Hospital. A growing wildfire is forcing some residents out west to pack up and run forget were kicking up the heat a little bit more. Lets turn to karen rogers in for david and matt pelman. Yeah, thats right. Yesterdays lie was 85, today 89 so were warming things up. Not horribly humid though. Satellite6 and action radar slowing weve got clear skies over philadelphia. The farther south you go the better chance you have to see some clouds mixing in. We can see in it southern delaware. Thats because of thats disturbance thats down to our south but that says to the south. We stay dry. Weve got sunshine. Just a few more clouds the farther south you head. How about the temperatures right now . Its a warm one. 60 degrees in martins creek. 58 comfortable in quakertown and pottstown, 64 though he in coatesville, 66 in saint davids. Its 70 degrees right now waking up this morning in center city. How about the suburbs in new jersey . Low 60s in spots here like ewing and browns mills but 75 in surf city. 64 in vineland. 66 degrees right now in dover, delaware. Heres what you can expect hour by hour. Lots of sunshine to start you off. Its a pretty start to the day. By 7 00 a. M. , its 71. By 10 00 a. M. Its 76. Humidity not too bad. I think youll feel slightly humid this afternoon. By noon warming up 85 degrees. In the afternoon hours were going to see a few more clouds mixing in with the sunshine. By 3 00 p. M. , 89 degrees. Thats your high for today and by 5 00 p. M. , well be pulling down from that quickly with some of the clouds out there and 85 degrees. This is nothing. 89 matt pelman. We are turning up the heat, turning up the humidity. It starts tomorrow. Details coming up. I just keep saying thank goodness its not january, thank goodness its not february. Thats true. Positive thinking. We do what we can. Good morning, karen. This morning lots of lane restrictions but its all construction related like here on the roosevelt boulevard extension coming northbound through east falls, the left lane is still blocked. Looks like crews are in the process of packing up but they still havent cleared so just that right lane is opened as you come away from the schuylkill and head up toward wissahickon. Meanwhile over on the vine street expressway westbound is completely reopened. Eastbound partially reopened. Still waiting on that ramp to the eastbound side of the vine should be opened any minute. This is 95 in the great northeast looking good so far this morning. Overnight the northbound off ramp to cottman was closed but that, too, has reopened. Not opened yet all the lanes on 95 southbound in delaware and as a result were seeing some slowing between 141 and 273 because three lanes are blocked there for the next half hour. And this is 295 in Camden County. Had some overnight construction northbound between the 42 freeway and this point at the black horse pike but that construction was scheduled to wrap right about now. Matt. Thank you, matt. Two women were shot in camden and one of them is in grave condition. I know were still looking at matt. The gunfire went off along the 800 block of south sixth street at 9 00 last night. Police officers with Camden County rushed the two women to Cooper University hospital. Investigators have not yet said who shot the women or why. Authorities are trying to determine if street racing is to blame for a crash that killed a threeyearold girl. This happened late last night at second and york streets in the citys kensington neighborhood. Action News Reporter annie mcdorm mick is live at the Accident Investigation Division with the latest. Annie. Reporter and matt, thats right, police doubly do believe two vehicles were street racing when one hit a vehicle with a innocent family inside and killed the girl. They have the driver of the striking vehicle in custody a 17yearold but theyre still looking for the driver and the vehicle that fled the scene. Chopper6 hd over second and west york just after 7 00 monday night. A violent crash ejected a threeyearold girl from the back passenger window of that crushed blue honda. Medics at a fire station located right at the scene arrived in seconds. But the toddler died at the hospital. And two cars were coming right and they hit this car and i walked down the street i saw them lift the baby out. Reporter so far Police Believe the girls mother and grandmother were heading west on york when they were hit. The impact forced the honda to rip out a hydrant as it jumped the curb. It appears that the striking vehicle that was going south on Second Street being operated by the 17yearold male may have been driving at a high rate of speed. Some witnesses are saying that that 17yearold driver was actually racing another vehicle. Reporter and again of the two vehicles that they do believe were racing each other, 17yearold that actually struck the family is in custody. He went to their hospital with minor injuries. Theyre also checking to see if alcohol or drugs is a factor. But that second driver of that vehicle they are still looking for. They say that there is front or side end damage on a dark colored car because that driver actually knocked over a pole. Theyre saying if you have any information to contact police. Now, they also say there was a car seat found in the back of the honda, the car that the little girl who died was in. Its not clear whether or not she was in that vehicle and lastly, in the vehicle her mother is okay, her grandmother was taken to their hospital with minor injuries. For now reporting live in north philadelphia, Annie Mccormick channel6 action news. Back to you, tamly. That poor child. Thank you, annie. Two people were killed in this violent crash along route 70 in pemberton township new jersey. A car went off the road right into a tree and split into pieces. Theres still no final word on what led to that ugly deadly wreck. Happening today, Opening Statements are said to begin in the case of an Army Specialist charged with killing his girlfriends mother in lehigh county. Caleb barns is accused of stabbing 54yearold cheryl sylvanakn. Her daughter was jamie was 14 at the time. She pleaded guilty to helping plan the killing and was sentenced to 35 years to life in prison. As part of her plea, jamie is expected to testify against her former boyfriend. It is almost 5 07 and the criminal Justice Center is back opened in philadelphia but the two elevators involved in last weeks crash will remain out of service indefinitely. A sheriffs sergeant was critically injured in that freak accident. In fact weve now learned Sergeant Paul owens is paralyzed from the waste down. Right now hes being kept in that a medically induced coma. Investigators spent the week testing the elevators but they still havent figured out exactly why one of them went haywire flying up into the ceiling. Council members in cherry hill, new jersey, have voted to rezone 40 acres on the west side for a new gas station. This affects the entire Garden State Park which was originally planned to be a town center with shops apartment and walkable access to the train station. Theres no word yet on how last nights vote would affect that planned development. Dozens of Community Members spoke out against the rezoning. I dont know about you but rather than jumping into the pool i like to stick my toe in. You like to ease into it. Yeah, yeah. Thats what were doing for you. This is all about you. Great. Maybe you also like it. Storm tracker6 live double scan showing around the area were dry. Were looking good. As matt says were going to ease into this heat today. Lets take a look at the airport right now. No weather related problems impacting us at the airport. Weve got clear skies unlike yesterday where we were socked in with the clouds. We have a couple of spots recorder something fog but Philadelphia International airport isnt one of them. 70 degrees the current temperature right now. The dewpoint 68. So, a little muggy to start you off at least. The pressure is holding staged winds are calm. Theyll start off easterly this morning. The ocean temperature is 78 degrees. Satellite6 and action radar showing weve got clear skies over our region. You dont have to look very far to see clouds and showers. Thats going to stay suppressed down to the south. We stay dry today. However the farther south you travel you have the better chance of seeing clouds early on so if youre at the shore and youre in beach haven or surf city youre going see sunshine and he we are going to get that onshore flow out there so you get a little bit of a breeze. 83 for your high. The farther south you go you see more clouds. So well see Rehoboth Beach and Bethany Beach a few more clouds mixing with the sun but still a nice beach day. Watch for ripe currents although its officially a low risk today. Lets plan this day in the city. By 8 00 a. M. Its 74, by 10 00 up to 82. By lunchtime its 85, feeling muggy but not horribly so. By 3 00 p. M. , 89 degrees. Thats your high today. By 5 00 p. M. Its 85. But very warm is just the beginning of it. Starting tomorrow thats when we really feel the heat and the humidity up a notch. So tomorrows high 90 degrees but it also turns steamy and unsettled for an extended period of time. Youll see that right here in the sevenday forecast in a second. So, today well see dewpoints this afternoon low to mid 60s. Not terrible but watch how they jump into the 70s starting tomorrow and then they stay there. Wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, monday. This is the measure of the dewpoints which means its going feel oppressive starting tomorrow and its going to last for awhile. This is summer in philly and it will be reminding us of that. Lets take a look at your exclusive accuweather 7day its warmer, some sunshine and clouds today, starting it off with bright sunshine, few more clouds mixing in the afternoon, 89 for your high. We stay dry today. Tomorrow is when we really turn it up. Its only one more degree 90 but were turning up the humidity so its going to feel stick he key. Scattered storms at any point tomorrow. Were just watching for that. Not all day. Thursday same situation muggy with some scattered storms so be careful heading to the preseason game for the eagles, 91. Friday hot and humid, 94. Just a slight chance for a spotty shower friday. Its mostly dry. Saturday steamy. Could be a spotty storm or even a downpour in a couple spots. Look at that temperature 95 but its going feel like its over 100. Sunday its still sticky even though turning down the heat a little notch 92. Likely another heat wave here. Monday showers and some thunderstorms possible staying unsettled and 89. So, today its dry just starting to get warm. Tomorrow were really into it. Got it. Thank you karen. Just about 5 11. New this morning, three children fall from a ferris wheel in tennessee. Investigators are trying to figure out how it happened. Chase utley faces the phillies for the First Time Since he was traded to the dodgers. Matt. Here in fishtown along girard avenue at frankford avenue by john he knee brendas everything is opened this morning. We have a bunch of construction include something on 422 and one of our rest areas is closing. Ill tell which one when action news continues on this tuesday morning. High impact white is different. It contains hydrogen peroxide, ha profesonally recommended nt. Whitening ingredient. It goes beyond surface stains to deeply whiten. It whitens four shades, and that is a visible difference in whitening. Colgate optic white high impact white toothpaste. Good morning. Taking a live look here down in atlantic city. You have the road all to yourself for an Early Morning walk there. Its 5 14, 70 degrees out there right now. They play the tvs at this early hour just in case youre strolling and you want to watch something matt. Are we up there. They should have us. Hello, ac. That would be nice. Have to work on that if we arent. Good morning matt and tam its a pretty good ride weve just been watching overnight construction but none here along 422 as you come eastbound passing the dump which is off to the side here headed in toward king of prussia. It is a problem free ride. We will have more midday work on 422 starting at 9 00 this morning in the westbound lanes near trooper. Theyre doing that most of the days this week just like last week so that could slow you down coming out of king of prussia later on. There is still overnight construction on the pennsylvania turnpike. Three different zones as you head westbound. One is past norristown in the right and center lanes and then farther west between malvern and morgantown there are two zones, one blocks the right lane, one blocks the left lane so youre sort of swerving around as you travel westbound toward berks county on the pennsylvania turnpike. Some overnight paving work going on here in radnor township along godfrey road until 6 oclock stick with newtown road or darby pool he lee road as alternates. One of our rest areas is closing. Starting at 7 00 this morning its the one along 95 in lower makefield bucks county. Closing until 7 00 tomorrow morning for some utility relocation so if you normally stop there you wont be able to starting at 7 00 this morning. Also starting at 7 00 in newark, welsh track road is closing today through september 2nd for some construction. Might wander to stick with Chestnut Hill road or Old Baltimore pike as alternates. Elsewhere in delaware with the commuter report construction along 95 southbound near stanton that has been causing delays because three lanes are blocked. Matt. Thank you, matt. New on action news, three children fell from a ferris wheel at a county fair in tennessee witnesses say the basket they were in tipped over spilling the children out like water. They fell more than 30 feet. The children were rushed to the hospital where Greenville Police say they are now alert and talking. Officials plan to release more information later this morning. Firefighters in Southern California are racing to keep a growing wildfire away from their homes. The socalled pilot fire in the San BernadinoNational Forest is only 6 percent contained. Mandatory evacuations are under way and many residents near silver wood lake are already packed up and ready to leave at a moments notice. 16 helicopters are touching water on hard to reach areas. The blaze broke out sunday afternoon. Its already charred nearly 10 square miles. And a big misunderstanding caused this high speed chase in san diego. Police were hot on the tail of an suv for several miles for erratic driving. The driver pulled over and a woman got out. You see her there. Police didnt know what to expect so they came out with their weapons drawn but this all turned out to be a case of cultural misunderstanding. The family was from china and they didnt understand that when police turn on their lights and sirens youre supposed to pull over. Officers did not issue any tickets. Ryan murphy took the mens 100meter back stroke at the summer olympics in rio. Lilly king won the 100meter breast stroke. Serena williams advances to the third round in womens tennis as she seeks a sector consecutive singles gold medal and the u. S. Mens basketball team, whew, destroyed venezuela 11369. Last night was the Phillies First meeting with chase utley since he was traded to the dodgers. Utley had a hit and a rbi. Phillies rooki rookie zach evel. Carson went slated to play most of the second half. Jordan matthews will not play thursday. The wide receiver suffered a knee injury in fridays practice and will likely be out for a couple weeks. It is now 5 18. Musikfest pays tribute to two rock icons. Thats up next. Top Health Experts are questioning whether people under a certain age actually need to get their cholesterol checked at the Doctors Office. I approve this message. Donald trump i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters, okay . And you can tell them to go f themselves you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. You gotta see this guy. Ahh, i dont know what i said, ahh. I dont remember. Hes going like i dont remember musikfest paid tribute to honor two influential artists who recently left the rock world. Swift technique took over the steel stage in bethlehem last night to honor prince. Before that band from mars performed david bowie classics like changes and fame. Musikfest continues tonight with boston headlining for the bands 40th anglers wow. 6abc is the media partner of musikfest. And youre going to drive up there on. Thursday night. Shevell and bush are going rock the stage. Okay. So everybody. Matt staying up late. Lets head outside this morning. 42 nice and quiet so far. Just a few head lights coming northbound toward 295 but no problems here on 42. Nearby though still overnight construction in Haddon Township shutting down the northbound lanes of the black horse pike as you head towards 130 youre not getting by until 6 00 so for the next 40 minutes stick with the white horse pike instead and no delays on those first trains out of the gate on septa. We expect them in about a half hour or so probably and new schedules took effect yesterday on those five lines. Karen. If you are headed to musikfest tonight its going to be warm but turning muggy. By 7 00 p. M. 84 degrees at 8 oclock 81 so feeling stick he key. By 9 oclock, 79 degrees. By 10 00 78. By 11 oclock, about 76 so if youre going to listen to boston heres what its going to look like today for the rest of us here at 7 00 a. M. , 71, bright sunshine. Humidity is not too terrible. By 10 00 a. M. Its 82 degreesly by lunchtime getting warm, 85. By 3 00 p. M. , 89. Thats your high for at a. Btoday. Its warm today 89 turnia bit more humid but we turn up the heat and humidity starting tomorrow and it last awhile, tam. Thank you karen. Going to health check, question abouts whether millennials need to worry about their cholesterol. The nations leading Disease Prevention Task force points out there are zero studies to prove that cholesterol test are worthwhile for people between the ages of 21 and 39. It doesnt mean its something this group shouldnt think about as much as theres no proof that testing for the issue early will prevent from you dealing with Heart Disease later in life and for all the speculation you wont probably see changes in the procedure at your Doctors Office yet. Cholesterol blood draw will still remain part of the regular screening. In this mornings gma first look, residents in princeton, massachusetts remain on edge as Police Search for a killer. We have a young woman who appears to be a murder victim. The victim, 27yearold Vanessa Marcotte went for a jog on saturday at 1 00 p. M. And never came back. Marcotte lived in new york city where she worked for google as an account manager. Her social media pages showcase her life including photos with her mother who she was visiting in massachusetts. We he do not know if this was a random act. We are asking the public to be careful and to be vigilant. Police sources tell abc news investigators are looking into signs of sexual assault. This is the second high profile case in less than a week involving a young woman murdered while going out for a jog in broad daylight. Well tell you ho to you protect yourself on the jogging trail. With your gma first look im linsey davis abc news, new york. 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Donald trump doesnt understand the weight of sending americans into harms way. Hes unfit to be president. Priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. Time for the morning buzz and kanye west now tops Michael Jackson for the most top 40 hits by a male artist on billboards hot 100 list. West is featured on school boy q song that part it landed west his 40th top for the hit. Hes tenth over all on the list of chart toppers. Elvis presley tops the hit with 80. Little wayne is second in line with 69 songs. Pepsi is taking us back in time with the return of crystal pepsi. The clear cola was he introduced in 19 into but it was only on the market for a year. Fans pushed for a comeback. The company says crystal pepsi will be available at hundreds of major retailers but just for eight weeks. The soda giant is marking the return with a concert today in new york city. It will feature 90s icon salt and pepa end vogue bismarck and lisa low. Matt. 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The grandfather of three Young Children killed in a berks county murdersuicide is speaking out for the first time. One more day of somewhat decent conditions before the heat and humidity really set in again. Good morning everyone, it is 5 30 on this tuesday august 9th. Tweaking the knobs a little bit higher. Lets turn to karen rogers in for david and matt pelman. Very warm today highs near 90. Nothing like were going to see over an extended period of Time Starting tomorrow. Today is kind of one more break day for you. Satellite6 and action radar showing we have mostly clear skies through philadelphia. The farther south you go the better chance you have to see some of those clouds. We see the clouds and those showers suppressed down to the south with the disturbance thats moving on through. So for us were staying dry. Were starting avenue with sunshine. Few more clouds this afternoon. 60 degrees in martins creek. Youre just in the upper 50s not too bad in quakertown and pottstown, new numbers coming in, 57 degrees. Its 64 in coatesville. Its already 66 though in kennett square. 65 in saint davids and warrington. 70 degrees in center city currently. 64 in levittown and some of