Be along later. In the news the three day government shut down in new jersey is over. The defiant words from Chris Christie after his day on a closed beach. And Donald Trumps facetoface meeting this week with vladimir putin. And your big story is 4th of july, from you marching in a parade or cooking. We have you covered from the jersey shore and beyond. David murphy is here with what to expect today and tonight for the fireworks. Reporter we have some clouds and we managed to break them up and sunshine across the area and warming up as well. Right now 84 degrees in the city. 84 in wilmington and in allentown we are up to 80, 80 in trenton and beach haven and 84 in Atlantic City. And cape may 87 warm degrees at this hour. As we roll through the day it may feel humid and 88 by 2 00 and a high of 89 at 3 00 this afternoon and 87 by 4 00 and 6 00 down into the 70s. I am posting the chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the evening. Fairly spotty and most picnics and fireworks shows and parades will be okay but there is the chance that some of you get wet out there. Keep your eyes on the forecast and the accuweather app on your smart phone. Fireworks 82 in and around philadelphia at 6 00. 8 00, 77 and by the time the fireworks go off in the mid70s and sitting close to the same number at 10 00 tonight. Good news for most people is but some of us may wind up seeing a bit a popup shower or even a thunderstorm. Well keep our eyes on satellite and check out the possibility of thunderstorms on future tracker 6. Thank you david. Switching live to sky 6 hd showing you all the lucky folks with their toes in the sand there in cape may lots of umbrellas and people are taking advantage of the weather and bob brooks is at the shore checking out the crowds in ocean city. Not a bad gig for today bob. Reporter alicia, you took the words out of my mouth, that is what im saying. Whatever assignment could be better than on the boardwalk in ocean city. People are down here donning their red, white and blue and the little girls on the amazing red white and blue outfits. Look how we are celebrating. Does it get better everywhere you look American Pride. On americas birthday ocean city is sporting the red white and blue everywhere. Families are here from everywhere. They are from broomall. Are you ready for fireworks . Yes. We have to wear our red, white and blue. Right kiddos. On the beach jacob from Washington Township is showing his American Pride he built this red white and blue setup and is staying here all day for the fire works. Its patriotic and i love america. And they were celebrating their favorite part. Burgers. The fireworks. Across the bay we caught up with cathy morgan she grew up in ocean city and comes back on the 4th. We are blessed. We really are. Very blessed indeed. If you have a chance you have to come down to the shore. The fire works in ocean city are set for around 9 00, 9 15. Bob brooks, channel 6 action news. Back to you in the studio. All right bob thanks. Americas birthday is getting a special celebration in the city where it all began. John rawlins live at the Patriotic Party happening at Independence Mall and john there is no better place to be than philadelphia for sure. Reporter right, you sure dont have to go to the shore to have fun. This is the 4th of july and the parade here. The philadelphia parade it is the 4th of july parade in full cry at this point in time. They have at least 10 floats and 10 big musical groups and a lot of fun and noise its quite a mix but its 4th of july and always quite a day here. The 18th century with 21 century tourists near a spot where a declaration was written that would make history. Cool to see the authenticity of it and being in the birth place of our nation its a cool place to be. The formal 4th of july ceremony this morning. We hold the truths to be selfevident that all men, all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienated rights among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And mayor kenney announced the winner of the award. A pow who spent fivemon months the famous hanoi prison. Its amazing that in this place on these grounds, history was made. Some incredible patriots walked these very streets. Ben franklin, and george washington, and Thomas Jefferson they all lived nearby on Market Street. What it must have been like to be in this neighborhood. And what those folks would think of this parade today some 240 some years later. The parade is going down Market Street and headed down toward the Delaware River and the Mill Creek Fire Company is going past now. The man that just spoke at the ceremony was a graduate of the st. Joseph university in 1970 and was in commission as an air force Second Lieutenant and was shot down and met a man named, john mccain, and talked about his friend from here in philadelphia. The parade continues to go on and the 4th of July Celebration goes on all afternoon long and into the evening come on down its a wonderful time. John rawlins, channel 6 action news. It sure is, thank you. Take us with you on this 4th of july, get fire work schedules, traffic conditions and stormtracker 6 live double scan radar on your phone or tablet any time its a Free Download for your mobile devices. New jerseys three day government shut down is of, meaning people are allowed to spend their holiday at the parks and beaches. Chris christie signed the budget deal this morning and made no apologies for spending time on a state beach that was closed to the public. Sitting there with a baseball hat and shorts and tshirts talking to my wife. If i was sitting next to a 25yearold blond on the beach chair that is a story. Christie says he requested to give state workers a paid holiday and to discuss back pay for the days the workers were furloughed. A disturbing discovery is under investigation in northern philadelphia. Someone found remains of a baby in a small casket on west clear field street. They are trying to figure out where the casket came from and who left it on the sidewalk . It was probably taken from a funeral home, or possibly just dug from the ground from a fresh grave. Police have been contacting Funeral Homes to see whether any caskets are missing and searching cemeteries to see if gravesites have been disturbed. Two Delaware County homes are damaged after a blaze broke out and the blaze spread to neighbors. Fortunately nobody was hurt. Still to come on action news this noon, north korea makes an alarming claim about its later Missile Launch and authorities have seized the taxi that crashed into a crowd near bostons airport. And meteorologist, david murphy, with your exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast and find out how the rest of your financial will look coming up. Restlessness. Extreme anxiety. Pacing. A constant urge to move. If someone you know is suffering from schizophrenia they may also be struggling with akathisia a common side effect of some schizophrenia medications. Learn more at myakathisia. Com. North korea has launched another Ballistic Missile aimed at japan and this time the country claims its their first Intercontinental Missile hopefully pushing closer to their goal of of american soil. They say the launch did not post a threat to the United States. But is asking whether kim jong un has anything bet toward do with his life. Coming via twitter, the president suggested that china should perhaps take action and end this nonsense once and for all. After spending his first Independence Day in the white house he will head to the g20 summit in germany, with the first facetoface meeting with president , vladimir putin. Authorities have seized the taxi that crashed into a group. Cab drivers at bostons Logan Airport yesterday. All signs indicates the incident was a tragic accident. The taxi jumped a curb and hit a bunch of people on an outdoor break area for cabbies. 10 people were hurt and the taxi driver remained the the scene was interviewed by troopers and allowed to leave. There is no information to suggest that the crash was deliberate. And residents flee their home in arizona after another wild fire tripled in size. The socalled burrow fire started on friday and is overlooking tucson. The blaze is 0 contained and crews are working had to protect homes and businesses. If you take common heartburn medications, youll want to hear the results of a study in health check. We look at the effectiveness of forcing yourself to fast for a few days every week. You may have noticed your Independence Day cookout is costing you more. Americans will spend 7. 1 billion. That is 73 a person today and that is just for the food. The numbers do not account for patriotic items and hues you red white and blue. The markets are closed for the 4th of july holiday but positive news for companies. They are throwing more beef on the grill today because of lower prices and disposable income. Americans ate 55 Million Pounds of beef last year. Before you reach for the heartburn medicine there is a new warning from the experts. A higher risk of Death Associated with medicines like nexium. And proton pump inhibitors, they are linked to problems in the past including kidney disease. You should talk to your doctor before making changes. In health check we are looking at the effectiveness as a trendy diet. Known as alternate day fasting, it concysts of fasting for one day and eating what you want for one day. But does it really work. Some women say its a great jump start to weight loss but difficult to maintain longterm. Its simply not sustainable because it can put you at risk of overeating on the days you are able to quote unquote feast. They compared the alternate day fasters to those that ate a certain amount of calories every day. They lost the same amount of weight but the fasters had a larger dropout rate. Getting a squirmy child for sit for sunscreen application can be a real challenge. Experts weigh in on the best techniques and products at 4 00 and unveiling the best deals on the upcoming amazon prime day and deals you can get when you buy in july. Accuweather is coming up next at noon. Sky 6 hd taking a live look at the fountains at dillworth park. The kids are enjoying that. David murphy has your sevenday forecast. And a look at rest of your 4th of july. Mmmm. So areers are the veggies. Hs that one is mine. Nice job guys. Hope it tastes as good as it looks. giggles hey gus, i brought Something Else you might like. Million dollar silver and gold. Yeah. The new scratchoff from the pennsylvania lottery. With top prizes of a million bucks youve always had good taste. laughter keep on scratchin . And they are off, the 4th of july kicked off with competition in swarthmore, Delaware County, the action cam was there with bike racing sponsored by the Swarthmore Recreation Association followed by a parade of antique cars and fire engine rides currentsy of of the local fire department. That is nice. Nice weather for 4th of july. So far so good. Stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we have dry condition out there and showers that came through earlier this morning by allentown and reading and those are now gone arkz we look outside we have sky 6 hd look agent cape may and the beaches are crowded on 4th of july as you would expect and we are really looking nice at the beach with temperatures holding in the low 80s in most neighborhoods and some cases upper 70s. 85 in philadelphia now that dew point up around 70 at dawn is down to 63. When you get a dew point number over 60 that is not too bad. Winds from the east at 10 miles per hour. And cool off Atlantic City at 60 degrees, current temperatures in allentown, 85 in philadelphia and down in dover and 84 in wilmington and 86 in dover and 82 down in cape may. Dew points have settled from allentown to trenton and lancaster, as you head farther south to cape may and millville and dover in particular. The higher numbers indicate higher humidity and away from the water it gets sticky down there and staying more humid down south than it will be up north, a nice day clouds and sun and the morning shower that came through and we are really not expecting anything else in the way of precipitation up toward the Lehigh Valley and the northern suburbs be humidity is not bad. Down the shore not bad a spotty thunderstorm could not be rule out 78 is the high there. 60 in the water and our beach communities it looks like a lot of us will stay in the upper 70s through the afternoon. Remember that sea breeze kicks in a little bit and knock the temperature down. This is what to expect later on. 80 at Bethany Beach and close to that in Rehoboth Beach in delaware and low rip currents but as always we like you to swim by the lifeguards in the city a spotty shower or thunderstorm cannot be ruled out in the afternoon and early evening until fireworks time. They are spotty and most areas wont see them. In terms of the precipitation, future tracker 6 shows you by 2 00, 3 00 we could start to boil up the showers and thunderstorms down south of philadelphia and the model is consistently put the few scattered showers around this afternoon elsewhere. Especially close to i95 and points south. We get up to 4 30 more of the same most of this south of philadelphia. We have to allow for something closer, when future tracker 6 is showing you the spotty cells its not getting the location exact will you the idea its spotty and could be unstable enough to give a temporary downpour. By 7 00 tonight we have the chance of showers around and most important time of the evening is 9 00 when most of your fireworks displays are going and the model again the third run has a chance of a scattered shower or downpour here or there. Most of your picnics are fine and parades are fine and most fireworks are fine tonight but everybody has to keep an eye out on spotty stuff that could pop up and well have action news at 4 00, 5 00 and 6 00 with the latest on radar and the radar on your smart phones. An evening thunderstorm in spots and otherwise dry overnight and a high of 86 degrees. Your exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast 89 in philadelphia for your 4th and sun and clouds and more humid the south you go, and spotty shower or thunderstorm in neighborhoods today and tonight. Partly sunny and 86 tomorrow and more humid on thursday clouds and sun and 82 is the the high and a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm. And friday a chance of thunderstorms or showers at times in the afternoon and evening with a front coming through. The latest indications on the model is that we clear out for saturday and looks nice with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Sounds good. You know it wouldnt be the 4th of july without the famous chow down showdown on the boardwalk. They have the gobble down at nathans famous hot dog competition. Joey chestnut weighed in with challenger, stoney. He devoured 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes last year and it remains to be seen it he can hold on to his title. It kicks off in a few minutes. Always so ib intriguing to watch. Big cities ramp up security to make sure americas Birthday Party goes off without a hitch and racing in the streets of conshohocken for a chance at a world championship. Those stories and more next. Fios is not cable. And we believe everyone deserves faster internet. So with fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. And its just 79. 99 a month online for the first year. Switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for 79. 99 a month. Plus hbo for one year and multiroom dvr service for two years. All with a 2year agreement. And switching has never been easier. Get out of your contract with up to a 500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. Go to fiosgigabit. Com. A stunning claim from north korea that it test launched a missile capable of reaching the u. S. And from small towns to big cities america celebrates Independence Day. And a late night deal allows beaches to open for the holiday in new jersey. And north Koreas Nuclear ambitions have gone up a notch saying they have test aid missile higher and longer than ever before and it may be able to reach the u. S. Jena joins us from washington now. Reporter we have continued seeing these missile tests from the north korean regime but this one is especially concerning because if claims are true, it could reach u. S. Soil. As americans are celebrating the 4th of july new images out north korea shows kim jong un showing his successful Missile Launch saying it could reach the u. S. The first time if analysis is correct it could hit the United States not the main land but alaska and that is alarming. After a representative from china says that his country wants to deescalate the rising tensions. Tensions are high and sooner or later it will get out of control and the consequences wo