>> good morning, everyone, it is 5:00 a.m. on this friday, the 4th of july, developing this morning. >> hurricane arthur roars ashore pounding the north carolina coast with whipping winds and drenching rains. >> the crowds have arrived at the jersey shore ahead of the holiday weekend. accuweather is tracking arthur's impact on the coastline. >> 4th of july party on the parkway is primed and ready to go. >> david murphy is here and matt pellman is in for karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: let's start you out on radar. as you look, it's easy to see where arthur is located. it came ashore as a category 2. it's back to 100-mile an hour winds which makes it a category one.

we're seeing rain bands coming up from the storm. you can see on storm tracker 6 live double scan it's a little bit of steady rain passing northeast right like that through lancaster and reading and lehigh valley. another band possibly trying to come into the shore, although we may have to wait until a little bit later this morning until that becomes a big issue. we have the flood watch into friday afternoon. it will expire around most of these counties, but we'll leave it up in case there's other heavy bands that pop in. we have a rip current issue, remember if you get caught in a rip current, don't panic, swim parallel to the beach north or south, you'll get out of the current fairly quickly and you can bring yourself back to shore, that's the way to defeat a rip current. 74 in philadelphia, 72 in sea

isle city. the rain will subside this afternoon, we'll see more sunshine and the humidity will lower, the high will be easier on us, too, i don't know where that came from. we'll slash that 79 and move it up to 80. you'll see a high of 80 and it will get more comfortable as we go through the day. i'll have the fireworks forecast coming up. >> reporter: get that 79 out of here, good morning mr. murphy, we have a couple of problems we need to get out of here, we have no service because of subsequent storms the regional rail lines, the airport line halted. the wilmington newark line not running, take the 101 or 102 trolley down toward media. meanwhile, on the roads we're drying out like the schuylkill expressway looking good between montgomery drive and the

roosevelt boulevard, very light volume we expect that to be the case this morning. if you want to use the kelly drive you can do that until 10:00 a.m., they will close it for the independence regatta. the independence day parkway is closed for the concert and fireworks. and expect restrictions at independence hall. cape may county, downed wires, this is the case around the region, downed trees and wires. the one closing route 9 at indian trail road and wildwood boulevard, stay or the parkway to get around that. >> hurricane arthur spent last night and this morning lashing the coast of north carolina. it made landfall at came look out with 100-mile per winds. the storm brought several inches of drenching rains and caused widespread power outages and reports of tornados.

there are no reports of injuries. >> although well not experience the brunt of hurricane arthur, the effects will be felt along the jersey shore. eva pilgrim is live in atlantic city, wrurvet very careful -- where you need to be very careful if you're going into the water. >> reporter: the rain is just starting in atlantic city, just about five minutes ago, if you look out towards the beach and the ocean, you can see there's a fog that started to develop in the last half-hour, the waves are turned up, and rip currents is one of the things you've heard them say over and over again they are concerned about. while the jersey shore will not get the brunt of arthur, it will have an impact on festivities. yesterday it was picture-perfect, but the winds were blowing and churning up the waters raising occurrence for rip currents for swimmers. shore towns are bringing in extra lifeguards to deal with

the extra rough waters. >> it's rougher with the weather we're having lately and all the wind. >> if it does get crappy with the wind and the weather, my husband will be happy there will be waves to surf. he'll be entertain and we'll eat and drink and be merry. >> reporter: taking a live look at the beach in atlantic city, taking a look at this fog that's kind of the attitude most people are having, just like lady, most people are not playing to let mother nature ruin their holiday, they are planning to make the best of whatever weather they are given this weekend. the shore towns have postponed their fireworks, they usually put them out on barges, but that's not safe with the conditions in the water at this time. here in atlantic city, they are rescheduled for sunday night. live in atlantic city, eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news."

>> you can dramatic arthur at path with our -- you can track arthur's path with our storm tracker 6 live app and audio alerts and weather warnings. >> gunfire on a philadelphia street leaves one man dead and another hospitalized. it happened in the frankford section. both men ages 25 were shot at 10:00 p.m. one died from his wounds, the other is in stable condition. several cars were damaged by the gunfire, police are searching for suspects and a motive for the shooting. a boat fire in egg harbor township was so intensity melted the siding on two homes. flames erupted at 5:00 p.m. it is unclear how it started, but nobody was hurt. it is 5:06. the wawa welcome america

celebrations, some high notes last night. the philly potassium were forced to -- philly pops were forced to perform inside the kimmel center at independence hall due to the storm. the show went on with the patriotic atmosphere still intact inside. join us for all the 4th of july festivities, matt o'donnell and i will host the freedom ceremony at 10:00 a.m. followed by the parade at 11:00 a.m. and tonight, rick williams, cesily tynan and adam joseph, and karen rogers will bring you the 4th of july jam. >> the fireworks look good, 10:00 a.m., and the parade, what are we looking? >> reporter: we'll have showers around, but not a washout. we have rain in the northern suburbs, as we go in tighter you

can see the next batch coming through reading that will be steady rain that will not last much longer. in bucks, chester, light stuff, nuisance stuff. there's another batch that might form off the coast, for now it's the light sprinkle down by atlantic city. as we look outside we have sky 6 at the airport, it's a little bit gray out there for now, and probably will be for a good portion of the morning, but the afternoon in particular does look better. 74 degrees in philadelphia, it feels a bit muggy out there. 69 in allentown, 73 in wilmington, 72 in sea isle city. in terms of this morning activities around the region, all right, between now and 9:00 a.m. there could be an occasional shower or maybe a thunderstorm popping through. it does not look like most of the region at any given time has a lot of rain, maybe closer to the shore. and then we go through the rest

of the morning, we begin to transition to better weather. matt was asking about center city at 10:00 a.m., it may or may not be raining, but not all the time. in the afternoon, the rain moves out and we expect sunshine. in allentown, the humidity will drop and we'll get a high of 77. really pleasant out there. down the shore you're looking at somewhat cool ocean water with the storm off the coast, nice on the beach, 72 by noon, always it may begin to be drying out at that point, 76 by 3:00 p.m. down the shore you might have to wait a little longer to get rid of the clouds and sun returns. 80 degrees is the high in philadelphia. morning rain with afternoon clearing a day of improvement it will be breezy out there, as we roll through the day, looks like we stay in the 70s most of the time high of 80 probably around there at 3:30 or so. improvement in the sky cover.

for the fireworks tonight looks pretty pleasant overall, partly cloudy to mainly clear skies across the region. a 10 to 20-mile an hour breeze, 77 degrees by 7:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m. if you're out that late for the main fireworks show in philadelphia look for a temperature of 70. some suburbs could dip into the 60s by 11. hurricane arthur in the process of clearing the coast of north carolina. the center is out to sea. 100--mile-an-hour winds. it's weakened a little bit. it will stay as a category one as it gets out into the ocean and passes us. it will be well off the coast, so we're getting a brush of rain. rip currents and high surf at the shorele that will be a -- at the shore, that will be an issue today and this evening. this afternoon, clearing. sunny and nice, 83 on saturday. super on sunday, high of 87. breezy and hotter on monday, 94.

looks like the humidity starts to get turned up again, tuesday, wednesday and thursday, and we'll probably get back into unsettled weather with thunderstorms at times, okay. >> it's now 5:11. up next, shocking revelations in court about the father charged with leaving his toddler to die in a hot car. what prosecutors say he was doing on that day. >> the towns people of colonial philadelphia show how happy they are to celebrate our nation's birthday. >> reporter: nice light volume on the roads this morning, this is i-95 in bucks county, 4:13. nearby many independence day parades will takes place in just a few hours, we'll run down the

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>> 5:14, good morning, everyone, happy 4th of july. the action cam taking a look do you want benjamin franklin parkway. fireworks, the ceremony at independence hall. the parade, you might want to bring an umbrella because we could be dealing with rain at that point. >> let's go over to matt pellman, a look at the suburban traffic report. a lot of people dealing with debris and other problems,. >> reporter: we're dodging things like tree limbs, garbage cans, lots of debris on the roads. a lot of roads are drying out as we look live in delco, the blue route, 476, not too far from villanova, the volume is light as expected this morning. we'll lots of marchers and

parades around the region as we celebrate our birthday of our country. the garrett hill parade begins an lancaster lane garrett avenue. you'll see restrictions along those roads. orlin starts at 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m., up the one in glenside starts at jenkintown road and edge hill road. one in norristown staring at erie and dekalb street. you have a parade in middletown township bucks confidentiality 9:00 a.m. they will close 413 between lincoln highway and trenton road. expect closures along main street and church and chester avenue. few of many. meanwhile, if you're heading to the shore, things are looking good so far on the garden state

parkway. don't forget you want to use that instead of route 9 which is closed at wildwood boulevard because of a downed pole. the fbi is investigating a bomb threat at the convention center in pittsburgh. participants known as furry, don animal attributes that attracts 5600 people from around the world. justin harris has been refused bail being charged with murdering his 22-month-old son who he said he forget to drop off their son. harris and his wife had two life insurance policy on their son. harris was exchanging nude

photos with several women including one teenager on the day his son died. >> the phillies continue their road trip they play the pirates in pittsburgh at 5:05 p.m. the phillies rally to win 5-4. expectations for noelle is as high as his 6'7" frame. he missed all last season recover ferg from a torn acl. >> a wisconsin police officer trades his cruiser for a skate board. why he opted for a new set of wheels. >> a new tool tells you how much you're drinking with summer cocktails. >> reporter: take a look at frank's tweeted picture from burlington county. you can see the storms rolling in. as we check in storm tracker 6

live it's mainly showers north and west of philadelphia. we're looking for improvement, i'll get you to the

>> hey a police officer in wisconsin traded his patrol car for his skate board in a bid to connect with youngsters. he spends part of his day patrolling skate passion and green passion in between his main duties. >> karen rogers not here because she is getting wread to show off everything going on in the parkway tonight. you're taking care of that. >> reporter: i have a feeling you could skate board down the schuylkill expressway this morning, i wouldn't advise it. airport and wilmington/newark line halted because of signal problems from the storms.

otherwise we're on a holiday schedule which means a sunday schedule. down trees closing upper pike creek road in new castle county this morning, stick with polly drummen hill road instead. >> reporter: 76 degrees by 9:00 a.m., and still some showers around, noon, 77. maybe a few showers left, but i think we're in the process of drying in most neighborhoods by noon. this afternoon, 79 the degrees by 3. the high is 80 degrees around 3:00 p.m. 77 by 6:00 p.m., i do expect more and more sunshine to build in with lowering humidity a nice afternoon and great evening for fireworks. at the airport, all green aircraft. obviously if you're flying anywhere along the south carolina coastline or north carolina or down into virginia, you might have a little bit of a bumpy flight and maybe delays because of the hurricane off the shore. >> going on to "healthcheck," if you're traveling for the

4th make sure you get sleep before you head out. residents are expected to take a trip during the 3 day weekend and most by car. according to a new study, one in five adults admit to falling asleep while they are driving, they say break up the trip with naps and coffee breaks and change of drivers. avoid driving late at night or early in the morning. how strong is that alcoholic beverage? a penacolotta is a like two glasses of wine. we have posted a link to the rethinking drinking calculator at 6abc.com. the market is closed with the dow jones at a place it's never been before.

>> reporter: good economic news for the holiday, the dow closed at a new high after a better than expected unemployment jobs report, it may lead to higher interest rates. the problem with the gm ignition switches has gone batch much further than admitted. there were reports of 17 years ago well before the other cars were introduced. it's costing 1.19 more than a year ago. they haven't changed much in the past month and start to come down now that tensions are easing in iraq. american are spending the most ever on barbecues. ground beef 16% more expensive, tomatoes almost as much.

>> police in doylestown bucks county are looking for whoever has been stealing american flags from the city's streets. about a dozen flags went missing on west oakland and 8th street. they are put up each year for the memorial day parade and left up until after the 4th of july. the city manager noticed the

missing flags and called police. >> who has not done the happy dance? the list is dwindling. take a look. that's right, benjamin franklin and betsy ross and lots of historical characters. visit philadelphia a lot of people took part in this, you can watch it in its sobriety at 6abc.com. >> that's a great idea. it's 5:27 and when we come back, strong storms topple trees and leave thousands in the dark we'll update the efforts to restore power across the region. >> time to party on the parkway. philadelphia is getting ready to commemorate our nation's birthday with music and big bangs in the skies. "action news" continues.

>> developing now on "action

news," hurricane arthur has come ashore, howling winds and heavy rains have chased away vacationers from the north carolina coast. we've a live crew in atlantic county tracking conditions ahead of arthur's path. >> it is all systems go for the 4th of july celebrations, the wawa welcome america festivities will soon be underway. >> let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman filling in for karen rogers. >> reporter: the big story is hurricane arthur pulling away from north carolina, still on a track to go close enough to our coast to provide a little rain this morning. currently there's not a whole lot going on related to arthur. we have a branch of rain in the northern a