had no chance to return fire. three suspects now under arrest, police are looking for a fourth. >>> and this was the scene last night in jacksonville, florida where two other police officers were shot. one of them is in critical condition. the other stab

look how nice and clear it is in north western pennsylvania. that's what we're going to enjoy later today and over the next several days. your hour by hour forecast, 8:00 this morning, a chance of light showers moving through new jersey and delaware. as we go into the afternoon, less likely to see showers popping up this afternoon. it clears out completely going into the evening hours. those last few showers and clouds will be offshore, cape may as well. improving conditions today. beautiful weather to follow. becoming less humid today. skies break. 84 degrees this afternoon. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. beautiful evening for eagles came. sunshine bright, temperatures peak into the 80s, unusual, through friday and one of the nicest weekends. temperatures stay cool this weekend through next week. >> fantastic, bill henley. >> that's a better bet than winning any kind of money. >>> a little ponding out there because of the heavy rains overnight. let's check in with jessica boynton. >> we're not doing too bad in terms of route 38, but we're watchi

even severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings across western pennsylvania, the line is still to the west of of state college and moving in after the sunsets tonight. that is good that means the storms will weaken and there i a severe thunderstorm watch posted forest counties, chester and montgomer northern and west from 9:00 p.m. until midnight. the biggest threat of these storms that they could contain damaging winds. this is what to expect tonight. it's not a solid line of storms, it will be broken and not everybody will get them. those that do could get damaging winds and the best chance of that is in the north and west suburbs and the line is weakening as it heads to the southeast and what this will do it wipe out the heat and humidity. our heat index today many areas in the triple digits, we will not experience heat and humidity like this for a while. i'll talk about the changing air mass on the way in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> cecily thank you. philadelphia police are responding to the bustleton section of philadelphia, where a number of tombstone

that's in western pennsylvania when a csx train came off the tracks.erailment drove train cars into flames. many of which were carrying hazardous materials. official ordered everyone within a mile radius to evacuate. which turns out covers the entire town of hinman. no injuries have been reported at this time. >> i could see out the kitchen window there was flames shooting up high and a bunch of train cars laying off the track about four or five of them. >> governor tom wolf said health officials are on the scene determining any potential health risks. >>> trending now, a way to save a five-star meal without going to five star restaurant. feast system a website that claims to be revolutionizing dining dining by showcasing what's really a traditional id idea. a home cooked meal. don't worry you won't be cooking it. a chef will be way lot of strangers surrounding you. fox 29's chris o'connell actually got to experience feastly this weekend. chris, what did you learn? >> reporter: well, iain, some of the areas best chefs are cooking up some of the most am

but we go up toward northwestern maryland and into the cumberland region, western pennsylvania, some severe storms up there a long the interest take it 68 correspond disor and they're moving toward the east. we we've had some widespread severe thunderstorm watches up there and some warnings that you could see. a little bit of it just dropped for garret county. the bulk of the severe activity is going to be more to our north today but we can't rule it out here and thres arrested on an outstanding the marginal risk and there is the isolated risk that we could see something strong and severe. here's why, we have all the strong air, the breeze that you're noticing out of the south pushed through this frontal boundary that is going to come through the day tomorrow and it will approach later tonight. as it does so we could see some late night stormgs south during the morning tomorrow we could have some morning showers and still maybe an afternoon thunderstorm near the front. so that would be maybe charlottesville or south of the 66 corridor over toward fredericksburg, maybe toward salsbury

. >>> a veteran in western pennsylvania is helping homeless veterans transition to life back at home.lon ferguson his goal to turn 4-acre lot into community of tiny homes for veterans. it will feature as many as 17 small scaled homes with community center all with energy efficient technology. he says it's a dream turned into reality for so many who have served. >> not under my watch. we always say this, not under our watch. we're veterans here and we're a community that want to help make veterans lives better. >> ferguson says the project is part of his mission to never let his colleagues down. >>> a 700% price hike. you got to act quick full want avoid that when buying a national park senior pass we told you about this awhile back it's looming now at the end of this month. demand is sky rocketing for the passes. the national park service says it's received more than 250 thus san requests for passes this year. some sites ran out. and have started giving out rain checks to folks, congress passed legislation to end cries prices in december to pay for national park maintenance projects.

. >> good news for after a train derailment in western pennsylvania. air quality tests determined the air is safe to breathe. officials reduced the evacuation zone to a limited area yesterday. there are 30 homes within the zone. 32 rail cars went off the tracks on wednesday and caught fire. officials allowed the blaze to burn off on its own. >>> four days and counting, philadelphia eagles are winding down to their first preseason game of the new year. they are holding their final open practice at the linc today. the gates opened a half-hour ago. thursday, the birds will face the green bay packers at lambeau field. >> the music continues today in the lehigh valley, the singer father john misty is the headliner at the musikfest. he is scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. on the steel stage. >>> last night the legendary group chicago rocked the stage in bethlehem. five hundred pplers -- performers are in town for musikfest. musikfest runs through next sunday. i'm be there. find out more about the performers schedule to am and how you can win tickets at 6abc.co

. >> in western pennsylvania a gunman opened fire on two state troopers. the troopers confronted a man in a parking lot last night outside a convenience store. he tried to walk away. moments later he fired at the troopers. one of the troopers was critically hurt, both are expected to make a recovery. the suspect was killed in the shootout. >> it really is one of the hottest tickets in town. for 40 years the kennedy center honors have paid tribute to some of the best artists who have had an impact on american culture. it's an event that the president and first lady usually attend, but not this year. president trump says both he and the first lady will skip the event in december. the president says he wants the honorees to be celebrated without any political distraction. usually at the event the president hosts a reception for the honorees and that also has been canceled. it's the first time that's happened in the awards history. the board chairman issued a statement that says in part in choosing not to participate in this year's honors activities, the admin

small town were forced to leave their homes after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in western pennsylvania. tankers with propane and molten sulphur caught fire. it was heading from chicago to new york when it crashed in the tiny town of hyndman. no word yet on what might have caused that incident. >>> former fbi director james comey has signed a book deal estimated to be worth over2 million. the publisher says comey will write about leadership and decision making and share previously unheard anecdotes from his long career in government. it's expected to include the investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server and the accusations of ties between russia and donald trump's presidential campaign. the still-untitled book is due out next spring. >>> so mad props to this couple here. you have to give those who know how to get down. >> like us. >> yeah, except they're better than us, nick ahols. >> even those on stage start chanting for the couple. >> look at nick's moves. it's almost like, are they coordinated? >> oh, yeah, they know exactly what they're doing, these two. and then f

. >>> be sure to check your wallet this morning because police in western pennsylvania are investigating a case of funny money. here's a look at the fake $20 billion handed over at a business in aliquippa. the daedz giveaway this is a fake bill, can you see it, it says for motion picture use only. police haven't said if they know where the money came from or who passed it. >>> you need 20 and then some for a motion picture these days. if you go for a walk this morning, you'll see clouds breaking. this is the view from the pocono mountains from camelback. scattered cloud but it's clear enough, you can see venus. if you're headed out, we have a few lingering clouds and a few spots of showers. the big storms are out of the picture. during the day today we'll be clearing out. more and more sunshine and less humid conditions as we go through the afternoon. that's going to settle the st-- the stage for a beautiful evening. we still have a few light showers moving through the area. not the storms we had last night but sprinkles moving through chester county and now into berks county. the clouds

. >>> new this morning in western pennsylvania, two state troopers shot in a gunbattle with a suspect are expected to recover. the shoot-out happened outside a grocery store in fayette county about an hour south of pittsburgh. here is a look at the scene of the stop and shop store. police say the gunfire broke out around 9 o:00 last night. the suspect was killed. medics transported the wounded troopers to hospitals, both reported to be stable and alert. >>> in florida, more violence against police. one officer is dead, another seriously wounded following a shooting in central florida. it happened in kissimmee, near orlando. police say the officers were checking people in an area of the city known for drug activity when they were shot. authorities say the officers had no chance to return fire. three suspects now under arrest. police are looking for a fourth. >>> and in was the scene last night in jacksonville, florida where two other police officers were shot. one of them is in critical condition. the other stable. authorities say the officers were responding to reports of an attempted

look at the air sitting back across western pennsylvania, this is a cold front that's pushing through. not only the is the air sharply cooler. there's a front slicing the state of pennsylvania in half, the air is cooler and drier, it will push east and shove all the humidity we've been dealing with the past week out to sea and away from the delaware and lehigh valleys. after the morning shower or thunderstorm, the jersey shore will see a combination of sun and clouds, breezy, 82. philadelphia, not too bad, 83. the poconos you're barely in the 70s today. >> thanks, chris, you may not have heard of it, but the bach buildings in south philadelphia has become a hub of things made right in our area. alicia vitarelli gets a look inside the 300,000 square foot buildings in "fyi philly." >> reporter: bach building, remnants of it's former life as a former hieferl -- high school remain. the building became a mixed use space. >> over the last 4 months we have 85 different tenants doing a variety of different things. >> fashion designer brought her brand. >> we have silk screen all the way down,

and caught fire in western pennsylvania and forced the evacuation of nearby homes and people line up for jobs at amazon warehouses across the u.s. >>> and a developing story the arrest in the murder of a new jersey woman. michelle long was found dead in her home back in june and late this morning officials say her husband is to blame. vernon odom is live in woodbury where the gloucester county prosecutor announced the charges. >> reporter: good afternoon sara, it was a very remotional news conference in woodbury this morning, many victims relatives were there and they are deeply grieving and michelle long's killing is a gruesome case. >> she did not deserve this at all. we are broken without her. just trying to keep it together. britney mcguire is the daughter of slain woman michelle long back on june 17th, her mother's husband, norman long has now been arrested and charged with her brutal murder. the victim's body was found in the couple's swimming pool at their home in wood rich township. the gloucester county police have arrested nathan long and charged him with murder for knowing

first on live doppler, see a couple of showers here off of western pennsylvania. any showers that develop today are going to be pretty light. we're not talking about these big thunderstorms. the severe weather is just not in the cards today. 7:30, just a few showers off of the maryland panhandle, and also down through charlottesville. overnight tonight, we might have a few showers kind of work their way in through the metro, but this is not going to impact your morning commute. the rest of friday, a good mix of sun and clouds. maybe one or two stray showers, but it's not going to impac not going to impact the nats game. by saturday, maybe a couple of showers through the mountains. but the metro looking good. if you're heading to the beach this weekend, pack a sweater, but it's going to be dry. 82 today. 80 for friday, and we stay below average. i might even have to drop those temperatures even more by monday >>> british firefighters are taking some heat for having a cookout. that's because the sausages they grilled came from piglets rescued at a farm 6 months ago.

as we go into friday, friday morning you'll see the showers in western pennsylvania. friday afternoon and evening, that's a chance of some wet weather for us, and that's a chance that that's going to linger into the weekend, too. but not today. nice, comfortable 85 degrees this afternoon. back up to 85 again tomorrow. humidity stays in check today. might creep up a little bit tomorrow but still a nice day with plenty of sunshine. sunshine will start us off on friday but clouds will be moving in. and during the afternoon and evening hours, we'll see some showers, 81 degrees. showers are a possibility saturday and sunday. i'm not expecting all-day rain. 87 degrees on saturday, 84 on sunday and then a steady rain due in on monday. but it's going to take a break starting next tuesday. we'll be in the 80s. look at all that sunshine for tuesday, wednesday, thursday and next friday. >> thank you, bill. >>> 20 minutes past 4:00 a.m., and the broad street expressway closed for another half hour. the detours get you around pretty quickly. >> jessica? >> we're not seeing any vol

over texas and move diagonal across western pennsylvania and towards maine before moving off over canadailadelphiaological again experience a partial eclipse. >> 4:39t still to come on "action news" we're learning more about the gunman who is now deceased who ambushed and a. recool turns which i'll because of the length of his hair. david. >> we have some sun coming up and it's not going to be the kind that we enjoy because it is going to add to a very hot and humid condition today. we'll be back showing you where the temperatures go. for now satellite showing you that we've just got a few clouds out there and a couple of earlier showers are not pushing off the east. we'll be back with the accuweather 7-day. >> dramatic new video shows rescuers in italy pulling a baby from the rubble of a building after an earthquake.th. >> ♪ >> this morning crews in italy are rushing to save people trapped after a 4.0 magnitude quake. it struck the italian resort island of ish overnight. at least one person an elderly woman was killed when a church collapsed. another 39 people have been injured and the

ahead to our next eclipse, we're looking at our next one at 2024 that will be going through western pennsylvania parts of western new york. on your seven day forecast from the weather authority, wednesday morning clouds. thursday mostly sunny. more sun for your friday. look at saturday, sunday and monday. highs in the 70s. lows barely making it into the 60s in the suburbs. lows will be in the 50's. we're going from summer tomorrow next monday to fall. there you go. >> feeling good. a year before in 2023 we've got that cannular eclipse. it's a ring of fire eclipse. >> a ring around the sun. last one was in '94. >> so cool. >> i saw that one. it was pretty good. >> i'm still excited about the eclipse. >> a lot of people that have gone from new jersey and pennsylvania traveled into totality have been in touch with me today. they've already booked like ohio for 2024. >> seriously. >> they're that excited about it. >> they can go to erie. humbling experience. >> all right. it really is. it's all inspiring. thanks kathy. >> you bet. happening right now, bill cosby heading back to montgomery county cou

by tomorrow morning at this time, we'll see huge showers in western pennsylvania and during tavern andvening hours, a chance for some of those showers, showers coming into the area and starting the day with a chance of showers. this is saturday morning. look at those showers at the shore to start with. that may not be the end of them on saturday. we have nice weather for today, but there are some changes ahead. 86 fwres this afternoon. knight nice and comfortable. the humidity stays low today. clouds will be building on friday. the showers in the west might reach us late in the day or in the evening hours. but it may hold off until saturday morning when showers and thunderstorms will keep temperatures cool. 83 degrees. the showers and thunderstorms won't be around all day long, but the threat will be around through the day. now it looks like we'll get a break on sunday. how about that? 88 degrees, the high temperature. a nice, sunny day on sunday, but rain returns for monday. a one-day engagement, just enough to water the lawn and back to sunshine and really nice weather for tuesday, w

. >>> a small town in western pennsylvania has been evacuated after a freight train carrying toxic chemicals derailed. tanker cars of propane and molten the csx train was heading from chicago to sell kirk, new york. officials say they have no idea how long the evacuation will last. and no word yet on what caused the accident. >>> and dozens of people are recovering this morning from a chemical gas poisoning at a ymca swimming pool in durham, north carolina. 40 children ages 6 to 12 and at least 3 adults were sickened when disinfectant chemicals reacted with each other. most have been released from the hospital, however six of them, all children, were reported to be in serious condition. >>> well, many of us don't hesitate to buckle up in the front seat of a car but there's apparently a false sense of security when we sit in the back. a new survey released shows adults are far less likely to wear seat belts in uber taxis or in the backseat of any vehicle but experts warn that unbelted passengers in the rear can fly forward injuring themselves as well as those in the front seat. drivers are tw