>> afternoon, i'm rick williams this is abdomin accuweather alert. a flood watch is taking effect as heavy downpours move through the region. sky6 live hd showing us the gloomy view from our temple university cam. accuweather is tracking rain expected to continue throughout the day. melissa magee is at the "action news" big board with the first check of the forecast, hey melissa. >> reporter: hi, rick it's a dreary start on the back to work on monday. we'll be in and out of the rain and pockets of heavy moisture, as well. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar you can see the rain along the i-95 corridor and areas north and west. pockets are starting to fill in once again across south jersey and delaware. we'll go in tighter on street level on storm tracker 6 live, if you're traveling along i-95 give yourself extra time. down to the south and east, you can see the showers pressing into elmer. pockets of heavy rain millville, fortescue, lightning strikes associated with the region, as well. dover and smyrna getting hit, as well. the majority of the day, the flood watch has been pos

wins the big prize. >>> more on the story, but outside we go for the the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, meteorologist chris sowers a big smile on your face. >> reporter: we have a jackpot winning forecast. does not feel like the dog days of august. 70s in north and west. allentown, 76 degrees. look at the poconos they are not out of the 60s yet. 6 there. millville, 82. trenton, 79. dover, checking in at 77. now, most locations have seen a drastic drop with the dewpoint temperatures, but if you look toward the bottom of the screen, they are hanging on with high humidity leaves in cumberland, atlantic and cape may county. the front has not completely cleared the coast, but it's getting closures and closer, the southern areas will cool down and you will see the lower humidity levels over the next several hours. satellite and radar mixed skies today, sun and clouds for the remainder of the around and comfortable temperatures on tap for the delaware and lehigh valleys. accuweather says 86 degrees that's the forecasted high, and again with limited humidity this should feel

minutes with a comfortable and quiet accuweather seven-day forecast. guys. >> thank you. >>> we begin with breaking news out of the chester, delaware county. three people were shot here following a disturbance on the 500 block of edgemont avenue. "action news" learned two people were shot by chester police. it started as a shootout between two men another another man outside the gold room bar. police say the men in the did your durango shot at the officers when they arrived. both officers fired shots at the durango. a chase ensued and the car crashed. all three men are in the hospital. >> we turned to the deadly violence that erupted in charlottesville, virginia. it is the largest gathering of white nationalists in a decade. the group battled counter protesters in the street. 19 others were injured, some critically. this morning some are saying president donald trump needed to react more quickly and more strongly and more specifically. abc meghan hughes has more. >> reporter: overnight the charlottesville community holding a vigil for healing this after a day of panic and chaos in the

, thank you jeff. all right. moving on to accuweather alert we are tracking what will likely be a wet start to the workweek with heavy rain that could result in some serious flooding and let's get to it metrologist melissa magee is here with our first check of the accuweather forecast melissa. >> walter hard to believe we are tracking heavy rain and drenching thunderstorms after coming off a really beautiful weekend the high in philadelphia today 78 degrees right now it's still pretty comfortable 72 in the city, 65 allentown, 55 poconos and the coast and cape may in at 74 and changes throughout the overnight hours and in the day on monday this is why we issued an accuweather alert and storm tracker six live double scan radar 3d showing low pressure in arkansas and missouri this will continue to work its way eastward and set up just to the south of philadelphia so the heaviest patty pan expected tomorrow right along the storm track and just to the south. you can see the moisture already pressing in tennessee and ohio river valleys and because of that the storm prediction center placed

this hour. accuweather is track success strong storms that could turn severe later today. right now rain clouds are moving in and flooding is a concern. with a flood watch taking effect in parts of our area. good afternoon sara bloomquist is off. the big story on "action news" is an accuweather alert. let get over to melissa magee in the weather center for a first check of the friday forecast. >> yes, we are tracking the showers and storms moving through later today. no picture outside. sky 6 hd as we give you another look at the center city skyline. pretty dreary and we have a lot of humidity in the atmosphere as well. we are look agent stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, we'll pop it out and get a closer look. going in a little tighter, dry in most locations but there in south jersey we are tracking a little bit of activity in areas of southern ocean county, you see the moisture moving out to the east in surf city and also to the north and south of lacey. these are heading out along the atlantic as we go through the rest of today. and more storms will fire up through the day th

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and what to expect for the rest of the day. >> reporter: good morning, christy, we'll see sunshine peeking through the clouds over the next couple of hours, things will slowly improve. i can tell you firsthand from what i experienced this morning, it was not a fun trip into work this morning. we had heavy rain come through with the cold front in the process of pushing through the western suburbs now. as you take a closer look at it, the heavier rains are off the coast, hammering away at connecticut and new england states up there. we're left with clouds and spritzes and sprinkles. the wide view on radar, the clouds are leftover, as well. you look at the scene, you see the clearing to the west. state college and harrisburg reporting partly sunny skies, the clearing line is marching east, it will get into the city in the next couple of hours. down the jersey shore you'll see sunshine after lunchtime. temperatures upper 60s north and west, low to mid 70s south and east. the day planner looks like, clouds breaking for afternoon sun, 11:00 a.m.

chris sowers joins us live outside with a look at the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: chris? >> reporter: good morning, guys, i'm sure if you looked outside the window you're thinking oh, no, not my saturday. don't worry this will clear out quickly, by afternoon it should be nice with clouds and sunshine, it turns less humid today and breezy and high temperatures are hanging out in the low to mid 80s. should be a nice day. storm tracker 6 live we set it in motion for you, the heavy weather we had overnight, some areas picked up two to three inches of rain now is working out to sea. you can see from new york city east into connecticut and rhode island those areas seeing the heavy drenching downpours. all that is left in our neck of the woods is with an lone cell over lbi from harvey cedars to surf city and brighten beach. that's about it. if you're making your way on to the barrier islands on route 72. you may run into a quick hitting downpours. as you can see to the west the left-hand side of the screen. everything is drying out nicely. look at the rainfall totals we're zoom

hot one today. accuweather is tracking anceat . detailen is also following septa. hot accuweather forecast. >> big news traffic and . eather and ev this. htin effect this kicks in off 1 o'clock thisnd ends at 8 o'clock tonight and in these highlighted counties especially urban centers from wilmington straight up thrgh philadelphia and trenton you're going to get heat index values probably around 100, maybe even a little higher. it hasn't happened in quite some timen the region so wewantr that and take all those common sensutions. there is a little bit of cloud cover out there this morning. showers. those are bas done and overall we are eting a mixof cl. it's warm out there this morning. 76 degrees in philadelphia. 73 in trenton. 70 in allentown. 74 in wilmington and 77 in cape may. dewpoints are very high. it's already very humid. this afternoon we're going t go to 87 b by 3 o again with the heat index value makineellike it's cr maybe even higher than that in 7 o'clock, 88. dry,ust thet chance of pop-up shower here or there although if you're in the northern and western suburbs a

station. >> a 50/50 proposition as far as accuweather is concerned. we have the latest from accuweather as storms move in. adam? >> we are hearing the thunder, hearing the heavy rain. to the north of if i would but we are waiting for a cold front. you can see we have rounds of rain and tropical humidity to boot. as we look closer to philadelphia, we are dealing with areas near allentown with heavy rainfall. knocking on the doorstop of millville. we see this flow into the region. as it does, we see the chance for downpours and thunderstorms, south and east of philadelphia. that moves along. you see more popping up in the afternoon at 5:00 as we await the front north and west during the late evening hours tomorrow. thumbs down day tomorrow with tropical humidity rounds of showers. turn that around on sunday. we have sunshine come back and the humidity comes back. jim has the numbers. we look at future tracker in accuweather. >> president trump set the tone of the day with an early morning tweet saying military situations are locked and loaded should north korea act unwisely. i

first look at accuweather tonight cecily. >> nice to see the sunshine tomorrow after today's gloomy weather but double scan live showing the rain has moved out and how much rain you got really depended on your location. philadelphia only about a tenth of an inch of rain but if you look to the south near millville more than 3" of rain and we even had some flood advisories there. now the rain is out of here but there is plenty of moisture in the air. you can see this with the dew points especially along i-95 corridor areas south and east and dew points in the 70s that is tropical and with dew points in the 70s with calm winds and with the fact that the ground has a lot of moisture from today's rain we are getting some fog developing, millville a third of a mile visibility the same in trenton and wilmington, lancaster reporting less than a quarter mile visibility this likely will cause some problems for your morning commute more details on that and when to expect your next chance of storms in the accuweather seven-day forecast jim. >> thanks cecily a drag net out for the gunman who sho

reported flooding. >>> several of the storms packed a punch as accuweather and "action news" predicted. >>> this is a view of the skies after the storms yesterday, some show a rainbow as lightning streaks by, we want toss thank you to our viewers for sending in the beautiful pictures to "action news." >>> meteorologist chris sowers is off, meteorologist karen rogers joins us this weekend with a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. glad to have you, how we looking this weekend? >> reporter: we are looking better than the pictures. with the humidity we got the downpours and flooding through the area. i want to show you storm tracker 6 live double scan. this is a much better view, isn't it. you can see dry conditions in the area. there might be a drizzle drop in dover and cape may. these all that's left of the storms. there you see the front limping off the coast. yes we are starting out with clouds. it's humid right now. you can see the clearing to the west. in pittsburgh we have clear skies. we'll see bright sunshine today much different today than yesterday. it starts

. >>> time now for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> all right 90 degrees out there right now. but feels hotter, cecily tynan standing outside this afternoon. cecily it's a muggy one. >> it is, it's a steam bath out here. it's breezy and winds from the south pulling up the heat and humidity so the current heat index around 100 for philadelphia. 97 degrees and trenton and allentown 98 and dover 103 and millville 100 and along the shore, the heat index in the low 90s. you have to head to the poconos to get some relief. the heat advisory continues until 8:00 this evening for the heat index around 100 degrees, take it easy and drink lots of water and feels much better in the shade than the sun and after 8:00 we have the risk of thunderstorms. double scan live radar showing a line of severe weather out to our west and we have severe thunderstorm watches posted along the western half of pennsylvania. they could extend east as the line continues to push and a lot of that ac test will fall apart overnight. this is what to expect. later this even a broken line of storms, the strongest is in

and raincoat handy. >> outside we go meteorologist chris sowers joins us with the accuweather forecast, chris, i love you, man but do something about the rain. >> reporter: i've got good news for both of you, we'll bring sunshine later on back into the area and ton of sun on sunday. storm tracker 6 live most of the heavy weather is south, one is right over dewey beach and southeast of salisbury, maryland, over the delmarva. that is where the heavy weather is, it's not pushing north, it's pushing out to sea. over south jersey and delaware, you can see the lighter shades of green, that's the spritzes and sprinkles, leftover stuff. most of the day is dry, just a pop-up shower or thunderstorm is possible this afternoon. here's the zoom in version, right there along the mouth of delaware bay, route 9 to sea isle city, you're starting to dry. if you're traveling along route 1, passing lewis, into dewy, we have drenching downpours and 0 cloud to ground lightning strikes. the weather is more difficult to hand down down there. 67 in allentown, poconos 62. dover, 73. a little bit of fog

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will talk about the hurricane in texas and have your full accuweather forecast coming up. >>> breaking news out of southeast texas where hurricane harvey has made landfall. we have some dramatic images to share with you this morning. winds of up to 110 miles per hour took apart this building in the town of aransas pass. harvey has been down graded to a category 1 storm. president trump has declared texas a major disaster making it now eligible for federal aid. to put things into perspective, texas is going to get the same amount of rain that we had all winter long but just over a few days. stay with abc 7 news for the latest on hurricane harvey. coming up, we will take you live to texas for another update on the situation there and what eve vac uees are facing right now. >>> now to our other top story this morning, a controversial rally in san francisco has been canceled. organizers of the patriot prayer rally scheduled for crissy field announced their plans to cancel due to safety concerns. instead, the group plans to hold a press conference today at alamo square park. abc 7 news repo

overall. accuweather says sun and clouds today, less humid, high high of. the funny thing about that, temperature-wise it will be a good four or five degrees warmer than yesterday. the fact that the humidity will drop this afternoon it will feel a million times better. looking ahead, here's a look at the headlines. less humid today, it will turn hotter by wednesday, we have a shot of hitting 90 degrees by wednesday. with that increase in heat and humidity comes the threat of thunderstorms again by the end of next week. i'll be back in just a few minutes with all the details in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you. >>> we're covering breaking news out of chester, delaware county. "action news" learned that police shot two men in an suv outside the gold room bar overnight on the 500 block of edgemont avenue. the systems opened fire on a man they were arguing with. they then shot at the officers, the suspects took off, police discovered both suspects had been shot. we'll have a live report at 10:00. >> now to the violent clashes in charlottesville, virginia. it's making headlines across

exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in ten minutes. >> look forward to the updates. 9:06 a.m., while hurricane harvey won't impact the east coast, it could make a difference for those with travel plans. >> jeff chirico spoke with passengers at philadelphia international airport who flew out of texas just in time. >> i feel lucky to be getting out of there just in time. >> reporter: university of pennsylvania student jennifer lee is counting her blessings she is one of those who got a final flight out of houston while her family rides out a catastrophic storm. >> everybody is concerned about what's going to happen during the storm, the level of flooding and what's going to happen afterwards. >> reporter: as flights arrived from houston, passengers express uncertainty about what they will see when they return. >> we live north of the city, our home is fine. people in the city and in the apartments on the streets they are not going to be in good shape if the storm stays. >> reporter: the boards don't show it, but airlines grounded 200 weekend flights across the country waiving r

county in delaware. th clouds that's the call from accuweather today. turning less humid high of nicee weekend. the humidity builds next week. i'll be back along with the details. and talk about the possibility of accuweather seven day summing -- coming up in a few minutes. >> three people were shot following a disturbance on the 500 block of edgemont avenue. two people were shot by chester police. it startingoi shootout between a man and a dodge durango, a short chase ensued before the durango crashed. the men are all hospitalized. the largest gathering ofce in white nationalists in a decade.r protesters in the street. a woman was run down. >> this morning some are saying president donald trump should have said more. >> reporter: after a day of panic and kay -- chaos in the street. a car through can counter protesters, killing a person. the driver identified as a ohio. it capped off a weekend of hatred and violence in theite ng torches friday, the violence escalated as the counter protesters crashed. two virginia state police and tk mm baits died in a helicopter crash as they were ass

. >> a beautiful shot there, chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. no rain this morning. >> reporter: it's almost fall like, the skies for the most part are partly cloudy to mostly clear. it's a refreshing morning around the delaware and lehigh valleys. 49 in lake harmony, 54 in quakertown. that's chilly stuff especially for the month of august. pottstown, 504. 59 in media. coatesville, 57. hammonton, 59 degrees, just like yesterday we'll see a mixture of sun and clouds this afternoon. as you look toward the left there's clouds associated with the system that will swing through on monday. in anther meantime today, it should stay quiet. sun and clouds, another pleasant afternoon it's a struggle to reach 80 degrees. the surrounding suburbs in the 70s. jersey shore, 79. the lehigh valley, 77. so that's a quick check of the forecast for now, when i come back in just a few minutes, we'll focus on the system arriving monday, could bring another round of drenching thunderstorms to the area. i'll have the timing in just a bit. >> the search is on for a gunman who shot a

sort of day. i'll have more on the weekend in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and take a look at that strengthening tropical storm harvey that looks like it could be a strong hurricane by the time it hits the coast of texas over the weekend. >> thank you. >>> rain or shine, you can get weather updates any time on your phone or tablet. including real time views, the 6 abc app is a free download for your mobile device. >>> from our delaware newsroom many a woman that plead guilty to killing a man more than 30 years ago will learn her fate. a judge is ready to sentence her for the 1985 killing of 54-year-old joseph brawn, police in newcastle county says that brawn was found beaten to death in his newcastle home. the case was cold until 2015 when tipsters led to her living in georgia and she plead guilty back in june. >>> and bucks county volunteers spent the morning stuffing backpacks for kids in need. sesame place and united way joined in to pack the supplies. notebooks and folders and pens and pencils and more. organizers say that they hope each bag will make a differenc

the showers over the weekend in the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: and cecily we have asher he is 20 months old. he is participating in the 108th annual baby parade this is mom and aubry. hold this up. this is what asher received for the participation trophy. we'll have more on that and the accuweather forecast. >> thank you. and friends, those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. >>> in other news tonight something is wrong with the swimming pool at the enormous lifetime complex in king of prussia. they had to shut it down but nobody is explaining it's specific source of the problem. >> reporter: this image posted on the membership facebook page it shows one corner of an inside pool in the complex in trouble. an estimated 30 feet of coping and deck collapsed suddenly last weekend. sean scott estimated the amount of drop involved. >> a foot and a half to two feet. >> the pool locationed inside of this come problem west of king of prussia. according to a corporate spokesperson it seems the collapse eroded the soil beneath the pool deck. the pool is drained and

out, so far smooth sailing, but it's a soggy picture to be sure. accuweather says we could get up to two inches of rain or more in some spots. let's get the latest from melissa magee at the "action news" big board. >> reporter: yeah, rick, we're tracking the rain throughout the day. pockets of heavy rain is picking up south of philadelphia. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar showing you the rain from trenton to wilmington. northwest suburbs, poconos, allentown, reading, and lancaster. the moisture is moving in across south jersey and delaware. tighter on street level with storm tracker 6 live you can see in elmer, millville, fortescue, we have the heavy rain. not a lot of lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes, just one, this will be an issue today with primarily heavy rain that's sitting on top of moisture we've already picked up. so storm tracker 6 live double scan radar 3d showing you what we're tracking. this will work southwest to northeast direction this afternoon into the evening hours. that's why we have the flood watch up and tracking the potential of severe storms. th

in the upper 70s, no humidity and ton of sunshine. i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast plus the latest on harvey when we come right back. [whipping winds]. >> listen to the winds this is video from corpus christi as winds reached 100 miles per hour. right now more than 200,000 people are without power, this is video from missouri city, texas where a possible tornadoes touched down. it looks like the roof was ripped off this home and minor injuries have been reported there, wow. incredible, started off as a category four weekend. >> reporter: it started out as a small little tropical storm, 24 hours later it ballooned into this huge category four storm with winds up to 130 miles per hour. now that it is over land it lost its fuel source. winds have dropped down to 835 miles per hour. it will weaken as it makes its way farther inland. let's take a look at the satellite image shot. we'll go for an infared shot. we have colored cloud tops. the strongest part of the storm is indicate bide the bright reds which are wrapped around the center of the circulati

in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪ >> chopper6 was over a deadly crash today in winslow township, new jersey. police say one person was killed when a motorcycle collided with a car along the white horse pike near mc mcdougle road. the victim identified as 20-year-old augustine aceve from hammonton was operating the motorcycle. the driver of the other vehicle was not hurt. the white horse pike remains closed in both directions as police continue their investigation. >>> bill cosby has new legal representation for his retrial in november. attorney tom mesereau who won an acquittal for michael jackson in his child molestation case will lead cosby's revamped defense team. cosby's first sexual assault trial ended in a hung jury. his original lawyers wanted off the case. >>> well, the powerball jackpot has jumped to $650 million ahead of a drawing on wednesday. pennsylvania lottery officials are waiting for the winner of the $1 million prize to come forward whitpain beverage on the 1600 block of dekalb pike i

those who witnessed the violence. >>> moving on to the accuweather forecast. today was a great day to get outside and enjoy the beautiful conditions with another nice day on deck for tomorrow. melissa mcgee is here tomorrow for the first check of the accuweather forecast. >> hi there, walter. the humidity stays low for the start of the workweek on monday. and not a bad finish to the weekend. high in the city of 84 degrees. right now, 74 in philadelphia. cooler off to the north and west. syracuse, buffalo and pittsburgh have numbers currently in the upper 60s or the lower 60s across the region. that's all because of high pressure. satellite 6 with action radar showing high pressure out of the eastern great lakes. we're tapping into a northwesterly wind tonight. mostly clear, quiet, and stays pretty comfortable. as we fast forward into the start of the workweek on monday. 8:00 in the morning, sun to start the day. temperature of 72. by 11 a.m., 81 degrees. the clouds start to build into the area as we get into the afternoon hours. so 84 by 2:00 tomorrow, and it's mostly cloudy by 5:0

accuweather for today is sun and clouds, pleasant high of 80. looking ahead, almost fall-like this afternoon, especially with the breeze it will feel chilly at times. heavy drenching thunderstorms possible tomorrow. the pattern turns nice and quiet by midweek. getting back to the thunderstorms, here's storm tracker 6 live, this is the storm that's heading this way, when i come back we'll time it out for you and have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> the search is on for a gunman who shot a 52-year-old man on his way from work. the victim got off the bus at 56th and market at 2:30 a.m. he was walking to the house when the shooter approached him shooting once into his chest. the victim managed to walk to his nearby home and call 911. the man is hospitalized with critical injuries. >>> 7:03 a.m., 15 heart-stopping seconds that's some people are describing the turbulence that rattled them on a flight to philadelphia. ten people on board had to be taken to the hospital when the plane landed. trish hartman talked to passengers about the nerve wracking moments in the air. >

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the fire is still under investigation. >>> turning to accuweather after a couple of gloomy days, the sun has finally returned to the delaware and lehigh valleys and so has the heat. sky 6 hd taking a live look at the jersey shore and a lot of folks here on the beach at cape may. the beach is a nice respite as the temperatures climb and there is a warning this noon before you hit the water to cool off be careful of rip currents. david murphy is outside with the details from accuweather. >> reporter: we are off to a sunny start and the kind of day you think hey, lets go to the beach and there are issues down there. we have a rip current risk and a high risk today. that is rare. usually we get moderate risks. and that happened several times over the summer. this is high because of the tall swells coming in hundreds of miles owe the ocean from the center of hurricane gert passing us by today. if you head down to the ocean you need to talk to your lifeguard before you venture into the water and listen to their advice. they may say we'll let you into to your ankles we'll see. a couple of c

tracking the accuweather forecast, how is sunday shaping up to be? >> reporter: it's starting out nice, low humidity and sun up over the horizon. feeling warm in the suit jacket, i don't know how much longer that will last on the terrace. satellite and radar you can see how cloud cover swept through earlier. we might have cirrus clouds during the day, but it will be bright. 73 degrees in philadelphia. same thing in wilmington, still in the upper 60s in allentown, reading and lancaster. 07 in trenton, 75 in millville. 75 in cape may. dewpoints are low, we're just slipping to 59 in philadelphia. so anything around 60 is not all that humid that's what we got across the region. as you head through millville, cape may and dover, maybe a little bit sweatier down there. as we roll through the day, 88 is the high. reaching that around 3:00 p.m. that's a few degrees above average, but it's a nice 88 in that the humidity will remain low. of course, it's bright today, low 69 that's around average. monday mark the arrival of the eclipse. when i step inside we'll giving up the times when it wi

big story on "action news" is that accuweather forecast. >> let's get right to meteorologist cecily tynan with the latest from storm tracker6. hi, cecily. >> hi, sharrie, hi rick. really rough way to start the work week. storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we had some real heavy rain earlier today. that has now pushed off the coast also that's severe weather just to the south where that potential tornado in salisbury maryland but as we zoom in this is good news. you can see that drier air is moving in. we is it ill have some pockets of some light rain around but that steady heavy rain has now moved off. but this shows just how much rain has fallen. parts of kent county delaware into cumberland county you can see from east of dover through millville towards mays landing generally three to 6 inches of rain just today on already saturated ground so because of that, we do have some flash flood warnings in and effect. those are the areas in the red, those for south of dover also cumberland county, a large section including millville and we also have some aerial flood watches and

your weekend. i'll let you know when in the accuweather forecast. when "action news" returns. >>> president trump declared the opioid crisis a national emergency. ali gorman is here at the big board to explain what that means. >> they declare emergencies for natural disasters and for ep deppics. and this is the first for a long-term health issue. it could preup add isal funds and allow regulations to be relaxed. that could approve addition like naloxone, known as narcan and approve coordination of federal and state efforts and boost training for treatment providers, it depending on which federal act the agency is based on but with 142 americans dying each day from overdoses, either way this is a step in the right direction. >> the consumer products safety commission issued a new alert on fidget spinners, the action says there is a handful of choking incidents with the popular gizmos and not just with toddlers, in may a 10-year-old girl choked on part of hers and had to have it surgically removed and fires involving it's battery operated spinners. they should never be charged

have not made arrests in connection to the crime. >>> now a first check of the accuweather forecast. another winner weather wise. lets go outside and check it out with meteorologist, adam joseph. >> the low humidity and sunshine through the day and clouds are starting to enter the sky late this afternoon. than is the very instant stages of changes. 85 in the city of philadelphia, and 81 in new york city as well as baltimore. you can see really no heat in the northeast, pittsburgh right now settling in at 76 degrees. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows broken showers in the southern part of pennsylvania working their way to west virginia and eastern kentucky and this is humid air arriving tonight and be with us through most of the upcoming weekend. for the evening planner here, if you see toby keith at musikfest at 7:00, 80 degrees at 7:00 there, and bethlehem 9:00, 5-and warmer than the last few evenings, 71 degrees. as we look at the forecast a lot of clouds around tomorrow and a wet start to the upcoming weekend and then brian it turns much nicer as we salvage the second half of

timing of that when i come up with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, nydia will give you the latest call for eclipse monday. nice for now, though. >> developing this morning a block party ended with police shooting a man in north philadelphia and an investigation into the shooting is happening right now. the party was happening on the 2500 block of north adder street. one of the attend des notice a man who was not a guest and flagged down officers. the armed man ran toward the alley and they followed him. police say he pointed the gun and opened fire. >> he followed him, my friends was giving up like this, you know how he wasn't shooting just to shoot, he shot once and took his time and shot two more times. >> the man was shot in the leg and taken to temple university hospital in critical condition. after the police shooting officers say several men began pelting them with rocks and bottles. other officers arrived to calm the situation. no officers were hurt. >>> a wrong way driver is dead after a crash on the new jersey turnpike in mount laurel. >>> a car going southboun

, let's go over to chris sowers with the details on what to expect for accuweather for the weekend, chris, is the rain gone or hovering around? >> reporter: not quite yet. we have showers and downpours east of the city of philadelphia, a lot of this is rapidly pushing east. ocean and monmouth counties we had rainfall rates two inches an hour at one point. this is pushing out to sea. what we have are a couple of residual showers and patchy drizzle west of philadelphia. that's all she wrote, things will cool down. the dewpoints will drop off, the humidity row lackses a little bit. it -- relaxes a little bit. it should be a nice afternoon around the delaware and lehigh valleys. here's belmawr, lakewood, great adventure, from that point south leftover showers, southeast of browns mills, every now and then you pick up a leftover downpour. this is racing off to the east. clouds and sunshine, breezy and less humid today, 84 degrees is the forecasted high. normally we should be around 87. 9:00 a.m., 76. 1:00 p.m., 82. 4:00 p.m., 83 degrees, again the fact that the humidity is going way dow

today. it will be a few degrees cooler compared to yesterday. i'll have the accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >>> developing news in san francisco, police are searching for a woman who pepper sprayed two passengers aboard a b.a.r.t. train. the incident happened around 8:30 last night at the e embarcadero. police say the suspect tried to rob a woman, pepper sprade her and a male passenger, then ran from the station. it is unclear whether she made off with any stolen property. >>> san francisco police are investigating a stabbing aboard a muni shuttle bus, happening after 9:00 last night at market and delores streets. authorities say there were two passengers involved in the stabbing. no word yet on the extent of the injuries or if anyone has been arrested. >>> this morning, there is tighter security at delores park after a triple shooting last week. law enforcement joined neighbors during a movie night at the park last night to try to ease everyone's fears with five suspects still on the loose. abc 7 news reporter lisa gulezian reports. >> reporter: at the park, movie fans

outside we go to meteorologist chris sowers with a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and the answer, we're in the 70s, for how long, chris? >> reporter: at least for the next several days, and we'll warm up by the middle and latter portion of the workweek. we have several locations in the 60s, here we are the end of august, the dog days of august, it is 65 in slatington. unbelievable. 65 in kutztown, lake harmony was down to 44. 64 now. 77 in center city. media, 72. glassboro, 74. smyrna, 77. tuckahoe, 74. hammonton, 75. satellite and radar feels like a late september day. we have a thin cloud deck upstairs that's preventing the sun from blasting us. it's cool. you can see cloud cover to the west, a lot of that will fizzle out over the next few hours. the remainder of the day, accuweather says sunny skies, nice and pleasant, 78 degrees by 2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m., 79 you can see the numbers drifting back down into the evening hours, 8:00 p.m., 74 and 10:00 p.m., 72. let's look at tropical storm harvey, as of 10:00 a.m. we see 45-mile an hour winds it's barely holding on to

and sun, that's the call from accuweather the rest of the way. 80 degrees is the forecasted high in philadelphia, 79 down at the jersey shore. cooler in the lehigh valley, allentown and bethlehem you're topping out at 77 today. storm tracker 6 live i've set it in motion for you, this is the next day round of rain we're watching getting in here first thing tomorrow, 10:00 a.m., during the afternoon we'll see periods of rain and isolated thunderstorms, some of the storms could produce wind damage and small hail and there's the possibility of flash flooding. a lot of weather to talk about tomorrow, the rest of the afternoon looks nice and comfortable and quiet. again things get active tomorrow. i'll be back in a few minutes and time everything out for you on future tracker 6 and everything in the the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> we have the the latest on the hit-and-run in center city. we know the woman who died after being hit by a vehicle. >> bob brooks has the details on the vehicle police are looking for. bob. >> reporter: nydia and gray we'll get to that vehicle in

stranded or how he got there. time for a check of the accuweather forecast. we are down at the shore today. >> meteorologist, adam joseph, is for sure. he is live at island water sports in stone harbor with a nice thursday afternoon. nice way to spend thursday adam? >> reporter: not bad this is the place where you cool off a bit. this is basically a water playground for kids and some adults alike. >> some. >> and it's turning cloudy here and we have a storm over the bay coming in. lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we start north of the city near philadelphia near bensalem and bucks county and right around bayberry road and there you can see heavy rainfall inundating the roadways as with we begin the evening rush hour. and then head over the bay here from stone harbor, cape may you see the rain on the verge here and a lot of lightning over the bay and especially into kent county along 113 in canterbury we'll watch the storm. the heat indexes we are fueling the pop-ups it feels like 90 or so along i-95 all points to the south, very humid today and if you step out this evenin

>> accuweather looks ahead to the weekend and where to find the eclipse glasses. we tell you next. ♪ ♪ "action news," with jim gardner. talking about flood warnings and this is is reading and spring in count only location turne lakes and streams and their d hostage. this is what like on of philadelphia. fridayhe night big story aormy night in thetry the tristate over center city about 6:30. dousing with rain and quickly storm gave way giving us a sun. we have a of fafter the storm. "action news" spotted a double rainbow homes in delaware. turn to cecily tynan with from accuweather. a lot of action in a short period of time. >> it was.our l with the storms are moving on. double scan livehe last edge of the storms just beginning to exit the coast. that's the last of it. what happened? it was a cold front that moved through. this brings a big change in the atmosphere tomorrow. when the storms left, we had a lot of sights like this over my shoulder, a lot of people asking, why is the sky yellow. the setting sun was reflecting off of the water vapor in the skies. water. two and a h

the accuweather weather. we could see trim digits. >> we were in the 40s in the north bay, we are out of the 40s, well into the 60s in our east bay valleys. excessive heat warping for the higher elevations even with this fog. we will have temperature swings from the 60s at the coast to up to 102 inland. we will have the details next in my accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> also ahead in the midst of that massive hurricane president trump has issued a controversial pardon. we will have local reaction to the late move. >>> the pride festival takes over downtown san jose this weekend. it's a time for celebration b one letter left on the board. your clue is a great way to start the day. what is the final letter? luten-free, luten-free. it's a g it's a g g,g,g,g,g! g! z. oh! what! show me z. no we were looking for g. gluten-free breakfast cereal. good starts with g. and now introducing new blueberry chex. >>> while much of the nation is focused on hurricane harvey, president trump made a controversial move. he pardoned former arizona sheriff joe arpaio. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo

accuweather seven-day forecast right here at home when we come right back. >> guys look at this this is a dog named ottis. appears to have been prepared for the worst. he was seen gathering a big bag of dog food in his mouth. he packed you mean and got out of there, taking his food with him. >> reporter: it's that time to go. >> i'm not leaving that bag there. >> reporter: we'll get into harvey here in just a moment. empty meantime, what a gorgeous day yesterday. we'll do it all over again today, live on sky6 live hd showing you the view looking back toward the center city skyline you can see william penn. mostly sunny skies, a few high, thin cirrus clouds upstairs. a delightful day, low humidity levels and comfortable temperatures and decent amount of sunshine. satellite and radar behind me not much to talk about, we have two areas of high pressure one of off the coast of maine an another one around ottawa around the southern provinces of canada, both will keep us high and dry for the next few days. we'll call it comfortably cool over the next 72 hours. tuesday it will be a str

. let's go live to meteorologist cecily tynan and the full weekend outlook from accuweather. cecily. >> hi, jim. and temperatures will be cooling off. humidity will be dropping this weekend after a pretty warm and humid work week. take a look at this. four of the past five days temperatures above the normal high of 87. technically it wasn't a heat wave it fell short of that but still it was warm and it was humid and now things are going to change. double scan live showing a system that's bringing a pretty good line of thunderstorms across central pennsylvania. that will be sweeping east as we head through the overnight hours and there's a big change in the air mass. once you get that system through. right now the dewpoint in philadelphia 62. that's slightly humid. baltimore 71. and a lot of our suburbs to the south do have dewpoints in the 70's. that's oppressive. take a look at the air mass, though. west of that front, dewpoints are in the 50's. that's a very comfortable air mass. that's what will be moving in for your weekend. so, tonight it's friday night. first night of musikfes

confederate monuments and lashing out at his critics this week. >>> first, we begin with an accuweather alert. we see rain this afternoon and evening, and a flash flood watch goes into effect 90 minutes from now. here is a live look outside showing you the center city skyline and the clouds are moving in and lets get the latest on this soggy friday. melissa magee in the weather center. >> we have issued the accuweather alert because of the flooding concern and the potential of strong but severe showers that fire up later today. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you it's dry right now, earlier this morning, we had showers and storms around south jersey. if you look closer in surf city, to areas in toms river and ocean county, the showers and storms are starting to depart to the east. and more wet weather we are tracking, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you this cold front stretched out from new england to areas in p.a. coming outs of the ohio valley. this works its way eastward in the rest of the afternoon and evening hours and as it arrives it approaches a warm and u

and likely to make u.s. rainfall and the impact in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> here she is 53-year-old mavis the big power ball winner, she hit the $753 million jackpot in chicopee, massachusetts and other players will get a slice of the pie. they only missed the red power ball. those tickets were sold at a warminster and allentown and citco station in morris township. visitors to the franklin institute explore the terra cotta warriors of the first emper emperor, it's set to open with 10 life size figures, to guard the tomb of china's first emperor and dozens of weapons and artifacts from that time. >>> this 7-year-old is not letting anything get in the way of her mission, rosalind baldwin was in wilmington, delaware to hug police officers. on two legs and four. the little girl says she will not stop until she hugs police officers in all 50 states to show them that they are loved. she was inspired to do this after six officers were shot in her home town in baton rouge last year. >>> this is new at 6:00 a devoted but long suffering eagles fan is taking one l

all in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those stories and the much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪ >> senator chris coons is in wilmington celebrating how far the city's west end neighborhood has come. he had a chance to mingle with residents while the youngest ones enjoyed some water ice. children from the west end performed an original song coons says there's been a lot of progress in housing and development in this neighborhood over the past number of years. >>> it has been nearly 38 years since the last total solar eclipse. if you don't want to miss the show you have to make sure that you're wearing the right eye protection and that they are the real deal. "action news" reporter john rawlins has more. >> i can see the camera lens. >> so can i. >> reporter: these kids among those with the proper kind of eclipse shades given out today at the brandywine hundred library in wilmington. they were gone in a couple hours. these shades meeting international iso standards said to be thousands of times darker than regular sunglasses. >> i knew a lady who's husba

p.m. accuweather is tracking harvey a lightest move on another storm churning off the carolinas and led to a threat of rip currents at the jersey shore along with a high surf advisory along the coast. david murphy is tracking the storm. >> we'll start out with tropical storm harvey, this one is off the coast as a tropical storm and making its way into louisiana either late tonight or the overnight hours, these reds and yellows you see in the imagery. tells us this has a lot of moisture in it and the clouds are still high and more damage they can do in terms of rain. the winds no all that bad. still tropical storm with 45 miles per hour winds and gusts increased a bit now that it's over the gulf of mexico warm water and 64 miles per hour gusts. not expecting this to reform as a hurricane. probably stays a tropical storm, the movement with this is very slow than will mean that the areas on either side of this storm, particularly over to the east but even to the west are looking at additional rainfall. upper texas from the coast of galveston to houston to port har thursday. 17 inches o