karen: today on "cityline," how popular media has shaped images of ladies of color. and michelle obama's role in reshaping the image of black women. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] karen:oo welcome to "cityline." later in the program we will look at media images of african-americans dating back 100 years, leaving lasting impressions that shape the sum of today's attitudes towards the black community could michelle obama wowed the opening night of the democratic national convention with a speech that earned praise and admiration from all. michelle obama: don't let anyone , that somehow we need to make it great again, because this right now is the greatest country on earth. karen: her close to 70% approval rating is totally opposite from her first appearance on the national stage eight years ago, when some characterized -- some media characterized her as an angry black woman. joining us is joyce ferriabough-bolling of the congress, and the first african-american president of the

karen taylor on the show. she is an activist with the initiative for blacks in germany. she says, "more black people will be killed, as long as racism is rooted structurally and institutionally in our society, and that applies to the united states as well as to germany." karen taylor, what is your reaction when you see a video like the ones that showed the killings last week, and are you convinced that in fact, we are seeing an increasing frequency of such incidents? karen: definitely, definitely. my first reaction was anger, and of course, sadness, because people died. but i'm not surprised. i'm not surprised by this development, because we have seen structural denying and the structural negotiation of racism in the united states, but not only in the united states. as well as in germany, as i just pointed out. i think as long as this structural problem isn't tackled,d, we will see more e pe die. melinda: erik kirschbaum, a similar question to you. would you say that there are more such incidents now, than in the past? racial violence in the u.s. is of course, by no means of recent orig

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they both saying to convince you to vote? karen tumulty: that really does sound like a recipe for a slugfest. hillary. can the congressional insider help her up her game? plus, first it was a cold war. now it could be a cyber war. will a hack attack put russia in charge of our election? fernando: an international watergate on steroids. hillary clinton can now get down to business as the democratic presidential nominee. hillary clinton: join us! fernando: the party has unified be. bernie sande po stand with her. fernando: but she has her work cut out for her. clinton's high negative marks, the 'appearance' of a rigged system with the release of e-mails hacked from d.n.c. servers, and falling poll numbers have many asking the question: can she win against a candidate waging an unconventional mp joining me now from philadelphia is congresswoman linda sanchez, she is chair of the congressional hispanic caucus, and a supporter of hillary clinton. madam chair, welcome to the program. linda sanchez: thank you for having me, fernando. fernando: thank you. let me ask you, do you think clinto

19th. feeling better out there. karen is in for david and also we have matt pelman. >> we'll give you a little bit of a break how about that in the heat and the humidity and it is not going to last. satellite6 and action radar showing the strong storms from yesterday are pushing well to the east. we still see he sea a little bit of a shower out to the west out there that will miss us as it dives down to the south. let's look at the current conditions. it's 73 degrees, still a fair amount of clouds as that front pushes off but we'll sea bright sunshine the rest of the day. feels comfortable in allentown, 64, nice. 68 in reading. 73 in trenton, millville and dover. still sticky along the shore. cape may 73. 74 in atlantic city currently. the humidity drops way down from late this morning on it's going to feel nice and comfortable out there. the dewpoints will be less than 60 degrees in a few hours. you'll notice the difference in the humidity today. right and sunny today after a few morning clouds,. at 7:00 a.m., 76. very warm though. by 10:00 a.m. up to 80. by noon, 85. you can go outs

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. its it's 6 o'clock on this wednesday july 20. we're following several breaking stories. >> police on the lookout for a couple of masked men accused of gunning down a man at point blank range. we're live with the latest. >> the trump takeover. the republican party is now official. hear what delegates think about the land mark moment. >> a sunny and pleasant day is on tap. one more nice day before tremendous heat and humidity set in. >> matt pelman is here with traffic. karen rogers outside in for dave murphy. get your exercises in today, karen. >> it's such a great day to do it. it feels fabulous out here. the humidity is way down. the sun is coming up and we're going to see bright sunshine. the one fly in the ointment storm tracker6 live double scan showing we had just a small cluster of storms but they tore through delaware and parts of south jersey. now making it off the coastline in atlantic city. these storms brought 65 miles an hour winds and in some areas hail so very heavy downpours. we can see how it ki

talk about a hot one from accuweather and speaking of relief on the rails, karen will have more about that. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, it's a warm and humid start we are heading to an uncomfortable after. satellite shows you cloud cover working its way in. we'll have sunshine early not that you will enjoy it, because it will be hazy and hot. there's a chance of thunderstorms coming in the from the west and the northern and western suburbs we have the chance of strong storms. 77 degrees on the way out the door. dry and muggy. 67 in allentown. 75 in wilmington. 72 in trenton, mid 70s from millville to the shore. dewpoints this morning are worse, the farther south you go, oppressive humidity from philadelphia to the shore. not so bad in allentown and reading. as you go out for the morning run, hydrate before and after. 78 degrees by 7:00 a.m. mucky as you saw in the southern half of region. 87 by 10:00 a.m. in philadelphia by noon we'll be shooting into the low 90s. 95 is the high at 3:00 p.m. it will probably briefly feel like close to 100 in urban centers in the i-95 c

, david murphy and karen rogers much good morning, guys. >> warm and muggy once again this morning and this morning unlike yesterday we actually have one corner of the neighborhood that is looking at some showers and i'll go in tighter on these. you can see that this is pushing out of delaware over into south jersey salem county, the southern western portion anyway and the northeastern corner of cumberland county picking up some of this. looks like these are falling apart a little bit but it's possible you get a 10 minute real heavy downpour and that's because of the warm and muggy air's a nas place and the factor we have a frontal boundary that will be interacting with that warm unstable air as we go through the day. satellite and radar shows you not a whole lot of cloud cover out to the west. we're going for a sun and clouds mix today and eventually we'll be looking at additional showers and thunderstorms popping up ahead of an approaching frontal boundary. 71 degrees current in philadelphia. 73 in allentown. all these numbers for the most part a little bit milder than yesterday

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 5:00 a.m. on this wednesday july 27th i'm tamala edwards along with gray hall and it was a historic night at the democratic national convention. >> i may become the first woman president but one of you is next. thank you all. >> hillary clinton is now the first woman ever nominated by a major political party. our very own matt o'donnell heads our live team coverage from the wells fargo center in south philadelphia. we'll have more on what's happening today. >> also former president bill clinton gets a taste of the philadelphia night life. details on what was the hottest ticket in town. >>> but first up let's head on over to dave murphy to tell you what to expect on this wednesday and karen rogers is keeping an eye on keeping your commute smooth. good morning. >> well, our heat wave went to day five yesterday. it looks like it will hit day six today. we have a little bit of action on radar, it's just light spotty shower activity coming through the areas south of wilmington. wilmington may be getting a c

accuweather and karen rogers has the late of the in traffic. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. it's another decent day but a little bit more humid. you'll feel that as you roll through the morning and afternoon. satellite shows you a sweep of clouds trying to come down from the north but i think they're thin enough where we're going get some sunshine through those clouds for the most part. we're at 68 degrees right now in philadelphia, 63 in allentown, 64 in millville, 64 in dover, still holding onto 71 degrees in cape may. i still think there's a chance you go down to the 60's before you turn it around. excuse me. dewpoints are in the 60's. yesterday we were in the 50's across the region with those dewpoints which meant it wasn't really that humid. anything over 60 is the other way around and obviously a lot of us are seeing that right now. it's going to be warm this afternoon. 86 degrees. your high today will be 88 degrees. excuse me. i got something in my throat there. and that's going to be at about 4 o'clock this afternoon and a little more humid than it was yesterday. gets eve

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning it's 6 o'clock on this tuesday july 19th. here's what's happening. >> a plan is behind bars accused of drilling a chester county police officer with a rock. we're live with the details. >> a pennsylvania prison is currently on lockdown where a corrections officer and an inmate were found dead. >> melania trump's speech is getting a lot of attention from last night but not for all the right reasons. this morning why some people are saying they thought they heard an echo. >> matt pelman is here with traffic. karen rogers filling in for dave murphy. karen it feels a little better out there, doesn't it. >> it does. temperatures are down. it's kind of sticky for your early morning, if you're taking a jog you're feeling the humidity. that's going to change very quicking. satellite6 and action radar slowing the storms from yesterday off the coast. the front is limping off the coast so we're stuck with a lot of early morning clouds but they continue to push through the east and we'll sea bright sunshine filling the day tod

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning everyone its 5 o'clock on this wednesday july 20th and we're following several breaking stories. >> police are on the lookout for a couple of masked men accused of gunning down a man at point blank range. we're live with the latest. >> the trump takeover of the republican party is now official. hear what delegates think about the landmark moment. >> a sunny and pleasant day on tap but accuweather is tracking another round of dangerous heat and humidity coming our way. >> a few storms right now. let's turn to meteorologist karen rogers in for david and matt pelman. >> storm tracker6 live double scan so you can see exactly what's happening. we had a small cluster of storms that only impacting is portion of our area but significantly impacting it so let's go closer with storm tracker6 live double scan. with double scan we can show you exactly what's happening. we have seen 40 miles an hour winds with some of these storms and a quarter inch hail is possible. right now it's not producing lightning at the moment but earl

that let's get rider to meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers. good morning, guys. >> well, we won't have people sweating quite as much today nor running around dodging storms but it's still going to be a hot one. we're looking at the departure of those storms overnight. looks like we'll get sunshine early and maybe high clouds filtering in as the day goes on. temperatures are still warm this morning. 75 in philadelphia, 75 down in cape may, 73 in wilmington, 72 in trenton and in the upper 60's in allentown and out toward reading. the dewpoints this morning are still rather high across about half the region. 71 is the current dewpoint reading in philadelphia. anything over 70 is considered oppressive humidity but notice how it's getting a lot better up in allentown. mid 60's here and that's because the winds are coming down out of the northwest today gradually drawing that drier air in all the way down to philadelphia and beyond and we do expect that humidity to drop as we go through the morning and into the afternoon. taking a look at where temperatures are going it's still go

edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning it's 5:00 a.m. on this wednesday july 13th. matt o'donnell is off. nydia han is joining us. here's what's happening. >> temple's president is out after a board of trustees meeting. details on why. >> a final farewell one day after a somber and emotional memorial, the city of dallas will begin the task of laying five police officers to rest. >> a dinosaur exhibit vandalized. now the search is on for those responsible. >> but first up let's head over to dave murphy. he's talking about a steamy maybe stormy kind of day and karen rogers has the latest on your traffic including mass transit. good morning. >> humidity levels are higher this morning than they were yesterday and we also have a little cluster of heavy rain showers pushing toward the east. not seeing any lightning from this just yet but salem just about ready to get this and alloway about 19 minutes past 5 o'clock. takes about a half hour for it to go the lengths of that arrow so still a ways away from route 55 in case that's one of the areas you lik

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's tuesday july 12th. matt o'donnell is off, nydia han is joining us. >> here's what we're following for you. police are called to the roof of a center city hotel and they say two people were there with smoke bombs. >> dallas police salute their fallen officers and president obama and former president bush will travel there today to both pay their respects. >> and hillary clinton gets a big endorsement today. donald trump continues his suspense. >> first up let's see what we can expect from accuweather. dave murphy has that. karen rogers is back. she's got traffic. >> i missed you guys. >> we missed you too, karen. in a moment we'll hear you talking about wopped full traffic issues which have been going on while you were away. sunshine early but there are some high clouds -- there is some high cloud cover pushing down from the north and today is going to be a fairly sunny day with occasional patchy clouds coming through. the temperatures are on the cool side in most neighborhood right now. 64 in allentown, 65 i

. meteorologist karen thomas is here with more on this excessive heat and, karen, is there any chance we could see more of these storms popping up? >> yes, denise. we have to take the storm seriously for sure. we just dropped our severe thunderstorm warning for philadelphia county, but heavy rain cells are still moving through the city of philadelphia. meanwhile, severe storm warnings are up for parts of burlington county, camden county, parts of atlantic county as well as gloucester county. we can see radar right now, we also have a severe thunderstorm warning box here in delaware for parts of kent county as well as parts of southern newcastle county. some of the storms are severe, and by that we mean could create some lightning, hail, even 60-mile-per-hour winds and some heavy rains. we're seeing here in new jersey there are plenty of lightning strikes just passing over heading to the southeast, just passing over 206 headed for the shore area of atlantic county and parts of southern ship bottom, so if you are at the shore in parts of atlantic county headed down to cape may county, you

days and i think we are in for some more. karen thomas is here with our neighborhood weather forecast, a detailed focus focused on where you live. >> that's right. it really has been hot and steamy the last couple of days, an official heat wave for sure. waking up this early saturday morning you might think cool and a little cloudy out there with some spritzers but it's feel quite warm, 72 degrees in philadelphia, mid 70s in wilmington and 70 degrees in dover. we did have an official heat wave as we started with temperatures in the 90s midweek, rolled right on through to yesterday and we are looking for temperatures at about 91 degrees in the city again today. we will watch out for the afternoon possibility of some thunderstorms rolling through the area. doppler radar showing right now that we did have a large area of rain move off the atlantic county/atlantic city coastline. right now we just have a lot of humidity out there, a lot of moisture in the area. so some spritzers may be falling where you are at this hour. we're dry right now to the north as well to the west, but w

up a winner for anything outside today. let's get you over to karen rogers in for chris sowers with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. we're looking good. >> reporter: i was look at the shot, the people on the boardwalk. they are enjoying it already. let's look at penns landing, a lot of folks will be out and about today for all the festivities that are going on for the birthday bash for america. temperatures in the low 70s and feeling good. you can look at the wind speeds 15 miles per hour. the wind out of the northwest, so yes it is breezy, what a change for the wind. yesterday it was a southwesterly flow that brought in oppressive humidity. it was a switch, refreshing breeze. current temperature in the # city, 71. 70 in trenton. 73 in millville. 74 currently in cape may. let's take a look at the dewpoints. they went from the upper 70s when it was so oppressively humid plummeted to down to below 60. not only today, tomorrow, as well a winning factor for the weekend. we have clear conditions, we're watching clouds fill into the west. we'll see mostly sunny skies, 11:00 a

saturday. let's get started with first alert meteorologist karen thomas with your neighborhood forecast. >> hot and muggy, i like the way you go with that description, yes, hazy conditions, areas of fog this morning, but heat and humidity will be continuing today. scattered showers and the possibility of some thunderstorms later today. temperatures right now on the warm side, 72 degrees in atlantic city, we have 73 in vineland, 73 in philadelphia. and close to the mid 70s here in wilmington, 75 in dover. and we do have that humidity out there, dew points are kind of high. we do have a lot of moisture in the area, you know, even if you're not having rain in your neighborhood, it's feeling quite steamy out there. as i mentioned areas of fog developing just simply because we have so much moisture in the atmosphere. we're watching a cold front building out here to the west, we're seeing the energy out front of that expected to move through west to east today and that's where we could get the potential for some scattered isolated shower activity, even some strong storms building and

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. here on this wednesday july 13th. matt o'donnell is off. nydia han is joining us. here's what's happening. >> temple's president ousted after a board of trustees meeting. details on why. >> a final farewell one day after a somber and emotional memorial the city of dallas will begin the hard task of laying five police to final rest. >> a dinosaur exhibit is vandalized. now the search is on for those responsible. >> so, let's find out more about some coming bad weather and go on over -- i should say humid weather. lotes let's go to dave murphy with that and karen rogers has her eye on your commute. good morning. >> for now the sun is blocked behind some low cloud cover by the coast so it doesn't feel that bad. storm tracker6 live double scan shows you that we're mainly dry but down south where it says wilmington in parts of cumberland and salem counties you can see a little bit of a shower that's kind of falling apart at this point as it heads towards route 55. that's the only rain we've got anywher

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning everyone, it's 5 o'clock on this tuesday july 19th and here's what's happening. >> a man is behind bars accused of drilling a chester county police officer with a rock. we're live with the details on that. >> a pennsylvania prison is currently on lockdown where a corrections officer and an inmate were found dead. >> melania trump's speech is getting a lot of attention but not for the right reasons. this morning why some say they thought they heard an echo. >> feeling better outside. details now from karen rogers filling in for david and matt pelman is here with traffic. >> it's nice to have improvement even if it's not very long lived. satellite6 and action radar slowing us the storms from yesterday well off the coast. they packed a to your full punch. we have trees town in its wake but you can see just a few clouds out there. we'll sea bright sunshine filling in today. let's take a look at the current numbers. it's 73 right now in philadelphia, a comfortable 65 in allentown. it's 67 degrees right now in reading. 73

this weekend. meteorologist karen rogers joins us outside with a look at accuweather. hi, karen. >> reporter: today is an a-plus forecast with a lot of the bs. it's bright, beautiful and breezy. the storms are long gone from yesterday. the breeze is beautiful. the dewpoints are down. yesterday we had dewpoints in the 70s it was oppressively humid. for the today we dropped into the 50s, it's nice and comfortable not just today, but tomorrow, as well. 56 in the poconos, 65 in reading, allentown, 70 currently in philadelphia. 67 in trenton. 68 this millville. 73 down in cape may. here's what to expect today. it's mostly sunny and less humid. we have a nice warm high of 84. you'll get a breeze that will feel good at times 10 to 20 miles per hour. so quite breezy. things change by the 4th of july. we'll have details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a few minutes, gray. thank you so much for the update. thousands are celebration the 4th of july holiday weekend at the jersey shore, "action news" caught up with families in ocean city, sea isle and avalon where the

latest and karen rogers is trying to get you to work wherever you are trying to to get. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows the last widespread band of rain can you think in. we've had this since late yesterday off and on through the night. most areas picked up two inches. the cluster of yellow in the state of delaware is adding a lot more. we have a concern about ponding and puddling and flooding along roads and flashing creeks and streams. do be careful out there and avoid driving or waking through flooded areas. the heavy stuff is pushing east through new castle county. there's more precipitation in the northern suburbs, as well. i'm standing in light rain right now. flood watch continues until noon. the rain will be over toward the end of morning rush hour in most cases, the runoff will give you lingering flooding problems up until lunch time. 72 in wilmington, 73 in trenton, currently, notice how the dewpoints have climbed into the 70s a lot of areas and upper 60s. otherwise that's borderline oppressive humidity across the condition. if you're getting a run in e

david murphy he has accuweather he is outside to tell us how it feels, karen rogers is watching the roads. good morning to you. >> reporter: at least we're getting closer to the end of the oppressive heat and humidity. we have the excessive heat warning in effect in the central counties until 8:00 p.m. tonight. notice how we dropped the advisory areas to the north an south. it will feel hot and humid but not as bad as yesterday. there's an air quality alert posted by environment officials on the new jersey side of river. if you're in southeastern pennsylvania and wilmington i think it's a good idea to limit your outdoor exertion if you're in a sensitive group like seniors and people with heart and lung aliments between noon and 6:00 p.m. satellite shows you sun coming up with a lack of of significant cloud cover overhead. there will be clouds digging in later on, but overall it's sun and clouds and fairly bright. 76 degrees in philadelphia. 71 in allentown. 74 in reading. 77 in wilmington and trenton. 76 in cape may. as you check out dewpoints we have numbers in the 70s throughout t

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 5 o'clock on this tuesday july 26th. nydia han joins us live in the studio. the democratic party tried to show unity on the first night of the dnc. >> i am proud to stand with her. >> with the hope of bringing the party together, hillary clinton's former opponent takes center stage. >> tamala edwards heads up live team coverage. she'll break down what happened overnight and look ahead to what's happening today. >> plus powerful storms moved through the region just as the dnc got under way. accuweather is tracking more steamy weather. >> another hot one. not as bad as yesterdayly let's turn to david and karen. >> still a day for cool drinks. not going to be as oppressive or as humid through the afternoon. this morning we've got the clearing skies that you see he there with the lack of cloud cover, the storms from last night in those watch boxes are all gone at this point and we're looking to start out bright with just high clouds filtering in as we go later into the morning and afternoon. 75 degrees currently i

20th. let's care about accuweather and some heat coming our way from karen rogers, she's in for dave murphy. matt pelman has a look at the roads. good morning. >> good morning. that's right, and today is your one day break from the heat but i want to show you storm tracker6 live double scan. because there's just one area where we have seen a cluster of storms pop up and let's go in a little tighter with this with double scan and we can see how it's dissipated within the past hour. at one point we got 65 miles an hour winds with the thunderstorm that moved through delaware and then into south jerseyly we even saw some hail with this. now it's just some showers here in mays landing atlantic city and sea isle city. but we're watching for the y thance for a shower orhe thunderstorm developing in delaware or throughout south jersey for the first half of the day. the rest of us it's just a dry and sunny day so 59 in martin's creek, feeling comfortable out there. it's 60 in pottstown, 66 in warrington, 72 degrees currently in center city. it's 64 in toms river. 74 in surf city. 67 in hammon

, right, all those adjectives apply, right? meteorologist, karen thomas. >> if you're planning your tee time looking at your round of golf this weekend tomorrow might be the better fit simply because we are looking for a cut in humidity tomorrow, high pressure moving in. today we sort of have a mixed bag of a lot of things in terms of weather elements. right now we are hazy out there, and our temperature readings mainly in the 70s with the exception of trenton reporting 69 degrees. our high temperatures today across the area upper 80s, we're looking for 90 in philadelphia and the humidity will stay with us. sun and clouds for the most part, we are cloudy just about everywhere right now, but we can't -- you know, we can't rule out the possibility of some sunshine, especially south and east, not looking for clearing skies but that sun to peek through. scattered showers in the lehigh valley, 71 degrees, as we take a closer look down here temperature wise we've got that easterly flow coming in off of the ocean but temperatures not doing too badly along the shore there, 72 in atlantic an

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's wednesday july 27th. gray hall is joining us here in the studio and matt o'donnell is live at the democratic national convention in south philadelphia. >> good morning. never before has a woman officially headed the top of a major party ticket in the united states. hillary clinton and the democratic party changed that in philadelphia. >> ♪ >> and i can't believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet. >> hear how her husband promoted her candidacyd bruised her opponent and get details on political stars on the stage tonight. >> new information from the secret service overnight. four people are under arrest for jump agate at the dnc. >> first up let's go right over to meteorologist, david murphy to talk about this continuing heat and karen rogers has your commute. good morning. >> well, it's not going to be quite as hot today but once again a day for cool drinks. we have a little shower that's popped up south of philadelphia cutting through southern lancaster county and areas of maryland just

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. on this wednesday july 27th. i'm tam here along with gray hall. it was a historic night at the democratic national conventio convention. >> i may become the first woman president but one of you is next. thank you all. >> hillary clinton is now the first woman ever nominated by a major political party. our very own matt o'donnell heads our team coverage from the wells fargo center in south philadelphia. we'll have more on what's happening today. >> and former president bill clinton he was the big speaker last night. he also got a taste of philadelphia night life. we'll give you details on what was the hottest ticket in town. >>> first up let's find out just how hot it's going to be. we sent dave murphy outside in a suit jacket and karen rogers is inside taking a look all right traffic. good morning. >> it's actually not terrible this morning and it's not going to be that bad later this afternoon although it does look like heat wave day six is on tap. first of all light shower activity in south

. >> let's find out how much more rain we'll get david murphy and karen rogers you're watching the commute, good morning. >> reporter: we have more than two inch on the ground in most neighborhoods, and we have another batch coming in from the west pushing in toward wilmington, delaware and new castle county route 1 coming in out of maryland. there's a thinner batch coming in through chester county and some popping up in delaware county. this is the problems. we want you to avoid any flooded roads. it will be over after the morning rush hour and it's spotty showers after that. ever the rain gets through. run off will continue to cause flooding issues. hopefully by noon that is done. 75 in millville. 74 in trenton and wilmington. 73 in allentown and 74 in cape may. even numbers underneath the clouds with the rain around. dewpoints up over 70 most of the way. that means oppressive humidity for most of you. that will easily back over the weekend, for this morning it's muggy and wet. for the morning workout, 72 degrees and rain, 76 disease by 10:00 a.m. noon we are mainly drying out with a spo

and lasts quite a few days after that. karen rogers has the latest from accuweather at the big board. >> reporter: that is why the national weather service posted the excessive heat watch for the entire region from saturday morning into sunday afternoon and it will likely extend until monday when the core of the brutal heat is heading your way. satellite 6 along with action radar showing nothing but sunshine out there, and certainly a pretty day as long as you like it hot. 86 in martins creek and 86 in fleet wood and 88 in coatesville and 88 in saint davids and 85 in center city and 85 in levittown, and suburbs in new jersey are looking at 85 in hammonton and 86 in cinnaminson, a couple of 88's have popped up in ewing and browns milled. 89 in smyrna, delaware. we are in the process of really heating it up. anywhere we go, pennsylvania, south jersey and delaware we look at similar numbers. humidity isn't terrible. for the most part it feels slightly humid and the lehigh valley it feels comfortable and if you head down to cape may or delaware it feels more humid there. the worst of it

get you accuweather and traffic with dave murphy and karen rogers. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. and we've got a couple of light showers that are coming through areas south of philadelphia. we're focusing mainly on wilmington delaware down through dover real spotty stuff in kent county. some of this is crossing the bay and lower delaware river into salem and cumberland counties. i'm also picking up just a quick sprinkle down in cape may. there's additional stuff out to the westly it's possible that philadelphia gets clipped by some of this later this morning but most of it looks to be down south and then later this afternoon there could be an additional shower or a thunderstorm especially in those southern areas. you can kind of see some additional stuff out to the west riding along the frontal boundary stalled to our south. fair amount of cloud cover out there this morning. it looks like through the day we'll see more sun to the north, more clouds to the south and most of our precip down south as well. 78 in philadelphia currently, 80 in wilmington where you've got o

way. accuweather is tracking more steamy weather. >> karen rogers taking a look at what's backed up from the dnc. dave murphy is outside where it's not so bad this morning. >> the storms are gone. we've got sun coming up with just high clouds around. take a look at satellite. you can see the watch boxes from last night associated with those strong storms now off the board and we also have some high cloud cover streaking in from the west but generally speaking we're expecting things to be fairly bright today. as we take a look at the temperatures, we are in the 70's right now across the region and dewpoints are still running kind of high, about 71 in philadelphia but we expect that number to drop as we go through the day as drier air comes in from the north and west. guys today's high is going to be 95 degrees but it's not going to feel as humid as we go into the afternoon so that's good and the exclusive accuweather 7-day karen in a couple of minutes we'll talk more about tomorrow also being a little more manageable and then a rise in humidity heading later into the week. all of tha

humidity is low. karen rogers joins us on the terrace with details from accuweather. >> reporter: rick and i arm wrestled to see who could go outside and naturally i won. bright sunshine and a few clouds up above. i want to show you the dew points, any time you get below 60 it's comfortable and we are in the 40s. but look at dover and cape may, we have humidity there, the front is lingering there and if you are in the extreme part of the viewing area, you say what are you talking about? satellite 6 along with action radar showing one rain storm popping up in maryland. and we could see a shower in our extreme southern viewing areas. but the rest of the area is dry. 82 in martins creek and 78 in pottstown and 83 in coatesville and chester and 84 in saint davids and center city and levittown 82, and 82 in browns mills and 82 in surf city and 81 in surf cities, and 83 in glassboro and 84 in smyrna, delaware. lets look at the day ahead. a good day to head to the playground, a good day to be outside because the next several days will begin to feel uncomfortable. lots of sun and comfort

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morni it's 4:30 on this tuesday july 19. >> we're following two breaking news stories to your. a driver in atlantic city struck and killed a pedestrian and kept on going. >> masked men break into an elderly man's philadelphia home overnight forcing him to land over cash and more. >> airport workers plan to rally today leading the fierce that a strike could disrupt travel during the democratic national convention here next week. >> dave murphy is off. let's give you accuweather from karen rogers. matt pelman has traffic. good mor >> good morning. we're starting to take a look at the storm reports because i know for a lot of people it's still time to clean up after strong storms yesterday in allentown, tree limbs down haverford township one of the hardest hit areas, trees down, upper darby several trees down, wilmington same situation as so some serious storms that came through and caused a lot of damage. satellite6 and action radar slowing that's out of here many we still have just a fair amount of cloud c front kind of limp

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. on this tuesday july 12th. matt o'donnell is off and nydia han joins us. >> we're following breaking news. counter terrorism crews are investigating a suspicious substance after they were called to a southwest philadelphia home overnight. >> homeland security agents are trying to figure out why people were on top of a high end center city hotel with what may be smoke bombs. >> protestors marched through our area. some supporting police while others are sending a message against police brutality. >> first up we're going to take a look at your accuweather. dave murphy is outside doing that and karen rogers has the latest on your commute. good morning. >> all right everybody it's a little muggier this morning than it was yesterday but not all that much of a change right now. satellite shows you that we do have a few cloud covers -- few bits of pieces of cloud cover streaking through from the north but it's high and thin enough where we are getting sun building through those clouds and i think overall it

anticipate and go over to david murphy for that and karen rogers has the commute for everybody going to the shore good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone we are off to a decent start with sunshine battling through early morning cloud cover. one thing, it's a bit on the humid side. you can see showers moving away from south jersey and additional stuff out to the west that will swing through in the afternoon. 70 degrees in philadelphia. 60s in millville. 63 in allentown and 71 in cape may. here the dewpoints, remember how we dropped into the 50s yesterday, back up in the mid 60s that's noticeable humidity in cape may and dover it's oppressively humid for the early morning walk. as we roll through the day, it gets stickier and stickier. 72 for the early morning workout, you'll sweat a bit. 77 at 10, and 78 at noon. there's a chance of spotty drenching shower and late-day gusty thunderstorms that will extend into the evening. not everyone will see them, but some of you will, they will produce damaging winds and downpours, steer clear of them later this afternoon and evening. when

check on weather and traffic with david and karen. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, the sun is building over the horizon, but you can see on satellite there's not only thick clouds, but showers, we'll see them building in. there's a flood watch that kicks in tonight around dinnertime and doesn't end until early friday morning across the virtually the entire area from bucks county south because of drenching downpour producing showers and thunderstorms that are expected. we'll see some of this during the day today, it will be more widespread later today and into tomorrow morning, that could produce localized street flooding and flooding along flashy creeks and streams. 76 degrees in philadelphia, dry weather for now. 635 degrees in i'llen town. 73 in wilmington, 72 in cape may. dewpoints are up from philadelphia south we have had them as high as 72. we're back down to 70. the idea it is more humid and there will be plenty of moisture in the atmosphere for the showers and thunderstorms to work with. as we go through the day we'll shoot up to a high of 93 possibly as as soon as noo

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david and karen rogers to take a look at traffic. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, surrounded by beautiful ladies on "action news," don't miss matt that much. i probably want a favor later, who knows. we have sunshine early, it is more humid as we step outside. we had thunderstorms that rolled through south jersey a little while ago, they are long gone. later today especially in the afternoon we're looking for spotty pop-up showers and thunderstorms that could produce isolated downpours and gusty winds. 68 in allentown. 68 in trenton. 70 in wilmington. down the shore in cape may, 71. the dewpoints are up. remember if you get up over 60 it indicates humid air. remember how we talked about how it would be comfortable yesterday, but soupier today. it's humid in places like dover and cape may. these dewpoints will hit 70 in philadelphia eventually later this afternoon own this afternoon. 72 degrees on the thermometer a little humid for the morning workout, you can get it in without threat of rain, 77 degrees, noon, 81. we get into the afternoon, it's going to be warm, high of 87 it w

un museo. karen: el tributo a la policÍa de dallas que se fue acumulando por los dÍas, serÁ retirado finalmente esta tarde de la sede principal del departamento. las muestras de cariÑo del pÚblico y las ofrendas fueron vistiendo dos patrullas estacionadas al frente de la comandancia. desde que una emboscada acabar con la vida de cinco oficiales el 7 de julio. >> no esperamos que la gente nos diga gracias. pero es lindo ver que toda la comunidad y la gente de dallas y de todo el mundo ha venido. karen: el apoyo se brindÓ materialmente, pero tambiÉn en forma de palabras y gestos por parte del pÚblico. >> nos parÁ, se nos quedan viendo y nos dan un abrazo. empiezan a llorar porque siente lo que sentimos. karen: el departamento de policÍa, en colaboraciÓn con la biblioteca central preservarÁ la mayorÍa de las ofrendas. >> vamos a fotografiar todo, antes de empezar karen: el largo proceso de archivar todo el viernes se recogiÓ una cantidad de artÍculos. se estanca teorizando los diferentes elementos. gran parte de la colecciÓn serÁ entregada a la policÍa en unas se

humid. karen rogers is at the big board with the latest from accuweather. >> it doesn't last for long. we are warning you to get and enjoy it right after the newscast. we are dry and clear and the strong storms from yesterday moved off the coast and we are left with a few clouds hugging near the coastline but the rest of us enjoying sunshine. the numbers now it's warm and 82 in martins creek and 81 in pots town and coatesville and 86 in saint david's. and 85 in cinnaminson and vineland and 82 in sea isle city and 85 in smyrna, delaware. how about the dew points? it feels great in the lehigh valley, they are low into the 50s. just barely 50 there in reading, yesterday we had dew points in the 70s. that is a huge change from the oppressive humidity we had. and 60 in philadelphia and cape may feeling sticky with a 70 degree dew point. but that will change and get comfortable for everyone. take a dip in the pool and lots of sunshine and much less humid at 2:00 we hit 88 degrees and the high is 84 and we hit it at 3:00 and hold at that at 4:00 p.m. tonight is a great night, comfortabl

. >> we'll get to that in a moment. let's get to the excessive heat with david murphy and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: right now on storm tracker 6 live double scan we see showers fading a little bit and moving through northeast philadelphia and whatever is left over in gloucester and camden county is not much. that's all we have on the radar for you. as we look out west there's a cold front coming in, we'll be on the look out for additional showers and thunderstorms that will pop through probably in a line later this afternoon and this evening, from west to east, some of them could be gusty briefly and of course a brief downpour is possible just like we hadn spots yesterday. excessive heat warning kicks in at noon and doesn't expire until 8:00 p.m., friday night. the warning area is this area and will get up to 102 and 103. we have a heat advisory in the lehigh valley and close to the shore. takes it easy. shady breaks and cool drinks. 76 degrees in philadelphia. 75 in wilmington, 75 in trenton. 76 in allentown. actually even numbers across the region. we're looking at high heat

thunderstorms is possible. karen rogers we'll look at a current view of the storms in a couple of minutes. >> reporter: schuylkill expressway we have the accident cleared involving an overturned vehicle. the last time i showed you the shot, we had emergency workers and ambulance and fire trucks blocking a lane. this is the schuylkill expressway eastbound where the water was coming down quickly with the thunderstorms and the vehicle flipped over here. now we can see the traffic getting by. the roads are wet and we're jammed on the schuylkill expressway eastbound from bell month to waverly road. th -- the earlier accident on i-95 has cleared, as well. 295 there's an accident here southbound past 168 an are area that's busy anyway. you're traveling 11 miles per hour. the heavy rain is causing problems, now the greater issue is in new jersey as it's moving through. you want to watch for that and all the water that's left on the highways with that. now, let's talk about the democratic national convention how how there's a combating your ride this morning. if you're driving around the city, exp

>> ♪ >> the with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's wednesday july 13th. matt o'donnell is off. nydia han is joining us. here's what we're following for you a. >> big shakeup at temple university. the board of trustees votes to out of the its president. >> a philadelphia teen gunned down over a basketball game. >> accuweather is tracking another hot and humid day with a chance for thunderstorms. >> let's head over to meteorologist, david murphy. for got my umbrella and karen rogers has your traffic. >> we are in to are spotty storms and showers at a. there's already one on storm tracker6 live double scan. you can see a cluster of rain down in new castle county delaware below wilmington and this is pushing par local i-95 with maybe a little bit of a push off to the east. not sure this catches philadelphia but if you're in new castle county or salem county new jersey cumberland county and then eventually gloucester and camden county you'll have to keep an eye on this. every now and then a real heavy brief do

clinton. karen travers has more on what has unfolded within the last few hours. a bombshell on the eve of the democratic convention. party chair debbie wasserman schultz announcing that she will step down oamid the controversies involving -- involving lead e-mails. democrats hoped that the primary season was behind him. but clinton: i can't help reflect how much more enjoyable this election is going to be now that we are on the same side. karen: not so fast. 20,000 e-mailsng from seven top dnc officials during the primary season that seem to back up sanders' lcaiclm the party put its thumb on the scale for clinton. >> experts are telling us that russian state actors broken to the dnc and are leaking these e-mails through website. karen: sandys repeating his call for wasserman schultz to resign. senator sanders: i think we need a new chair who is going to lead us in a very different direction. karen: security is tied at the convention site. issued to protesters. marches and demonstrations are scheduled all week throughout the city. >> we will take the appropriate measures to make sure we k

accuweather, karen rogers has details about septa, good morning. >> reporter: the it's warm out here, we have high cloud cover around, take a look at satellite you can see that. farther to the west there are thunderstorms that are trying to develop by the great lakes and later this afternoon there's a possibility it makes it to us. 76 in philadelphia. 76 in millville. 74 in cape may. upper 60s in allentown and 73 in trenton. dewpoints in the north it's not too bad. allentown, 63. trenton a little bit more humid. all the places you see the dewpoints in the 70s including philadelphia that's along the lines what we consider oppressive humidity similar to what we had for a good portion of last week. once the sun gets ablazing it will feel humid today. 87 by 10:00 a.m. noon, 92. it will be hot 95. heat index upper 90s and could hit 100. there's a chance of thunderstorms out in places like allentown and reading in particular. karen chaka fattah storm karen, if a storm comes toward philadelphia you want to take cover. >> reporter: all right, dave, let's talk about the regional rails. we have fi