>> good morning, 5:00 a.m. on this thursday, july 17 we're following breaking news. >> reports of fumes lead philadelphia firefighters to a home, when they peer inside they find two dead bodies. >> a california city is in

shock, bank robbery suspects take off with hostages leading police on a violent pursuit. >> we'll get to those stories, but first up, let's look at accuweather and traffic karen rogers is in for david murphy and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: we're looking at the temperatures in the suburbs, 58 degrees in martins creek, 59 in saint davids and kennett square. we're at 65 in center city. it is not as cool at the airport. 61 in browns mill. 59 in affirm ton, new jersey, and 62 -- in hammonton, new jersey. and 62 degrees in dover delaware. the dewpoints are in the 50s. it's nice and comfortable unlike the first part of the week. it will be a nice dry day and

nice stretch for us in the weather. let's talk about how the numbers progress, 9:00 a.m., 73 degrees, partly sunny skies, noon, 79. 3:00 p.m., 83 that will be the high for the day, mix of clouds and sun, 6:00 p.m., 81. we have changes in the forecast for the weekend, matt. we'll talk about that in the seven day. >> reporter: i think we're moving in the right direction here. >> reporter: i like it. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, we're not moving in upper pits grove in salem county because of a crash that injured a person blocking off route 40 near 77 pole tavern road by the wawa. all lanes shut down in both directions. locally use swedesboro road or 611 or stay on 322 or route 49 through salem county. of course we'll keep you posted. we had overnight construction at the burlington bristol bridge. those crews are out there.

ben franklin bridge westbound bridge delays. south philadelphia, it's the right lane getting by in both directions near the walt whitman bridge causing slowing, but, again, the crews should clear soon. tam. >> this morning we're starting with breaking news, investigators are trying to figure out how a couple of died in their philadelphia home and we've learn that they are relate to do a top city official. katherine scott is live in the 2500 block of north spangler street. she's got more details. good morning, catherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, police are trying to figure out this out, family members say they last spoke to the couple yesterday there was no sign anything was wrong. there daughter who has their own home, but sometimes comes to stay here, stopped by last night and she was the one who found the couple dead in the stairwell. somebody called police after report of her screaming.

you can see family members, loved ones gathering around the corner of the home. investigators are trying to determine the cause of death. there were no obvious signs of trauma. their nephew is deputy streets commissioner, donald carlson. before 1:00 a.m., police responded to the strawberry mansion home for report of a person screaming that was the couple's 39-year-old daughter who had found her 66-year-old mother and 79-year-old father unconscious. they were pronounced on the scene. the fire department went in with meters, but they didn't get any reading of fumes. it appears the victims were horders. the deputy commissioner said his aunt was the oldest of 1 and retired and a nurse at hanheman for decades. >> they haven't labeled it a homicide as of yet. details are sketchy they have

been on this particular block for over 40 years, they were a couple that bothered no one, both were retired. >> the medical examiner will conduct autopsy to determine the cause of death. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> new this morning, an 18-year-old is recovering from a gunshot wound. shots rang out on west style street in the city's brewerytown section past midnight. police say the victim was shot once in the chest. he was hospitalized in critical condition. no word on a suspect or motive. new this morning, warminster police are asking for your help in identifying this man. these surveillance pictures were taken at the coast -- kohles department school. she said this man was peeking into the dressing room. when she confronted him, he said

he was looking for his wife. security video found the man wandering around the store for five hours. police say they arrested the murderer of laura araujo. jeremiah jackson confessed to beating her and strangling her and putting her body into a duffle bag. he suffered burnings while setting the victim's car on fire. the investigator that interviewed jackson at the hospital heard the victim's name on the news and realized it matched the registration. he called police and promptly arrested jackson. students in and some state officials proposed a tuition freeze. last career the school raised --

last year, the school raised tuition by 3.3%. it will be five hundred dollars more at the main new brunswick rutgers campus. >> i had to go back into the house and get a little sweatshirt. it's nice and cool this morning. >> reporter: temperatures are below average and lower humidity. relatively so compared to last few days, it's a big change. storm tracker 6 live double scan we're dry, that's another change we like in the forecast. let's head on outside and see what it looks like as sky6 live hd goes live at the center city skyline. we have partly cloudy skies as we look at the skyline. 67 degrees at philadelphia around. some of the suburbs in the upper 50s this morning. the dewpoint, 53 degrees, nice and low, really low humidity. the wind out of the northwest, it's a nice, cool breeze. the pressure will start to rise.

high pressure will buildings in. satellite and radar, we've got cloud cover, we're going to see partly cloudy skies, but we're staying dry, it's a good looking day, a wider look along the east coast. you can see the front parked off the coastline. it's out of our region. high pressure will dive in, in the give us just a nice day, but a nice string of weather. 9:00 a.m., 73 degrees, clouds and sunshine. noon, 79, 83 is the high we'll hit that around 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., 81 degrees, a nice afternoon, albeit, not wall-to-wall sunshine. at the shore, 81 sitting on the beach. the uv index will be high. watch for that. the ocean water temperature chilly in the low 60s. the exclusive accuweather

seven-day forecast, refreshing a good way to call it, we've got low humidity a bit of a cool breeze, temperatures are below average, 83 degrees, tomorrow, another beauty, 85 more sunshine, looking good. saturday, 85 degrees, partly sunny skies maybe a few more clouds than friday. sunday we were worried about a chance for a shower, sunday looking dry partly sunny, dry, 86. monday, clouds and sun, 87 degrees. tuesday you feel the humidity, more humid, 87 degrees, chance of a shower. wednesday, warm and humid, 89 degrees, chance of a shower and thunderstorm. today beautiful and the weekend, another great weekend. >> you have had many. >> new video of a wind-whipped wildfire out west sending towering smoke into the sky. >> a bank robbery leaves three

people dead and cars and houses ritled with bullets -- we we rid with bullets. >> reporter: we'll talk about 495 in delaware remains closed for how long? details after the break. >> when we come back, we'll talk about research that's going how doctors might give advice on a commonly prescribed cholesterol drug. "action news" will be right back. ♪

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>> 51:28, taking a live look at philadelphia international airport.

thursday morning, 67 degrees on city avenue. i hope you opened your windows overnight. getting up to 83 today. low humidity. >> looking forward to that. let's see if traffic has something to look forward to. good morning, matt. >> reporter: it feels good to turn off the ac for a a couple of days. it's nice out there this morning, for the most part we're feeling good about the traffic. but a couple of issues in wilmington. 495 is shut down, they gave us and i couldn't have date yesterday on how they are doing fixing 495. they will lift the bridge deck so the two sides of the road are aligned once again. depending on how that process goes they could reopen the southbound side of i-95 between 1th and terminal avenue. they said they may be a couple of weeks ahead of schedule reopening the southbound side,

two after, they will reopen the new york city. they are making better progress than expected. of course president obama will be in town to talk about 495 and transportation issues. he'll land at new castle county airport. likely you'll see rolling closures. let's get the situation in upper pits grove, salem county. you have the closures of 40 because of an overnight crash. use swedesboro or 322 or 49 to get around that blockage. camera time on the schuylkill expressway by gulph mills westbound there's a disabled vehicle off to the side, but at this point both lanes are open, matt. >> hundreds of residents in central washington state are being under to evacuate as a wind driven wildfire races through nearby timber, a blaze is ending up a towering column

of spoke 25,000 feet into the sky. 400 people were told to leave their homes or cabins. 860 homes were threatened. mandatory evacuations were issued at a nearby campground. it is believed the fire was caused by lightning. >> three men robbed a bank in stockton yesterday, they took three women hostage and stole an suv and led officers on a high high-speed chase. two hostages were thrown from the vehicle. officers changed gunfire with the suspects inside the vehicle. the third hostage was found dead in the suv. one suspect hit cars and homes with gunfire no officers were injured. president obama has hit russia's tough new sanctions over what is you russia's attemo

cause more trouble in the ukraine. they are response to the issues including russia to allow weapons an fighters to cross into the ukraine. president obama said yesterday he made the reasons very clear to russian president vladimir putin. a british open has begun in liverpool england. tiger wood teed off going for his 5th major chip. he is two over par. conditions are unusually mild for the british open. 5:16 now, gm is warning some drivers about what they are putting on their key chain. new studies reveal a common cholesterol drug could be risky

for routine use. let's check the accuweather almanac, 83 degrees, below the average high of 87. overnight tonight we get to 65 for the low. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >> you can stay on top of the news

>> crews picked up a lighthouse along the gulf coast and moved it 12 miles.cked up a lighthouse beach erosion was threateninged the structure which was the reason it was moved in 1918. the 75-ton cast iron to your was built on the cape in 1885. it took seven hours for crews to reach the lighthouses new home in port st. joe. >> we would like to see something moved in south

philadelphia, the construction cones, the southbound lanes of i-95 approaching broad street. this late-running overnight construction is causing delays especially southbound by the walt whitman bridge. northbound they have the right lane getting by up ahead. work, as well on the pennsylvania turnpike both ways between forth washington and norristown. left lane out of the commission. chester county on the westbound side of the turnpike past downingtown the right lane is blocked for more work. >> did you notice it was a touch cooler out there, with temperatures in the upper 50s in the suburbs, mid 60s in at this time. 9:00 a.m., 73. noon, 79. low humidity, cool breeze. 3:00 p.m., 83. 2458 be the high. -- 3:00 p.m., 83 degrees. 6:00 p.m., 71. today, 83.

tomorrow, 855 bit warmer. saturday, dry and 85 and sunday, partly sunny, and 86. "action news" is launching a brand new segment designed to come to the rescue of our viewers. here's nydia han. >> reporter: today i'm tackling problem with the philadelphia parking authority. find out when happens when we trouble shoot a reviewer who keeps getting parking tickets for a car she opportunity own. that's coming up on "action news" at 6:00 p.m., when we debut "action news" troubleshooter. nacin used for lower heat attacks new evidence shows that it's too risky for future use. >> gm has advice for those

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accuweather and matt pellman has your traffic. >> reporter: good morning, it's a beautiful day ahead. let's look at the numbers right now. we're on the cold side. 60 degrees in quakertown. manners creek, 58. 59 in kennett square. temperatures below average. 65 degrees in the city. 6 is in browns mills. 57 on the boardwalk in ac and 61 in dover. storm tracker 6storm tracker 6 e scan. not showing a darn thing. we can see high pressure which is building in. we're going to have not just a nice day, but a nice stretch of weather. let's show you what it looks like through the day. 9:00 a.m., 73 degrees, noon, 79. 3:00 p.m., 83 degrees, mostly sunny skies, and 6:00 p.m. coming down from our high