>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> good morning everyone. it's 6 o'clock. >> good morning everyone. developing this morning. >> philadelphia police say they are close to making an arrest in the killing of a young woman whose body was found in a duffle bag. >> a slip of the foot turns into a trip to the hospital for a man in philadelphia overnight. >> storms stick around for the southern part of the region this morning but accuweather is tracking a change to our rainy rut. >> karen's talking about that. she's until for david. matt is taking a look at track. good morning. >> good morning. we're starting with a flood advisory that's new this morning so let's show you the area that it covers and that's because of rain that's happening right now south and east of the city. so, this is until 8:15 this morning. the national weather service has a flood advisory posted because of heavy rain in cumberland ocean atlantic and

burlington counties in new jersey where you could see a half an inch to an inch of additional rainfall after everything that fell yesterday. let's look at storm tracker 6 live double scan radar showing exactly where the rain is. so, we could see we're dry in philadelphia, feels damp out here. the match maout of the rain stays south and east of the city this morning. as we go in a little closer we were watching this morning as that leftover tracked through millville. it's now in mays landing. look at the area of red. some very heavy rainfall. not seeing any lightning strikes at this second. this is live radar. as soon as it happens we see it. a few minutes ago i noticed eight lightning strikes in this storm so it is producing lightning. hammonton getting heavy rain. slowly lifting up to the northeast. something we're watching closely. satellite 6 and action radar showing the rest of us dealing with cloud cover. it's still horribly humid out here at least for the morning hours but this changes later this afternoon. let's show you what it's going to look like. by 9:00 a.m. 75 degrees lots of clouds, still humid, only rain south and east of the city. by and in, 81, everyone's dry.

you start to see more sunshine. by 3:00 p.m., it feels better with lowering humidity and we're dry, 85, more sunshine. that's the high for the day. by 6:00 p.m., 83. so, the first half of the day a lot different than the second half of the day and some new details coming in on the weather for the weekend so all that's coming up in just a minute matt. >> i bet you're ready to be bored for a few days, at least i know i am. good morning to you once again, karen. we have that heavy rain as camp has been saying coming down closer to the shore points but here in camden county we're looking pretty good along 42 by creek road. maybe a little tiny bit of drizzle but for the most part the roadway is just damp. northbound headlights we see a few more of them now headed up towards 295. so far though no major delays. no delays here on the roosevelt boulevard back in philadelphia by broad street, southbound come the headlights towards the schuylkill expressway moving along at a good clip. northbound between goodnall and grant both drivers are opened as that overturned vehicle crash and downed pole have been cleared out. there's still a downed pole in lower moreland closing byberry

road this morning between buck and pine roads. maybe stay up on county line or tomlinson to get around that. broken done vehicle on the southbound side of 476 the northeast extension about a mile approaching the mid county tolls taking out the right lane. you play start to see some slowing as you come down from lansdale towards plymouth meeting. upper providence watching a downed tree alongsider mill road at arc cola road. no issues so far on 422. >> philadelphia police may be close to making an arrest in the murder of a woman whose body was found sinufed a duffle bag. katherine scott is live in the mantua section of the city with more on what is next with this investigation. goodgood morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, matt. police do have a person of interest. they have been questioning. as they do that homicide detectives are waiting to execute a search warrant at this apartment building where both the victim and the person of interest lived.

23-year-old laura araujo and the person of interest in her murder lived at the same mantua apartment building at 40th and brown. araujo was a recent graduate of the art institute of philadelphia. she was born and raised in new york city. her parents have arrived to town and are searching for answers. >> she was very special because her main goal in life were related to religion. >> reporter: araujo was found monday morning in kensington beaten strangled and stuffed into a duffle bag. homicide detectives say her hands and feet had been bound. she was placed in a trash bag and wrapped in a blanket before being poured into that duffle. a few weeks ago araujo had moved out of a home on eighth and diamond where she had lived with two roommates. >> we know that she was looking for long term housing and she was responding to ads about apartments in different sections of the city. >> reporter: investigators believe araujo's murderer set her toyota rav4 on fire and left the vehicle on bambrey in

south philadelphia. "action news" has learned the 23-year-old person of interest has burns all over his body. he was picked up at crozer chester medical center. araujo's father says there have been no indication the last time he spoke to his daughter that anything had been wrong. >> she never talked about anything going on in her life. she never gave any signs of distress. >> reporter: and the name of that person of interest has not been released. we are hearing that charges could be filed as early as today. we're live in mantua, katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> katherine thank you for that. new this morning a man was rescued after falling into an uncovered hole in west philadelphia overnight. it happened around 1:30 in the morning on the 6100 block of vine street. the hole was part of street construction near the sidewalk. the man was that rushed to the hospital with a back injury. he's now in stable condition. and happening today, philadelphia city officials will join the family of a fallen police officer to

dedicate a mural in his memory. the mural honors officers chuck cass deal. it will be unveiled at the penncrest gym in northeast philadelphia during a ceremony at 6 o'clock tonight. officer cassidy was a 25 year veteran of the force who was killed while responding to a robbery in 2007. his killer is now on death row. >> new on "action news" an autopsy is that scheduled on a body discovered in a lehigh valley park. a family was walking through canal street park in the borough of northampton last night when they noticed a man face down in the lehigh river. they immediately called 911. police say they recovered the victim's bicycle, backpack, shoes and socks. right now they do not suspect foul play. >> tesla cars are pricey status symbols but a new report is knocking a little shine off the electric vehicles. maribel aber live at the nasdaq in times square with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning tam. a chinese company will actually pay you to hack a tesla.

they are offering a $10,000 prize in a contest to break into the computer system of tesla's model s. the company says it discovered a major software defect in the electric car and tesla says it's okay if the competition is designed to find flaws but warned against anyone trying to control its neck network or server. water saver. takes its name very seriously. the chicago false set company is limiting the amount of time employees spend in the bathroom. this is according to a complaint that was filed by the union. the union says workers are being disciplined for using the washroom for more than 60 minutes over a 10-day period. do the math. works out to six minutes a day that workers are given for bathroom breaks. talking stocks mixd day for the markets after federal reserve chairman janet yellin expressed concern about the evaluation of stocks. futures are higher this morning. lays will test a cappuccino clip. the company is rolling out for

new flavors giving shoppers a chance to vote on which one to keep. other players bang go salsa bacon mac and cheese and wasabi ginger. there's no coffee in the chips but if you like that taste -- >> you know what, why can't we just have chips. thank you maribel. why does everything la be to be reinvented. clips are clips and they're good. >> i would try the cappuccino. >> reporter:. >> i would not. it's weird. storm tracker 6 live double scan and with our live double scan radar we can see why the national weather service has postd that flood advisory for parts of burlington, cumberland, ocean and atlantic counties in new jersey. getting some heavier rain. let's go in a little closer to this because once again detecting a lightning strike. you can see there on the screen with our live radar. getting pounded with heavy rain by red and yellow. you see that in the colors there indicating how heavy the downpours are in mays landing on the atlantic city

expressway up near hammonton as well. so, really getting hit and i can start this in motion just to give you an idea. it's lifting up to the east-northeast and it's the been moving not very quickly just allowing the rain to really dump through the region so that's what you're getting right there south and east of the city of philadelphia. philly we're dry. let's head on outside. we're going to see what it looks like right now. we've got lots of clouds and it just feels horribly humid out there still. the change doesn't really happen until the second half of the day. so, at least we're dry in philly but south and east you got to watch for that rain. that temperature 73 degrees right now in philadelphia the. the dewpoint 67. and in some spots it's over 70. just feeling oppressively humid in much of the region. the winds have switched to the northwest but we haven't really been able to feel that lowering humidity just yet. the pressure is still falling. satellite 6 and action radar slowing here's the back edge of that front. that front has been plaguing us has not quite left the region. we're left with clouds, it's humid and you can see the stream of showers or in some case rainfall moving especially south and east of

the city of philadelphia. slowly this front is going to move during the day and things are going to get better for us and you can kind of see this happen on future tracker 6. at 10 o'clock in the morning still lots of cloud cover in the city and some showers hugging the coastline and then we advance this until the afternoon and we've got a good amount of sunshine through the day. it's going to take awhile to clear at the shore. you can see at 2 o'clock you're still kind of dealing with that but in philadelphia things get better and feel better in the afternoon as well. so, we're on our way. let's check the forecast. clouds to sunshine, a nicer afternoon in store, 85 degrees for your high. so breaking down the day, by 8:00 a.m., about 74 with lots of clouds. by 11:00 a.m., 79, maybe some peeks of sunshine. you're dry in philadelphia. by 2:00 p.m., 83. throws showers starting to exit the coastline at that point but feeling less humid everywhere else. and by 5:00 p.m., 84 degrees and feeling pretty good. so, if you're headed to the shore you're socked in the clouds, you've got rain at this point a thunderstorm. wait until the very end of the day to go outside. by 11:00 a.m., 78. by 3:00 p.m., it's starting to get better and 81 degrees.

let's check your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. we've got an improving forecast over the next few days. today we start with lots of clouds. then we get sunshine. the humidity lowers this afternoon, 85. tomorrow's refreshing, partly sunny, dry, low humidity. friday is still nice. no longer talking about the threat of a shower. it looks pretty good, 85. saturday at this point looks dry, partly sunny and 85 degrees. not bad. sunday clouds and sunshine with a few showers around and 86. monday warm and muggy. look at that temperature up to 87 with the chance for a thunderstorm. tuesday partly sunny 87 with a couple of showers or a thunderstorm around so after all that rain that we've had, we can see you're still dealing with it in south jersey. the rest of us drying out. >> okay, thanks, karen. time right now is 6:11. up next more stories you did not see last night including the customer who encountered a nightmare cable guy who would not take no for an answer. >> we continue to monitor the efforts to contain a fast moving wildfire out west.

matt. >> we're monitoring the vine street expressway expressway so far this morning and all's fine on the vine. we're drying out. just some busy westbound traffic as you head out towards the schuylkill expressway. you know what's coming back after the break. >> what. >> the bridge round up in just a few minutes. >> get out the lasso. thank you matt. a hometown slugger, the millville meteor is crowned baseball's all-star m.v.p. highlights from the game coming up in sports. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> welcome back. you're taking a live look here down the shore into cape may. 6:15. 73 degrees. when you walk outside the air will still have that sticky humid feeling. karen rogers says give eight few hours. by this afternoon that will break and it will feel pretty nice. >> see why traffic is almost like a spaghetti western this morning. here we go. >> i'm down the shore over the weekend. my mom meets this woman mary from wilmington who says i love the bridge roundup. so mary, this one's for you. get out your lassos. we're going to crack the whip. [laughter] >> thank you for the sound evenings roy. >> thank you for the sound time for the bridge roundup starting with the tacony palmyra bridge looking good so far this morning. no bridge opening scheduled at this point in the background little hard to see through the haze but the betsy ross bridge is also in the clear. not quite clear here on our good buddy ben, the ben franklin bridge. of course we still have the eastbound construction taking out the two right lanes and

what that means is coming westbound where we're usually busy in the morning you only have three lanes getting by headed in towards center city. that's been the setup all week this week and it has caused delays so we expect them this morning. the betsy or the walt might be better than the ben for your morning commute. this is the platt bridge over the schuylkill river. looking fine right now if you're headed to or from the airport but during the mid days the next couple days we go down to one lane here on the platt in each direction and one of the things they're doing is installing some new speed limit signs because we're going down to 35 miles per hour permanently on the platt. again, after those signs are installed today keep in mind you have to drop the speeds, a little slower than what you're used to. during the overnight hours on the burlington bristol they're doing construction. construction on the commodore today. westbound during the midday you'll have two lanes into pennsylvania just one lane into new jersey from 9:00 until 12:30.

into jersey on the commodore you could see delays. delaware memorial looks fine at this point in either direction between salem county and new castle county. that is your bridge roundup. tam back over to you. >> well done, matt pelman. >> thank you. >> firefighters are gaining ground against a destructive wildfire in southern oregon. a shift in the winds forced the fire back on itself and that's helping them out. the blaze destroyed six homes and 14 other buildings near the sprague river. many of the 100 residents who had been evacuated were able to return home. but the cause has not been determined. however, lightning has been ruled out. >> comcast is apologizing to a tech savvy customer from california because a comcast representative had spent 20 minutes on the phone trying to talk the customer out of canceling his service. ryan block posted eight minutes of the conversation online. it attracted more than 2 million hits. throughout most of the call the comcast employee refuses to take no for an answer. >> so, what is it about this other internet provider that's making it sounds so much

better than the number 1tv service available? >> i don't know. it's totally our decision. >> why not keep what you know works? >> the comcast rep agreed to disconnect the service by the end of the phone call. comcast says it is embarrassed by the call and will apologize to block. >> 20 minutes of that? it's 6:18. the northeast gets socked. the storm that hit us last night ends up pounding new york city and parts of new england. >> plus, derek jeter performed at the plate in his very last all-star game. karen. >> we still have a flood advisory in parts of south jersey and that's because of the heavy rain you're getting right now. the advisory is for burlington parts of atlantic ocean and cumberland counties and you can see that heavy rain that is pushing offer the coastline. we're going to have details in your accuweather what can i get you? [customer] oh, sorry. i was daydreaming. [server] dreaming about your wedding, huh? [customer] yes! actually. [server] with a big ice sculpture and a string quartet?

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washington bridge and into new york city because several roads in that area were flooded. a flash flood in the town of madison maine swept that car into a gully. high winds and lightning toppled dozens of trees in the state. this one in the town of albans crashed through a woman's roof. look at that. the storm left thousands of households in maine without power. >> whereas they would normally spend an hour on the george washington bridge they spent several hours. always jammed up there. let's go to the northeast extension where we're seeing some slowing this morning. not as you start headed southbound by lansdale you're moving okay, speeds in the mid 60's. as you get towards the mid county tolls those speeds drop down to 40 because of a disabled vehicle approaching the mid county tolls that was blocking the right lane. they're in the process of getting that pushed off to the side. in morris township cumberland county watch out for a downed tree because of storms rolling through along 49 eastbound approaching hunters mill road. unlike yesterday so far we're

looking pretty good this morning on mass transit with no major delays at the moment. septa's cynwyd ryan line running unlike yesterday. >> double scan showing we're dry in philadelphia but you can see the rain that's south and east of the city. so we've got some heavy rain moving into cape may right now. in atlantic city you're just getting pounded right now. this is the garden state parkway, route nine, atlantic city expressway and this is slowly lifting up to the east-northeast. we have four lightning strikes just in this one area over the past couple minutes as well. storm tracker 6 live 3-d showing there's more to the south where that came from. so, the majority of the morning rain is south and east of the city of philadelphia and you can see that we dry out for the rest of us looking better as the day progresses. by 9:00 a.m., 75. just lots of clouds. you'll still get some rain on the coastline. by noon, 81 degrees. we're dry. we've got some sunshine mixing in. by 3:00 p.m. lowering humidity. feeling a lot better, 85. that's your high for the day and you'll be dry at the shore by 3:00 p.m., too. by 6:00 p.m., 83 degrees.

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being treated for injuries stemming from a hazmat incident at a philadelphia public school. emergency crews responded to arts academy at bench run rush on the 11,000 block of knights road in the torresdale section around 7:15 last night in response to a report of chemical fumes coming from the basement. fire crews detected high readings of acid. this all may have come from a broken air conditioner. no evacuations were necessary. >> a princeton professor is getting an education in the justice system because he has been arrested. 67-year-old john mulvey faces theft charges. police say he stole 21 business signs from someone's lawn on rosedale road. they are worth nearly $500. mulvey is considered an expert in financial portfolio optimization. princeton university had no comment on the professor's arrest. >> 6:27 now and clear skies are coming from the second half of the week. accuweather update coming up next. >> developing overnight more air strikes in the middle east as an urgent warning goes out for residents

>> ♪ >> developing right now on "action news," philadelphia police hope to act quickly now that a person of interest is police hope to act quickly now gruesome murder. >> flew this morning a woman faces jaw dropping allegations of abuse against her own child. she is now behind bars with another baby on the way. >> storm tracker 6 shows rain moving through the southern half our region but fortunately accuweather is calling for the skies to slowly clear up and for you end are wednesday on a beautiful note. >> good morning, it's 6:30 on this wednesday. david is off. karen is here along with matt pelman. >> today is a day of transition. it starts off cloudy, it's muggy and wet in some spots. by the second half of the day car better. the national weather service has a flied advisory posted until 8:15 this morning for

parts of cumberland atlantic ocean and burlington county. with our live radar we can see now 16 lightning strikes happening just within the past few minutes south and east of the city. we're dry in philadelphia. we go in just a little closer you're getting some heavy rain there. it's stretching from atlantic city up just northwest of surf city right now. it is slowly lifting to the north and east. it's going to take awhile for the front to clear and this rain to clear the coastline. but right now only raining south and east of philadelphia. you see a wider view of this radar. we're still stuck with the clouds but that stream of moisture still coming in because the front hasn't cleared yet but it does clear during the day. by 9:00 a.m., 75, dry in the city but still rain along the coast. by noon more sunshine, 81 degrees. by 3:00 p.m., you feel much better with lowering humidity, 85 degrees, sunshine and clouds. we should be dry about everywhere by 3:00 p.m. by 6:00 p.m. 83 degrees coming

down from your high of 85 so pretty good looking afternoon and the weekend's not bad, either. details on that coming right up, matt. >> my yard is going crazy with all this rain that's coming down and apologies to my neighbors. looking forward to drier days ahead. things are drying out on the roadways early on this wednesday morning but it's busy here on 95 by now. southbound side from the betsy ross bridge through this point at girard with no delay. it will be a 14 minute trip from woodhaven into the vine. that's what it is on the northbound side. sitting at 21 minutes now in the southbound direction. also starting to slow on the schuylkill expressway westbound by city avenue in the normal busy spot. 30 miles per hour. just three lanes available again this morning on the westbound ben franklin bridge headed in towards center city so as the morning progresses, we could see delays there and we're seeing delays right now on the southbound northeast extension, 476, because of a broken down vehicle approaching the mid county tolls. still taking out the right lane. expect those speeds in the 30's as you come down from lansdale. in lower moreland there's

still a downed pole from an earlier crash blocking byberry road between buck and pine. stay up on county line or down on tomlinson to get around that. we've got part of a downed tree in maurice river township along 49, eastbound side approaching hunter's mill road, the road partially blocked there where storms have rolled through. but in delaware so far so good on 95 as you detour around the ongoing 495 closure. tam. >> thank you matt. developing right now philadelphia police say charges could be filed as early as today in the murder of a young woman whose body was found stuffed in a duffle bag. "action news" reporter katherine scott is lie in mantua. she's got an update on this case. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. police have been questioning a person of interest and as they have been doing that homicide detectives have been waiting to execute a search warrant inside this apartment building where both the victim and the person of interest lived and you can see where police are posted outside of this building as they await for that warrant. 23-year-old laura araujo and the person of interest in her

murder lived at this same apartment complex at 40th and brown in mantua. she was a recent graduate of the art institute of philadelphia. she was born and raised in new york city. araujo was found monday morning in kensington beaten strangled and stuffed into a duffle bag. homicide detectives say her hands and feet had been bound. she was placed in a trash bag and wrapped in a blanket before being put into that duffle bag. she had been dead four to eight hours before she was found and she was surrounded by her belongings. a few weeks ago araujo had moved out of a home on eighth and diamond where she lived with two roommates. she had been looking for more permanent housing. her parents live in oklahoma. they have arrived to town and are searching for answers. >> she was religious individual and a very methodologically, very selective with the type of friends and the people she related to most of the time most of her friends were related to church and people she know and trust well.

>> reporter: and investigators believe araujo's murderer set her rav4 on fire to cover his tracks and left the vehicle on bambrey in south philadelphia. "action news" has learned the 23-year-old person of interest was covered in burns. he was picked up at crozer chester medical center. as for that person of interest the name has not been released but we're hearing charges could be filed as early as today. we're live in man clue, what katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> we know you'll keep us posted. thank you katherine. a south jersey father faces charges for a disturbing discovery made at a camden day care. police say 25 year old rakim williams tried to hide a fully loaded stolen handgun in daughter's diaper bag. a worker at the day care recovered the weapon yesterday morning. the fbi dug into its investigation into a decades old cold case murder. crews on the 300 block of eerie street came in with a backhoe, dump truck and jackhammers. neighbors say the search was focusing on the basement of a

home but the fbi will not say what, if anything, they have found. the area had been a hot bed for drug activity until a massive police crackdown back in november. and also new this morning, a berks county mother who is about to give birth is now behind bars charged with the murder of her 11-month-old son. "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the full story. >> matt, this is a horrendous story coming out of reading. investigator say this young mother who is also eight months pregnant became frustrated with her infant's crying. police say while trying to settle him she became violent and injured him so badly he died days later. 20-year-old myra smith is behind bars charged with third degree murder for the death of her 11 month old son jeremiah rivera. police back in may first responders were dispatched to a nome reading where they found jeremiah unresponsive. the alleged abuse occurred a few days earlier. in court documents, smith admitted to forcefully grabbing her son off the floor and squeezing him near his

stomach when he wouldn't stop crying. this is obviously a tragedy on so many levels. an infant is dead and his mother is being held on $750,000 bail with just weeks left before she's expected to deliver another baby. tam. >> thank you, erin. developing out of the middle east israel has hit the gaza strip hard with airstrikes after hamas rejected an egyptian ceasefire proposal. in northern gaza the israeli military warned about a hundred thousand palestinians to clear out that more attacks are imminent. the message was delivered using automated calls and text messages. it's not clear though exactly where residents can go. the un shelters are full. health officials in gaza say israeli bombs have killed almost 200 civilians. one israeli has been killed by a palestinian mortar. the obama administration has israel has a right to defend itself. "good morning america" will continues our coverage of the crisis in the middle east coming up at 7:00 a.m., that's right after "action news." >> some folks in south jersey

still dealing with some showers right now. >> yeah, and after so much rain already. it doesn't take much to have flooding concerns. that's why we have that flood advisory posted in south jersey. let's take a look right now at storm tracker 6 live double scan and you can see we're dry in philadelphia. it's south and east of the city we're getting the rain. you're getting lit in cape may right now and we go in a little tighter with our street level view and with double scan you can see why they've got that flood advisory posted. this is for cumberland parts of atlantic, southeastern ocean and burlington counties until 8:15 this morning. you're getting some heavy rain moving through. it's now hitting atlantic city. you can tell it's heavy by the areas of red and orange indicating some really good downpours as well as a few lightning strikes out of this storm. and were he can see that's moving just north of surf city as well. it's slowly pushing offer the coast. let's head outside and show you what it looks like in sky 6. looking at lots of clouds in philadelphia. let's check the numbers right now. it's still warm out there, that's for sure. that temperature 73 degrees. the dewpoint has been slowly dropping, 67 but feels humid

for the first half of the day. the winds switched to the northwest so the breeze will actually help when it picks up and the pressure 29.78-inches. satellite 6 and action radar showing we've got a good amount of clouds. that front that we have been tracking it's right here, it hasn't left yet and you can see the flow of moisture coming in ahead of that front from the southeast so we still have those showers most especially south and east of the city of philadelphia. and this front is going to squeeze all this out of here and by the second half of the day it's looking better. at 10:30 in the morning still some showers hugging the coastline. still clouds in philadelphia. and then we watch this progress during the day. we get more sunshine, lowering humidity and the showers eventually exit the coastline. this is a look at 2:30 in the afternoon. so, looking at the day ahead, by 9:00 a.m., lots of clouds and 75. by plan to, 81 degrees with some sunshine mixing in starting to feel better. by 3:00 p.m., 85, that's your high for the day and by 6:00 p.m., 83 degrees. so, we can see that's what it looks like during the day and it really depends on where

you're from because in the northwestern section you're doing to get less humid conditions. in allentown 82 degrees. those clouds break early but at the shore those clouds are going to be very last to clear and we're still going to be wet until about 2 o'clock along the coastlinely so by 11:00 a.m., 78. by 3:00 p.m., 81. looking for those morning thundershowers and some late sunshine. depends where you are today. here's your seven-day. the front clears from west to east so we see those clouds give way to sunshine. 85 degrees for your high and less humid by the afternoon. tomorrow's refreshing, partly sunny, dry, 84 degrees, looking good, feeling good with low humidity. friday still looks nice now. 85 degrees. looks to be dry even at night. saturday partly sunny skies and 85. we were concerned we would see a shower or a thunderstorm on saturday. right now it's looking dry but it still looks like on sunday a couple of showers or a thunderstorm with clouds and sun and 86. monday warm and muggy, 87 with a shower or a thunderstorm. and tuesday partly sunny, 87 with a couple of showers or thunderstorms. so, today's a day of

improvement. the afternoon looking good. >> all right, like that. it is 6:41 and we're following breaking news. overnight turbulence rocks passengers aboard a flight overseas. >> a mystery bug is sickening swimmers out west. more on this out break and what could be causing it next. matt. >> we have an unexpected opening here at the tacony palmyra bridge its in the upright position right now for a ship so you want to stick with maybe the betsy ross bridge there in the background where traffic is moving just fine. coming up we'll check the schuylkill and talk about a downed pole an downed tree in just a few minutes. >> also when we come back yesterday's deadly train derailment in russia. more on that developing story up next. ♪

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having coffee. ohh. >> ♪ >> 6:44. still looking a little cloudy >> 6:44. center city philadelphia but we're getting up to 85 degrees today, it's going to be much more comfortable, just a few showers now trying to push off of south jersey. >> you know, matt people love to know what can they count on in life and they can count on about 6:45 the schuylkill is going to slow down. >> you know, even in these lazy days of summer when a lot of people are on vacation and traffic volume is a little lighter than normal tam and matt we know that in this camera shot, this is shot number 720 we are going to have a jam every single morning that looks exactly like this on the schuylkill expressway westbound side. it's one of the certaintys in life. from the boulevard through this point at city avenue out to gladwyne you're dealing with the bunch upas people

funnel down into those two lanes by belmont. predictable delays out there this morning. here's something a little unpredictable. yesterday again today they're going to be blocking lanes along south gulph road in upper merion at valley view road installing a new water main there from 9:00 until 3:00. later on watch out for that and you may actually want to use the schuylkill expressway through the king of prussia area. clutch road as possible alternates. better news for you on the northeast extension. coming southbound from lansdale they cleared out that disabled vehicle approaching the mid county tolls. back up to almost 50 miles per hour headed toward plymouth meeting which is about where we like to be at this point. in lower moreland there's still a downed pole from an overnight crash blocking off byberry road between buck and pine roads. maybe stay up on county line or down on tomlinson to get around it. no big issues so far this morning on the pennsylvania turnpike east-west portion by willow grove, 65 miles per hour but those storms have been rolling through south jersey and here in cumberland county there's part of a downed tree along 49 eastbound approaching hunter's mill

road. the road partially blocked in had area. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. this is breaking right now. at least 25 passengers were injured, two of them seriously when a hong kong bounds flight hit severe turbulence. south african airways says the plane took off from johannesburg this morning when the flight was suddenly tossed about throwing passengers literally out of their seats. many of them flew up and hit the cabin ceiling. as you can see from this picture someone's head hit hard enough to smash a hole. the plane however did land safely. also developing two people detained in connection with yesterday's deadly train derailment in moscow. investigators say the head of the track department and his deputy are being questioned. a new switch at the point where the train left the tracks was not properly installed. it was attached to the rail by a single wire. the crash killed 22 people and injured one hundred 30 more. happening today, officials with the centers for disease control will be in washington state to test lake waters that have sickened hundreds of swimmers. more than 200 cases of an

intestinal bug have been tied to hour shoe lake a popular swimming spot. health officials have already ruled out e. coli bacteria as the culprit. they suspect a virus possibly the norovirus although they're not sure how it spread. >> 6:47 now. good morning america is up next with details on the fall-like temperatures that are showing up all over the country. karen. >> not going to be fall like here. headed for a high of 85 degrees but we are still wet south and east of philadelphia. scan showing heavy rain in cape may, atlantic city, surf city, seaside heights and delmar, even some showers in trenton. this is slowly pushing off the coast and the afternoon is going to be a lot better. details next. >> "action news" is everywhere particularly when you add our 6abc news app to your smartphone's collection.

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>> 6:visitor. time for a preview of "good morning america." >> amy robach is joining us taking a look at what's coming up after "action news." i know after those storms and then the crazy drop in temperatures you're starting with weather. >> reporter: that's right. tam and matt, great to be with you both this morning and we are talking about the extreme weather across the country 'cause we have high temperatures and wildfires out west, fall-like weather in the midwest and then those severe storms you were referencing in the northeast. ginger is tracking all of it. then we have a high profile illegal immigrant caught up in the crisis on our southern border. a pulitzer prize winning

journalist held by border patrol on tuesday. journalist held by border board plane. we are live from washington with the latest on that story. and then switching gears we have the stars of the 80's hit cue the theme song we know and lover the facts of life. lisa welchel and kim fields. collin werth and emma stone. >> i loved it when the happy days people appeared on facts of life and they had this cross thing going. it was great. >> having a pretty happy day on the roads so far. tacony palmyra bridge down. good the go. still moving okay on 42 just some building northbound volume headed towards 295. and on 422 it's heavy now eastbound from the since gabe's curve into route 23. karen. >> looking at satellite 6 and action radar you can see the front still hasn't cleared our area. we have lots of clouds and some showers even some thundershowers especially

south and east of the city of philadelphia. that's where the moisture is headed right now. so it's a day of improvement as this front does clear. here's how it will look. by 9:00 a.m. looking at 75 degrees, lots of clouds. we're dry in philadelphia. still some showers south and east of the city. by noon, 81, starting to feel better but still some showers along the coastline. by 3:00 p.m. we should be dry everywhere. 85 degrees, lowering humidity and that's our high for the day but a nice afternoon and by 6:00 p.m. 83 degrees. things are improving. you just got to hang in until after lunchtime, tam. >> looking forward to that. thank you karen. tonight at 11:00 we begin a new series of special reports called jim gardner 101. jim sits down with news makers from around the region getting to know them on a more perth level. he'll also talk with people you've probably never heard of but their achievements speak volumes. tonight jim speaks with philadelphia school superintendent dr. william hite. did lyte has been battling politicians parents and unions over the future of the district and how to pay for even the most basic needs of public school children across

the city. does he regret taking the job? does he see light at the end of the the you think? watch jim gardner one-on-one tonight on "action news" at 11:00.

>> top stories now police say charges could be filed as early as today in connection with the murder of 23-year-old

laura araujo. her body was found in a duffle bag in the kensington section of philadelphia. she has been beaten and strangled. mira smith charged with killing her 11 month old son. police say the reading resident told them she became frustrated with her infant's crying. smith in jail is pregnant with another child. >> all the usual suspects this morning like a delay here along the 30 bypass in chester county eastbound side from past 340 to 113 and those storms rolled through south jersey, left us with some high water and some downed trees like on 49 eastbound at hunter's mill road karen. >> we've been tracking those storms this morning because we have a flood advisory still in effect for more heavy rain in parts of ocean, atlantic, burlington and cumberland counties in new jersey until 8:15. you can see that heavy rain in cape may, atlantic city, surf city, kind of hugging the coastline. we're dry in philadelphia, south side and east of the city that left overrain. by 9:00 a.m., 75, by noon 81, by 3:00 p.m., 85. that's your high for the day and by the afternoon, lowering

humidity, too. pretty nice. >> all right. and you'll be back in 30 minutes to give people the latest. >> i will. >> and so will you. >> and so will i. for matt pelman, david murphy, matt o'donnell, karen rogers hope you're off to a great wednesday. >> so will you. >> but not you. [laughter]

good morning, america. new video overnight, incredible downpours washing out entire towns causing major damage. >> completely flooding right now. >> this entire college campus overrun with fast-moving walls of water. roads washed out. piles of trees crushing cars as lightning sparks new fires in the west. the bully fire destroying homes. dozens more in its path. and breaking overnight, severe and dangerous turbulence on this jumbo jet in midair. passengers flown out of their seats. their heads leaving holes in the ceiling. at least 25 injured including two critically. also new right now, break-in at the kennedy compound. in man arrested in hyannisport accused of spending hours at the family's have a corroboration retreat. how police were alerted to the intruder and why he said he did it ♪ hot hot