>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. >> ♪ july 29th and we have news you did not see last night. >> philadelphia police take two people into custody after a plan is stabbed mulder pell times overnight. >> police credit a philadelphia community for leading them to two suspects in the deadly carjacking case. >> and you might want to grab something with some long sleeves before you head out the door. accuweather is tracking a cool start this morning. >> feels great. let's get a preview of your accuweather. david murphy is enjoying being outside and karen rogers is taking a look at your traffic. good morning. >> definitely a morning for suit jackets. nice and bright over in the east as we got sun getting ready to pop up over the

buildings just beyond my shoulder here. very little clock around. in fact satellite reinforces that idea. clouds out to the west kind of falling apart a bit. we'll probably see some favor weather cumulus as we go through the day. does look like a very sunny start n terms of temperatures my twitter follower tow knee up in ziglerville reports a chilly 56 degrees early this morning and as you take a look at the big map allentown has slipped to 54 and 59 in reading and down into the 50's in lancaster so a very cool start up north. millville in the 50's and philadelphia not exactly balmy, 64 degrees with a bit of a breeze blowing. as we roll through the day 68 by 9 o'clock, 75 by noon and accuweather says he see a high of 80 degrees at 3 o'clock. winds on the light side, humidity low and warm this afternoon but really comfortable considering the low humidity. when i step inside, guys, we will talk about a change in the forecast heading toward the latter part of the work week. but for now things feel comfortable.

hopefully it's comfortable on the roads. >> we have this one accident out here right now. it's in newark delaware and the problem is it brought down a pole so they've shut down old ball more pike closed at old cooches bridge road. stick to route 40 to get around that. let's hop into our cameras and see what it looks like in new jersey. 42 creek road northbound traffic building volume coming from turnersville deptford or blackwood. if you're going the take 42 and head over the ben franklin bridge this is wait looks like. no problem westbound as you try to come into the city. now eastbound we've got that ongoing construction blocking the right lane. so you've got one lane blocked eastbound. switching over to i-95 some of the first signs of volume we see here approaching cottman but doesn't look bad just yet, does it? this is i-95 southbound as you try to head towards center city, you'll have no problems just yet on i-95. on the schuylkill expressway here at spring garden street we can see eastbound traffic a little more volume coming into center city. the road has been milled so expect a bumpy ride which is good. i replaced a few tires from

the winter potholes. what's an alignment to throw in. matt. >> thank you karen. a man is recovering from a stabbing outside a home in the city's overbrook section. police say it happened during an argument and they are now questioning two people. incident happened at columbia avenue near 61st street at 2:00 a.m. the victim was stabbed multiple times and when police arrived, they took away a man in hands cuffs and then led a woman away from the scene. so far no charges have been filed. philadelphia police are crediting neighbors for leading them to the two suspects in the carjacking crash that killed three children. "action news" reporter katherine scott is lie at germantown and allegheny avenues in tioga where a vigil is scheduled tonight. katherine. >> reporter: and matt, city council president darrell clarke was out here last night. he says the city owns part of this lot so they're considering making a more permanent memorial here for these children. meanwhile the family is holding another vigil for the children tonight and you can see that the memorial here has been growing at allegheny and

germantown in tioga. people have been leaving stuffed animals and candles for these children. people have been coming from all over the city to remember siblings 10-year-old thomas reed, 15-year-old keieara williams and seven year old terrence moore. the mother was critically injured an family friend broke her ankle. the two men were arraigned overnight and denied bail. the charges come after a three day man hunter. a reward of more than $100,000 was offered. witnesses and others who saw the aftermath of the crash said seeing the victims in the grass last friday drove them to speak up. >> you had to do something. you just couldn't stand there and not feel nothing. you know, it hurted to see them babies laying there. >> we have three young people who are dead and critically injured individuals based on a

senseless act and we have to make sure it never happens again. >> reporter: nba legends and former philadelphia 76er charles barkley has stepped in. he's offered to pay for the funerals for the three children. he's been in communication with the family to make sure that happened. tonight's vigil takes place at 6 o'clock. we're live in tioga, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> katherine thank you for that. it is now 6:05. a driver is dead after crashing his car into the delaware river. police say he was fleeing a hit and run accident. the volkswagen went airborne and into the river by the busy market street overpass. police and witnesses say the suv was speeding. good samaritans jumped into the water to try to shave trapped driver. >> they were in the water when i arrived and they -- one of them had his hand but he couldn't get him out. >> firefighters then dove in and pulled the man out. he later died at the hospital. the hit and run crash he was allegedly fleeing happened at fourth and arch. police are examining the suv to learn more about other possible factors in that

crash. >> and new on "action news" t-robbers who tried to make a run for in it berks county didn't get too far because their gps gave them away. police were able to use a gps tracker to find the car and started to chase it through the city of reading. the bandits were wandered for holding up a bank in muhlenberg township yesterday morning. police stopped the car with spike strips and took a man and woman into custody. no one was hurt during the highspot pursuit. >> southwest airlines is facing quite a whopper of a fine. maribel aber is live at the nasdaq in times square and she has more details on why. good morning, maribel. >> reporter: good morning tam. southwest getting slapped with a $12 million fine. the faa brought the fine against the airline for allegedly failing to comply with repair orders on its boeing 737 planes. so the case combines three separate safety violations dating what, to 2006 and a southwest spokeswoman told u.s.a. today these repair issues were fixed years ago.

77 million americans are delinquent on their debt. that's nearly a third of the country with debt in collection according to a new urban institute study. the study found that these americans are behind on paying an average of $5,200. that includes debt from credit cards child support bills, parking tickets and membership fees. let's talk stocks. stocks barely budged on deal news monday as markets weighed on a slew of economic data coming later this week. futures pointing to a lower open. the largest home in l.a. hit the market for $150 million. forbes is reporting formula one heiress eckelstone put her mansion up for sale. she bought the former home of tv producer aaron spelling back in 2011. it sold at market price. it will be the most expensive home ever sold in the u.s.a. matt and tam, not a bad profitly she purchased it for a cool $85 million. >> that would be a nice profit. i wonder how much that --

>> one interpayment is probably more than my house -- more than seven of my houses. storm tracker 6 live double scan nothing showing precipitation-wise as we take a look outside lots of sunshine out there. and starting to build down the shore in cape may. it's going to be a good beach day down the shore. great day at the pool. good day overall to tell you the truth. check out those numbers. we're starting outer cool across the region. 54 degrees in allentown right now. 59 degrees in reading. 64 in philadelphia. 60 in wilmington. 58 degrees in millville and mid 60's in the boardwalk at atlantic city and down along sea isle city's coastline as wie. so a cool but pretty comfortable start. going to be bright with lots of sunshine building in. we have a little bit of cloud cover out to the west that may try and filter through at times today but it will be a sun and some clouds mix i think overall. up in allentown 76 degrees, sun mixing with some occasional clouds. refreshing up in the lehigh

valley. in the visits right now and mid 70's later. down on the shore front not bad, 78 degrees by 3 o'clock. we probably will stay in the 60's in the water so it will be a little bit cooler than it's been for much of the last month or so. 73 by noon. pleasant enough on the beach, though. lots of fun in the sun there. and 80 degrees is the high in philadelphia, sun mixing with some occasional clouds. pleasant conditions with winds averaging five to 10 miles per hour and that humidity on the low side. and here's how we climb. 66 by 8:00 a.m., 73 by 11:00 and we spend most of the afternoon in the upper 70's with that high of 80 striking briefly around 3 o'clock before it settles back. and thin tomorrow it's going to be another nice day. we'll have a frontal boundary out to the west that will turn those winds a bit out of the southwest that will raise our temperatures a few degrees. but it looks like it's still not all that humid and still pretty comfortable. thursday we probably start to feel a little more sticky. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast refreshing today. a high of 80, a fair amount of sunshine with those fair weather cumulus clouds digging in during the day and then

partly sunny and nice tomorrow, a high of 84. a bit more humid on thursday with a high of 85. but still dry. friday warm and humid, a high of 85 again and friday especially late in the day or at night there could be a couple of spotty thunderstorms developing. then we get into the weekend and it's a mix of clouds and sun with highs in the low to mid 80's. could be a little bit on the sticky side and there's the chance of a spotty thunderstorm around in the afternoon and evening on both saturday and sunday. neither day necessarily looks like a washout but you'll want to be watching your storm tracker 6 app on your smartphone if you're outside both days, okay. and little more unsettled on monday, 86 degrees there. >> we could deal with that. thank you david. 6:10 now. the mystery of what happened the man accused of holding the 16-year-old hostage since last fall is due in court today. >> a community center is in need after crooks made off with much needed classroom supplies. karen. >> 202 is looking pretty good here at main street in norristown. no problems here. starting to slow up on i-95. i'll take you there live coming up.

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>> ♪ >> welcome back. you're taking a live look here out across penn's landing over to the ben franklin bridge. it's 65 degrees now, 6:13. getting up to 80 as we watch the sunrise in the distance. >> some driving slowly, others driving quickly.

>> depends on which side of the highway you're on and where you're headed. if you're headed to center city like everyone right here, you could see you've got a slower ride. this is i-95 as you might expect at allegheny. sobbed traffic starting to slow from allegheny to girard so that traffic as you head towards center city really starting to build up of course northbound you're pretty clear right there. let's take tout maps. on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound near bensalem we have construction blocking the right lane and the center lane so two lanes blocked at this point. should be clearing pretty soon but in the meanwhile you're looking at this area of yellow and speeds about 43 miles an hour. so, watch for a slow go westbound on the pennsylvania turnpike. in newark, new castle county we have an accident that brought down a pole and because of that they've shut down old baltimore pike. it's been closed all morning here at old cooches bridge road. stick to route 40 as your alternate to get around that. in wilmington south park drive is closed between west street and the market street bridge here for emergency inspection here of the stone wall. began yesterday. no word when they'll reopen this so stick to north park drive or 12th, 13th or 14th

streets as your alternate. let's look at these temperatures. it's a cool start. 55 degrees in quakertown, 57 in coatesville. 58 in oxford. it's 63 in center city but you could see the suburbs in new jersey just in the 50's in a lot of them like ewing browns mills all 59. 58 in vineland this morning so grab the sweater as you head out, tam. >> thank you karen. a michigan man walking his dog found a newborn baby on the side of the road. he says the dog was tugging him towards some bushes and when he looked in he saw the baby curled up with the umbilical cord still attached. police say that they have spoken to the mother but they're not saying anything about her situation or what led her to leave the infant in the bush along the road. a new hampshire man charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old girl nine month ago is scheduled to be arraigned today. 34 year old nathaniel kibby is accused of holding abigail hernandez hostage since october. she returned on july 20. officials did not release

details on where exactly she's been. >> new technology is about to take the place of car chargers for your smartphone. here's abc's devon dwyer. >> reporter: cadillac takes another turn into the future. gm says will it offer wireless smartphone charging in the 2015 cadillac ats sedans and coupes satisfying a growing demand for charging devices in the car without cords. turning up the heat in the battle over wireless carriers t mobile is now going head to head with verizon and at&t announce agnew family plan that costs 100 bucks for four lines that includes a 2.5 gigabyte allotment for each and no overage charges. for a hundred bucks a year your ticket to the truth sarah palin style: the former vp candidate launching her own internet channel to do an end run around what she calls the mainstream media. those are your tech bites. i'm devon dwyer. >> a family makes a desperate plea for help finding emoted who disappeared. >> you don't have to go the full distance to make big

strides towards better health. david. >> adrian in havertown tweets me 66 degrees, philadelphia at 64 right now and some suburbs at 60 -- well actually in the visits, how about that. kneel tweets me his vacation picture. boats on the water pretty nice. if you have vacation pictures you want to tweet me go ahead and what was the get it on tv. we'll be back with your daypart forecast and get you to the airport next. >> 6abc.com is new and revamped. check it out. the new smart design means it will fit any device you use it on whether it's your tablet, smartphone anything else. check it out. head to abs.com any time anywhere hi. i'm henry winkler.

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we're uncovering a systemic eight years for justice. cases have languished inside these halls of justice. >> seems to me that after seven years it's crazy. need some jurisdiction call, give me some, you know, some kind of action on it. >> reporter: our three month long "action news" investigation uncovers justice delayed and why so many outstanding cases have yet to be heard. plus we track down families waiting for due process. >> my life was -- you know, i want to say hell but it was rough. it was very rough. >> reporter: could you be caught in the red tape. we turn to the court for answers only on "action news" tonight at 11:00. >> time to check the traffic and we've got a live look at 422 and you know what, it's not a bad start to the day. look at this here at trooper. we're doing all right. no delays just yet coming from pottstown, royersford or phoenixville so you're good to go on 422. not the so in gloucester township camden county, new jersey. chews landing road shut down between lower landing road and somerdale road much this began

yesterday. it lasts through tomorrow. this is because of construction but this is a busy area so you've got to stick to the black horse pike which you know is going to be delayed so that's a tough one. voorhees white horse road bridge remains closed in that area, dave. >> some suburbs are in the 50's this morning, karen. the rest of us in the 60's and jane in north philadelphia tweets me 62 degrees this morning. get something really nice pictures on facebook and twitter of sunrises. this one just recently from sue in luce delaware. very nice picture but how about this morning from north wildwood. this is from doreen, sun coming up nice and bright just the way it was in llewes recently. by 4 o'clock 79. your high today in philadelphia is 80. do keep in mind though that it's sunscreen time today because we have a fair amount of sunshine and maybe after work you're thinking about the barbecue. not a bad night to do that with low humidity and temperatures falling between five and eight from the upper 70's down to the low 70 pleasant today and tonight, tam. >> thank you, david. going on to health check doctors say slow and steady

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fletcher got into a scuffle off camera yesterday. players say it is nothing personal. their first preseason game is a week from friday. watch it on 6abc. >> 6:23 now. next and new this morning, a family's plea for a missing >> suspects in custody for a deadly carjacking and the community support for the victims. katherine. >> reporter: that's right, matt, a vigil is planned for tonight to remember three children killed avenue after a

>> ♪ >> 6:26. good morning everyone. sun up all across the region include hearing in wilmington delaware. we're live on sky 6. it's bit chill in some areas. 65 degrees here on city avenue. getting up to 80 degrees today. vandals ransacked a community center in the city's kensington section over the weekend. staffers at the light house fear the culprits are members of the community they are serving. the damage was apparent when workers arrived forehead start preschool classes yesterday morning. computers were gone and so were several of the classroom rabbits. staffers think the culprits broke a lock and climbed through the back window. drug paraphernalia was found in a back alley. >> the search goes on for a mother in oregon. she vanished last week while running errands. workers share jennifer huston swiped her debit card at a gas station nearby. what happened next has her

family frightened. >> worst parents' fear, an abduction or something am i hate to say that word. >> i love you so much and i miss you. please come home. >> huston has two young boys also hoping their mother will return home soon. the family is turning to social media trying to look for some tips. >> 6:27 on the clock. meteorologist, david murphy has your day planner and more >> and a father wants to defend his daughter. now he's wandered by police. why officers say the protective father took it a

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mideast conflict. >> new here at 6:30, a chilling discovery. a mother grows concern when her child's ice cream just won't melt. >> hm. >> good morning. 6:30 on this tuesday. let's go to david murphy and karen rogers for weather and traffic. good morning. >> what a refreshing start across the region. sun is up over the horizon very few clouds. satellite shows you that. there's a little bit of cloud cover outer to the west kind of falling apart. as we go through the day we'll probably see some fair weather cumulus but it stays fairly bright and we are just cool and comfortable. out in lancaster county mike my twitter follower reports just 57 degrees in a lot of our northern and western suburbs are in the 50's this morning. we're at 64 in philadelphia but how about allentown at 54, reading 59 and then wilmington 60. 65 down the shore in sea isle. as we roll through the day, it's going to be a warm one, 68 degrees by 9:00. by noon 75 and then by 3 o'clock, we do get a warm high of 80 but with low humidity and temperatures in the 70's most of the way this afternoon really pleasant and at times

feeling more like spring than summer. when i step inside we've got another nice one coming tomorrow and then things change a little bit, maybe it starts feeling a bit more like summer. karen details in the seven day. >> all right dave. pretty rise on route 42 northbound traffic a little bit of building volume coming from turnersville or blackwood but no delay just yet. we do have a new accident coming in to us in new jersey and it's here in burlington county here and it's salem road between j.f.k. road and amherst drive. a vehicle went into a pole so could take longer if a downed pole is involved. sunset road will get you around the problem here on salem road in burlington. i want d to take you to delaware. newark new castle county, we have an accident here with a downed pole causing a problem all morning long. they've shut down old baltimore pike. it's closed at old cooches bridge road. stick to route 40 to avoid any delay there. outside we go on the schuylkill expressway at spring garden street, that's your eastbound traffic there headed towards center city. the road has been milled not paved just yet so it's a bumpy

ride on the schuylkill expressway. watch for that one, tam. >> okay, will do. thank you karen. two accused carjackers charged with killing three children were arraigned overnight while a vigil will be held at that crash site later this evening. that's where we find "action news" reporter katherine scott live in tioga with more on what's going to be a show of support. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. the support has been coming in from all over. nba grate 76er legends charles barkley has stepped in, he's offered to pay for the funerals for the three children. he's been in communication with the family to make sure that happens. also, a vigil is planned for this evening here at germantown and allegheny in tioga where this all happened and you can see the memorial for them here is growing. people have been coming from all over the city to remember the siblings. 10-year-old thomas reed, 15-year-old kiara william and seven year old terrence moore. their mother was critically injured and a family friend thelma brown broke her ankle

in the accident. two men are behind bars for carjacking a real estate agent, sexually assaulting her and then losing control of the car they stole hitting the family who was selling fruit on the street corner for a church fundraiser. they were arraigned overnight and denied bail. the charges come after a three day manhunt, a reward of more than $100,000 was offered. the city says it's sorting out who gets what. the community has come together to remember these children and to grieve. >> them being behind bars really like eased my pain from what happened but my pain -- my heart is still broken. >> as a community, it's -- this is good how we come together like no fighting, just come in as one. >> reporter: and back here live at germantown and allegheny where you can see people have been leaving stuffed animals, balloons, there are candles lit, flowers left here. city council president darrell clarke was out here last night. he says the city owns part of

the lot where this crash happened and they are considering making a permanent memorial for these three children. tonight's vigil takes place at 6 o'clock. we're live in tioga, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> okay, katherine, thanks. time right now is 6:34. israel is stepping up its offensive in gaza once again. this is a live look at what is going on in gaza city right now. you can see plumes of smoke rising above the skyline. and right now some new video of flares that went up in gaza city overnight. israeli military targeted the hamas run satellite tv station a mosque and g offices also came under fire. gaza's power plant was force d to shut down after two tank shells hit a fuel tank. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is warning about a prolonged military campaign if gaza. israel wants to destroy tunnels it believes hamas uses to if you think weapons between gaza and israel.

hamas says it's ready for a long fight. >> european union will impose sanctions aimed against russia's economy. the eu says russia supplied rebels with a missile system that shot down a malaysia airlines flight in ukraine. the plane's black boxes show missile shrapnel destroyed that plane. the white house backs the new eu sanctions. >> a dad a search is on in delaware county for a wawa customer who decked a plan at a deli county. police believe the attacker, a dad became angry when he saw the 47-year-old victim checking out his daughter. >> there was an argument that ensues. the gentleman who is getting the sandwich denies looking at this guy's daughter and the guy sucker punches him. >> the victim is being treated forehead wounds an possible concussion. now this all happened at the wawa on 69th street near patterson avenue in upper darby on sunday night. police are asking for help in finding the attacker seen here. they think he drove away in a ford sedan. >> happening today, the ntsb

will wrap up its investigation into the 2012 train derailment in paulsboro, new jersey. the national transportation safety board will determine the probable cause of the incident. a conrail freighter dumped around 20,000 gallons of vinyl chloride into mantua creek when it went off the track. many residents reported health problems in the weeks after that incident. >> turning now accuweather, spending bill people opened their windows overnight to enjoy the cool air might find eight bit too chilly. >> yeah, they'll wake up with like, whoa, ooh needed more dogs on the bed. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we're dry this morning and boy it's the dawn of a great day. take a look outside. the sun up over the horizon above the ben franklin bridge, very few clouds in play across the region right now and looks like we are in for a couple nice days before things change. taking a look at the highlights in the forecast we've got a couple beauties ahead and then it will get more humid ann little bumpier as we head towards the weekend. as we take a look at the conditions right now, not bad. 64 degrees in philadelphia.

your dewpoint down at 55. well below what we would consider humid. and the winds northwest at seven. i'll tell you when the wind starts blowing even if it's a little light kind of makes you hunch your shoulders a little bit. some suburbs are in the 50's places like reading and the lehigh valley and out towards lancaster. as we take a look at satellite and radar you can see lack of cloud cover so lots of sun early on. we'll probably see a few fair weather clouds popping through as the day continues but overall it looks pretty bright and pretty nice. looks like we'll go from 66 at 8 o'clock up to about 73 by 11:00 so very comfortable through the morning hours and this afternoon we're spending most of our time in the upper 70's, 78 degrees by 2 o'clock, that high of 80 briefly at 3:00 and then we're back down to 77 degrees at 5 o'clock. high temperatures across the region, 76 degrees in allentown, 77 in reading, 78 in trenton, 79 in wilmington. down the shore per usual we're going to be in the mid to upper 70's from cape may on up the coast towards atlantic city and beyond and then tomorrow it's still going to be nice because we've got a frontal boundary that will be

well off to the west providing a fair amount of sunshine tomorrow. a little bit more of a southwesterly flow that will raise our temperature a few degrees but it doesn't look like it gets humid again until thursday and even that might be just relatively humid. as we take a look at our exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, idea is the high today. refreshing. you'll need sunscreen but otherwise it's going to be a really nice one out there and i might encourage you to get outside and enjoy it if you can. partly sunny and nice again tomorrow but a little warmer, a lie of 84. and then a bit more humid on thursday, a high of 85 but it looks like we stay dry. friday is when it gets warm and more noticeablely humid a-high of 85 and with a front a little closer to us there could be a late day or night time spotty thunderstorm. in the coming weekend, well, clouds and sun both saturday and sunday with high temperatures in the low to mid 80's. and again there's the chance of some spotty showers and thunderstorms. i know some of had you had plans to be out on saturday afternoon or night and maybe sunday and i'm getting tweets about people anxious about the outdoor -- you know, all of the stuff we're looking at is spotty stuff on saturday and zip the way it looks right

now, okay so hopefully you get in your activities okay but keep your eye on that storm tracker 6 app on your iphone. >> more brand new stories up next on "action news" including the top college criticismly why one man is telling parents don't send are kids to an ivy league school. >> a family is surprised to learn their ice cream sandwiches just won't melt. karen. >> wonder what's inside. we've got a new problem right here a-disabled vehicle on i-95. this is northbound traffic right at woodhaven road. you can see penndot on the scene with this one. we're going to take you to chester county and talk about a backup there when we come back. >> also president obama comes crush. see what happens later on "action news."

>> ♪ >> 6:42. >> ♪ in much? not much right now. people were out there on the beach right now it would be a bit of a chilly walk this morning. 65 degrees here on city avenue. >> let's see what it looks like if you're starting your commute and go over to karen rogers much good morning. >> we're going to help you out if you're in chester county. looking live at the 30 bypass at 322. that's your eastbound traffic. a bit of building volume eastbound between 340 and 113 but i wouldn't say a big delay yet. on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound past valley forge a dead deer in the road. i was trying to come up with a better way to say that but couldn't. i-95 southbound we're real eight jammed past bridge street to girard. you can see the area of red

only about 25 miles per hour at times right there. in burlington county in new jersey we've got a problem right here an accident where a vehicle went into a pole salem road between j.f.k. way and amherst drive. watch for that. stick to sunset road as your alternate to avoid that delay. and in newark new castle county this has been out here all morning, an accident with a downed pole old baltimore pike closed at old cooches bridge road. stick to route 40 as your alternate. it is a kyle start to the day. we're seeing bright sunshine but those temperatures just in the 50's in many spots. mid-50's right now in a lot of your suburbs right now. 55 in quakertown, 56 saint davids. 62 in center city. some of the suburbs in new jersey in the upper 50's. grab the sweater as you head out the door matt. >> thank you karen. flew on "action news an 90 year old man in florida was killed when his wife crashed their car into an auto repair shop. the mechanic was working on that other vehicle at the time and missed the collision by just a few inches. the woman behind the wheel,

88-year-old constance demarco is in serious condition. >> all new here on "action news" a mother is going after a big box retailer after her ice cream sandwiches just will not melt. but first up a blogger is stirring up debate on higher education. "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is at the big board with more on these stories. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tam. these two stories are re88ing a lot of buzz in the social media word. a professor writes an ivy league education is overeated and a mother questions what's in her is son's treat. the former yale professor has written a scathing article about how a grueling and subjective admissions process is putting too much pressure on students to stack their resumes with extracurricular activities that don't necessarily prepare them for college or let alone the real world. the professor claims the -- the author rather claims many top universities are creating a student population of

overworked overstressed zombies not equipped to be successful when they end the professional world. we'll put that at a on my facebook page and the 6abc facebook page. now to an ohio woman whose kids love eating ice cream but she's now thinking twice about what she's feeding. when they recently left her son's wal-mart ice cream sandwich in 80-degree heat for hours and found that it didn't melt. so she did an experiment and left another sandwich outside overnight. >> so monday i came out and looked at it and there was still ice cream there. so i thought to myself, you know, what am i feeding my children? >> reporter: and wal-mart responded by saying it has high quality ice cream and that ice cream with more cream generally melts at a slower rate. experts however say adding gum will slow the melting rate. tell me was think about these stories. guys back to you. >> another talker here and it's new on "action news." a dating site has admited to

experimenting on its users. ok cupid paired up couples that might be considered less compatible but told them they were an excellent match. the study proved that those users were more likely to continue talking to each other based on the false computer results. in response to some backlash ok cupid reminded users that's privacy policy includes warnings there it conducts research to test the effectiveness of its site. head to our facebook page to tell us what you think about this one as well. >> 6:46. an nba's relatives come under attack. good morning america as details on what clippers player matt barnes did on social media to help catch a criminal. david. >> it's a cool morning across the region and twitter is alive this morning. my follower maria in maze me as landing new jersey tweets 58 degrees. a lot of you are only in the 50's right now, particularly in some outlying areas. millville 58, 54 in allentown, line in reading, 64 right now in philadelphia. day hour by hour. that's coming up from accuweather. >> and take the new 6abc.com

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>> let's turn to amy robach. she's got a look at what they've got coming up. you have a lot on your plate today, amy. >> reporter: we do, tam. good morning to you, good morning to you matt as well. coming up next on "good morning america," breaking overnight, a whale watching boat stranded off the coast of boston more than 160 people trapped on board are finally returning to land this morning. we're live from the scene with the very latest on that situation and then we have new details in the case of the new hampshire teen who was missing for nine months and then mysteriously returned home last week. a suspect has been arrested on kidnapping charges and is expected in the courts this afternoon. we're live from conway, new hampshire with more on that story and then nba player matt barnes using social media to plea for the public's help to track down the man police say killed his under a. we sat down with the l.a. clippers star for an exclusive interview. and then switching gears, it's the morning after that, that dramatic bachelorette season

final lean the newly engaged couple andi and josh are here to give us all details matt and tam am i got to say it looks like they're really in love. >> we'll see. >> indeed we'll see. >> i can't waiter to watch that. i thought she was going to picnic. >> oh. >> let's take a live look outside. this is the schuylkill expressway, we're jammed up at city avenue. i believe in true love. westbound traffic jams from past the boulevard to gladwyne. eastbound traffic slow blue route to the curve and past the boulevard to girard so a slow go on the schuylkill expressway. here in burlington county, new jersey, we've got an accident where a vehicle hit into a pole. it's on salem road between j.f.k. way and amherst drive. stick to sunset road as your alternate. mass transit is on time david. >> i've been asking for vacation pictures this summer. robin caught a picture of a praying man at the time of this accident on her garden. i used to love these things as i kid am i if he had a spider

to one. guy thing. we're cool right now, in the low 60's even the upper 50's in some neighborhoods and we're still going to be in the 60's by 9 o'clock. 75 by noon. low humidity all the way today. a high today of 80 at 3 o'clock. light winds and then 74 by 6 o'clock. it really is going to be pleasant out there, so enjoy and i want to quickly hit the airport because we haven't done that in while. looks like all green planes on the board with tranquil weather on the east coast and back into the great lakes, no problems, tam. >> liking that. thank you david. president barack obama made a confession to linda ronstadt that he used to have a little crush on her. mr. obama presented ron steady stat with the national medal. she's been suffering from park win son's disease and a the east room in a wheelchair. however she walked to the stage to receive her

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>> top stories at 6:55. tioga carjacking and hit and run suspects were arraigned on murder charges overnight. bail was denied. the community will hold a vigil at the crash scene tonight for the three children killed. sixers legend charles barkley is offering to pay for all of their funerals. a man was stabbed multiple times outside a home in overbrook overnight. police say it happened during an argument. the victim is hospitalized and detectives are questioning a man and a woman. the ntsb is expected to

announce today the probable cause of the 2012 train derailment in paulsboro new jersey. 20,000 gallons of vinyl chloride spilled into the mantua creek. some residents say they have been experiencing health problems since the accident. >> we're jammed on i-95, no accidents but you can see the slow go here. we're looking live nearly a gain. that's your southbound traffic jamming from the betsy ross bridge to girard. and in newark new castle county old baltimore pike shut down all morning at old cooches bridge road. we've got an accident with a downed pole causing a problem. stick to route 40. that's your best alternate dave. >> we're in the 50's and 60's this morning. feels like springtime. 68 degrees by 9:00 but by noon 75. a high of 80. low humidity all the way and now i'm not telling you what to do. >> okay. >> but after work. >> don't dare. >> if you feel like firing up the grille, this is a nice night for it. we'll be falling through the 70's during grilling time so just an idea. >> even better than firing up the grille is going to david's house and letting him fire up the grille and just enjoy it. >> my grille is like one of

those things that sits there rusted spiders. >> i've heard stories about his grille. >> we'll be back to give you the latest traffic and news. format -- for matt o'donnell, karen rogers, testimony did this i'm tamala

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good morning, america. happening now, new tornadoes touching down. this time right next to one of america's largest airports. shooting debris like shrapnel. flash flooding creates this instant mudslide. >> they all broke. look at the trees. they all broke! >> and that direct hit in the boston suburbs, thousands frightened by the first ever tornado to touch down there. the major break in that high-profile abduction case. the new hampshire teen, abigail hernandez back home after nine months. this local man arrested now accused of holding her against her will. a storage container found in his yard, her message of hope this morning. breakingover night, this whale watching ship stranded in the atlantic ocean off boston. dozens of families trapped all night long. the propeller tangled. pictures on board coming in. what went wrong on t