Sixth heat wave of the summer but relief is in sight. Thank goodness for that. Like a stamp it. Looks like dave murphy stamped the idea that thats coming our way and karen rogers is taking a look at your traffic. Good morning. Much needed rain on the way, too, but thats mainly tomorrow. Storm tracker6 live has been showing us were dry this morning. There are some low clouds that arent coming up on infrared radar this morning but theyll break up to a degree and were expecting overall partly sunny skies today. Its warm out there this morning, though. 75 degrees in philadelphia. We have slipped into the 60s in allentown. Still holding the low 70s in reading and trenton, 75 in wilmington, 76 in cape may. And your dewpoints are higher this morning and that means it feels more humid especially as you get out there and start Walking Around and moving. 72 is your dewpoint in philadelphia. Oppressive humidity particularly after the sun comes up. 72 by 6 oclock. 75 by 8 oclock. Warm and very humid heading out the door this morning and as you head back to school, some of you still have that first day today, 75 is your storstorm tracker6 current temperature. Youll still have that about 8 oclock and then 85 by noon. By 3 oclock 91 and well get a high of 92 degrees. That will be late in the afternoon around 4 oclock before sliding into the upper 80s by 6 00. Late this afternoon there is the chance of a popup shower or thunderstorm especially north of philadelphia. Karen will have more on that on future tracker6 and more on tomorrows drenchers. Okay dave. Well be watching out for some of that rain tomorrow. For now were looking dry and clear. No big problems on 42. They had that construction where you blocked all lanes on 42. You had to exit off at 295 and then get back on. That has just cleared so youre looking better if youre about to head out now, you know youre okay. We have an issue though coming up, a new accident here near Atlantic City. The brigantine connector to bacharach avenue. Watch for an accident out here blocking the right lane. This one just in. Down at the shore in Atlantic City. Overall on the big picture, though, the blue route, schuylkill, i95, all showing speeds mostly in the 50s. In pennsauken new jersey we have that water main break on 130 near route 90. The crews have been out there with that right lane blocked. Live on the ben franklin bridge were looking pretty good at this hour. We do still see penndot with the arrow board blocking the right lane eastbound as youre heading in. Westbound coming into the city, though, youre looking good. Light volume to start you off. Matt and tam. All right, karen, thanks. The rush is on to get a front row seat to a piece of history that is set to happen in philadelphia in just over two weeks. Now today is your opportunity to try your luck to get passes to see pope francis on the parkway and history suggests you might want to hurry. You go the that right. Tickets for the pontiffs speech on Independence Mall were snatched up in a flash yesterday. Katherine scott is live along the ben franklin parkway with details about todays offering. Katherine. Reporter thats right, matt and tam, more tickets for two papal events that will take place here on ben franklin parkway that weekend the pope is in town are going to be up for grabs today. And dont delay because yesterday the tickets for the event on Independence Mall were snapped up within two minutes and some of them reappeared soon after but when they reappeared they were up for sale. It stinks. This is for everybody. Reporter 10 though tickets to see the pope at Independence Mall were snatched up in less than two minutes yesterday. Soon the tickets were found for sale on ebay and craigslist. Some for as high as a thousand dollars. Not in the spirit of the visit but what are you going to do . I mean, thats free enterprise, right. Reporter ebay says this is against their policy and theyll remove the posts. One seller told action news this is capitalism at its finest. The city is making money on this, why cant i . The mayor wasnt pleased. Thats wrong. Reporter today theres another chance at free tickets for two more papal events. At 4 00 p. M. , 10,000 tickets will be released for the festival of families which takes place saturday the 26th on the ben franklin parkway. Then this evening at 8 oclock, 10,000 tickets will be available for the papal mass on sunday the 27th, also on the parkway. The tickets for both events are first come first served. And the tickets are limited to four per person. You can get them on the world meeting of families web site. If you want any more information on this we have it on our web site at 6abc. Com. Were live on the parkway, katherine scott, channel6 action news. Thanks, katherine. Now self service is a concern cell service is a concern. Cellular companies have installed extra equipment in the area. Made in america was a test run and some concert goers complained about connectivity problems. Providers insist Network Performance was good except for a handful of temporary glitches near the main stage. City Officials Say they did not receive any complaints. We are compiling all of our coverage of the papal visit on a special section of 6abc. Com pope. It is updated with details about the new septa service plan and the ticket release for events on the parkway today. It is almost 5 06 and i want you to get a pencil and a piece of paper because im going to pass along a warning about a phone scam. At least one local man fell victim to the con artist. Theres a number i want you to be aware of should it pop up on your phone. This is the number. 215 2682625. Ill also tweet it out. Al sarnasky took a call from the number. The person on the other end of the line said his son alex caused an accident and the money was needed to cover damage. The caller said alex would be held captive until the money was released. What he wanted me to do was pay the 900 deductible to get it fixed and they would release alex and he said i could not get off the phone until he had the money. So, al wired the money to puerto rico believing that his son alex was indeed in danger but alex was never taken by anyone or in any sort of accident. So, if you see that suspicious number, just let it go to voicemail and if the caller leaves a questionable message, call police or the District Attorneys Office right away. Happening today, the ntsb will meet to determine the probable cause of a plane crash that killed seven people including a local prominent businessman. The business jet carrying lewis katz and six others crashed and burst into flames after it overran the end of a runway in massachusetts last year. A preliminary report suggested the crew of the private jet did not perform a Flight Control check before attempting takeoff. Katz, the Philadelphia Inquirer coowner and three crew members 13 other passengers were all killed. Texas authorities continued to investigate a shocking video shot at a High School Football game last week. Now, you can see the referee has no idea that that hit was coming. Two players body slammed him and now the assistant coach is on paid administrative leave accused of coordinating a pair of blind sided hits on the ref. But now the players say the attack was motivated by something the referee said. They claim robert wha robert waf directing racial slurs at them on two different occasions, the first coming after the second of four players from John Jay High School was ejected from the game and then a seconds remark was apparently made after watts ejected the wrong player for the hit he suffered. Now these allegations have prompted nisd to file a complaint against the ref with the Texas Association of sports officials. But regardless of what may have been said, school Officials Say if true, assistant coach matt read ago actions who you see there as well as the players are unacceptable. Those two young men are not representative of the quality of the overall athletes in that program. Now, the School District is treating the incident as an assault on a school official. Punishment for that offense range from suspension to expulsion. Tam. Okay, erin, thank you. Its official fall season starts up in about two weeks but students across the region are having to deal with a real scorcher. Most Public Schools in the city do not have air conditioning. Philadelphia School District spokesperson fernando gillyard says theres not a whole lot you can do about that and students we spoke to said that theyre doing what they can, theyre just taking it easy but the good news is that it looks like eventually it is going to cool off a bit. Lets turn now to accuweather and dave murphy and the trend does look pretty good. Just got to get through today, david, and then yeah, sorry about that guys. Starting to see some of those 80degree temperatures in that sevenday forecast. Yeah, absolutely. We are looking right now at another day in the 90s and then we do get to the 80s, eventually the 70s and the best news of all, we do have a little bit of much need rain on the way. As we start with storm tracker6 live double scan were going to take a look at dry conditions this morning which is nice and as we head outside, we have sky6 and theres penns landing. Boy, pretty pictures this morning on penns landing and we are looking at decent conditions this morning, a little bit sticky but dry and not all that hot just yet. 75 is your current temperature in philadelphia. 68 in allentown, 75 in wilmington, 74 in trenton, 76 in cape may, new jersey. Future tracker6 shows you a mix of clouds with some sun up until about 3 oclock. Now, after 3 00, there is the chance of a spotty popup shower or maybe even a thunderstorm but most of the area stays dry. The best chance of any action today and tonight will be north of philadelphia. Again by 8 oclock not a lot going on and kind of settling down for a bit after that. Up in allentown, 90 is your high today. Clouds and sun, an afternoon storm cant be ruled out but dry most of the advertisement it will be rather humid. Down the shore still humid. A mix of sun and clouds, 86 on the beach, 70s in the water. A little bit of a increased chance of a rip current down the shore today, so be careful of that if you do think about going in the water. And 92 is the high today in philadelphia. Not quite as hot as yesterday but a very similar day temperaturewise. And higher humidity today. So even though the temperature may ease back a couple of degrees, its probably going feel a little more uncomfortable this afternoon than it did yesterday because of that humidity. 75 by 8 oclock, 82 by 11 oclock, 90 by 2 oclock and then your high is 92 at 4 oclock before we fall back to 90 at 5 oclock. 84 for the first pitch for the phillies tonight. It will be muggy. There could be a spotty thunderstorm around but i think most of thats going to miss the stadium to the north. 79 in the ninth inning. Cool drinks important at the ballpark. Tomorrow in the morning we cant rule out something popping, maybe a shower, maybe a thunderstorm here or there. But the model is really more into the idea of this being an afternoon event for us tomorrow. And while it wont be raining everywhere all at once the atmosphere is going to be very soupy. Well have a front coming in from the west and ahead of that any time after about 1 oclock all the way up to 3 oclock when the kids are trying to make it home from school, there is the possibility of pockets of heavy rain and perhaps a couple of gusty thunderstorms. Most of the storms are probably over toward the east later in the game but these drenchers will certainly be something that youll want to watch out for. Does look like this calms down after about 11 oclock. Along the way, we are looking for some much needed rain to the tune of about one to 2 inches and thats good because since august 1st we are 3. 45inches below average. Last time we had a quarter inch or more was the in the beginning of august or the second week of the month. Your seven day, hot and sticky today, 92, mainly dry. A couple of showers around and then much needed rain at times tomorrow, 82. It will be heavy at times. We get quick improvement on friday with clouds to sun, lowering humidity, highs in the low 80s and moving through the weekend saturday looks good with perhaps some rain later at night. Back into the 70s on sunday with some rain possible in the morning. And then 78 on monday, so the temperatures Getting Better and it is nice that weve got some rain in the forecast. Yes, it is. All right, thank you david. It is 5 12. Still ahead on action news, more than 3,000 passengers are stranded in the Virgin Islands after a fire breaks out on a cruise ship. Cameras were rolling during a traffic stop in the midwest where a man verbally attacked a police officer. Karen. A good shot of the roads right here. We are dry, we are clear. This is the blue route approaching the schuylkill. No problems just yet. Well take a live look at 95 coming up. And james brown once sang just open the door and ill get it myself and a lost kids seem to have that attitude towards claw machines. Doesnt always work out so well. More coming up in the morning buzz. Welcome back. Youre taking a live look down the shore into Atlantic City. Another hot humid one out there today. 77 right now. It will get up to 92. All right, its midweek karen and what do we have in traffic . Time to check the suburbs for you. Heading out the door so far so good on the commute. We dont have a lot of big problems out there. The weather is not creating any issues currently as you drive out. As we look at i95, we see a big portion of the sky, a little bit of i95 southbound traffic right here near academy moving just fine so youre looking okay so far. But we do have an at near Atlantic City on the brigantine connector of bacharach avenue. Its blocking the right lane. Its our only morning accident at this point. Its not a bad commute but just something to watch for if youre there in Atlantic City. Taking another live look this is the roosevelt boulevard southbound traffic as you head towards the schuylkill. And we can see that were looking good right now with all lanes opened. I showed you the shot a little earlier. We had a roving crew on the boulevard and it was blocking the right lane. So, now weve got the lanes opened approaching the schuylkill but you want to watch for the crews out there that are out there working hard this morning. On your commuter traffic report, were looking in different areas like lower make fields township, not seeing anyone giving any problems there. Buck road, Second Street pike, all looking good as youre leaded out for your Early Morning commute. Temperaturewise, though, you feel the warmth, you feel the humidity again. Its already 70 degrees in martins creek, 72 in pottstown, 77 degrees already in center city. 73 in browns mills. 74 in hammonton, 75 in dover delaware its another hot day, 92 for your high with clouds and sun and hot and humid today. Matt and tam. Thank you, karen. It is still not clear when passengers aboard a Carnival Cruise ship will leave port. A fire broke out in the engine room of the 10yearold carnival liberty on monday while the ship was docked in saint thomas. All 3400 passengers were temporarily evacuated. They have been allowed back on board but the ship cant go anywhere until the crew determines it is safe. Carnival says it will issue full refunds to passengers for the shortened voyage. New on action news, an odds turn during a traffic stop. A man claimed to be a surgeon and seemed to threaten police. License insurance and registration. You full of bleep . Im full of bleep . Officers in dearborn, michigan pulled the man over for not wearing a seat belt. Officers say the man then told officers that he was a surgeon and noted that he could let injured officers bleed out. The police cleve says theyre releasing this and telling this story because he wants the public to know the hostility and dangers that officers deal with on a daily basis. Now whether or not this man was truly a surgeon is still not known. Raising our arms like a boxer who just won a fight kim davis walked out of jail yesterday. The Kentucky Court clerk was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. Davis is expected to go back to work as early as friday. The judge who put davis in jail says as long as other people in her office are issuing those marriage licenses to gay couples he is satisfied with her going free. Phillies third baseman Maikel Franco will test his injured elbow. Pitcher aaron nola mode down the braves last night at Citizens Bank park. The rookie struck out seven batters in seven shutout innings. Odubel herrera provided punch with a three run homer. Phillies win fivenothing. The series resumes tonight. It is 5 19. Google wants to bring you your groceries. The Surgeon General wants americans to get moving. That story in health check. Lets clear the air. There are no limits on the amount of Carbon Pollution power plants can. Release. And our senator, pat toomey, led the fight to keep it that way. Carbon pollution, a major cause of climate change, leads to more asthma attacks in children. Over a million pennsylvanians now suffer from asthma. And senator toomey took over a Million Dollars from polluters. Tell senator toomey its time to clear the air. Vote for the clean power plan. Its gotten squarer. Over the years. Brighter. Bigger. Its gotten thinner. Even curvier. But whats next . For all binge watchers. Movie geeks. Sports freaks. X1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. Id like to put in my 15years notice. Ration youre quitting . Technically retiring, sir. 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They raised more than a hundred thousand dollars. Before the tournament began. Wow. So, they do so much for people that are struggling with cancer. Good for you for helping. It was a hard days work for you. You went out there and did what you can do, matt. Lets take a look right now you looked good out there. Were looking live on the vine street expressway at eighth street and you know what, were looking good this morning. Were dry, were clear with no issues. And what do you know, mass transit is look on time so far, david. All right, karen, on the big board we have shorts and ts on the kids today because its another one of those days where the heat and humidity is going to be factoring into your afternoon in particular. As we go through the day, 77 degrees on the bus stop and the el station this morning at 9 00, 85 degrees by noon, and then this afternoon we cook again, 91 by 2 oclock. Your high today is going to be 92 degrees at about 4 oclock and then by 6 oclock well be back to 88. Theres the slight chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm this afternoon especially north of philadelphia but mainly dry. At the airport no major delays and no rain reported in any of our most commonly traveled destinations. Matt and tam. Thank you david. A call to action from the u. S. Surgeon general. Dr. Murphy says americans sit down too much and need to take a walk. Reports show only half of adults and just over a quarter of High School Students get the amount of physical activity recommended for good health. Experts say walking is a simple affordable way to get the needed exercise if people have a place to do it. The Surgeon General says its up to communities to make neighborhoods safer to take a walk. 5 23 now. Up next in the morning buzz fire crews in texas rescue a child from a claw toy vending machine after she crawls inside. A house in indiana can be yours for 200. 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And how we know that is because you look on youtube and theres videos everywhere of kids getting sun. Maybe they need to make the hole smaller. Juliet is okay. Shes grounded. Seems like somebody could get stuck in a weird way and get hurt. No crawling into the claw. New details on the plane that caught fire at a las vegas airport. An attempt to score cost as robber his life in delaware county. We will be right back. Developing now on action news, a would be robber turns up dead when police say the alleged victim fought back. New this morning, we are hearing the emergency calls from the plane that caught fire on a runway in las vegas. Happening today, the ticket rush continues for visitors trying to get a prime spot to see pope francis. Good morning everyone, its 5 30 on this wednesday. Lets check weather and traffic with david and karen. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Were off to a very warm start. You can also see a lack of real significant upper level cloud cover. We have had some low level clouds that dont always show up on infrared satellite. I think overall were looking at a sun and clouds mix today. Warmer than it was yesterday at this early hour. Allentown has slipped back into the upper 60s but were at 75 in philadelphia. And doyne the road in reading 72. 75 in wilmington, 74 in trenton, 76 degrees on the boardwalk in cape may at this point. And as we take a look at dewpoints, boy, these are really higher than yesterday. Even in philadelphia were into that oppressive zone. So, once the sun comes up and you start moving around a little bit youre definite
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