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 par
Devilled eggs. And famliz decked out in red white and blue in ocean city. We have to wear our red white and blue right kiddos . Kids have food. And fun on the mind. Just like the clark sisters mia and veronica and their little brother john. Curly fries. And the fireworks. Awesome. The roller coaster. On the beach jacob from Washington Township is showing his American Pride he built this red white and blue setup and is staying there all day until the fire works. Its patriotic and love america. Clouds kept it cool and the breeze is coming off the water just right. And just out of town on the bridge across the bay we caught up with cathy morgan who grew up in ocean city always coming back on the 4th of july. We are really blessed. We really are. Back out live here, we are grilling up the shrimp quesadillas. And sharrie and rick im not wearing any shoes, talk about a great assignment. Reporting live in margate bob brooks, channel 6 action news. Yes. You got food and feet in the sand all ri
Live where you live. This is abc 7 news. With a controlled crash, the fire damaged obstacle keeping hundreds of residents out of their home comes down. That fire destroyed an Apartment Building under construction and left that crane in a dangerously unstable condition. None of the people were going home until it was taken care of. Lisa . Reporter eric, it was a detailed operation that took hours and two huge excavators. They focussed on this area behind me, thats the bufrnts area. They were able to swing it around. [cheers and applause] thats the sound of joy as the massive crane came crashing down. Heres another look from a camera situated directly across from the crane. With that unstable crane finally out of the way, most evacuees can start to go home again. So, as we restored those residences that were only evacuated due to being in the collapse zone, we able to let those people back in. Reporter tonight . Tonight. I was pleasantly surprised when they told us that. I wasnt expectin
Handle on it. 14 acres burned. No one was hurt but it was unnerving. An earlier fire put out huge plumes of thick smoke next to i80 in rodeo, not far from the philips 66 refinery. Theres a closer look at the fire burning close to the freeway. Over 100 acres burned, no structures threatened, including the refinery. More than 100 firefighters worked on that fire. Planes and helicopters dropped retardant on it, making quick work of the flames there. A lot of people told us theyve never seen a fire burning so close to where they live. We saw the black, then the traffic, then we go, were out of here. We started coming this way. Started looking, watching. Sort of interesting. We actually run a machine shop that provides parts for the refineries. What we saw it was up here we thought we better come see. If its something that hits the refinery, we could get calls. There was never any real threat to the refinery. The fire was under control by 6 00 tonight. Lets get right to meteorologist drew t
I can afford it. Family values. In the last six months, as the new administration has taken hold, and as the repeal of the Affordable Care act has become the talk of the nation, in a more recent visit she said, weve delayed getting pregnant. Because were not sure if i can have insurance. If they repeal, they kill the obamacare, i wont have insurance. And we wont have a baby. Family family values. I want to talk about values. Family values and others. I used this last week and im going to use it over and over again, because this is a statement of values. This is from Franklin Roosevelt in the midst of the great depression. President roosevelt said this, the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is, rather, whether we provide enough for those who have too little. Thats a statement of value. Thats a statement of purpose. That is the reason why he and the democrats, during the great epression, took the actions, for example, social secur