Troops on active duty. Lets go outside to david murphy with accuweather and matt pellman in for karen rogers with traffic. Reporter we have cloud cover popping up through washington and coming into parts of delaware that could cross into south jersey for a time this morning. Generally speaking were looking at overall bright conditions today. 67 degrees in philadelphia. As expected some suburbs like allentown and reading have slipped into the 50s, lancaster 59. 60 in millville. 66 in cape may. 61 in trenton. Your dewpoints for a change are down into the 50s almost everywhere thats an indication of low humidity and thats where were going to stay not only today, but over the next several days, heres where numbers are going today. 66 degrees by 7 00. Noon, 78. 3 00 p. M. , 82 thats the high today. 82 degrees a few degrees below average, low humidity and 80 degrees by 5 00 p. M. , 78 and 7 00 p. M. Tonight. Matt pellman when we step inside well have more good numbers and good news as whe accuweather weekend call. Reporter im starting with good news, here, as well, david. Schuylkill expressway everything is paved theres plenty towith t that doesnt wrap until the end of okay. For now, were moving okay, just building volume. No work on the vine expressway, zones along the blue route 476 southbound and i95 southbound havele southbound approaching thedrop work zone at girard, 50 Miles Per Hour. Overnight construction on i95 in delaware has cleared as has the zone that cleared 301 its back in numbers now. Medford, a crash at route 70 at old marlton pike. Slowing near the accident scene. Crossing the Delaware River no complaints at the area bridges including ben, the traffic is moving just fine. Were complaining on the west trenton Regional Rail line, halfhour delays because of equipment problems this morning. Thank you matt. Breaking this morning an 11yearold boy is injured after reportedly shooting himself in the face. It happened while he was handling his fathers weapon. Katherine scott is live outside Childrens Hospital in philadelphia, where the child was taken. Good morning, katherine. Reporter good morning, tam, police are here at the hospital to learn more from family members we learned the child has been upgraded to stable condition taken overnight in critical condition, but he was conscious he is expected to survive. He is in stable condition. The investigation continues. Lets go to video from the scene in south philadelphia where police are gathering evidence shortly before 12 30 a. M. , police were notified that an 11yearold girl was taken by private auto to methodist hospital. He was transferred to chop. At this point Police Believe the boy had gotten hold of the gun on the 2700 block of south hicks street and accidently shot himself in the face. It happened in the front bedroom which is his parents room. His parents and other brothers and sisters were home at the time. We dont know where the other family members were at the time of the shooting. Right after this 11yearold was shot he was rushed to methodist hospital. Reporter we are just getting new information from police, were hearing that this was a gun that was registered to an occupant at the home. At this point theres no word any charges will be filed against the guns owner, but it remains under investigation were live in university city, Katherine Scott channel 6 action news. Thank you for that. An teenager remains in serious condition at chop after being hit by a car. Police talked to witnesses at the scene. They say appears the girl was distracted by face timing on her phone when she stepped into traffic and hit by a car. This happened on the 900 block of highland avenue in abington township. Police are trying to determine if the teen was using the crosswalk. Coming up in the next halfhour well have a live report on the investigation. The south jersey father admitted to taking part in his sons death will be sentenced next months. David creato pleaded guilty to one count of the manslaughter. He derived his son of oxygen. Under the plea agreement he will serve ten years in jail. The 23yearolds first murder trial end washington, d. C. A ended with hung jury. Police tracked down the woman who used a child to rob a chinese restaurant. The 28yearold directed her 7yearold daughter to climb behind the counter and steal cash. Stratton was charged with child endangerment and theft. Maribel aber is live in new york with the market watch report. Amazon has cleared a major hurdle in the bid to buy whole foods. Whole food shareholders voted to approve the deal. Am zone says they hope to close the deal by the end the year. Investors focused on the meeting of the world central bankers getting underway. Futures are pointing to a higher open. We have reports on job sales due out today. New this morning, we learned theres a winning powerball ticket. The jack pot jumped to 758 million. Whoever won chose the cash option are in for 443 million. We may never know who the winner or wne are in massachusetts they can remain anonymous if they claim their winnings through a trust. Some people did win, 6, 7, 16, 23, 26, the powerball is 4. If they took the cash option could you remember could they spend the money. You remember that rich arrest prior movie where he tries to spend all his money. Reporter i wouldnt be worried about how fast to spend it. Give it all away. Storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you are dry out there. We have a beautiful morning buildings. The sunshine is getting ready to pop over the ben franklin bridge. Down in delaware and parts of south jersey its a little cloudy this morning, but not staying that way. 57 in allentown. 59 in reading and lancaster. We have suburbs in the 50s this morning, can you believe it. 67 degrees inhia. 66 in cape may. And the dewpoints are treating us very well in the 50s across the region. Satellite and radar showing you cloud cover popping up in the i95 corridor, maybe a little bit of that manners marchs through this morning. In the lehigh valley, 78 degrees is the forecasted high. Down the shore, sunny, nice, comfortable, 8 on the beach. 78 80 on the beach. 78 in Atlantic City and Rehoboth Beach and bethany. Philadelphia, 82 is the high, low today. Light, the humidity is phillies playing a day baseball game with the marlins. Business person special 1 05 p. M. 79 degrees for the first pitch. 81 in the 9th inning. Youre ready to go for the fims this afternoon. Great phils this afternoon. Great night for the eagles football, partly cloudy and nice, the dolphins in town. 78 degrees in the first quarter, 70 in the 4th quarter. Overnight tonight, partly cloudy, could be a spotty sprinkle around. 63 the overnight low and the suburbs will be getting into the 50s again. Tropical storm harvey has reformed now that its off the yacatan peninsula looks like it will barrel as a category one hurricane over the weekend and create rain and flooding conditions in texas. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, 82 today, sunny and pleasant, low humidity, more of the same tomorrow, 79. Lets keep it going for the weekend. Nice and sunny, saturday and sunday, highs in the upper 70s, low humidity, lots of stuff going going on. Tailgating for the arena bowl. Union on saturday, phillies. Great weather for all that stuff. Monday looks good, if case youre thinking of extending the weekend. Tuesday and wednesday, spotty thunderstorms. Tam and i might do croquet. Police make an arrest in the case of racist graffiti. Theres a new app to get your kids on the line pronto. Reporter we have Police Activity taking out one of two lanes. We have construction coming to i95 that could slow you down later today. Details when action news continues on this thursday morning. Welcome back youre taking a live look, the view out across philadelphia international. Lovely day, getting into the low 80s and low humidity. 6 13 a. M. , 72 degrees right now. Its i think sunroofable. Reporter it is National Waffle day. Its National Peach pie day. I love peach pie. Reporter in the pellman house were sticking a candle in dads peach pay, today is my dads bird. This is the double decker girard point bridge, traffic is moving fine right now, but we have work scheduled in both directions on the girard point bridge during the midday t i think it could be problematic with the people heading to the 105 phils game. Expect delays on i95 at the girard point bridge starting reconfiguration project route 1 township line road. We have the Police Activity going into the break in bucks county in langhorne, northbound side the route 1 the super highway past highland avenue one lane is blocked. Traffic is slowing there. If you want to stay on i95 thats a better bet. Old lincoln highway closing during the midday. 213 gets you around that. We have closures along union mill roads you around that. Pleasant valley avenue closed through today, so church or nola road the alternate there. Tropical storm harvey formed in the gulf of mexico, people preparing for its landfall as a hurricane o. Residents have started boarding up their homes and making sandbags in case of flooding. Texas governor declared a state of disaster in 30 counties. An 11yearold burned by boiling water by sleepover prank said the suspect had bullied her. She was on her shoulders and 85 of her face. She was asleep when she felt burning she woke and saw her 12yearold friend dripping hot water on her. I started jumping, its h its hot. She was like, im sorry, it was by accident. No, thats not no accident. The 12yearolds lawyer said she was inspired by a Youtube Video of a hot water challenge. She has been charged as a juvenile. She is not focused on being angry, balls she is happy to be back home. The white house is moving fowith the President Trumps transgendered military ban. It will give the pentagon 6 months to implement the ban. Officials say it will instruct the military to reject transgendered applicants and when it comes to current trarns trans transgendered troops they will stop paying for medical treatment. In tech bytes, the experts are weighing in on the Samsung Galaxy 8. The standout new feature a dual lensera. You can start placing preorders for thee 8 today. And shall w say happy anniversary to the happy birthday. Google engineer suggested using it to create groups on children. 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Grab the resistance band because were doing a booty burner workout. Place the band at the ball of the right foot, pull the belly in,ss the right leg out, pull the knee back in, extend the leg, 15 of these and give my 15 pulse and feel that burn. Dont forget to do the other side it already hurts me i can feel it. Youre going to love it, i promise. Good luck to the rest of us. Reporter dont let go of the band. [laughter]. All right so we had the Police Activity along route 1 the super highway northbound we heard it was a crash. The good news its gone, the northbound traffic traveling through langhorne is moving better. Septa hfur delays on the west trenton line because of equipment problems. Route 10 trolley is on the bus because of track work. Norristown high speed line is back to normal, local and express running normally. Temperatures are treating us great a lot of us in the 60s a couple of spots in the 50s, 67 in philadelphia. If youre heading out for an early run, a great morning to do it. 65 degrees by 7 00. 9 00 a. M. You can 71. Even at noon, 78 degrees low humidity, these guys never seem to get anywhere, i hope youre getting a better workout than youre getting. Conditions conducive afternoon. 74 by 10 00 a. M. 3 00 p. M. , 82 degrees lots of sun and low humidity. If youre traveling out of town, all green aircraft no major delays. Were looking at showers and thunderstorms in the vicinity of dallas, texas. Phillies continued their four game series with the marlins, they pulled off a win. They blanked the marlins 80. Mer in 14 games. 7th they finish the series today at p. Lle they arrested a man who spray painted antisemitic messages at several locations. He faces ethnic intim h is being held on wilmington, some spray painted racial slurs all over a van. The vandalism happened last night. Solated incident since no other cars were damaged. Newest member of the Philadelphia Police force is 3 years old. Richard ross put him to the test before he was sworn in an honorary officer. You can see ryder following the commissioner, he has sensory processing disorder. When he is at his home he likesm that makes him feel invincible. He was invited to be sworn in as an honorary officer. Theres one big winner of the giant powell ball prize, but your ticket can make you a millionaire. A jogger gets jumped at a philadelphia Fairmont Park trail. The victim speaking out about the attack. Breaking now on action news, a child is wounded after getting hold of a gun in hsoha. Dangerous distraction a driver strikes a teenager walking and talking on face time. Rom the overnight a Perfect Match a powerball sold in new england is worth 758. Good morning, august 24 lets find out the great accuweather with david murphy and matt pellman in for karen rogers. Reporter its so nice on the terrace. Cool and crisp and comfortable a bright ball of sun coming up over the horizon. Satellite in delaware showing clouds around, some of that might be sweeping into south jersey, but its not the order of the day. 67 if philadelphia currently. Allentown, reading and lancaster, upper 50s as you head outside. 61 degrees cool and comfortable in trenton. 64 in wilmington, 66 in cape may. The dewpoints are down in the 50s, today. Remember this time yesterday we were in the 70s. Anything in the 50s not humid at all. As we roll through the day, 66 degrees, sunny by noon, great day to grab luncheon a park bench. For the eagles and nice afternoon for a business person at Citizens Bank park well cover that and the weekend call coming up. Reporter the makes you feel good at least until you hit the traffic jam. D heavy from the betsy ross bridge through this point toheny into girard heading toward center city extra minutes on the southbound travel time. Speeds are dropping on side arod be worse. Were watching a downed tree in upper providence, montgomery county, township line road at lynn field trap road where you will find restrictions. Watch out for that. We have a vehicle off 476, the northeast extension a vehicle doesnt want to run. Better news in here medford, the crash at old marlton pike Dunkin Donuts and jiffy lube have cleared out of the way. 42 starting to back up heading toward 55 and the walt whitman bridge. Trenton Regional Rail line has halfhour delays because of equipment problems. Route ten trolley is shuttle busing until monday morning because of track work. An 11yearold boy was shot in the face in his south philadelphia home. Police believe it was a tragic accident. Katherine scott is live at Childrens Hospital in philadelphia where the child is right now katherine. Reporter matt, the good news were hearing that the child is recovering. The 11yearold boy has been upgraded to stable condition taken to choppy chop overnight, were hearing that the gun that was used in the accidental shooting it was a legal gun registered to the occupant in the home. No charges will be filed against the guns owner. Lets go to video from south philadelphia where police are on the scene overnight. Shortly before 12 30 a. M. , police were notified that an 11yearold boy was taken by private auto to methodist hospital. The boy had gotten hold of a gun inside the home inside the home at 26th street. Methodist transferred him to chop since they were not a trauma center. Police were processing the evidence from the second floor front bedroom where the this happened, thats where they found the revolver and bullets. Preliminary information is that the second floor front bedroom is the bedroom of the mother and father home at the time there were four other brothers and sisters of the 11yearold in the house at the time, the oldest 13, the others under the age of ten. Reporter we know the other family members were home, but we dont know where they were located in the house when it happened. This remains under investigation, university city, Katherine Scott channel 6 action news. Two suspects are in custody accused of a attacking a jogger during Daylight Hours in Fairmont Park. The victim said she was you running along a trail at 6 30 last night. Up g them and harassed her. And in she jumped her. One smacked my behind and hitting me. E up and started Police Arrested two attacker ts scene. Two others fled. Reporter the victim said she was carrying her keys and cell phone and nothing was stolen. A mon teenager suffered serious injuries walking into a path of a car distracted by the face time app on her phone. Jeanette reyes is live outside abinonh more what happened here. Reporter good morning, tam, we know how dangerous texting and driving can be, this was ac. As youtioned the girl was on her phone face timing and crossing a street. She wasit by a car. We are told she sustained serious injuries. I heard god, no, no, as amo. Reporter jaqulyn said neighbors rushed to the scene after the horrific accident. Wednesday afternoon a 14yearold girl was crossing the street using her phone to face time after being h by the white vehicle. Chopper 6 hd flew overhead as the investigators processed the scene. The driver stopped and tried to help. The driver was interviewed and released with no charges filed at this time. The young lady was distracted on face time on her cell phone which was obviously a contributing f accident. Reporter a mandatory 15mile an hour rule is in place on highland avenue only when school is in session. Thats not until next week. Theres accident investigators trained forensic examinerses at the scene examiners at the scene whole piece together what happe here. Reporter and investigators are hoping that witnesses will help them piece together as well. One thing they are trying to find out if the girl was in the crosswalk at the time of the accident. We are told at the time of the crash, the driver cooperating with authorities. Reporting live inonomery county, Jeanette Reyes channel 6 action news. Thank you. A passenger injured in tuesdays train crash is seeking thousands of dollars in damages fr septa. That crashed heell robison was was knocked unconscious and suffered other injuries. Ew this morning, someone finally won the Powerball Jackpot which was growing sinces mamples matches every number drawn and 758 million. There were two match five winners in pennsylvania which are going to be worth at least 1 million eachu chose the powe. The eagles take on the n their third preseason game. Fans will get to see a lot of coach is not making any promises but hopes to play the first team through the entire first half. File to turn to david murphy time to turn to david murphy to talk about accuweather. Reporter a nice stretch it kicks in today. Storm tracker 6 live double scan showing us were dry, taking a look outside, on sky6 live hd we have bright sunshine coming up, pretty high clouds we have alto cirrus to the right. Theres a bit of that farther south into delaware and south jersey, but not all day. 67 degrees in philadelphia. I love the dewpoint in the mid 50s in philadelphia. This time yesterday that number was over 70. Thats oppressive humidity. Anything below 60 is not humid at all. Winds out of the north at 7. The ocean temperature, 74 degrees off Atlantic City. Numbers will treat us well, 67 degrees by 6 00. 74 by 10 00. Noon, 78. Great if outsidend grab lunch. 82 degrees does high at 3 00 p. M. At 6 00 p. M. , low humy all the way. High temperatures across the region, looks like some of us up north will stop in the upper 70s, allentown and reading 80 in trenton, wilmington, philadelphia, millville and down the shore, low risk of rip currents and high temperatures on the beach, 80 degrees. The phillies are playing the par r mostly sunny skies, low humidity, first pitch temperature, 79 and 81 in the 9th inning. Great day for basketball. If you have ticket to the eagles, lincoln financial field, 78 for the first quarter, 70 in the 4th quarter, nice conditions for theontest. A taste of fall for the next several days we have High Pressure often times in the somersets up down to the south of us pumps the air up to the south, its humid down there. Highs to the north, thats bringing the northerly flow that will keep us in the low humidity zone and lower temperatures. Its going to feel nice in the morning, a hint of all t au Tropical Storm harvey has formed over the. Ld be category ait head spreads rain around the texas coast. 82 degrees sunny an pleasant today. , and beautiful tomorrow, for the weekend, thighs on saturday, pleasant nice on saturday, pleasant on sunday. Eat if you have tickets the union or the phillies or arena bowl on saturday you want. Monday we stay in tn tuesday and wednesday, its more of a clouds and sun mix, those two days were looking at a possibility of a shower or thunderstorm. Now 6 40 a. M. , battle of the sexes, girl scouts are accusing the boy scouts ever stealing their recruits. Scare at sea, a shark sinks its teeth into the paddleboarder before he gets away. Reporter 30 bypass, volume and sun glare, well check the volume delays on the schuylkill expressway, you know there are some when action continues on this thursday morning. 6 44 a. M. , sunrise matching the accuweather forecast, sometimes you get nice ones and its going to be muggy outside, today its great, 82 low humidity, a really nice one. I cheat i looked at the traffic shot matt is about to show, decent traffic out there, matt. Reporter i could find worse shots, i thought lets enjoy the conshohocken curve. Its a nice scene out here this morning. We see substantial eastbound backlog a moment ago, but its thinned out. Travel times, under ten miss on the delay side, they are slow, but weve seen worse. Westbound side of 76, 21 Miles Per Hour between the boulevard and gladwyn. Same on i95 from bridge to rard avenue. Well have a busy evening commute especially on i95 and the schuylkill expressway the phils game will be wrapping up and people will be heading to the linc for the preseason game tonight. Its going to be coming abbey and going from south philadelphia. Commute could beresting, but tn arent most of of them. Spring valley ymca lynn field trap road an accident. Disabled vehicle at Sumneytown Pike at 40foot road. Milling and paving 9 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. Closing burnt house hill road. Durham road or 413 would be the alternates. Elsewhere in bucks county, the crash on northbound side of route 1 super highway has cleared, youre good to go there. They will close the super highway at Oxford Valley road at 9 00 p. M. Youre good to go right now. New on action news a paddleboarder who came head to head with a shark on cape cod said he is counting his blessings. 69yearold Cleveland Bigelow was in 3foot of water when the ashark attacked. He said he considers himself lucky. I count my blessing, when i am paddling if i was prone i wouldnt have an arm. He said this was not his First Encounter with the shark, but he doesnt believe attacks are all that common. A fight is brewing between the boy scouts and girl scouts the girl scouts claiming that the boy scouts is secretly recruiting girls into the program. She said focus on the 90 of boys who are not participating. The boy scouts said they have coed programs for decades. Both programs are seeing declining interest in recent years. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to faster downloads with internet speeds up to 250 megabits per second. Get fast internet and add phone and tv now for only 24. 90 more per month. Our lowest price ever on this offer. But only for a limited time. 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Getting word of a crash 195 eastbound past 295. Better news, the equipment on the west trenton Regional Rail line has been resolved. The ten trolley is shuttle busing this morning until monday morning because of track work. Reporter all right, matt on the Weather Center were looking at cloud cover down to the south, a lot of sunshine across the region, the temperatures right now, i realize what i did, are pretty good. 67 degrees currently in philadelphia. 64 in wilmington, 67 in allentown. 61 in trenton. 60 at the airport in ac. High 82 degrees, lots of sun and low humidity. Great for the eagles game tonight. A stolen dog has been returned to its north jersey home after a tinder date went wrong. An 18yearold woman was housesitting on sunday night, stranger over through the tinder app. He showed up with another man and between the two of them they stole several items including a 2yearold maltese maggie. She was found in the nearby town of garfield. 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A teenager is in serious condition at chop after she was hit by a car. Police talked to witnesses at the scene. Appears the girl was d using face time on her pone when she stepped into traffic. Coatsville Police Arrested a man who spray painted antisemitic Messages Police say he has past association with White Supremacists groups. Reporter its going to be an busy evening commute along i95. I will be here throughout the evening to let you know how rough the rough commu is. Reporter were looking at temperatures in the 50s and 60s. The dewpoints are in the 50s that means its no longer humid. 82 degrees is the high, a couple of degrees below average. Sunshine in most of the area. Low humidity. Its almost like matt is always here, its like youre our guardian angel. [laughter]. Good morning america is next. Thanks for joining us this morning. For matt pellman, karen rogers, tamala edwards, david murphy im matt odonnell. Have a great day everyone. See you throughout the show. 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