tracking just how much. >> frustrated father searching for answers after a tragic fire kills his two children and two others. >> i want to know who, why, wh when. >> investigators return to the scene hoping a clue will help them figure out how the deadly fire started. >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 5:00. >> we begin tonight with breaking news in delaware coun county. skyfox is live as you can see over a house fire. this is happening on the 200 block of wyndham lane in wayne. you can see there are some fire crews on that -- oh and that scene. there's plenty of smoke coming from the roof. you can see some flames going but do you see there are fire crews on the scene getting water on that fire. this is a large house in wayne. this fire has been going on for quite sometime now. we don't have any word right now on any injuries, of course, we'll keep you updated as soon as we learn any new information. >> first at 5:00 mother nature leaving her mark across the region. this is the scene in dozens of

neighborhoods after a powerful storm whipped through the area. thank you so much for joining us. i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. many homes still without power tonight. in fact, some areas won't have their electricity turned back on until the end of the week. we are live with team coverage for you tonight. fox 29's karen hepp live in parkside with a look at the damage some neighborhoods are dealing with. but let's begin with chief meteorologist scott williams. scott, we're under a severe thunderstorm watch. more storms could be headed our way. that's right, iain. we do have that severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 o'clock pretty much the entire area. the exception cape may county in south jersey and also southern sections of delaware. the threat is there for scattered gusty storms. we could see winds gusting again over 60 miles per hour as well as some small hail. let's focus in on ultimate doppler current follow active severe thunderstorm warnings in our viewing area, however, take a look at this activity moving out of maryland. it is severe and will likely be moving into new castle county, delaware, over the neck several minutes or so.

as we take a look right now, you can see it's moving on off to the east. 30 miles per hour storm impacting bear, delaware, by 5:30. salem by 5:51 and the threat is there for heavy rain and gusty winds. also, a few cells popping in berk county, just south of the hamburg area moving toward the lehigh valley as well the pocono mountains. we'll keep our eye on currently nothing severe. lightning right nowing see in this bock over 100 lightning strikes. the ingredients the fuel for those firing showers and storms it's there upper 80s right now and as we look at the forecast from now until tonight few strong and severe thunderstorms but not a repeat performance of last night. i'll talk about when we finally dry out and cool down lou cease coming. >> all right, talk to you then, scott. as we baton down the hatches for tonight' storms some residents are still trying to clean up from last night's. our karen hepp live now in parkside with a look at what some people are dealing with karen? >> reporter: thanks lucy. we can feel the winds picking up

out here. take a look at the scene at parkside right at 54th and parkside behind the ma in. n music center. they have an event over there by the way. so many trees down right now. we have the power crews out there. you can hear the chain sauce on and off. that's the sound we'll here because we have so many big old trees that came down knocking out to power to so many. let's take look at the scene in another section of the city let's go to mt. airy. there was a tree that came down and it just whole lapped some cars there. badly damaged when the tree came down on them. this is on east mt. airy avenue. the tree came down on that red escort and a silver maxima lots and lots of damage there and certainly a lost insurance claims as well. let's go out to the mainline in delaware county. we had so many people there certainly lost power. my kids camp lost power at cabrini college. many others. trees and wires came down the scene in radnor delaware county on spruce tree road. so many thousands without power there and finally another dramatic scene that we have from bucks county levittown area, we

have ivy hill road, we have a tree actually smoldering you can see when the wires came on that. neighbor next door was concerned. here's what she said. when i came home as we smelt the fire there was cable wires from our yard and then that tree fell down in his yard, and this morning i was outside i saw white smoke coming, came down here and you could see it. it was at the top of the tree then in the middle of the tree. >> reporter: so the crews are busy but we've got so many streets just like this one that are shut down. it's going to be a long commute tonight for a lot of folks who are trying get home. got a town of volume out there on our major arteries right now. lots of detours so expect delays if you're at home waiting for someone to come home. they may have have so find a wandering path in order to do so. lucy, back to you,. >> thank you, karen. you can track the weather in your neighborhood on myfoxphilly.com. click the weather tab for the latest radar and send us your weather pictures by clicking the

ureport tab. happening now a man is under arrest accused of breaking into a woman's home in upper darby township. police believe she may not have been his only victim. how many other break ins police think he may have been involved inform we get the answers from fox 29's bruce gordon live in upper darby township. bruce? >> reporter: iain, young women here in upper darby may be resting a little easier tonight with news of the arret of 21 year old tyrell bock kerr. he is charged in connection with an incident on april 16th here on the 7200 block of guilford road and he's considered a prime suspect in four other local cases of the very same sort in the weeks that followed. now, on that april 16th incident, female juvenile says she was wakened from her living room couch around 3:00 o'clock in the morning to find a slender black man around 5-foot eight to 5-foot 10 standing over her. she says he asked her about buying marijuana. she told him to leave and he did. later, she picked tyrell booker out of a photo lineup.

now four other cases followed in one the intruder attempted to grope the woman. now, there were no signs of forced entry in any of these cases. nothing was ever stolen but police superintendent hi michael chitwood says she's were indeed frightening incidents. >> i mean i can't imagine you're in the privacy of your home and this bum walks in and thank god, thank god he didn't hurt anybody and we were scared to death the potential his brazenness was increasing. and the potential for violence in anyone of these could be astronomical. >> reporter: now, in the latest incident in question that was back last friday evening, the intruder in that case was beaten back by a 52 year old woman carrying a baseball bat. it's believed that intruder was actually looking for that 52 year old woman's daughter. in all of these cases, these were young women that we're talking about ages 16 to around 32 years of age. booker we can tell you was on parole at the time of his tuesday arrest.

he had been in prison up through last december on a burglary convict. he's back behind bars tonight. iain? >> all right, bruce, thank you. a major development in a delaware county hit-and-run that seriously injured 18 year old christopher brooks. police have charged 25 year old adrian mc ray and 31 year old tie wind heimer in connection with the hit-and-run it happened just before 11:00 on apri april 21st along chester pike in ridley park. police say mc ray was behind the wheel during the hit-and-run. wind heimer helped him cover up the crime by hiding the truck and ultimately selling it. >> it disturbs me to think that an individual can do harm to another individual, leave them on the side of the road to die and not provide any assistance at all and go through the ex tents they did to cover this up. the victim lost his leg below the right knee and is still recovering from his injuries. mc ray and wind heim mr. are facing numerous charge. >> new developments in the

deadly southwest philadelphia fire. the families of the four children who died are, of cour course, still reeling from those deaths. but now are asking what could have started it and who if anyone will be held responsible for the fire that broke out in the middle of the night? fox 29's dave schratwieser is live at the scene, and dave, emotions are still running very high. >> reporter: no doubt about that, lucy. fire investigators more than half a dozen investigators and detectives worked this scene today for more than three hours out here at the fire scene. they were focusing on the front porch in the middle of the block where they believe this fire started but still no cause at this hour. victims families meanwhile continue to grieve. >> nothing. i walk away with nothing report roar patrick left city hall meeting wednesday morning frustrated and in tears still searching for answers in the death of his two young sons and two other children in saturday's three alarm inferno on gesner street. >> i want to know who, why,

when. >> four year old patrick and three week old taj perish in the fire that swept through nine homes in a matter of minutes. four year old twins marie and marry ella bowa also lost their lives. he wants to know what touched off the deadly blaze. >> i want to know if it's a murder. if it's an incident. owe want to know if somebody did it intentionally. >> why they did that. >> his sift and niece are still hospitalized with serious injuries from the fire. she, too, wants investigators to find out what caused the fire and if anyone should be held responsible. >> i want to know who started the fire. people are sleeping 2:00 o'clock in the night and the house just caught on fire. >> reporter: meanwhile emotions were still running high in the neighborhood. fox 29 was there as detectives and fire investigators returned to the scene. they're still trying to pinpoint

the cause. they went door to door speaking with neighbors as they look into reports that fireworks may have ignite add couch on the front porch where the blaze began. >> the fireworks stopped, then i heard popping and cracking sou sound. i look out my window and i seen the couch on fire across the street. >> the city still don't have nobody in custody because they're doing an investigation. who is investigate hook? >> reporter: now, investigators are looking into a report that a bottle rocket may have landed on a couch on the front porch and touch off this blaze. they have still not confirmed that at this hour. we'll have the latest on the investigation coming up at 6:00. by the way the folks collecting donations here for the victims families say they have plenty of clothing at this point. they need water, other drinkable items and not perishable foods brought here. but they have plenty of clothing at this point. iain? >> dave, thank you. speaking of donation if's you'd like to donate to victims affected by this tragic fire just head to our website myfoxphilly.com and click the scene on tv link. >> kicking the smoking habit can be frustrating but researchers

may have a new treatment plan for you. >> we've got the 2ps that could help you become smoke free. customers at one local liquor store got quite a surprise when a deer crashes through the front within do. fyi the deer is all right. that force add guy to make a very hard choice. >> it's a homecoming these two soldiers will never forget. they happened to be brothers and this reunion is long overdue. what makes it so special the touching stories straight ahead. >> and tick season is in full swing. more and more cases of lyme disease. what to do to protect yourself and your family coming up. >> howard. >> many people think the philadelphia media is tough on our players and teams. nothing like the media and what they're doing to the brazilian soccer team. wait until you see this coming up in sports. >> and we are staying on top of that breaking news we brought you at the top of the newscast in delaware county. skyfox is live over this house fire which is on the 200 block of wyndham lane and you can see

there's smoke there, fire crews are putting water. we'll stay on top of it and

>> new castle man busted for shoplifting. that's at all. a surveillance camera caught michael penn stealing from a verizon store in late june then again on sunday. officers say when they finally tracked him down, he was carrying two of his children eight month old an five year old and they say he was stuffing something down this baby's pan pants. that something they say was 15

baggies of heroin in his child's diaper. he posted bail. his children are now with their grandmother. >> he will em bam battled state representative jp miranda made it in front of a judge this morning one day after a bench warrant was issued when he failed to show up in court. miranda faces corruption charges and he was supposed to be -- appear before a judge yesterday to show he had has a lawyer representing him. well his attorney says the scheduling problem that him running late. miranda was the focus of a fox 29 investigation which revealed he had a no show worker on his staff. prosecutors accuse him of using that position to funnel state money to his sister who is also facing charges. his trial is slated for january. >> one of jerry sandusky' as topped sons is talking to oprah winfrey about how his father allegedly sexually abused him. the oprah winfrey network says the interview will air tomorrow night. the network says matt sandusky talks about grooming and

manipulation by injury sun from the age of eight. matt sandusky' allegations were not part of the criminal case that ended two years ago. a jury convicted jerry sandusky on 45 counts of abuse. he is now serving a 30 to 60 year sentence. >> e-z pass users look out new exam is targeting you. the port authority of new jersey says check your e-mail if you received anything stating you did not make app e-z pass payment just delete it immedia immediately. invoice is attached to the e-mail asking for all kinds of private information. that is what the scammers are after. the port authority says it never sends invoices via e-mail. have you pulled a tick off your kid or pet yet? lyme disease is once again exploding in our area. there are more lyme disease cases in pennsylvania than anywhere else in the country and new jersey is third. fox 29's karen hepp with the latest on this growing epidemic. >> your kids at camly or having picnic. you know the tick dangers walking in the tall grass, hiking in the woods, but the

lyme disease epidemic is growing so rapidly here, pennsylvania is now number one for the most cases in the whole country. and new jersey is right behind it at number three. so you really don't have to do too much at all in order to get lyme disease. >> i have an aunt that hit once. she is not an outdoors person. she goes from her house to her car in medford, new jersey, and she's the one that got it. >> reporter: it's so bad pennsylvania just create add task force last month to combat the problem. you know deer ticks are tiny and very hard to see. you know to look for bulls eye you may or may not get even the most seasoned professionals can be surprised by it. >> so this is my boy and he had just gotten a bath. >> reporter: own dr. mike cirigliano just found a lime rash on his own son. >> low and behold he gets a bath this past weekend and my wife says, oh, he's got a rash. i think he might have eczema. i took a picture and you know what this is, that is the rash

of lyme disease. >> that started an antibiotic right away. experts say it's critical to treat quickly before there are bigger problems. joe fisher knows the danger ands and take precautions like most of us some of the time. >> we use a deet spray and follow the other guidelines of light clothing they wear their socks up. again that's camping. not really out on the play ground. >> we have woods and wooded area in our backyard. so it's kind of a concern. we always use insect repellant but when we come out i tend to be little lacked. >> at the playground most kids don't wear long pants and sleeves it's not realistic on 90 some degree days but dr. mike says, insectary little pant clothes can help and nightly checks are a must. >> what i plan on doing is if they're out in a wooded area, they're going to get bath that night. >> karen hepp, fox 29 news. karen reports the most affected groups are boys five to nine and men ages 45 to 55. >> which makes sense those are

people out in the woods most of the time. the cdc says the tick has to be attached for 24 to 36 hours to transmit that disease so a good soaking is a great idea and man did we get soaking yesterday. back to your weather authority now. look at this damage from the storm that is rolled through our area last night smashing cars, pulling up trees from their roots in mt. airy. it's going to be very hard for lot of folks to clean all this up before more storms hit our area tonight. is it going to be severe? chief meteorologist scott williams with with the answer. that's right, lucy. a lot of folks in their backyards cleaning up picking up that debris they should keep an eye on the sky because we have that threat for more strong and severe thunderstorms but i don't anticipate anything like we what we saw last night. last night we saw a nasty squall line and organized line of showers and storms producing all of that wind damage. this afternoon and evening, it's scattered about. so most of you will stay warm and humid. a few of you will see some of those showers and thunderstorms developing.

this activity has weakened now moving out of maryland entering into sections of new castle county. arriving toward the middletown area by a little after 5:30. as we zoom a little farther to the north, the pocono mountains right now, the lehigh valley, this particular cell around the poke area wind gap has become severe. severe thunderstorm warning there for the lehigh valley and southern sections of carbon and monroe until 6:00 o'clock. the threat is there for some damaging winds as well as some small hail. the counties highlighted in yellow pretty much the entire area until 10:00 o'clock tonight. we have that threat for some scattered gusty showers and storms. so you can see by 6:00 o'clock not everyone seeing the activi activity. it's going to be spotty and sporadic across the area. by 9:00 o'clock, we could see some activity along the i-95 corridor. continuing through about the midnight time frame as well. coming up, we'll have the timing of when the humidity decreases as well as the high temperatures with that seven day forecast. iain and lucy? >> all right, talk to you then,

scott. are you planning to go shopping perhaps this weekend? because still ahead, we have the best time to hit up your favorite stores to get the best deals. >> and does this sound familiar? >> zzzz. >> all right. do you hear this sound in your bedroom? snoring is not only irritating, it can be deadly. coming up we follow a fox 29 employee as he gets a risky procedure to find relief. ♪

♪ >> justin beiber now charged with vandalism. the misdemeanor stems from the egg throwing incident in california last january that damaged a neighbor's home. his neighbors say they video taped beiber throwing the eggs. this is not the pop star' first run in with the law. he currently face toss other cases in florida and tour reason tow. >> former new orleans mayor ray nagin will spend the next decade behind bars. federal judge sentenced homes 10 years in prison for his conviction on corruption charges. a jury found nagin guilty of taking kickbacks from contractors looking for city work or looking for a support on projecprojects prosecutors say s crimes spanned his two terms of mayor including the years after hurricane katrina overseas tensions continue to escalate in the middle east israeli troops are preparing for a possible

ground mission in gaza. thousands of troops are on the border in response to continue missile launches by militants in the region. and we have new video of air strikes now happening israeli defense forces are targeting a weapon storage facility what you're watching unfold is the heaviest fighting between israel and hamas since november of 2012. today a* california teenager cued of killing his stepfather over being disciplined forge forgetting bad grades. lease report shows patrick ryan admitted to shooting derek lee mitchell on june 25th. the teen told police that he got the gun from mitchell's dresser. he's pleaded not guilty is being held without bail in juvenile hall. >> who in houston texas look at this. a van in a river. people on top. what happened? it slammed into a guardrail. then careened into the water. of one did make it out and waited on the roof for rescuers. no serious injuries and no reason why as of yet the crash happened in the first place. well we all like to save

some money and get a great deal when we go shopping. >> absolutely. coming up, we have the exact days stores mark down their merchandise so you can cash in and still get great deal on all the stuff you like. and it's a homecoming these two soldiers will never forget. they happen to be brothers and this reunion it's long overdue. what makes it so special? we have their amazing story straight ahead. >> and snoring can make your life and your partner's miserable. we follow a fox 29 employee on a risky journ

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♪ >> here's live look at ultimate doppler radar most of our area under severe thunderstorm watch. sixty two scott williams has more on the timing and your full weather authority forecast coming up in justify minutes yesterday's wild weather being blamed on four items in new york state. meteorologists say a tornado hit smithfield madison county. four people including a four month old baby were killed when a house collapsed. the national weather service is in the area today assessing the damage. >> we are following breaking news. skyfox flying over a two alarm fire in delaware county. this is on the 200 block of wyndham lane in wayne. it started just about 4:30 or so and you can still see those flames shooting through the roof. and now here's look live at the scene right now. one person was transpor transpoo crozer chester burn center. no word on how this all started.

firefighter had the big big ordeal on their hands. they had winds gusting out of the southwest at 25 miles an hour. we are going to stay on top of this and bring you details as they come in. >> crucial funding for the philadelphia school district could go up in smoke. the pennsylvania state senate passed a budget sent by the house but they amended the cigarette tax portion of the legislation. the amendment would end the tax planned to fund the city's cash strapped schools after five years. now the amendment heads back to the house for approval before going to governor corbett. the problem is the house is on summer break so they won't vote until the fall. philadelphia school superintendent william hite releasing this statement "with schools scheduled to open in less than two months, it is crucial that we secure the needed funding to support our students and schools. there's no clear timetable for house consideration on this amended bill. nor any guarantee of final passage we implore the house and senate to come to an agreement immediately on cigarette tax legislation that does not include a sunset provision.

we of course will keep you posted on this. >> getting a good night's sleep can be a challenge especially if you snore or your partner snores. that noise cannot only hurt marriages, it can ruin your health. so what do you do about it? fox 29's joyce evans follows the journey of one of our co-workers simply after a good night's sleep. ♪ >> reporter: schwartz is were way cull him here at fox 29 you can find him inside edit bay four mixing up sounds and vide videos. adding more punch to our products. these aren't the only monitors his eyes are glued to these days. at home, there's only one volume turned up full blast at night. zzzz. >> his wife record it for proof. >> zzzz. >> there's nothing i can do. i tried everything. >> he has. >> reporter: but it's gotten progressively worse over decade.

>> when i'm trying to go to sleep it just gets louder and louder and louder and more intense. zzzz. >> reporter: sending jed did he schwartz running for quiet. if she can find any. >> i feel horrible. i do. i feel absolutely horrible. you want to put the remote somewhere. >> so does she. the professor and mother of two little ones is out of her mind sleep deprived. but it's actually much worse for michael. >> i don't go into a deep sleep at night and i stop breathing during the night. >> reporter: exactly what dr. richard freed den heim found. >> this is look at your flow. >> at abington's sleep disorder center. >> all of a sudden -- >> his chest and stomach are still working. >> but now there's no flow and out of the nose. >> reporter: he got the cpac to treat mild sleep apnea quited his snoring and allow rest full sleep. >> stick your to know out. >> the uvula, adenoids and tonsils are so large there's still not enough room to breathe.

>> he snores with the machine. now i've got the machine going and i've got him snoring much what's the point? >> reporter: the point now it's affecting his health and likely to get much worse. >> like twice the risk of stroke associations with high blood pressure, diabetes. report roar even sudden death. mike agreed to a common but somewhat controversial procedure. >> he's basically going to be a rotor rooter of the mouth. >> reporter: all obstructions have to go. >> it really is a painful procedure. >> reporter: with only a 50% chance of working. >> the risk for this are bleeding, some people have said that when they drink milk it come out their nose temporarily. >> reporter: nothing has work. what makes you so sewer this will. >> sometimes you've just got to take a leap of faith. >> reporter: enter temple hospital's ear, nose and throat doctor. a top head and neck surgeon. >> not everyone is a candidate. >> reporter: but he says michael is young and healthy at 45.

his sleep apnea not so bad. but his healing process -- >> would oy rather break an arm than go through this again, i would probably rather break an arm. >> reporter: he's stuck in the house for weeks existing on water ice, protein drinks. >> these are gatorade pops. >> reporter: liquid pain meds and lots of tv. >> one month later -- >> things are healing up quiet nicely. say ahhh. >> ahhh. >> open wide and sounding great but still healing. a tougher recovery than dr. expected. still -- >> breathing better. sleeping or snoring better. the quality of life is better. >> what about the snoring jodi. >> it's much better. >> i'm still waiting for that deep sleep and waking up refreshed. not there yet. >> reporter: the doctor says he still minor some even completely healed. but he expects to see no sleep apnea on mike's next sleep study. he's lost almost 20 pounds. mike says the more the better.

>> i think the benefits far out weigh any recovery time and pain and stuff that i went through. i think it will make our house a lot happier. >> reporter: joyce evans, fox 29 news. >> mike schwartz is about to take another sleep apnea test and meanwhile he says he is getting better every day, iain. that's the nice thing. most insurance companies will pay for the procedure he underwent and others but typically not until all less invasive things have failed. i wish him luck. >> yeah. kicking the smoking habit can be frustrating but researchers may have a new treatment plan for you. >> the 2p' that is could help you become smoke free. and get this. a pizza party on a plane? yeah. who treated these passengers to some pies while they were sitting on the tarmac waiting and waiting and waiting. >> and a mother carrying twins receives some devastating news. one of her babies desperately needed surgery before birth or he would die. how doctors at chop stepped in to save her baby's life. the remarkable story coming up

at 6:00. scott? >> iain, after yesterday's damaging storms expect another pote

♪ >> two brothers separate separas children are now reunited after serving in the military overseas. louis and raul were only toddlers when they are parents separate the each taking one child. years later they both became solely injuries serving in iraq for the same time. for the first time in 37 years they are reunited at their homecoming. they say their connection formed right away. >> kind of like looking at a twin. but just little shorter. (laughter). >> but -- >> i knew that was coming. >> you know short jokes are going to come. >> but we're blood brother brotd brother in arms and brothers in uniform. >> now that they're home they've got a lot of catching up to do. >> rivetting each other like regular brotherings, right. >> form mr. congresswoman and all time inspiration gabbie giffords is seeing the sights in philly. here's photo that shared on

twitter showing her visiting eastern state penetentiary and she tweeted, fun to visit eastern state. our nation's most historic prison even got to see al capone's old cell. gifford represented arizona in congress for several years before a gunman shot him at a public appearance in tucson in 2011. in your health news a recent study suggests combining nicotine patch with pill may give you a better chan at quitting. researchers say the 446 participants 55% using the pill and patch were smoke free after 12 weeks. compared to the 41% who only used the pill. after 24 weeks, 49% of pill and patch users were still smoke free compared to only 33% using just the pill. researchers say those who combined the patch and pill were also most likely to smoke free after six months. >> all right. you planning a shopping trip? >> i'm always planning a shopping trip. we get the best time to hit up your favorite stores so you can get the best deals. >> usually grocery stores. nothing great.

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>> a deer makes a run through a liquor store causing a man to drop his beer and run.

it was an average day at the liquor store in massachusetts until the dover came charging through the window right there. you can see some customers standing still. they're in shock. they don't know were to do. one guy decides to make run for it dropping his beer and taking off for the door. left inside the workers an few customers who tried to guide the deer back outside. >> i heard a horrendous crash and i just ran the other way because i thought a cop was coming through the building. >> back and forthcoming to here, back and forth to this corner and hitting the door. >> surprisingly no bottles were broken. workers say that she was running around for five minutes before they were able to get her out. >> quite an adventure for passengers on a frontier airlines flight from washington, d.c. to denver. they're delayed off the bat ended up circling over shea yen hoping for the weather to clear in denver low fuel levels forced them to land as they waited on the tarmac the pilot made quite an announcement saying frontier airlines is known as one of the cheapest airline in the nation,

but your pilot is not cheap. he got everybody pizza. and after they got it, they took off a little behind schedule but with full stomachs much that's a good ink that. your money now. who doesn't want to save cash when you go shopping? you can get the best shrek at the lowest prices by anticipating a merchandise mark down before it happens. how do you do that? fox's steve noviello has the sale schedule to know before you go shopping. ♪ >> reporter: digging for deals and combing through clearance -- >> you have to do a lot of digging. >> reporter: you probably think you're a pretty smart shopper. >> i do shop for bargain. >> reporter: we've got an and cidar secret that can make you an even better bargain hunter. >> i was amazed how hope they were with this information. >> reporter: kyle james is the dude with the deals at rather be shopping.com. >> you know the day you can go in, you know, at the right time and make sure you're getting a lower price. >> reporter: that's right. the best time to shop is when the prices are low but the inventory is high. knowing on which days merchandise is marked down gives

you the inside edge on the best selection. ♪ >> reporter:. >> anthropology they start their mark downs on monday and they finish by tuesday making tuesday a great day to shop there. >> reporter: that's when you'll find the best selection of sizes and fresh additions to the sale rack. at babies r us there's just one word you need to remember when you're searching for savings. >> thursdays. always remember to shop on thursdays. >> reporter: that's because employees generally finish mark downs on thursday mornings. making that day ripe for racks of stuff on sale. plus, for even deeper discounts, stack coupons to make your savings more sizeable. the same is true for mark downs at kohl's. >> they do saturdays. second and fourth saturday of the month. >> reporter: but they're happy to accept your coupon any day even on marked down merchandise. kyle says you can do it at joanne's where the best day to shop mark downs is sunday. but calendars aside one of the

most important things you can do is ask an employee for the inside scoop. >> if you're a big gap shopper go in and ask. mark downs this monday or the following monday? >> reporter: stores are said to slash prices alternating mondays. sure to ask when the cycle at your local store starts. old navy takes on the task tuesdays after hours making wednesdays the best day for the best selection. it's the same day you'll want to hit up the sale rack at ross. >> apparel, shoes, home dee core, luggage. >> reporter: and speaking of specific categories, take a look at mark downs at target. where each department has its own day. monday electronics. tuesday women's clothes. wednesday is men's. luggage on thursday and car care on fridays. plus, take look at that tiny number on the clearance tag. that's the percentage off the original price. >> use this information to your advantage to get the best deal you can. >> reporter: it will let you know just how major -- >> i'm a bargain hunter in

training. >> reporter: the mark down. >> wait a second. mondays -- thursdays kohl's. second and fourth saturday. i think he needs a book because i couldn't -- i lost track. >> all right. let's go to scott williams to try to figure out what the weather is scott. >> i've always her it's good to buy a car during severe weather days or bad weather. >> today is the day then. yeah it is. we're looking at pop-up showers and storms across our area. later on this afternoon and evening, we have the ingredients look at the temperatures right now. in the upper 80s right now. humidity at 45%. winds out of the southwest at 15 miles per hour. so warm, breezy, yes, we have another severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 o'clock pretty much the entire area except cape may county and sussex county in sections of delaware. the threat will be for some gusty winds. the potential is also there for a little bit of hail. as we look at ultimate doppler root now, you can see we are looking at some spotty activity.

nothing like last night. we'll zoom in closer. you can see toward northern sections of lancaster county also moving around the spring area in berk county the activity we were watching earlier in sections of maryland has really weakened rapidly moving into northern sections of new castle county. however, as we move toward the lee his valley and the poke neck mountains severe thunderstorm warnings there until 6:45. you can see around the whitehall area, more bethlehem moving toward nazareth lower mount bethel be on the look out for some gusty winds and also some small hail with this activity. that's moving on off to the north and east at about 30 miles per hour. so gusty winds. the potential for hail as well as some lightning within this box you can see highlighted in red we're looking at about close to 500 lightning strikes. most of the action has been confined south of the nation's capitol this afternoon as well as evening. so what you need to know right now it's warm and humid those scattered showers and storm are kind of bubbling up with the heat of the day.

for tonight, a few strong severe thunderstorms. but not a repeat of last night. and then moving ahead to your thursday, the storm chances fade. not as humid. so much improved as we move toward the latter part of the week. satellite and radar showing the clouds, showers and storms bubbling up across the area as we time everything out. you can see it's going to be hit or miss across the area by 9:00 o'clock along i-95 watching a little bit of that coverage as we move toward midnight and as we move into tomorrow morning there could be some lingering activity in south jersey and delaware. but much of the day tomorrow just a mixture of sun and clouds and also that threat for some spotty showers. we were close to minute degrees today. the high temperature made it up to 89. 2 degrees above average for this time of year. temperature wise, 86 in atlantic city. we're rain cooled right now 73 in reading. 77 degrees in the pocono mountains. and we talk about that dew point this time of year above 60 degrees it starts to feel

sticky outdoors. upper 60s, low 70s for tonight. moving ahead to tomorrow, 87 degrees. sun and clouds. there could be an isolated shower around. as we look at that weather short seven day forecast, mid 80s to close out your friday. giving that a 10 forecast by the numbers. saturday sun and clouds, 86 degrees for the high temperature and then sunday right now warm, there could be a pop-up shower or storm during the afternoon but better chances monday and tuesday of next week. but folks still really kind of cleaning up outdoors after all of those storms. >> all right. >> we haven't talked about lebron james for two minutes or so. so i think it's time for more news on him. >> you're not watching espn. >> they have a man crush on him. (laughter). >> all right. it's now time for the obligatory news about as lebron james turns. now, if you watch espn you would think there's nothing, not anything else going on in sports. still no word on where he will sign. but he loves the attention he's

getting. so one report has him going back to miami but the hot report now he's going to cleveland. the nba stories are about salary cap space and the cavs made a straight to open up some money. today lebron was in vegas. lebron coming into the back door at the kids basketball camp. there's run report what he had for lunch, style no report on his dinner reservations but we'll have that for you at sick. enough already. just sign somewhere. >> all right. world cup semi final was a surprise yesterday. not what germany winning the game but the way they won against brazil. fans think the media is tough here but the brazilian media, ooh, brazils got crushed. let's go to brazil. all right. they scored -- this was bad enough. four goals in six minutes. 22nd minute it was two-nil. in the 23rd minute it was three-nil. in the 25t 25th minute -- all in the first half, it became four-nil. all right. in the 29th minute, it became

five-nil. and brazil lost, germany wins it seven-one. hey, the newspapers destroyed that team with the loss. here's one in the translation. mourning as in mourning a death. shame, shame humiliation blackout much here another. shame with a pun on hex is a that's the word for brazil winning its six world cup which didn't happen. here's real beauty from the brazilian media remember it's sports gang it's only a game, but here's another. here lies the dream of the six championship in present 14. dead. an embarrassment. >> phillies play the brewers again tonight. they have won the first two games of that four-game series and they scored as many runs last night which was nine as they did in the previous four games. now one hottest teams in baseball no longer. let's go to detroit. that was the dodgers. you see puig an exciting player to watch. here he gets a triple. this guy is incredible to watch.

most people, most players would just take the double and stay there. uh-uh. he gets the triple but he didn't score against matt, and cher sorry who won his 11th game against zach again key who's going for his 12th within a league leader single right here make it three to nothing detro detroit. he win. detroit wins four-one. but baseball and it's supposed to be fun for the amateur level and the big league level, it's nice to see players have fun haven't mutual respect for one another. back to detroit. all right. this is tori hunter. terrific guy. you see puig. this guy has got an arm. he does everything. tori hunter is -- now the umpire says he's out but there's a replay and tori hunter says hold on for a second. puig says no, no, no, no. you're out. he says, just back off. and the umpires ruled that tori hunter was safe but they still love each other and i love it when guys have respect for one another because you don't see it enough in professional sports. hey, it is a game.

it is a game. >> glad i'm not in brazil. >> howard thanks. another half hour full of news straight ahead. coming up a all new at 6:00 your weather tracking possible storms. most of the region under a severe thunderstorm watch. what you can expect straight ahead. >> and we're following breaking news in delaware county. a mansion burning in wayne. we know one person is hurt. we are live on the scene. seven news at 6:00 starts rig

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>> breaking news right now. two alarm fire at a mainline mansion. this story has been unfolding for the past hour. the huge fire burned through just beautiful home that looked like a castle. and we now know that at least one person is hurt. i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page let's get right out to drew dickman life in wayne tonight for us. drew? >> reporter: iain and lucy it look like they had this fire under control but just few moments ago some flames popped out of the side wink where they have the water focused on right now. it looks like they have gotten those flames under control. also, an area a little bit more towards the center of the house where you can see a lot more smoke coming out is continuing to smoulder. witnesses and neighbors have described that as at garage area of this mansion. they say that the owner was working on his car when his car went into flames. it caught the rest of the house and fire. you mentioned the one injury. they say they saw him walk into an ambulance, he had minor injuries, a burn to his face.