this remains an active scene here in wilmington.e is located on bird street near maryland avenue and the fire started around 10:30 last night. two women were able to get out with the help of wilmington police. again, they were badly burned. a man, though, was trapped inside and neighbors tried to get to him. so did firefighters but the flames were just too fierce, too hot and then the building start d to collapse and they couldn't send more firefighters in. the fire was placed under control around 11:30. around 1:00 a.m., his body was located inside the rubble. one neighbor said the impact was so great he thought a car had slammed into his home and then he looked outside end saw the house burning. he called 911. he heard screams for help. he rushed into the back of the home to try to save the man but he says he just couldn't get to him. >> the top level of the house was sunk into the bottom level. and so i ran to the back and i saw him and i went to where he was but there was a wall in my way and i kept trying to get him to crawl cl

live in wilmington this morning.nbc 10 news. >>> 6:34, we're also following breaking news in southwest philadelphia. a deadly accident there. the 6500 block of woodland avenue. police say a man in his 70s was crossing the street here when he tripped over something, he fell, a car came along and hit him. that man later died at the hospital. officers say the driver of the car that hit him did stay at the scene, no charges are expected. >>> new from overnight, a passenger is in critical condition after the cab they were riding in collided with an ambulance in philadelphia. nbc 10 at the intersection of vine and 8th street in center city. this accident happened about 2:30. witnesses say the cab may have run a red light before smashing into the ambulance. both drivers suffered minor injuries. the the cause of the crash is still under investigation. >>> actor and comedian tracy morgan has been upgraded from critical to fair condition. the former "30 rock" and "saturday night live" star was seriously hurt in a crash on the

move inland and there are the 90s for dover, wilmington, chester, all into the low 90s.hotter and more humid tomorrow. the seven-day forecast with more on the potential for stormy weather when i come back. >> if you haven't left the house for work or school, we want to give you help on the roads out there. >> nbc 10's first alert traffic reporter jillian mele will break it down. >> no accident or delays on the major roads in delaware, new jersey or pennsylvania. we have fire activity in wilmington. this is where jennifer gray wh been live all morning long. watch out for delays around that area as drivers try to detour off of those twoç streets. route 30, right now it's looking good, no big delays or volume to report. later in the morning, that's when we see the eastbound delay on the route 30 bypass. i'll keep you updated on the delays as they form. route 309 northbound, we have a disabled vehicle there. >>> we continue to follow breaking news in delaware this morning. crews are searching through the rubble after a house caught on fire and collapsed. one person is dead,

the sun is up for trenton. 69 for trenton, 72 for wilmington.t rain showers are quickly moving out and the clouds clear out. look how quick those showers are heading out to sea. just a few last rain drops near leg harbor and tuckerton. we will see sunshine. look how it's clearing out to the northwest. that sunshine is going to lead to a quick warmup today. 80s for the pocono mountains. look at allentown and reading into the low 90s. bright sunshine for trenton, northeast philadelphia and mount holly, all into the 90s this afternoon. if you're looking for relief, of course, right along the coastline, the delaware beaches, the jersey shore, upper 70s for cape may. 82 for rehoboth beach. the 90s for vineland, dover and inland, voorhees, chester, westchester, all into the 90s this afternoon. it will go hotter tomorrow. the seven-day forecast to show you how long this heat is going to last. that's when i come back. >>> if you use the rail system, buses, septa, whatever it is you get to work or school, we have help for you. >> let's get the headlines

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wilmington arson task force is on the scene investigating.ne firefighter was taken to the hospital with a minor injury and as for those two victims with burns, officials have not said yet what their condition is. this remains an active scene and of course we'll bring you the updates as we get them. we're live in wilmington, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." matt. >> katherine thank you. >>> a philadelphia store owner was shot while closing up for the night. the action cam was along the 3600 block of north seventh street in the hunting park section early this morning. police say the owner was locking his front door when two people walked up to him and should there him twice. while the victim was lying on the sidewalks the men went through his pockets, then ran off. police have not said what they stole. the store owner's wife drove him to the hospital where he's in stable condition. detectives are hoping to get a good look at the robbers from surveillance video. two tornadoes rumbled into a nebraska town at the same time. the twisters we

from the upper side here, wilmington, you can use route four. that will connect you back down to route one. again, plan some extra time, for the morning commute if you are headed south this morning. otherwise, looking good on 202 coming out of west chester, no problems up and down 476 or that schuylkill expressway. keep in mind, that 495 closure there between exits two and three, friday, holiday weekends, i should say friday weekend, folks headed to the delaware beaches, try to use the 295 interchange on the new jersey side to avoid a delay. ukee, back to you. >> thank you, breaking news begins our look at today's headlines on cbs-3. manhunt is underway for the gunman who shot and killed 24 year old behind the wheel of a car on germantown avenue. eyewitnesses say the shooter was wearing a dark colored sweatshirt at the time. >> and a developing story right now. one person is dead, two others wounded in a triple shooting near seventh and west lloyd streets in chester. so far police have no suspects. >>> and the sixers take seven footer joel embii

and present temperatures 93 in philadelphia and 9 in the lehigh valley, and reading and wilmington andover. then again right along the shore the sea breeze kicked in a couple of hours ago dropping the temperatures into the upper 70s. this is where the energy is right now to spark the thunderstorms, as you can see we are clear this evening and good to go, as we go through the day on wednesday, the majority of the day is really hot and breezy and humid at 94 degrees, going into affect for the highly urbanized area, near wilmington and trenton and the main action with the thunderstorm is staying to the north and west tomorrow. some could break away into the western suburbs around lancaster or reading and the lehigh valley and poconos. the records are challenged in philadelphia tomorrow, 96 degrees and allentown 95 and trenton 96 and many set back in 1957 and atlantic city, could at least tie that or break that of 93 degrees, set back in the 1950s as well. as we look at future tracker, the heat index, 95 in philadelphia and 97 in wilmington and 90 in the lehigh valley, we should not surpas

wilmington mayor dennis williams delivered a box fan to a resident. she could not get to the store to buy a fan. as always you can stay on top of the hot weather with our 6 abc storm tracker app, get warnings for heat and live radar for storms heading our way. it's available for your apple or android device. >>> the heat is to blame for a buzzing problem on the pennsylvania turnpike today. a swarm of bees took over a toll lane this afternoon. this was the scene at the valley forge interchange and the king of prussia, a bee keeper arrived to try to move the bees out. this is where we find "action news" reporter kenneth moton. >> reporter: sharrie here at this toll plaza, those bees were all the buzz, that is my first and last joke of this report. drivers saw the swarm of bees traveling eastbound this morning on the turnpike and they landed on the toll plaza making it an interesting day for workers and drivers, surrounding or more like swarming the traffic lights at this pennsylvania toll plaza, it was quite a sight. tens of thousands of honey bees made

wilmington fire chief is not ready to call this a suspicious fire at this point.e marshall is trying to determine what happened. we know one man died and two adult woman were badly burn. lets look live at sky fox over the scene, fire crews will remain on the scene for a couple of hours. to fully excavate because they have not been able to get to the body because of the deep ruble this fast moving fire started 10:30 last night in the 100 block of bird street and then moved to two alarms with the partial collapse. fire marshall again is on the scene, at this point we don't know how fire started but fire chief reiterate this fire happened first and then homes collapse. witness we have talk to reportedded hearing and seeing an explosion but officials are not confirming that an explosion took place. >> it was an explosion that shook our whole apartment and we look outside the window trying to find out what is going on. we thought a truck or some large vehicle had hit the other side of the building off of the ramp. it was that big. then we saw the smoke and came outside

that's the latest from wilmington. >> jen, thank you. >>> thanks, jen. meanwhile chopper three over building collapse in north philadelphia. this is in the 2200 block of deli street yesterday. we are told five people have been displaced by the collapse. they are now being assisted by the red cross. >> we get traffic and weather together. >> start off with wet weather specially across new jersey, but now starting to clear things out, little hazy, definitely even down right foggy all depending on location, but we could start things off by taking you outside. we show you the view, not much of a view, if you look real closely you can probably make it out. couple of lights on the board walk in ocean city but yes, very, very cloudy very hazy start to the day. the further inland you go, the less of this you will find, west to east, and see on storm scan3, also true of the wet weather, as well and essentially high pressure still keeping control of our weather pattern here, so we end one more sun than anything. but because this is a very dry or not dry air mass,

it feel like 94 in wilmington. feeling like 93 in millville and 94 down the shore in atlantic city at airport. the heat advisory kicks in tomorrow afternoon and continues through 7:00 o'clock fo former . county. suburbs north and west in chester, bucks county. for tonight. hot and humid that air quality alert still in effect. so just be mindful of that. for tomorrow, the heat advisory there could be a few strong thunderstorms late tomorrow evening into the overnight time frame and then it stays a little sticker as we move into the latter part of the week with thunderstorm chances in the offing. for tomorrow, the main threat is well to the west of our area, primarily for some gusty winds, there could be some hail and also heavy downpours. satellite and radar right now showing you this area of high pressure. it's a heat pump. we have the clockwise pinned winds. so winds coming in out of the south and west pumping in that moisture as well as humidity and as we roll the clock through the day tomorrow, pretty dry but th

. >> dating developing story we've been following for you all morning in wilmington. two alarm house fire and collapse. we now know that one man is dead, and three others are injured, includes ago fire fighter. >> "eyewitness news" reports err jen bernstein just spoke with a fire chief. jen, what did he have to say? >> good morning, the fire chief just giving us a update on what they're doing here on the scene. i'll mover out of the way so you can see, on maryland avenue. but this home behind us, is on bird street. you can see, there was a partial collapse there. this fire hit two alarms at its height. we did have firefighters here trying to save people who were inside. they got a report that there were people trapped at the time, when they did show up. now the fire chief says the fire investigation will soon begin, they don't know as of right now, what caused the flames, and they're also telling us that the man who died in this fire does still remain in that house, and they're trying to get to his body right now. but they are having some difficulties because, again o

it's a little bit mug knee out there. 70 in allentown, 70 in wilmington, 71 in reading. both sea isle city and at the boardwalk in allentown. as we -- nor atlantic city, excuse me. and as we head out the door upper 60's between

westchester to wilmington, 78. atlantic city 77 degrees and stone harbor at 76 degrees.l warm up to the 80s by lunch time. maybe close to 90 degrees. humidity is already up this morning and it's going to be another sticky day today. your forecast for your wednesday here's how it looks. hot by noon. 88 degrees and humid. 95, hot and humid. that's our high for the day today. the heat advisory has been issued because temperatures feel close to 100 with that humidity we're going to see outside. i'll let you know about those thunderstorms coming up in just a bit. but with the heat, that's allowed a lot of the counties to open up some cooling stations with more on that we go now to nbc 10's katy zachry. good morning. >> good morning, tedd. when we talked hours ago and temperatures reached 80 already, we knew it would be a hot one. there's a heat alert in effect for all of camden county. the health officer in camden county put it in effect yesterday when temperatures reached the 90s. what that means for people living in camden county, you have more than 50 cooling centers at yo

it all happened after this fire and collapse here in wilmington last night. can see this remains an active scene. more than six hours after the fire began. the two story home was located on bird street near maryland avenue and it starter around 10:30 last night. a fire and then the building collapsed. the flames could be seen for blocks. the fire was placed under control around 11:30 but crews continued to work at the site as the man remained unaccounted for and around 1:00 a.m. a body was found inside the rubble and the medical examiner's office was called out. one neighbor said it sounded like an explosion and he could feel the force of it in his home. he called 911 and he heard screams for help. he says the women were already out when he rushed into the back of house to try to save the man but he says the flames were just too fierce and he couldn't get a clear path to his neighbor. >> i came out the house and went into the building from the back, tried to save the man. there was two other people in the house. they were already out and the man was in the ho

the city of wilmington kicked off its 2014 fan drive today. the fan drive serves senior citizens and people with respiratory problems who cannot afford or don't have access to a fan or an air conditioning system. for those of you trying to keep your air conditioning running, ppl is making changes to help keep you cool. >> more on their efforts to protect the region's energy supply this summer. doug? >> reporter: of course, along with utility efforts to make certain the power doesn't go out, you have community pools that are starting to open up like quakertown. before you get out to the pool, you have to make certain that you have electricity to the house and that your air conditioning is working. it's not just everyone using air conditioners in hot weather at the same time that causes outages. it's the storms that bring down the trees, according to ppl. that is why they have cut back limbs and invested in stronger poles and wires and something called smart grids. >> if you had a problem on a line that affects 4,000 customers, those automatical

millville 75, sea isle city 72, allentown 74, wilmington 76.atellite 6 and action radar showing unsettled weather to the deep south. there is possibly tornadoes across the plains states. what's going on for the weekend? the broad area of high pressure over the ohio valley it is protecting us from any of the n unsettled weather of the only problem, you need sunscreen. and 8:00, 6. by 11:00, 76. and 2:00, 81. and 5:00, 84 degrees. if your heading to the shore the ocean temperature pretty comfortable. 65 degrees. loads of sunshine with the sea breeze, it is cooler on the beaches than inland. 76. and sunday looking really nice down at the shore, with temperatures in the upper 70s. the poconos for the pocono 400 tomorrow, sunny and gorgeous, 78 degrees. even better for race day, bright and warm with a temperature of 80. the call from accuweather for your friday night, clear and comfortable, great weather for friday night. 52 in the suburbs and 62 for center city. and winds out of the northwest 4-8 miles per hour. the exclusive agoing a seven-day for

nbc 10 along king street in wilmington this morning.e didn't seem to be too bothered by the heat. but this may be a different story later in the day. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist britney shipp here with the forecast. >> we are going to turn up the heat as we head into the rest of the day so you will definitely feel the difference versus the morning hours. but the heat advisory will start at noon. it goes all the way until 7:00 p.m. that's going to affect along the i-95 corridor stretching into parts of new castle county. again, that stays in effect until 7:00 p.m. basically, what the heat advisory means is that you have to be careful limiting your outdoor time, make sure to drink plenty of water and fluids today. when we get a combination of hot temperatures and high humidity and again, it's in effect from noon to 7:00 p.m., so be careful when heading out for lunch or if you go for an afternoon jog. make sure to take it easy, and drink plenty of water. this is the hottest day so far this year. our bodies are not used to this type of

there is wilmington, delaware dealing with rains this morning.as we look at the future cast we have rain lasting through the rest of the morning. the seven day forecast has 84 degrees today with those rain and those pop up thunderstorms and showers and storms in the forecast for wednesday, thursday and friday as well. temperatures will make it in the 80's all those days but weather remains unsettled finally drying out for the weekend, kacie. >> perfect. >> thanks, sue. >> route 30 at 282, looks stink even rotten right now. we will have delays as well. south warren avenue checking on that down pole, down wire. still with us from 4:00 a.m. at shepard road. as far as rest of your major roads go no slow downs. only slow down is on i-95 from roads go no slow downs. only slow down is on i-95 from woodhaven down to the answer to treating your dog's fleas and ticks is staring you right in the face. nexgard, from the makers of frontline® plus. it's the only soft, beef-flavored chew that kills both fleas and ticks. vets recommend it. and dogs, well, they'r

reporting live from wilmington, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> elsewhere investigators are trying to figure out what started a fire that destroyed a cape may county home this afternoon. chopper three over that scene on big street in whitesboro, you can see very little left as fire swept through that building. luckily no one there was injured. >>> two people are in critical condition after a bizarre accident in wilmington manor delaware. state police say a creep cherokee went out of control on route 13 and crashed into two cars. the jeep then left the road, and hit a person who was riding a lawn mower at wilmington university. >>> well to day decontamination crews are cleaning up an apartment in hatboro where nicholas hell monday lives, who is accused of mailing a letter containing ricin to another man. crews are pulling everything out of that apartment making sure that, it is safe. it is located in the 100 block of byberry road. they want to make sure there are no hazardous materials inside. >> they will spray and apply chemicals to all surface that he is needs to sit a

. >>> we could soon learn better time line on when the tilting i495 bridge will reopen in wilmington.says it will detail plans during a briefing tomorrow, meantime though is there growing evidence of a cause, and new concerns about when officials first got word on a problem. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao has that. >> reporter: it is a startling sight i495 bridge in wilmington tilting out of alignment and sight alarm enough one man says he called 911 about it a month and a half ago. wilmington businessman charles allen junior made this emergency call april 15th. >> bridge appears to be separating. i drive that bridge every day and been doing it for 25 years. i just noticed on my waste home that the median strip is separating like about a foot difference between the two jersey barriers in between the center of the road. >> reporter: after this 911 call, he says he what had contacted by a dell dot representative and was told someone would inspect the bridge. dell dot is investigating. meanwhile relocal hoeffel of 50,000 tons of dirt continues today, and experts are becoming mor

a serious situation in the city of wilmington delaware. two people have so far been removed from the rubble of this dwelling. a fire is going on. the police and firefighters tell "action news" that there may still be people trapped under the bricks. chopper 6 is live at the scene. this is a live picture you are seeing. as you see a plume of smoke is coming up from the dwelling again. it's 100 bird street. two people have been removed from this collapsed structure. it is now on fire. there may be others still trapped behind the rubble. obviously we are going keep close tabs on this breaking story in wilmington. we'll let you know if we find anything else out. a bad situation right now in wilmington, delaware. >>> going to video which is hard to watch. obviously there are those that think that that knockout gang we have been telling you about is funny. the police don't think it's amusing. the video was released today. it was from last wednesday. kenneth moton has more from upper darby police. >>reporter:three are look are for a name to track

wilmington is 82. and reading 83. millville 78. the double scan is showing there is an intense line up to new englandlannewengland to northern pennsylvania. and the past 15 minutes, 17 lightening strikes. 17 lightning strikes. by 7:30 bright sunshine. it's warm and humid to start the day. the temperatures really rising up quickly by the afternoon. forecasting a high of 94 with the winds out of the southwest. even along the shore. this is a land breeze. it's not a sea breeze. temperatures in the 90s. when you add the humidity the dewpoints tomorrow in the 60s or 70 in some regions the heat index the way it feels mid 90s in philadelphia up to 100 in wilmington. so again you do really need to take it easy. a lot is common sense. the first taste of summery weather take breaks in the shade and hydrating is key. check in on the pets and the very you young an elderly. they have a toug northwest s. thunderstorms are possible tomorrow night. on thursday a cold front is moving through. 87 degrees. a breath of fresh air on friday. 84. low hum

jesse gary is in wilmington. what prompted the feds to come in. >> a city councilwoman first put in a request by a detailed study last december. state and local leaders joined her in her request to define violent crime as a disease, similar to measles and then fund the cause and possibly a cure. >> the actions and the self-destruction that's going on in our community, i don't believe it's a natural phenomenon within our community. >> she says residents in areas where violent crime is highest are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, the syndrome that affects military personnel when they return home from the battlefield. a small team of researchers from the cdc in atlanta arrived yesterday to begin a four-week analysis. they're focusing on the people most at risk of committing violent crime, not the vicks of violent crime. the ultimate goal is to confirm or refute shahbaz's theory. coming up in the next hour, i made calls and contacted the state liaison with the cdc who told me the methodology behind what

high and the old record is 93 set in 1962, lakehurst 3u9d and millville 94 and allentown 90 and wilmington 93 and reading's high 91 degrees. if you add the humidity, the heat index was higher south of philadelphia and dover it feels like 100 degrees and feels like u79d in millville and 97 in wilmington, you need to find the air conditioning this evening, it's hot and humid and it's not stormy yet, stormtracker 6 live double scan, showing locally we are not storm free, i want to widen this view, this is a complex of thunderstorms moving through the region, more than 3500 lightning strikes, that system is heading in our direction. and that is coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> lets switch live to 42nd and chestnut, "action news" reporter sara bloomquist is outside of the greenfield elementary school that dismissed early today. greenfield and every other school in the district. >> here is why, officials are monitoring the temperatures in the buildings across the schools in the city. they kept going up and for logistical reasons they sent all the students home. they didn't stick ar

and 61 in dover and wilmington and it's turning more uncomfortable out and that means more water vapor in the atmosphere and that will lead to downpours in the area late tomorrow night, how it feels tomorrow, area wide, the dew points are at least 70 degrees, it will feel oppressive tomorrow, and that factors in for the heat index, mainly in the low 90s tomorrow, satellite and radar, all the weather right now is moving in an arc from the ohio tennessee valley into northern new england and that is the general trend of where the at atmospheric energy is riding with this system and all the severe weather, the good news for us is staying to the north here, and anywhere from pittsburgh to binghamton to burlington and we are quiet and maybe a scattered shower, much of the day tomorrow, at 5:00 you can see it's generally dry with the heavy action being up over the poconos into northern new england and as we go into the midnight hour, some of the downpours come through and a clap of thunder or two, you can see on the radar it's generally green and thankfully the severe weather is off to the no

allentown 81. 83 in reading. 82 in wilmington. that heat advisory goes into effect at noon and it continues through the day wednesday when you combine the heat and humidity, it will feel like it's around 100 degrees and we are going to be seeing even warmer temperatures. coming up, near record warmth expected. i'll have the numbers, plus the threat of severe weather returns in this warm and humid air mass. chris, i'll be back with that a little bit later on in the broadcast. >> all right. kathy, thank you very much. >>> swimming is one way to stay cool in the heat but swimming in the wrong place we know can be dangerous. a man was seriously injured this afternoon in a quarry dive and only cbs-3 was there for his rescue. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones joins us live now from jefferson hospital with more on what happened there. todd? >> reporter: chris, 3984 old man who jumped into a quarry in chester county tonight had to be rushed here. he suffered an apparent spinal injury. early police reports indicate that 39 year old

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carrabeo is live in wilmington with the details. jan. >> jessica more on the cause in just a moment. like the will not surprise you but first work continues behind me here on sight in wilmington. it's a 24/7 operation. these crews working in 12-hour shifts. meanwhile, thousands of people are now making their way down to dover for the fire fly music festival which officially starts tomorrow. but tonight, the campgrounds opened which is different this year an event organizers hope that will alleviate some of the first day traffic issues that will likely be made worse by this bridge closure. it's shaping up to be a summer of detours and delays. a tilting i495 bridge in wilmington is forcing 90,000 drivers to find another route. >> 495 was 90% of my commute. >> last friday it took me an hour and a half to do a 25 minute commute. >> reporter: it will only get worse as 70 thus sand more people head at the fire fly music festival in dover. this was traffic last year. last year all roads were open. >> it's going to be crazy. luckily i'll be

light showers near delaware county and media and wilmington and the main action is on either side of glassboro and hammonton, they are releasing two to two and a half inches of rain, about 40 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes, near barnes bro and an inclusiver near swededboro near the turnpike. they are releasing a lot amount of water in a short amount of time. flash flood warnings are issued in newark up to 2.5 inches of rain have fall and and anywhere from salem to woods town to mullica hill and gloucester county all within the flash flood warning as the area roadways take on the excess water that can't drain down the drains because it is coming down so quickly. what to expect this evening, scattered downpours around the region are slow moving, 1 toe 2 inches of rain per hour with these particular downpours, they are causing localized flooding. we'll see if they move at all to the east or fall apart a little. we'll look at that and talk about another round of storms coming up. >> thank you adam. >>> a delaware teenager is recovering today of he was attacked by a shark. it ha

nothing showing up on radar in wilmington and south jersey. nonetheless there's fog developing in parts of the region. whenever you get low clouds and fog you can get drizzle on the windshield. farther to the south we get as we get into the afternoon heating and maybe we break out a tad of sunshine with all these clouds you're going to see warmer air move in more humid air and the development of drenching downpour producing showers and thunderstorms. there's a flash-flood watch that kicks in at noon and goes into late tonight because of spotty drenchers. the big areas of concern are new castle county delaware and the areas close to the delaware river in south jersey. those that see the stuff could get a good drenching. 63 in philadelphia. 65 in wilmington, 66 in millville. 61 in allentown. 65 degrees by 6:00 a.m., 67 by 8:00 a.m., a little damp with that fog in some neighborhoods. today's high, 79 degrees, warm and muggy. anytime this afternoon we'll be on the look out for showers to develop and he could see drenching down -- and we could see

this is around wilmington. look at this tractor trailer perfectly jackknifed across the entire road. >> hours. >> and that is southbound. >> southbound i-95 we will tell you where it is and your alternates. >>> and then, there is this. >>> this is behind a mcdonald's restaurant a fight behind the restaurant, i'll take a freeze burger but hold the fries or help. sad when only person coming to this woman's rescue is a two-year old boy. what this beating was all about, we have new information from overnight. >> and a sinking ship, the show boat is sinking, thousands of work are will find out today they are out of the job. atlantic city's show boat casino closing its doors. >>> don't blame this on me even though this is the the guy i wanted, thanks, again. it is third annual draft, giant man who won't play. joel embiid, joins the the cast. get it. he is in a cast. yeah. he will be on the bench for start of the season with the sixers. >>> and, you know you run like a girl, you throw like a girl. why do we do this to

breeze finally kicked in and turned temperatures back to the 80s and reading 92 and allentown 90 and wilmington 92 degrees. you add the humidity, it's uncomfortable in dover, feeling like 98 degrees and millville 93, and the beaches feel pretty nice and temperatures are in the upper 70s, the humidity is higher tomorrow and it will be more oppressive. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing there are thunderstorms up to the north, a few of these could sneak in tonight and most of the activity will be waiting until late tomorrow night, tomorrow it's still here and the dew points are higher, the heat advisory is posting from noon until 7:00, this is where the heat index will be rising into the upper 90s, we are not used to kind of heat, do not leave them in cars. more details in the storms on the full accuweather forecast. >>> lets switch live to logan square and "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist, how are people handling this first 90 degree plus day? >> reporter: there is a light breeze for the children and it's all good. at sisters city park, kidded are having fun in this splash garden ton

we are live in wilmington. katherine scott, channel6 "action news. >> katherine, thank you for that. >>> new this morning philadelphia police are looking for the gunman who shot and robbed a store owner just before closing time. it happened around 1:00 in the morning on the 3600 block of north seventh street in hunting park. police say two men shot the owner twice rum matched through his pockets and then ran away. the victim is now in stable condition. >> 5:36 now. this is a brand new updid it on the search for a pair of bonnie and clyde-style crooks. 21 year old samia petite of philadelphia is under arrest accused of taking part in two armed robberies an shooting. plea police say she and a male companion robbed two men outside separate gun shots in the city. one victim was shot in the leg during one of the holdups. the search for petite's accomplice continues. >> cleanup begins today in the town of pilger it was nearly wiped out by twin tornadoes and twisters are to blame for one death. "action news" reporter

wilmington record 95 and same in allentown. on the exclusive eyewitness weather seven day forecast take a look thursday, stormy and steamy. eighty-five down the shore. friday 83. summer begins saturday, it will be nice with the chance of the shower, better sunday, monday 83, tuesday 85 degrees, with a mix of sun and clouds. high clouds we don't have much sun glare or do we, vittoria. >> i think we do, we have a little bit of both i believe. however, atlantic city, thursday live five to 6:00 p.m. we have orr at the shore. lots to look forward to tomorrow and we will be touching upon shore traffic, a little bit tomorrow, and friday going towards this weekend, but lets talk about what you are dealing with right now heading out of new jersey into philadelphia traveling ben franklin bridge westbound we had an earlier accident, at one point blocking all lanes. that has been cleared. if you are traveling ben franklin bridge westbound you are still jam the entire length and this is affecting 676 and admiral wilson boulevard. heading ea

warmer in philadelphia, cherry hill, wilmington. mount holly is 92. and no relief at the jersey shore today. a strong west wind preventing a sea breeze. at the boardwalk, 94 degrees with the west wind. that's not real pleasant. 96 in parts of southern delaware. we don't have any storms yet. we need a disturbance. we have that in western pennsylvania. a few showers starting to build up there. we do expect more activity as :00.ly in mant'midnig wouanthe fisurin. tooron his te h o tdoeet t dr derheh. gorgeous friday. one of the places that's going to have gorgeous weather on friday is theva hundsome thunderms the best weather at the shore and across much of the rest of the area is friday. sunday also looks good. warm and humid with showers and thunderstorms generally after midnight. 72 for the low in philadelphia. the winds becoming pretty light. then shifting winds tomorrow into the northeast. that's going to prevent it from getting up into the 90s. showers and thunderstorms that could develop any time during the day. not at all during the day on friday

wilmington nearly two.klerville, new jersey in that bull's eye as well, one and a half inches of rain. temperatures rain cooled where we have seen some of these downpours. philadelphia 72. wilmington 75. some warmer temperatures to the north and west. tomorrow we're lucky. this frontal boundary will be close by but not too close. easterly win will stabilize the atmosphere and keep storms at a minimum and then as a warm front lifts through thursday and a cold front moves through friday we will see more numerous storms. after that week even looks good, right in time for fathers day. future weather shows storms tying down tonight and that easterly flow you can see with the cloud cover rolling in during the the day on wednesday and that will be a good thing we want the the clouds, we want east wind but that will quiet the storms down in the flooding. overnight look for patchy fog low of 68. during the day wednesday high of 80 with a chance of the late day storm and on the exclusive eyewitness weather three day

almost 80 for dover and 79 currently for wilmington. 77 for lancaster this morning. humidity is up. it's going to be a sticky morning and also muggy by the afternoon. 69% humidity for philadelphia and in the 50s for allentown. that's not going to go away today. it will be around also for tomorrow, too. we have heat advisories that have been issued for theç area you see shaded in orange. that starts from noon until 7:00 p.m. basically what that means is the temperatures, yes, the readings will be at 95 but with the humidity added to that, it will feel near 100 degrees throughout many of our neighborhoods. so please be careful out there. hydrate yourself. spend a lot of time indoors, limit your time outdoors as best you can. today, hot and humid. temperatures should be in the mid-90s. there is a chance and threat of some thunderstorms, mainly later on in the evening. i'll give you an hour-by-hour look at what to expect those, how much rain we're going to see. let's head over to katy zachry, live in camden county. >>> you know it's going to be a hot one, at 2:00 a.m. when you and i we

critically injured to people at wilmington university. it happened just before 2:00 this afternoon on route 13, police say that a jeep cherokee was heading north when it suddenly hit two cars and veered off the road and slam nood a person mowing the grass, both the landscaper and driver were rushed to the hospital in critical condition, nobody else was hurt, the two north lanes remain closed at this hour. >> philadelphia police need your help identifying a brazen robber today. police have this photo of the man they are looking for right now, he was on the oxford circle section, pretending to be a shopper before pulling out a silver handgun and demanding cash and clothing from the employees there. >>> a rough landing sent a helicopter pilot to the hospital in allentown, officials say that a female pie lot crash landed at the lehigh valley international airport this afternoon at the 100 block of airport road. airport operations were not impacted by the incident. >>> a central jersey toddler was brought to the hospital hours after she was re

the the bridge spans cristina river in wilmington and closure will certainly be felt by tourist this weekend. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao has more. >> reporter: it is shaping up to be a summer have have detours and delays, a tilting i495 bridge in wilmington is forcing i-95 drivers to drive another route. >> last friday it took meehan hour and a half to do a 25 minute commute. >> it will get worse as 70,000 more people head to the fire fly music festival in dover. this was traffic last year and all routes were opened. >> it will be crazy, i will be gone starting on friday, i will be on vacation out of the area. >> reporter: on site wednesday crews continue to drill down to bedrock, all while authorities name ab official cause of the problem. federal highway administration says that 50,000 you ton dirt pile next to the bridge displaced soil underneath support columns causing them to tilt. agency also says that the bridge was properly design, construction, inspect and maintained adding that the state could not reasonably done more to prevent failure leaving commuters counti

and wilmington 3 degrees away. atlantic city the only spot that broke a record by 2 degrees, so far we hit 95 degrees, ten miles inland from the boardwalk. the heat indetermine. 93 for philadelphia, but washington and richmond feeling like 97 degrees. double scan live showing storms heading towards detroit in the northern part of the ohio valley, nearly 3,000 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes, these storms really packing a punch and they will push to the east later on tonight. future tracker through 9:00, most of us remain quiet but there is scattered storms popping far to the west that could move into the northwestern suburbs by 11:30 tonight. and by 3:00 some of us may be woken by heavy downpours and thunderstorms. for the morning rush, that is when the system in the great lakes approaches our region and gives us a pretty wet thursday on tap. tonight it's uncomfortable and we'll watch for the predawn thunderstorms to push in. and 68 in allentown and miserably uncomfortable for cape may and dover with 93 de

temperatures in wilmington at 81. 77 in redding. temperatures are just going to keep climbing as we head into the afternoon well above average for us. our average for this time of year, 85 for today, 90 in the city. as we head into tomorrow, we'll actually see our temperatures dropping back down a little bit below average. what's in store for the weekend, i'll let you know coming up in my first alert forecast. >> thank you, britney. >>> check out the video in center city philadelphia. a tree on lansing street hit that parked car there. it happened during last night's storm. luckily no one was hurt. >>> police in glouster county investigating after a vehicle struck someone. sky force 10 over the scene along parkville road. victim taken to the hospital, unclear how badly the person is hurt. >>> we have new video out of salem county. it shows a young mother being beaten by another woman as her toddler son looked on. we want to warn you, this video is disturbing. it shows the attacker punching the mother in the face after she knocked he

tonight, runner up, brittney lewis of wilmington, will be crowned the new miss delaware. amanda longacre released a statement writing -- "i thought this organization empowered women, but clearly, i am being swept under." >>> last night, showed you the nasty thunderstorms in central pennsylvania, told you it was going to come across toward midnight, which it did. then it's gone and now, we are not gonna have any kind of repeat of that tonight. yes got a nice evening here. skies are clearing out. lead to nice weekend is number six in a row. 86 in philadelphia, 84, reading, 85, glassboro, even warm at the beaches, because of that northwest wind, land breeze, also knocked the ocean temperature down, that will be coming up once wind shifts again. showers in central pennsylvania, not moving this way, showers in lower new york state, some of this could be womaning down the day tomorrow. get a couple of showers, you will see here. have clouds perhaps to start the day and some showers, especially north and west, and they would be light, they would be brief, not interfere with much

wilmington, philadelphia international is 66. it will be a warmer afternoon.little wind but the wind picks up out of the southwest, pushing our temperatures into the 70s by 9:00, lower 80s by lunch time today. and yes, warmer weather is on the way. a look ahead when i come back. neighborhood by neighborhood. first, jillian mele has traffic. good morning. >> good morning, bill. we're not seeing delays out there on any of the majors just yet. this is a live look at 95 near girard avenue. things are pretty quiet there. an update on the accident in norristown, trooper road at potshop road. just got word that is cleared. you're good to go. but north wales, sumneytown pike near beaver street. and the roads in conshohocken, with the exception of balligomingo road,

you can see the backlog as chopper pans toward wilmington.lkill expressway eastbound at university crash is gone, but it's slow. >> reporter: the clouds is filled in over the past few hours, 71 degrees. 9:00 a.m., 75 a good amount of clouds, noon, 81. sunshine. 3:00 p.m., partly sunny skies, chance for a shower. 6:00 p.m., we drop down to 78 chance for a shower? one or two spots, don't cancel your afternoon plans. >> , of course, we'll be back in 30 minutes giving you an update on i-95. for david murphy, matt o'donnell, matt pellman, karen rogers, eva pilgrim, i'm tamala edwards. we hope you have a wonderful weekend. >>> good morning, america. >> i believe that we will win. >> world cup fever sweeps the nation. >> yes, they lost the game today. but they won the battle. >> team usa makes it through to the knockout round in the world's biggest sporting event. set to take on belgium next. we're all believers now. superstar goalie tim howard joins us this morning. >>> and my day with the president on air force one. watching team usa. and our fran

as you step outside the door, warm a-bit muggy, 71 in philadelphia, 72 in wilmington, 67 in allentown trenton and down in sea isle. 72 in millville and gopher. as we head outside the door to catch the bus or just get the car started look at temperatures on or about 70 degrees between 6 o'clock and 8 o'clock and some of you could pick up a shower or a thunderstorm especially in those western areas. today's high is going to be 83. we'll hit that around 3 o'clock. just about any time today a pop-up shower or thunderstorm is possible. more of the same in the next couple of days, matt and tam. we'll have the latest on that coming up on accuweather, okay? >> okay. thank you david. >>> breaking news. a woman is recovering after being bound and robbed in an apartment in the olney section of philadelphia. this happened around 1:45 in the morning on the 1300 block of west olney avenue. police say two suspects broke in and demanded cash. they proceeded to tie the woman up and then they ransacked the apartment before they took off. find out exactly how the home invaders got into the apartment, th

and going time pact everyone headed south, of wilmington. now, here is the deal. if you are headed south on 95, they're pushing traffic off to go north on 141. real easy, basically going around the block. hook up with route four, to route seven, route seven will put you back onto 95, you follow the signs for the christianna mall, we all know where the mall; right? bamm. we will be there, right there at i-95. so allow probably another 20 minutes to your trip if you are headed southbound on 95 this morning. another accident, outside of quakertown, this along the dublin pike right at fifth street. and we are getting word this next crash involves two tractor-trailers, just outside of kennett square, gap newport road, here is sunny dale road. otherwise i-95 as you are leaving northeast philadelphia not bad at all. just remember the new construction pattern here as you head south in toward girard. mass transit running with no delays. ukee, back over to you. >> thank you. time now 5:36. in business news this morning, using your smart phone to get married. >> and the newe