Humid. This is not oppressive humidity. Down in dover its stickier as its been the last couple of days. Still comfortable as you step out this morning. This afternoon, 69 degrees nice for the morning workout for the stroll through the car or commute maybe the backup, no problems there. 78 degrees by 10 00 a. M. 82 by noon. This afternoon well bounce up to 86 degrees for the high. Later in the afternoon and evening it will start getting a bit more humid as we are going to see a southwesterly flow start to bring the humidity back into play. Tomorrow, its steamy again and Storm Tracker 6 live double scan will be on top of thunderstorms that roll through at times. Ill have that on future tracker 6. Reporter people were rolling out of town on 42 southbound heading down the shore. We expect busy conditions again on 42 southbound. This morning if youre making an early trek down the shore its a nice ride. Northbound coming toward 295 and the walt whitman bridge look good, as well. All overnight construction on 42 has cleared. This is the ben franklin bridge our good buddy ben a nice, clear ride as you travel from camden into center city this morning. In center city, overnight construction on the vine street expressway has cleared out of the way. All lanes open in both directions with no delays, crews dont come back until monday night. Theres a crash to watch out for in warrington along 202 near lime kiln pike, but at this point you can get by even though police are on the scene. I95 in delco, by 420. Southbound go the tail lights, northbound the headlights toward the airport. Everybody is moving fine. I95 in delaware another halfhour of construction on the southbound side of 141 a couple of lanes blocked there until 6 00 a. M. It was a crash that went boom. A freak elevator accident injured two people and caused a scene. The criminal Justice Center in philadelphia is mostly closed today. Katherine scott is live outside hanheman hospital where a sheriffs deputy one of the people hurt is being treated. Good morning, katherine. Reporter , good morning tam, the sheriffs deputy was in surgery this morning he is in the hospital with serious injuries. What happened with the he elevar remains under investigation. Court clerk bevly smith gave us Beverly Smith gave e gave us a thumbs up as she left the hospital with minor injuries. Paul owens remains in the hospital his injuries more serious. He is in bad shape. Several broken bones in his back. First responders rushed to the criminal Justice Center at 13th and filbert around 10 30 after a malfunction in the elevator used by Court House Workers and jurors. No one told under the circumstances anything, we were on the 11th floor we heard a loud commotion, like a loud boom. Reporter this diagram irves irves gives you an idea of what happened. The car was slingshotted upward with such force it broke through the shaft and the debris rained down on the elevator smith was in forcing that car down. The elevator was inspected in june. Its unclear what triggered the event. The malfunction of the elevator is something were not clear, so were calling for the experts to look into it. Reporter as far as courthouse is concerned it will be close for most events, except for preliminary arraignment and abuse protection. Katherine Scott Channel 6 action news. Developing this morning, the search is on for a shooter who surprised a man who was trying to enter or exit a vehicle in the West Oak Lane section in the 7200 block of forest avenue. Police believe the shooter sped away from the scene in a van who had a child inside who may have witnessed that shooting. Well have live report in the neck halfhour. 5 35. , a delaware detective is accused of paying someone to torch his car. Ahmard reddick is an 8 year veteran of Wilmington Police department. He is facing charges including Second Degree arson. He paid one 100 to set the car on fire to collect the insures and pay off a debt. Joey merlino was arrested for racketeering. Prosecutors traced the crimes from florida to philadelphia, new york and massachusetts. Merlino served 12 years for racketeering. In the race for president. Democrat Hillary Clinton continues to pull away from Republican Donald Trump in the polls her largest lead to date. There were tense moments at clintons rally in las vegas. Secret Service Agents had to rush to protect the nominee when Animal Rights activists approached. Clinton clinton said trump and her children have killed a lot of animals. Trumps sons eric and donald are big game hunters. Critics interrupted donald trump in portland maine. They held up constitutions like the khan family when they criticized donald trump. The president said he never heard of anyone complaining about being cheated before the election is over. If mr. Trump is suggesting that theres a Conspiracy Theory that is being propagated across the country thats ridiculous, that doesnt make any sense. On a separate matter, the president said that isis militants will continue to be a threat even after being ousted from strongholds in iraq and syria. The president met with his National Security team at the pentagon. Now he is heading to mar thats vineyard to celebrate his 55 birthday. Thats a day thats planned. I want to do that. Reporter how about it. Nice start, overall not a bad day, just a little more humid later today and tonight. Storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we are dry this morning and thats good, as we take a look outside we have plenty of Sunshine Building across the delaware and Lehigh Valleys. Theres the ben franklin bridge you can see the sky getting bright over the bridge. The temperatures and dewpoints this morning arent balanced. 69 degrees is the currents temperature in philadelphia. This is one of the warmer spots. Many suburbs are in the low to mid 60s so its very comfortable. The dewpoint is over the 63degree threshhold for humid air. Winds out of the South Southwest at 3 miles per hour. Theres a chance we get a little more humid today and tonight. Satellite shows you theres not a lot of cloud cover around, sky6 live hd gives you that idea, as well, so get your shades ready for the morning commute. 74 degrees by 9 00 a. M. , 82 by noon, 86 degrees by 3 00 p. M. As we take a look at high temperatures across the region, warm in allentown and reading, 84 in trenton and wilmington and millville and toms river. Looks like the shore gets into the low 80s between cape may and ac. A closer look shows 81 in surf city and ocean city and straight down to cape may. A low risk of rip currents. Swim close to the lifeguards in case theres an issue in the water. A bit more humid as we go later into the day especially southern areas near delaware. A good night to start out musikfest. Exambassadors are at the steel stacks. Mid 70s toward the end of show. Again, a little bit muggier as we go later into the evening. Tomorrow, hot and humid, its going to be a steamy one with a cold front out to the west, southerly flow raising the humidity, high of 90 degrees. In the afternoon and evening theres a chance of a spotty thunderstorm coming through. Looks like the poconos and the Lehigh Valley could be hindered by that by lunch time. 3 00 p. M. Thats the best chance of seeing this stuff coming through the i95 corridor. We get to 6 00 p. M. Most of us by the shore. You want to be careful a thunderstorm that forms will give you heavy lightning and downpours and gusty winds. 81 on saturday, 78 nice on sunday, pretty much the same story at the shore for the weekend. Saturday is humid, a late thunderstorm is possible, 85 degrees is the high, but it does get a lot nicer on sunday. In philadelphia, today 86. Tomorrow, steamy with an afternoon thunderstorm possible 90 degrees is the high. Growing less humid as we come through the day on sunday that high of 87. Monday and tuesday, look warm with low humidity, both days pretty good, were back into the soup on wednesday and thursday with hot and humid conditions and thunderstorms returning. What kind of soup are we talking about . Pea soup. Reporter philadelphia soup. Thank you, david. 5 40 a. M. The man accused of gunning down several members of an africanamerican church is assaulted by a prison inmate. We have the details. Here boy, a couple of Good Samaritans save a dog from an odd spot. Reporter cream of chicken and wild rice. Thats my favorite. This is the boulevard, traffic is moving fine on both of these roads with an issue on 202 and the pennsylvania turnpike. Well talk about it when action news continues on this friday morning. One fifth of all the fresh water in the world flows into one incredible experience you cant find anywhere else. And thats not the only thing you can only find in new york state. You can find it all only in new york. New york. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your Summer Vacation at iloveny. Com live look there, sky6 live hd looking down the shore, isnt that gorgeous, beautiful sunrise, 65 degrees, enjoy the day because it will be getting hot and stormy. Reporter things are nice and dry and looking good as we head out. If theres one group of drivers who are winning this weekend. It is those along 202 because they are enjoying the third lane that has opened up in each direction in the frazier and exton areas. The normal morning and afternoon delays have been eliminated with the opening of the third lanes. Enjoy them. They are out there during the overnight putting the finishing touches on the widening project. Elsewhere on 202 warrington theres a crash near lime kiln pike. Police are out there, but traffic is getting by. Lets bring in the commuter report. In ivy handle bucks county another ivy land, bucks county, a crash as carversville road. In plump plumstead bucks county theres a drainage work at stump road. Stick with 611 or curly hill road. Northeast extension Construction Zone gone cross it off the lift. Theres one taking out the left lane downingtown and malvern. The one near norristown has cleared, cross that off the list. Heres one that joins us today it will last until august 14 next sunday. Youll be without that road, schuylkill road and township line road. Stick with 113. The rio olympics begin tonight. For all the good times there are concerns about the games. Water tests by abc news confirmed that it is contaminated. 271 russian olympians have been cleared to compete on the eve of the tournament. Several International Leader were wind and dined by the International OlympicCommittee Last night. Dylan roof was attacked by another inmate when a black inmate in a high Security Unit managed to get through a cell door. Roof and is lawyers do not want to press charges. 35 47. Promising news in the effort to develop an effective zika virus. Three experimental treatments protected monkeys from the moss coo moss mosquito bourn virus. A crafty dog showed off his as an escape artist. This is jack, he got stuck on a leveling in pennsylvania. He realizes this is way too high to jump down. A man climbed on top of his van to bring him to safety. Jacks owner thinks he ended up there after escaping through a crack in the window next to the ac. He must have pushed this and it came undone from these Little Things out here. What was he doing out of the window . Chasing pigeons. Jack at owner wants to thank the man who rescued him. 5 48. There may be small amounts of water due to a drought, but later there could be plenty of good wine well explain. A 4yearold boy makes a rather long trek by himself on a tricycle. Whenthe state made aers, commitment to us. I knew that i wasnt going to make a fortune. But i would have a secure pension plan when i retired. Each and every one of us made that contribution from every paycheck we ever earned. Theyve been negligent in their responsibility over the years of not funding this pension the way it should have been funded. They have made a promise, theyve made a commitment, and they need to stick to it. Business in the poconos is thriving despite the lack of rain there. Hot, dry weather is typically bad news for the farmers. But for the vineyard there, its a good thing, drought is good for wine grapes because it concentrate the sugars and it makes for a flavorful and goodwin and good wine. Nothing to whine about at prod street and pattison avenue. A sunrise sunrise this morning. The first delay only regional rails, Paoli Thorndale running 15 minutes behind. The manayunk norristown, keep in mind youll be on the buses this weekend and all the weekends in august between elm and the transportation center. Reporter satellite shows you we have cloud cover to the southwest. Were starting out sunny and bright today. If youre out running errands, 78 degrees by 8 00 a. M. Noon, 82. This afternoon well see a high of 86 degrees about 3 00 p. M. Later in the afternoon and evening, the humidity levels may start to rise a little bit. Not oppressive, but a little stickier. Tomorrow the steamy day with a spotty thunderstorm in a couple of places. You can get Storm Tracker 6 live double scan radar at 6abc. Com weather. Therapy dogs lift the spirits of california firefighters they made the rounds wednesday. Firefighters spent two weeks battling the blazes out west and miss their own Furry Friends back home. A boy is safe after a 6mile journey, that boy was with his brother and cousin when he got separated from the group. Rescue crews found the boy four hours later and of miles from where he was last seen. The family said they cannot express their gratitude enough for the dozens of strangers that came out to help. 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 look there, the view out across the ben. Absolutely beautiful out there. Right now, 5 55, 6 degrees. A 35yearold woman said she was walking in the 1900 block of green street when an armed man stole her purse. A few blocks later, a man was approached by the same man and two accomplices. Police think the suspects are between 16 and 20 years old. If you recognize any of them, contact police. The billionaire owner of the trump taj mahal penned an open letter to the employees. He claims he lost 100 million over the past year and a half. He said its one thing to fund losses when a path to profitability exists, but to burn tens of millions of dollars when theres no hope is foolish. Local 354 is in the middle of its longest strike in atlantic city. Philadelphia Public Schools are retesting Drinking Water to make sure its lead free. Samples will be taken from the schools to make sure they comply with the Public Health standards. Its part of the safe Drinking Water program. They last tested back in 2010. Next and new this morning, hikers have more than tough terrain to watch out for on a a north jersey trail. Someone is setting up dangerous traps. Catching a cat nap at work, never been easier now that desks convert into beds. What . [laughter] yeah. There it is. 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Were live with the details. Police believe this man is responsible for four attacks on women in philadelphia and one is a murder case. The stage is set one of the summers biggest Music Festival kicks off today. I said hey, hey, hey. You have a great v