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And cool. I want to show you storm tracker6 live double scan. These are our last showers that are sneaking through here in norristown and willow grove, in doylestown, now in jenkintown, in media. Heading right through the city and then in cherry hill, riverside and trenton after that. Last shower sneaking through along the coastline. You have a few of them as well. Heres a wider look with satellite and radar showing the bulk of that moisture is well down to the south in virginia but its all exiting the coastline but you can see were stuck in the clouds. Were not going to see some sunshine to really the second half of the day after lunchtime today today. How about these numbers . 60 in kutztown, 62 in quakertown 64 in warminster, 69 in center city. How about the suburbs in new jersey . Also hovering in the mid 60s. 66 in cinnaminson but 67 in hammonton, 66 in vineland and 68 degrees in dover, delaware. So, after a damp and cloudy start, the afternoon is going to be a little bit brighter. Today is kind of the day of transition. 68 degrees at 7 00 a. M. With lots of clouds. By lunchtime, 74. Some peeks of sunshine at 3 oclock 79. Well hit our high of 80 around 5 oclock. At 7 oclock come down from that and 78 degrees. All of this leads up to a much nicer day tomorrow. Ill show you that in the sevenday forecast in just a minute, matt. All righty karen. Thought wed start the 6 oclock hour with a relatively rare occurrence. Im going to give you some good news. The lane restrictions we had yesterday afternoon that gave us delayed and lingered into the overnight hours here on the ben franklin bridge westbound have been lifted. Arrow board is gone. Construction crews cleared out within the last 15 minutes so you have got all four westbound lanes coming into center city which is good news. Crisis averted. I dont think well see the big delays that we otherwise would have. Now once youre on the pennsylvania side if youre getting on the vine street expressway were tapping the brakes now on the westbound side approaching the schuylkill but overall volume isnt too bad yet and of course the overnight construction is long gone. Just starting to see the speeds drop along 95 southbound between allegheny and girard. Weve got a couple issues in the neighborhoods. Lets zoom into them. On the boulevard northbound a serious accident at c street is in the outer drive. Sounds like a lane is blocked but tow trucks are on scene so we dont expect it to be there a whole lot longer. In tacony by paganos stakes and shakes traffic lights arent working along torresdale avenue at robin street. Might be a little confusing in that neck of the woods this morning. This neck of the woods is west conshohocken. Its the good old schuylkill expressway underneath the blue route. Overnight construction in the eastbound lanes has cleared. Theyll return, of course, tonight but for now youve got bumpy lanes but at least both lanes are opened in both directions. Matt. A man jumped from the second story of a burning home in kensington after firefighters extinguished the blaze they found a body inside. Action News Reporter Katherine Scott is live at Temple University hospital where the fire survivor is being treated. Katherine. Reporter matt, thats right, when firefighters were going through the house, they found a body on the second floor of the home. They also heard that there was another person, a man, who had jumped from the second floor of that building. He was taken here to Temple University hospital in stable condition. Lets go to video from kensington overnight. You can see investigators on the scene there. The circumstances surrounding this fire remain under investigation. We saw investigators going through the building with flashlights. L and i taped off the building. We did see a k9 unit, investigators from atf there as well as the crime scene unit. This happened last night on the 1800 block of east clementine street in kensington. Firefighters were called around 10 40 p. M. Crews arrived in two minutes and were met with heavy flames on the first floor of the twostory end row home. When they were inside putting out the flames they discovered the body on the second floor. We dont know that persons identity. They have not released it. Before firefighters go the got there, one person on the second floor jumped to safety. He was taken here to Temple University hospital in stable condition. One firefighter was also being evaluated at the hospital for heat related injuries and he is in and stable condition. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the fire marshals office. Live in north philadelphia, Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. Philadelphia Police Open Fire on an armed suspect after he allegedly shot attempt. The crossfire happened on the 2200 block of north fairhill street in north philadelphia yesterday afternoon. Police say the suspect was under the influence of narcotics. The suspect is now in the hospital in critical but stable condition. Bullets also pierced the bedroom window of a home on the block. No one inside the home was hit and well have much more on this coming up later in a live report. The city of chester is on pace to surpass last years total number of homicides. There have been 21 murders so far this year compared to 26 homicides in all of 2016. A handful of people were shot across the Delaware County city last weekend. Three of those shootings took place in a matter of 24 hours. Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland feels the murder rate is a near snapshot of a bigger unspoken problem. They focus on the homicide rate but they dont focus on the guns and the ammunition. Why are guns and ammunition so easily accessible and until we address the big issue, the problem will continue to persist. Mayor kirkland says the city hopes to start a Pilot Program that will help track the guns used in violent crimes. A bucks county man is accused of attacking his neighbor with a wooden stick. Jonathan zandel faces Assault Charges for the attack in southampton last tuesday night. A Woman Told Police he was in hallway screaming and came at her and her boyfriend with that stick. Zandel hit the man on his arm but the man was not seriously hurt. Residents in a jersey shore town once again fuming about a project by the corps of engineers. Yesterdays heavy rains have again created a huge moat blocking bathers access to the beach and ocean in margate. The dunes project stretches a half mile between fredericksburg and huntington avenues. A judge ordered an eight day halt on the project last week, hence this is what you see. The judge wants state officials and the town to Work Together to come up with drainage solutions. Both sides will be back in court this week. Americans are really losing the war against Credit Card Debt to historic levels. Maribel aber is live in new york with this mornings market watch report. Maribel, nothing funny about this. Reporter nothing funny at all. Good morning tam. Americans have more than 1. 021 trillion in outstanding revolving credit in june of 2017 according to a report released yesterday by the federal receive. People are getting access to credit cards with over 171 Million Consumers with cards in the First Quarter of 2017. Thats the most amount of people with access to credit cards since 2005. Total Household Debt including home auto and Student Loan Debt as also a surpassed its last peak in 2008. Stocks closed higher yesterday though hitting its ninth Straight Record close. Right now futures pointing to a lower open. Got a report on job openings well watch later today. Aldi looking for more managers. The Discount Grocery chain will hold a job fair from 2 00 p. M. To 5 00 p. M. At its store on west girard avenue. Two more hiring events will be held in Montgomery County and in south jersey later this month. Thats the latest in business. Back over to you matt and tam. Thanks maribel. So, a little bit of rain left over from yesterday, right. Just a few showers around at this point but lots of clouds. Were not going to see a lot of sunshine today. You have to wait until the afternoon for that. Lets show you the showers. This is storm tracker6 live double scan. So, we may see the showers in cape may, in Atlantic City that have been moving off the coastline but with double scan we can go in a little closer to the showers that are near the city. This is in norristown, in lansdale, doylestown, jenkintown. It will be hopping into riverside and trenton in just a little bit. Just a couple sprinkles left over. Lets take a look outside and see what it looks like right now and, hey, the clouds are trying to break a little. Thats a good sign, isnt it . As we look up above the Commodore Barry bridge. Well see a good amount of clouds to start us off today and the after will be a bit brighter. Its kind of a day of transition. But mostly dry today. So, the temperature currently is only 69 degrees. Its on the cool side this morning. The dewpoint 65. The winds out of the westnorthwest, theyre going to help to dry things out for us today. The pressure is Holding Steady and the ocean temperature is 72. Heres satellite and radar. You can see the bulk of the moisture is not in our area, its down in virginia and down in richmond and thats kind of pushing off the coastline. We just have a few sprinkles that are clipping our coast and a couple of sprinkles are heading through the city right now. Lots of clouds, though. Weve been watching that line, the drier air will fill in here. Its now clear in pittsburgh but you can see in central pennsylvania in our region socked with the clouds. Theyre going to try to break up through the day but really in the afternoon youll see a bit more sun mixing with the clouds. Your who only 80, 6 degrees below average. 8 00 a. M. 71 with lots of clouds. 10 00 a. M. 72, more peeks of sunshine at lunchtime 74 degrees. At 3 oclock 79. At 6 oclock 79, partly sunny skies coming down from your high of 80 today so its a cool start and youll have also a high of 79, 80 degrees at the beach today. You have more of a land breeze, so not a sea breeze. A low risk of rip currents and you know those bugs are going to get you with in land breeze. 80 degrees in bethany beach. High pressure settles in tomorrow. The pick of the week, weve got a nice one for you. 83 degrees by wednesday. Lots of sunshine. Low humidity. Temperatures only couple degrees below average. So you kind of earned a couple good days and youre getting them coming up. Today, not a terrible day, just a day of transition. Lots of which you had to start and certainly cool. Some sunshine today. Late in the morning into the afternoon hours. Wednesday nice and sunny, rather bright, 83, low humidity. Feeling good out there. Even thursday looks good. Maybe a few more clouds but sun and clouds, 84. Friday turns cooler, a high on friday of just 79 degrees. And some of the models disagreeing on the timing of some showers. Looks like we might be dry the first half of the day on friday. Well have to see what happens but a few showers coming through on friday and even on saturday a shower or two, partly sunny skies, 82 degrees. Not a washout but a few showers on the weekend. Even sunday a shower around, more humid, at least some sunshine and 84 degrees. Monday it stays rather sticky and 84 degrees for your high so were staying below average but yesterday our high was only 72 so at least we got the 70s out of the there for today. Sure. Its kind of like late september then. Feels that way in the morning. Thanks karen. 6 11 now. Were following breaking news. A standoff ends between federal authorities and a fugitive who was that wanted for attacking a deputy during a daring escape. New at 6 00 a frontier in flying could be taking a trip on plane with no pilot. Matt you like to travel. Yeah, that sounds a little bit alarming but well see what happens. Good morning, tam. Were live here in queen village. This is columbus boulevard, Delaware Avenue just off 95. If youre headed southbound keep in mind up ahead the work continues on that sinkhole so just one lane is getting by and you can expect delays later on. Well check 95 and talk about a couple issues in northeast when action news continues on this tuesday morning. Welcome back. Youre taking a live look here into center city. You see some of that cloud cover. You might actually need a little sweater when you step out of the house but not to despair, karen rogers says you will enjoy some sunshine today and that tomorrow is looking really good. Hm. Go back to the despair category, with matt. I was always have something bad to share with you but ive got some good news today, too. Couple things to be excited about today. Its National Frozen custard day, matt and tam. We love that one. And National Dollar day. The day we celebrate when will congress created our Monetary System back in 1786. But did you know the first paper dollar was not created not in use until 1862. Wow. So, lots of coins until then. Meanwhile this is 95. Yeah, news is not so great here. Were starting to see those southbound delays from the betsy ross bridge through this point at allegheny avenue into girard, just normal morning volume starting to kick in. Going to have bridge inspectors out and about in this area along 95 later on today. Theyll work northbound from 9 00 to noon and then southbound 11 00 to 3 00 so during the midday, watch out for the work along 95 nearly allegheny avenue. Right now were watching out for a crash along the roosevelt boulevard northbound at c street. Sounds like its not going to be there real long but it was a serious wreck in the outer drive that theyre in the process of together away the vehicles which were involved. In tacony by paganos stakes and shakes traffic lights arent working this morning along torresdale avenue at robin street so expect a little confusion there. As you go a little farther into the northeast, construction started yesterday along the home avenue bridge in pennypack park. I would avoid that until mid october, if you can. Theyre still going to have a lane opened both ways but its kind of a mess. Maybe stick with grant avenue instead. Today the flaggers will be out and about along 232. Use buck road as an alternate there. Lets check your ways to work with the waze app and the commuter report route one northbound in Princeton Junction reports of a minor crash there close to harrison street. Tam. Thank you, matt. There is breaking news out of ohio this morning. The three day manhunt for an escaped prisoner is over and it ended with his death. The fbi and u. S. Marshalls surrounded Brandon Powell late last night. He was hiding in the crawlspace of his parents home. Powell is a suspected rapist who overpowered a deputy while still shackled and managed to get away with the deputys gun. Authorities tried to talk powell into that surrendering peacefully but he shot himself last night and died. A seventh home near a massive sinkhole in land oh lakes florida has been condemned. County officials add the sinkhole has grown by another 30 feet. It first opened up back on july 14th. Crews are trying to stabilize the hole with limestone and dirt. They believe some of their equipment may have caused the additional collapse but they no longer believe this is an active sinkhole. In todays tech bytes, could robots soon be flying your plane . Ubs released a report saying that remotely controlled airliners could be taking off within eight years. But passengers arent on board yet with that idea only about one in five people surveyed said they would take a pilotless flight. Tmobile is introducing a new 55 plus plan. Offering seniors two lines for only 60 bucks a month. Unlike other carriers this is a fullfledged smartphone plan with unlimited data. Apple is on instagram. Showing offer photos shot on iphones by us. Apple curators will look for the shot on iphone and ask the creator for permission to share them. Your photo could be next. Havent we always been shooting on iphones on instagram. And have they seen myself fee game. Thats true. There are plenty of those. Those are your tech bytes. Have good one. Es grow babies. We run marathons. Companies. Solve problems. How . We eat. We eat almonds. Strawberries. Quinoa. And yeah. We eat chocolate. We eat in sweatpants. In skirts. We eat alone. And together. Women are strong. We eat, and we own it. Special k. Hey everybody its shoshana at soul beats studio. I brought some friends with me. Well show um exactly how to work those inner thighs. Coming out into second position plie knees over toes belly tight into in plie squat. Taking it down an inch, up an inch. Little pulses. 15 reps. At the last 15 youre growing to hold it lifting that right heal up give me 15 pulses. Then switch. Left heal up. Really getting deep into those thighs. I know you can do it and your thighs are together to thank you for it. I just did a couple. Looking good. Much better than you. My thighs are like way out bulging now. Matt please save us. Lets go outside, please. You keep doing your whatever those are called. Here in tacony this is torresdale avenue at robin street. Talking about traffic light issues here. Theres also a crash. You can see the dent in the side of that car so were thinking maybe the two are related. Watch out for this, the intersection of torresdale and robin by paganos stakes and shakes. Were shaking fine so far this morning on the trains and buses. Everything is on time on mass transit including the patco trains rolling over the ben franklin bridge and on our good buddy ben, good news, that westbound construction, the restrictions coming out of the toll plaza they have been lifted so were moving fine at this point. Karen. As you look at the center city skyline certainly were socked in with the clouds. Little bit of blue trying to peak through and it will by the afternoon hours. Just not right now. Your walk the dog forecast, i miss the little dog, now my lacey yesterday did not want to go out in that rain. Today is going to be a little better. We have a couple showers exiting the coastline but you can see we stay in the upper 60s, low 70s straight through to 10 00 a. M. By 11 00 a. M. T73. Youre dry. Yes, well have the clouds but go walk the poor pup and by lunchtime 75 degrees with clouds giving way to some sunshine. Lets take a look at the day ahead for musikfest. After a rainy day yesterday, hey, today is a lot better in bethlehem. Aloe blacc at 7 oclock, well have sunshine, clear skies at night. At 7 oclock, 75. At 8 oclock, 72. At 9 oclock, 68 degrees so a great night for musikfest, tam in thank you, karen. New here on action news, doctors in australia had to surgically remove dental wire from a womans small intestine 10 years after she swallowed it. Doctors said the 30yearold woman showed up at an emergency room complaining that she had cramping and severe abdominal pain. So the doctors did a ct scan and when they looked at it they realized she had an object inside that had punctured several places in her small intestine. So the surgeons went in and they later pulled out a 7centimeter piece of wire that presumably had been in there for a decade and had come off of her braces. The phillies start a two game series with the braves in atlanta tonight and they will carry heavy hearts as this is their first game since the announcement of the death of allstar catcher darren daulton. Millville new jerseys own mike trout celebrated his 26th birthday with his 1,000th career hit. It happened during yesterdays angelsorioles game. Then trouts teammates showered him with birthday gifts after the game. If you look closely youll see some eggs, baby powder, coffee creamer, cereal, possibly some shaving cream as well. Whatever else was in the trash can. Atlantic county residents had to deal with a fullon rancid problem. A garbage truck dumped mounds of trash. What lovers trash near the jersey shore . Hm. I know. A flock of seagulls descended on the scene along the 100 block of exton avenue. Residents describe the smell as unbearable. Officials say the mess will be cleaned up. Its unclear what caused the truck to release all that trash in the first place. Those poor people. A Baseball Team from Montgomery County remains undefeated in their quest to reach the Little League world series. Some big League Defense helped Upper Providence top maryland yesterday. Fielded the ball between his legs to get the out at second. Upper providence plays a team from jackson new jersey tomorrow afternoon. If they win there, they are in the championship game on saturday. Come on Upper Providence. Nifty move by those infielders there. 6 27 and breaking overnight fire breaks out in a Philadelphia Row home. One person makes it out alive but another is found dead inside. Police put out an alert for parents. Theres a man trying to lure children into his car in a south jersey neighborhood. Well be right back. Using artificial tears often and still have dry eye symptoms . Ready for some relief . Xiidra is the first and only eye drop approved for both the signs and symptoms of dry eye. One drop in each eye, twice a day. Common side effects include eye irritation, discomfort or blurred vision when applied to the eye, and unusual taste sensation. Dont touch container tip to your eye or any surface. Remove contacts before using xiidra and wait at least 15 minutes before reinserting. Chat with your eye doctor about xiidra. Braking on action news, a body is found inside a burned out row home in philadelphia p a firefighter and another person have also been hurt. Bullets strike a home during a Police Involved shootout. We have brand new video of the confrontation. The region and is still drying out from the last round of rain but happier days are ahead. Accuweather is calling for sun and low humidity for the next few days. Good morning everyone. 6 30 on this tuesday august 8th. David is off. Matt pelman in the studio and outside karen rogers and were wondering is it even a bit chilly out there . It is a little cool. I would be wearing a little sweater but i was running too late to grab one when i walked out of the house this morning, so take a minute and do that will right now. Its feeling kind of damp and cool. On storm tracker6 live double scan, a little bit of drizzle here or there, little dampness in the air near allentown you may see a drizzle drop or two, near trenton and certainly near Atlantic City but the bulk of that is pulling offer off the coastline. The rest of the day is dry. Weve been socked in with the clouds. Tomorrow is the day we see bright sunshine. Today we have clouds giving way to some sunshine. Little bit later on in the afternoon hours. So, look at these temperatures. Its even cooler than it was an hour ago. 61 in quakertown. 61 in pottstown. 60 in kutztown. 65 in coatesville. 66 in media. Its a little better in center city. 69 degrees. Only 64 in warminster. In new jersey 65 in browns mills, 66 in vineland, 68 in dover, delaware so its a cool start to the day and temperatures through the day are going to stay a good 6 degrees below average. By 7 00 a. M. , youll be in the upper 60s, lots of clouds. By lunchtime about 74. Some peeks of sunshine here or there in the afternoon hours. At 3 oclock, 79. At 5 oclock, 80 degrees. Thats your high today at 7 oclock coming down from that with a little more sunshine by evening hours, 78 degrees. So sclouds give way to sunshine but it is a cool start as you head out the door. The rain is moving out of here and tomorrow looks good. Details on that in the seven day in just a minute matt. Theres always sort of a cloud hanging over 76, the schuylkill expressway, karen, but this morning its just volume that were watching. The westbound lanes from past the boulevard through this point approaching belmont out towards gladwyne. Both lanes have plenty of traffic headed toward belmont avenue. On 95 starting to see delays there as well as speeds drop into the 20s on the southbound side from cottman into girard. And lets zoom into the neighborhoods in the northeast because in tacony we have a crash that appears to have resulted in some traffic light troubles by paganos stakes and shakes along torresdale avenue at robin street. Weve also been watching a crash along the roosevelt boulevard and the action cam was on the scene northbound lanes, this happened about an hour ago now at c street, happened in the outer drive. You can see the vehicles pretty badly banged up here but the tow trucks got in pretty quickly and the good news is they have everything pushed off to the side now in olney. If youre traveling the boulevard northbound at c street you can get by. Have a rash crash in upper dublin. Not bad on the westbound side of the pennsylvania turnpike and just starting to slow here in south jersey on 42 northbound from the black horse pike through this point north to 295. Tam. Okay, thank you, matt. Were starting with some breaking news. One person escaped flames in a row home in kensington jumping to safety. But another person wasnt so lucky. As fire crews discovered their body in the ruins. Action News Reporter Katherine Scott is live outside of Temple University hospital. Thats where they took the injured person. Shes got more. Good morning. Reporter tam, thats right, good morning. The fire broke out late last night. When firefighters were going through the building, they discovered that body on the second floor. There was a second person who managed to escape the flames. They were taken here to Temple University hospital in stable condition and thats where he remains. Lets go to individual grow kensington overnight. You can see investigators on the scene here. It happened last night on the 1800 block of east clementine street. Firefighters were called around 10 40 p. M. Crews arrived in two minutes to heavy flames on the first floor of a two story end row home. As firefighters were going through the building, they discovered the body on the second floor. Before firefighters got there, one person who had been on the second floor had jumped to safety. He was taken to Temple University hospital in stable condition. The circumstances surrounding this fire remain under investigation this morning. L and i was there. They taped off the home. We did see a k9 unit. Investigators from atf as well as the crime scene unit were there. One firefighter was taken to the hospital. Had one of our own members transported for heat related injuries and he is also stable and being evaluated. Our Fire Prevention division is on location canvassing the area and giving out smoke alarms and Fire Prevention literature at this time. Reporter and the cause of that fire remains under investigation this morning. Were live in north philadelphia, Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. Thank you katherine. And new this morning, police in Haddon Township new jersey have released this sketch of a child luring suspect that theyre looking for. Police say he was seen driving his 2003 four door tan or gold hyundai elantra. It has a new jersey registration and possibly a discolored drivers side rear panel. A girl says the car pulled up to her on sunday and she was riding her bike on the 200 block of addison avenue and the man told the girl her parents had sent him to pick her up. She smartly rode away. Call police if you see this suspect or the car. We have an overnight update to a policeinvolved shooting in north philadelphia. Action news has just obtained video of the moment the gunfire erupted in broad daylight with bullets just barely missing a family in their home. Action News Reporter Jeanette Reyes is live at Police Headquarters with the latest on the investigation. Good morning, jeanette. Reporter good morning, matt. Philadelphia police were responding to reports of man with a gun. They say as soon as they arrived on scene, this man started firing at them. This morning we have new video of that terrifying encounter. [gunfire] screaming . Reporter this Instagram Video captures the moment gunshots broke out in broad daylight. Residents screamed as officers took cover. Bang bang bang bang. Reporter it happened around four 30 in the afternoon along the 2200 block of north fairhill. The family was watching the movie no one lives when suddenly they heard what sounded like real gunshots. My mom was in the room watching tv and the bullets came flying in the room. We were lane in the laying in the bed watching tv and we heard the bullet go through the window. She started screaming. Reporter police say they responded to a call about man with a gun. Getting information from civilians that he actually ensured that the gun was loaded by racking it and slapping the magazine plate. At that time that male fired twice at uniformed officers. Uniformed officers returned fire hitting the male. Reporter the suspect was taken to the hospital in critical but stable condition. No one else was injured. Back at the scene, a gun and holster were recovered and police say the car the man was driving appeared to have been stolen out of new jersey. And those officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of this investigation. Anyone who witnessed this shooting is asked to contact police. Reporting live at Police Headquarters, Jeanette Reyes channel6 action news. Okay, thank you, jeanette. And happening today, the Philadelphia School district will outline new immunization requirements for the Upcoming School year. Under the changes students entering the 12th grade need an additional dose of the m c. V. Vaccine and all students require a fourth dose of the polio vaccine including one at or after age four. 6 38 now. The National Weather service will be in salisbury maryland to determine whether a tornado touched down. Powerful winds tossed cars on top of one another in a parking lot along route 13. This is from the same system that gave us all that rain yesterday. Despite all the damage, only one minor injury was reported. All right. Lets talk about whats going on here today. Little cloudy but it will get clear. Yes, its a day of transition. So, we start with clouds. Well see some sunshine by days end. Not too bad. Storm tracker6 live couple scan showing we had some Early Morning rain just along the coastline and a few sprinkles here or there everywhere else its all trying to clear up. You can see the rain itself leaving delaware, cape may right now off the coastline in Atlantic City, few showers exiting the coastline. This is the last of that area of low pressure that gave us all that rain yesterday kicking on out of here. Lets go on outside, see what it looks like. Sky6 looking live above the center city skyline and we have lots of clouds up above. We will see a little bit of sunshine here or there especially this afternoon but its going take awhile to break these clouds. Its cool out there to start. 69 degrees in the city. In some of the suburbs in the Lehigh Valley youre just hitting around 60 degrees so it really feels like almost a taste of fall. 65degree dewpoint. The winds out of the westnorth west. Thats going to help to dry things out for us. The Pressure Holding steady and the ocean temperature is 72. Satellite and radar showing that area of low pressure. You could see the bulk of the rain is well down to our south, not in our area. We just got clipped by it a little bit at the jersey shore and one or two sprinkles here or there through the suburbs but this is the real point youre watching, where the clouds end. That drier air pushing in. Clear skies in pittsburgh right now and thats going to continue to push offer the off the coastline. Clouds give way to sunshine today. 80 degrees for todays high. At days end were talking temperatures a good 6 degrees below average. At 8 00 a. M. Barely at 71 with clouds. By 10 00 a. M. , 72. By lunchtime 74, mostly cloudy skies. At 3 oclock, 79. Some peeks of sunshine. A little more sunshine in the evening hours. 79 degrees at 6 00 coming down from your high of 80 today. So 80 in the city, in the Lehigh Valley, 81, youll feel a little better because youll be the first to clear so in the Lehigh Valley youll see a little more sunshine earlier in the day. It will take probably until lunchtime for the i95 corridor. 79 degrees on the boardwalk in ac. 77 in cape may. Theres a land breeze today and a low risk of rip currents. High pressure overhead. Tomorrow is a nice one. I think the pick of the week. Were going to have lots of sunshine, pretty low humidity. So, its a great day for you come tomorrow. Weve earned it and were getting a couple good days in the sevenday forecast. Today not tool bad. Last of the showers moving out but it kind of feels damp out there and certainly cool. Your high today only 80 a little better than yesterday afternoon thats for sure. Some sunshine mixing with the clouds in the afternoon. Tomorrow, though, is a different story. Nice and sunny, 83 degrees, low humidity. Thursdays not bad, either. Sunshine, a few more clouds but 84 degrees for your high. And then on friday, cooler, lots of clouds, only 79 degrees. Were tracking an area of low pressure. Some of the models disagreeing as to when that hits but it looks like well see some showers, maybe the second half of the day on friday. Saturday partly sunny, a shower or two around, 82 degrees. On sunday, it turns more humid and some sunshine mixing with the clouds, 84. So, a chance for a shower each day on the weekend. Doesnt look like a washout just a chance for a few showers here or there over the weekend and then monday staying pretty sticky, 84 degrees. But no 90s in this forecast. Here it is august and were looking at seven days below average. Thats okay. You like that. I do like that. Thank you. Up next, road rage during a morning rush. A woman looks over to see another driver pointing a gun in her direction. Brand new here at 6 30, a tom and jerry tale with a twist. Instead of a mouse, the cat faces off with a coyote. Matt. Watch out for the dynamite. Good morning to you matt. So far not so bad here along the 30 bypass in chester county. If youre coming eastbound from parkesburg, coatesville or thorndale, its a little bit of eastbound traffic. So far it really is pretty decent but well check 422, see if delays have cropped up there when action news continues on this tuesday morning. From the time i was pregnant with him, had so much life and energy in him. He wanted out, and he wanted to conquer the world. Right now, quintons goal is to be a doctor. Its not easy being a single parent with three kids and having to provide for them. But my son will be an amazing doctor, and hell help people that are less fortunate. No matter where you are in your college journey, sallie mae can help you find the money you need. I want a jacket. Maybe a light jacket when you walk outside. Right now 6 45, its 69 degrees. Getting up to about 80 degrees today. A little bit of rain left over but just spotty stuff out there. You know, matt, i always use days like this to remind myself to enjoy summer because fall is coming. Thats right, yeah and this summer hasnt been quite so bad i guess in the Temperature Department overall but it has been rainy it felt like and this morning were still drying out from some of that rain. Have a few damp roads but for the most part were looking good. Just some volume building in on 422 eastbound side as you travel through this new traffic pattern by trooper road into 23, the middle of the roadway blocked off as of last week. So now everybody is forced over to the ride side of the roadway and things are a little bit slow this morning with volume from the saint gabes curve into route 23. During the midday pretty much day each week theyre saying crews could be doing patching work between trooper and the oaks interchange from 9 00 until 3 00. Upper dublin along 29ing road at valley road. Not so bad so far on the westbound pennsylvania turnpike but delays will crop up there. A couple work zones in delco. Working during the mid days this week until 9 00 until 9 00l 3 00 fellowship drive now closed. Were getting used to this new closure in concorde township. You could use 322 instead but theres so much work going on there with the widening project. Stick with concorde road instead of fellowship drive for the next little while. On the big picture slow speeds have developed now on the schuylkill and 95, southbound from cottman into girard. Still have the traffic light troubles in tacony at torresdale and robin and that crash on the boulevard northbound at c street is off to the side but something to watch out for if youre out and about and in norristown that construction going on all week along creek road. Stay on hartford road to get around that work zone. Camden county police trying to track down the driver of an atf that used it as a battering ram against two officers on saturday night. Police tried to stop the man when they witnessed him tampering with equipment at a gas station on newton avenue. The man drove his atv into the open door of their cruiser injuring a female officer. He then drove into a detective knocking him to the ground. Both officers were treated and released from the hospital. New this morning, a driver wanted in connection with an apparent road rage incident in texas actually turned himself in and claimed he pointed a gun at another driver in selfdefense. Victoria best recorded the incident while driving to work outside of dallas on friday. The man with the gun later told investigators he believed the cell phone in beths hand was a weapon. Police have not yet filed charges. Award winning engine. The volvo xc90. The most awarded luxury suv of the century. This august visit your local volvo dealer to receive sommar savings of up to 4,500. This august visit your local volvo dealer welcome back. Time to get a preview of gma. Robin roberts live in nyc. Robin were getting rid of that rain from yesterday but other folks down south are dealing with it for a lot longer. Reporter matt and tam, youre right about that. Heavy rain causing flash floods across the south. Roads under water. Rescues under way right now. This as the northeast cleans up from severe storms including a possible tornado. Were going to track where the storm system is headed next as we keep an eye on Tropical Storm franklin. Also ahead that breaking news overnight. Google firing the engineer who wrote a company wide a memo about womens role in text. Portions of that memo advanced harmful gender stereotypes. The latest from l. A. I know you guys probably have been talking about this all morning long. That shocker. But the happy couple rachel and bryan join us live this morning right here on gma. What rachel has to say about that difficult final breakup with peter and who she thinks the next bachelor should be. But wait theres more. The original dude himself, jeff bridges is going to be here live matt and tam. And the dude abides robin. It does. Speaking of bridges lets check 95 at Bridge Street as we head outside this morning, southbound side now heavy from this point at Bridge Street on into girard. Just normal morning volume. But as you go farther south in the state of delaware, were getting word in newark the southbound off ramp to 896 is blocked because of an accident there. If you ride the market frankford line watch out for 10 minute westbound delays this morning. Had some earlier equipment issues near the allegheny station. Karen. Its a little damp out there this morning and certainly cool as those showers continue to exit the coastline here. 69 degrees in philadelphia but its only 64 this morning in reading, 68 degrees in Atlantic City. So, almost a taste of fall very early on this morning its a cool start but by the afternoon things getting a little bit better, bit more breaks of sunshine. Today well have a high of 80 degrees, 6 degrees below average. Well be sitting on that about 5 oclock this afternoon when well see some sunshine mixing with the clouds there. And if youre heading out of town weve had so many problems with so much rain and flight delays but currently no flight delays through the area. So if youre headed out of town good news there tam. Thank you, karen. A house cat proves it still has the call and the attitude of the wild. A homeowners camera in colorado captured the feline swatting at a coyote scaring it away. Seconds later the coyote says wait a second and comes back. This time a little too close for comfort and the feline darts off the front porch. The homeowner, however, says the cat did later show up at the back door without a scratch. Every year south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to Steve Sweeney and chris christie. Heres the sweeneychristie record eight years of underfunded schools. Huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. And homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. Dont believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. Steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. A man was hurt while jumping from the second story of a burning home in philadelphias kensington section overnight. After firefighters extinguished the blaze they found a body inside. One firefighter suffered a heat related injury but is in stable condition. Police opened fire on an armed suspect that they say shot at officers in north philadelphia. The suspect is in critical but stable condition. Bullets also pierced the bedroom window of a home with a family inside. No one was hit. Just in we have glass all over the center lane of the schuylkill eastbound approaching the exit for the zoo girard avenue. Police are out here. Theyve got the brooms out but right now its jammed solid coming eastbound from the boulevard through this point. Karen. A little cool out there this morning. Only 61 in pottstown and quakertown. 68 in center city. 66 in hammonton and 69 in cape may. It feels damp out there, kind of dreary with lots of clouds but a high of 80 today with some sun. Great weather to get your coffee. Great company. And sit here watching gma. Well be back for updates. You can have this great company. Whenever you want. For matt pelman Matt Odonnell karen rogers, im tamala edwards. [laughter] today, we spend a whole lot of time like this. So at citizens bank, weve created banking tools that fit how youre living today. 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