Across the region. 91 by noon, 3 00 p. M. , 94. The high today will be 95 degrees probably at 4 00 p. M. If we hit that it will tie a record. 6 00 p. M. Still in the low 90s and oppressive. Karen things get better over the weekend, details coming up. Reporter improvement in time for the weekend. East east whiteland township we have an issue, 01 no 401 is blocked at 202 because of the construction. It will reopen in about a halfhour, stick to route 29 as the alternate there. We have an new accident involving a motorcycle hatfield township bethlehem pike between Unionville Pike and mill road watch for that coming into us right now. Outside live in center city the crews have left the scene and the ramps have reopened connecting the vine with the schuylkill expressway. No problems there. In holmesburg, we saw police blocking state road at ashburner street. Things are looking better in holmesburg. We have construction closing the ramp 322 westbound at 295. It will reopen in a halfhour matt. Thank you karen. Dozens of fire victims had to spend the night in the red cross shelter because flames tore their Delaware County apartment complex. Katherine scott is at the homes in landsdown where homes and belongings suffered damage. Matt, thats right, 80 people were displaced by the fire. Two people were taken hot top. The windows at the apartment complex have been boarded up, theres debris on the lawn after a fire that started in a downstairs storage unit. Smoke filled the windows of the Stafford Court apartments in landsdown, 80 people are out ever their homes. The fire started around 7 00 p. M. On the unit block of north landsdown avenue. Residents watched as the flames quickly spread. Within two minutes there were flames on the bottom of the basement and five minutes later they were on the third floor. Reporter 911 calls and smoke detection system alerted the fire department. This man came to check on his friend after hearing he was taken to the hospital. Reporter fire crews worked in tandem the extreme heat caused them to symptom and cool down. The bulk of the fire was from the storage area in the basement. When the original companies arrived they found fire shooting from two windows out of the basement. Reporter an back here live you can see the debris on the lawn this morning including that burned out couch. Throes glass and wood. After about an hour and a half the fire was brought under control. Half of the complex was spared by the flames. Were live in landsdown scott county channel 6 action news. New this morning medics on the way to Temple University hospital stumbled upon a man wounded by gunfire on the street and drove him to the hospital. 27yearold victim had been shot three times in the back along the 1100 block of west ontario street in hunting park section. He is in critical condition. The search for the gunman is on. Developing overnight theres another arrest in the reported terror plot to kill police in new england. The suspect is of nicholas robinsky in rhode island. He was linked to terrorrest who was killed in boston last week david wright was arrested as coconspirators. Authorities are working to find the convicted killers who broke out of prison in new york. Dogs tracked david sweat and richard matt to a campsite they have may have set up. Joyce mitchell was supposed to be the getaway driver. She was previously investigated for a relationship with david sweat but never enough evidence to pursue the case. Atlantic county Crime Stoppers are offering an reward to arrest a crime duo. They stole a wallet from a woman at shop rite in egg harbor township. They struck at the Christmas Tree shop in Hamilton Township and shop in hammonton. Police trying to track down the bandits who got away with a huge haul from a school in philadelphia. They stole 13,000 worth of electronics from Saint Ignatius Catholic School wednesday night. A heat advisory will be in effect from noon until 8 00 p. M. Its the second straight day of nearrecord highs. Not everybody is upset about it. The action cam found many people soaking up the sun in center city. We were looking for a pool, we went to one in new jersey, but it was closed. So this was the next best thing. Reporter dont forget to keep a bottle of water handy. Be sure so email your weather videos to join the action at 6abc. Com. Or use the 6abc action on social media. Records could be matched today. Reporter they could in a couple of spots across the region. Storm tracker 6 live double scan shows well be setting the records very little rain in the picture. Sky 6 showing the Temple University camera. Its hazy and humid as you step outside. The dewpoint in philadelphia is up above 70 thats when we talk about oppressive humidity. It feels bad when the sun gets up over the horizon and youre trying to walk around in this. Winds are light at 3 Miles Per Hour not much relief there today. Future tracker 6 showing you we are dry right up until 2 00 3 00 p. M. , clouds mixing with hazy sunshine and then as we get later into the afternoon say 4 00 p. M. Showers and thunderstorms are possible well up north mainly in the Lehigh Valley or northern bucks or montgomery county. As we head to 7 00 p. M. Most of that is off the board. The big issue for us today will be that temperature combined with the high humidity. 89 degrees as soon as 11 00. We spend the afternoon in the 90s again. Well go for a high of 95 which would tie the record high in philadelphia. We missed it yesterday but we have another shot today whether or not we hit that i95 its going to feel oppressive with heat index values near 100 at times in urban centers. In terms of record challenges we have a shot of 95 in philadelphia. Well be close to the 96degree in wilmington. Reading has a shot of shooting down the 93degree record. And ac airport. Not far from the record, as well. Along the coast well see highs in the to 82 degrees with 63 water degree temperature. Cape may county, 83 to 84 and Rehoboth Beach 83 or 86 and 67 in the water near delaware. We have heat index making it feel like 95 to 100. Cool drinks, light colored loosefitting clothing. Sunscreen a must if youre going to be outside today because of the highangle hazy sunshine. Tomorrows high, 89 degrees, it will be uncomfortable. Warm and humid air in place another chance of a shower or thunderstorm at times. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, todays high 95. Nearrecord highs across the region today. Just a slight chance of a thunderstorm, the Biggest Issue being the heat and humidity how uncomfortable it will make you feel. It will be sticky on saturday, not as hot, high of 89. Lots of cool water if the kids are out playing baseball partly sunny, 86 mainly dry. Tuesday, 86. Tuesday, warm and humid showers and thunderstorms here or there looks like we start to ease back toward 84 and 83 as we head into wednesday and thursday, things get better, but today potentially the hottest day of the season so far and certainly the most uncomfortable. Sorry im interrupting you again. We just cross streams like ghost busters its bad news. The well get to it later. 5 40, animal investigators in the Lehigh Valley are trying to solve the mystery of a deaths of a dozen cats. Investigators say he caught a panamas caught a man mask rating as a marine. One pair of pants became a 7 familys 70yearold tradition, well explain. I get out of work, and i go to the store, and somebody says, smellin around, i smell cookies. I said, oh no you just smell me, i just got out of work thats honey bunches of oats, thats all. I said dont eat me now. If you want a paint with no harsh fumes. 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I think they may be getting to reopen it. Police on the scene 401 at 202 its scheduled to be reopened in a few minutes. Head to 29 in the meantime right there. Lets go to the maps here. Weve got an accident involving a motorcycle on bethlehem pike between Unionville Pike and mill road stick to cowpath road. Down tree plumstead township bucks county. They shut down river road between old ferry road and Point Pleasant pike. Stick to tollgate. On the the commuter traffic report. Weve got a pothole on the road 295 southbound Gloucester County new jersey, illegal hands telling us about that one. Ill have to think about that on a friday. Visibility reports half mile in allentown. 6 miles in philadelphia. 4 miles in millville and 3 in beach haven. Some low clouds causing a bit of an issue as you head out. Some spots in the 70s at this point. 76 degrees in philadelphia. Heading up to 95, matt. Thanks, karen. A judge in cleveland ruled enough evidence exists to charge two Police Officers in the Fatal Shooting of tamir rice. Rice was holding a pellet gun when he was was shot and killed in a november. The case of the officers is in the hands of county prosecutor who is reviewing the case. Prosecutors dropped charged against the university of virginia student whose video taped arrest sparked outrage. The blood arrest of marquees johnson back in march led to a state police investigation. The state prosecutor said he will not pursue actions against the officers either. Marquees johnson was charged with public intoxication and obstruction of justice. New this Morning Police in the Lehigh Valley say someone may be poisoning stray cats. They say more than a dozen stray cats have been found dead in steel city. Neighbors think antifreeze was left out to poison the cats. Investigators say someone may be trying to curb the cat population by taking matters into their own hands. Anyone who poisons domesticated animals could face fines or jail time. A shark attack in North Carolina took a bite out of a 12yearolds boogie board. Witnesses said the shark was between 4 and 6 feet long. Is there any serious bleeding . Its bleeding pretty bad. She has a bite in her foot. Reporter the teen suffered lacerations on her foot but not serially injured its the 4th shark attack in u. S. Waters in two weeks. A pair of pants is part of a tradition that guided the education of a family for 70 years. Flooding in a hospital emergency room, why one woman said she caused the chaos. Reporter if the kids are going shorts and ts, its poor air quality. Dont forget the sunscreen. Well be back with the day planner and let you know how high the numbers are rising today. Im Whoopi Goldberg and new york is my home. Theres no place like it in the world and no better place to lean about the people who shaped who we are today. 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You could be in extra heavy traffic there david. Reporter it didnt take long to get into the 70s, 70 in saint davids of davids. 72 in warrington. Upper 60s in the coatsville and lower 70s in center city and chester. Pretty much the same story in south jersey with the numbers getting warmer in spots cinnaminson and buena woodbine where you are on 73, 74. Very muggy as you head outside and staying hot and excessively humid this afternoon. 83 by 9 00 a. M. If youre running errands get done early once we get past noon were in the 90s. It will feel closer to 100 at times because of the high humidity. Excessive heat advisory in place and poor air quality unfortunately. A driver of a Public Transit bus in pittsburgh is under fire for this video. It shows him chaghts on the phone chatting on the phone while driving. The passenger who recorded said the bus was heading over a bridge. He caught the driver texting. Port authority of Allegheny County said its investigating the video. On action news you usually thank a man in uniform for his service but one military vet knew he thought the guy was a fraud. Marine posted his confrontation to facebook. The veteran could tell the man in dress blues did not match up his uniform panels to his shirts panels to his shirt and his medals were displaced. After this confrontation, skaggs said the fake marine was nowhere to be found. A North Carolina woman was scheduled in court today she already has admitted to flooding a hospital. Because she became frustrated with the wait. She set off the Sprinkler System at the womans restroom in morgantown. Officials have to move dozens of patients and the water began spilling into the waiting room and triage. The hospital claims she was only waiting an hour and half. Which while long is below the national average. 5 53 if you live in new jersey and getting up to school right now theres a chance you may be able to sleep later in the future. 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Up to 100,000 fish have died. A new bill on governor christies desk calls for later starts times for new jersey schools. Students are not getting enough sleep. The American Academy of pediatrics recommends classes start no earlier than 8 30 a. M. The adjusted start times would affect middle and High School Students if the study finds they would be more effective. Residents watching in display as smoke spreads dismay as smoke spreads through an apartment complex in Delaware County. Restore your hairs strength and flexibility. New improved nexxus with concentrated elastin protein and precious ingredients. For hair that lives to move. Its hard finding time to moisturize your skin every day. New vaseline spray moisturizer absorbs in seconds to help heal dry skin. Thats. The healing power of vaseline. In seconds whats happened to snacking . How did it become absentmindedly eating one after the next . We are a creamy cheese that Still Believes in savoring our food. The laughing cow. Reinvent snacking. Good morning, it is 6 00 a. M. On this friday, june 12, tam is off, erin ohern joins us heres whats happening. Accuweather says the oppressive heat and humidity will make it feel close to 100 degrees today. Firefighters in Delaware County battle the the heat from the Apartment Fire and mother nature. 80 residents are out of their homes. Philadelphia Police Commissioner offers new revelations about the shooting of brandon tatebrown by police. Karen is enjoying the ac along with us. David murphy is outside in the heath. Reporter the sun is fairly low on the horizon and very muggy. Take a look at satellite we have cloud cover, but its going to be the kind
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