a surprise visit to the stage and will have the stage to herself tonight. a woman tries to put on a flag fire and camps fire herself. we'll have the details. >> let's go over to david murphy and karen rogers with traffic, good morning. >> reporter: the humidity is rising today and there's a system coming in from the west that will give us downpours this afternoon and evening and tomorrow. you will see clouds cover to the west of us, clouds will build and eventually we'll tap into the moisture we see to the west and southwest. there's a flood watch that kicks in around dinnertime tonight and doesn't end until friday evening. we're under the threat of potential downpours of showers and thunderstorms coming in. starting later today and tonight and tomorrow. 77 degrees and dry. 69 in allentown. 73 in cape may. 75 in wilmington, those of you in trenton are waking up to 73. the dewpoints are on the rise in philadelphia and points south. we're back up in the 70s. it's oppressive humidity this morning, not so bad in allentown and reading and won't be as much as rain up there, either. the workout forecast, 78 degrees by 9:00 a.m., muggy in philadelphia. at least it's dry for the early run and the commute for that matter. 86 degrees by 10:00 a.m. we shoot up to 93 for the high we could get there as soon as noon. depending on how quickly the rain moves in. that's when temperatures drop. the rain will cool us down. it's possibly back down to 84 by 3:00 p.m. the trade off there could showers and thunderstorms around by then. karen i'll track all the storms coming up in future tracker 6. take a look at tomorrow, that's an issue in terms of rain. >> reporter: we're seeing police officers at the police checkpoint. i-95 approaching the vine street expressway. blocking the left lane and the shoulder setting up on both sides of i-95 no trucks or vehicles over five tons allowed to continue on i-95 through philadelphia with the dnc. we saw rolling closures when we had motorcades going through. here's a police checkpoint, the other one is in southwest philadelphia on i-95 towards the platt bridge and the schuylkill expressway, expect delays coming out of there, as well. in horsham we had an accident that cleared on keith valley road things moving better there. new castle county, i-95 southbound between christiana and 273 we have construction blocking the right lane and now we head over to matt at the dnc. >> reporter: the wells fargo center crowd could barely contain its excitement, the men who hold the white house now pass the torch to a woman for the first time. the president admitted that the country has been tested by war and recession over the past 8 years, but he sees hope promise and continued strength in the future because of the 2016 democratic nominee. >> a mother and grandmother who would do anything to help our children thrive. a leader with real plans to breakdown barriers and bras -- blast through grass ceilings and widen the circles of opportunity to every single american. >> the entire arena erupted at the end of the speech hillary clinton surprising the delegates and president obama with a big hug. >> virginia senator wasted no time going after donald trump. tim container said he simply cannot be trusted. >> he never tells you how you're going to do the things he said he is going to do. he just says believe me. here's the question, here the question. do you really believe him? >> former president bill clinton who spoke on day two was also there as you saw in the crowd. kaine has never lost an election in his political career, but never in a national campaign. vice president joe biden spoke with jim gardner last night. annie mccormick is live on the floor of the wells fargo center with that story, good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, matt, the vice president from delaware like a hometown boy, jim gardner spoke to him one on one. last night when he took to the stage take a look at the video. he took to the stage to the scene of rocky. he reminisced about the 2080 convention accepted the nomination from his son. he said that the loss of his son last year of beau biden was too much and that's why he did not run. he took on donald trump saying the businessman is not prepared to deal with national security. >> his cynicism is unbounded, his lack of of empathy and compassion can be summed up in a phrase i suspect he is most proud he made famous, you're fired. i'm not joking, think about that, think about everything you learned as a child no matter where you were raised. how can there be pleasure in saying you're fired. he is trying to telling us he cared about the middle class give me a break, that's a bunch of mullarky. >> reporter: "action news" caught up with biden after the speech where he talked about what he hopes hillary clinton is able to exrish when -- when she addresses the convention tonight. >> she has to see her heart, everybody knows her head. everybody knows how smart and tough and resilient she is and i hope they get a glimpse of her heart. >> reporter: biden added he is not undermining the effect she could have young girls across america if she does in fact become president. you can see they are working hard on the stage. there are more people expected to take the stage, her daughter will introduce her tonight, as well. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> we hear the circular saws all the way upper. tonight is the final night of the democratic national convention and hillary clinton will tell america why she should be the 45th president of united states. her daughter, chelsea clinton will introduce her. back to you. >> this is developing while things have been orderly inside the convention center, outside some protests have raged on, an american flag was set on fire and a woman try to put out the fire when she caught on fire. jennette reyes is where the protesters are camping you tell. >> reporter: good morning, gray and tam, i want you to look behind me, there are barriers in place. we have the garbage truck and another barrier making it difficult for unauthorized vehicles to get inside. it is one of the many security measures put in place, over the last several hours, several have been arrested for breaching security. chaos broke out where bernie sanders supporters were rallying, a woman's leg was badly burned during a flag burning she was trying to put out the flames. in a separate incident, the vet service said 7 people got through an outer perimeter fence and entered a secret service secure zone. they were detained and arrested and set to go before a judge. >> they had a bed sheet and they made a dash for the gate. cops coming in and they were going out, it turned into a circus. >> if it sounds familiar a similar incident happened two days ago, the individuals were arrested and appeared before a judge yesterday. most of the demonstrations have been pretty peaceful. it is important to mention the crowds, the numbers have dwindled as we got into the dnc. hillary clinton is expected to speak today, and it would be no surprise if the crowds grew. back inside to you. >> donald trump will make a campaign stop in iowa. most of the talk around him today is likely to center on something he said yesterday. trump is drawing widespread criticism for something he said in miami, -- here's what he sai. russia if you're living, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. i think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. let's see if that happens. >> democrats say that is amounts to espionage and treason they have been criticized by mike pence to paul ryan saying russia should stay out of u.s. elections or face serious consequences. >> 4:41 a.m., our coverage of the dnc continues we'll go back into the wells fargo where the convention continues. >> reporter: dry for now across the region, but pockets of heavy rain may build in this morning and build in tomorrow afternoon. tonight we're looking at rain and thunderstorms and concerns about flood flood flash floodint extends into friday, i'll have more on that and future tracker 6 with pockets of rain that's all coming up. >> all right we are talking about it's a rain folks could see today. >> reporter: we are the threat will grow gradual today and into tonight. we're dry for the morning commute, that's fortunate. as we take a look outside, we have the promise of sunshine early today and clear skies. clouds will filter in as the day goes on. in this humid air mass yes it is humid today, we could pop a drenching shower or thunderstorm starting this morning and extending into the evening. 77 degrees is the current temperature. we are starting out very muggy in philadelphia. the dewpoint which did treat us more kindly yesterday dropping into the mid 60s is back up to the mid 70 that's oppressive humidity. winds out of the south/southwest at 3. not much relief there. this model will take the humid air mass and a little disturbance coming in. by 9:00 a.m. it's coming into wilmington and areas of south jersey and delaware. is this correct where the precipitation is going to be, but it gives you the idea as soon as 10, 11, 12:00 we could see that. we'll have drenching showers and thunderstorms and gusty winds. by 6:00 p.m. it's not raining everywhere, it's later on tonight we see the widespread rain building in. this is of particular concern for flash flooding particularly in urban areas and poor drainage roadways. we have severe chance of weather in cape may and dover and there could department of justicing winds and hail. temperatures will be hard to plot today we'll go for a high of 93. i think we might hit that quickly in the day if that rain starts to push in you're going to find temperatures fluctuating and the temperatures in the 90s and 80s and pop back up to the 90s when we get breaks in the rain. we'll go for a high of 93. i'll play with the model idea there will be rain in and around philadelphia for a good portion of the afternoon or at least part of it. 93 is the high in philadelphia. we may hit the early and bounce back up to it this afternoon. 93 in allentown. 89 in millville. down the shore, 85 in beach haven and 83 on the point in cape may. again, look out for thunderstorms. overnight tonight, more rain, some of it heavy by tomorrow morning's rush hour we may get inundated. there could be a problem for the morning commute. we see the rain wind down a little bit as we go into the afternoon tomorrow. that flooding if it curse is going to linger beyond when the heaviest rain ends. humid today, at times rain and thunderstorms. heaviest of it building in tonight. friday there could flooding in the morning and rain tapering off. 82. 83 saturday, 84 sunday, spotty thunderstorms here and there. we get into next week we're in the 80s and not the 90s, humidity will drop by tuesday. remember when we're not on the air you can get weather information at 6abc.com/weather. careful driving and walking in any flooded roads that develop over the next 48 hours. >> thank you, david. time now, 4:48 a.m. new this morning, police are trying to track down the robbers who shot and killed a man in the philadelphia jearmt -- germantown section along he's haynes street. two men shot the victim and drove off with his truck. police are looking for the suspects and the pick up truck. gun violence is a major point at the democratic convention center. charles ramsey said he has too many officers taken by gun violence and the same is true for innocent victims killed across the country. he called hillary clinton the right person to carry out new measures to reduce the violence. lenny took to the dnc stage at the wells fargo center last night. he sounds really good, he took to the dnc stage at the wells fargo center last night, the singer accompanied by a choir belted his hits let love rule. many others are in philadelphia for the dnc, billy baldwin and danny norris are part of the none nonpartisan cre coalition. we're right back after this it's the celebration of the year! blinds to go's annual storewide sale going on now! buy one, get one at half price. hundreds of styles and colors. every item through the store. buy one get one at half price. our biggest sale of the year is a blast! blinds to go. blinds for life. use parental controls or the v-chip. learn how at thetvboss.org everybody, almost made it through the week with the traffic with the dnc it's been difficult trying to get to work. we have no construction on the vine with the dnc they canceled it. up ahead we have a police check point eastbound on the vine they cannot allow the vehicles over five tons to continue. the vine was shut down with motor kids going through and they shut down i-95 going through with motorcades going through. with police checkpoints we have motorcades going through and causing rolling closures. broad street is knocked -- blocked because of the dnc. southbound is opened if you're heading to the naval yard, tam. >> at the big board to talk about business, pennsylvanians are buying more lottery tickets than ever before. the state lottery set a record of $1.1 billion in ticket sales. players claimed a record amount in prizes, 86 people won a million dollars or more. stocks closed lower on wal street yesterday, futures this morning pointing to a higher open. "action news" will be right back. >> for everyone tonight it will be a moment they dreamed of and fought for but never thought they would see a woman accepting their party's nomination. ellen malcom worked to get women in the 80s elected. >> in 1985 when emily's list began there were no women in top office never a democratic woman elected to the senate in her own right. we had 11 democratic women in the house of representatives, it was pretty grim for women candidates. >> today there are 19 democratic women in the senate and 110 in in thes house. malcom said expect a lot of tears smiles and hugs among women in the audience. >> a lot of people will be watching. >> 4:47 a.m., passing the torch, president obama gave a rousing endorsement of hillary clinton we'll have more on the all star lineup. night three dplk -- dnc. we're looking live on the floor of the wells fargo center as they get ready for their big night. "action news" continues. it's a pretty simple question: is pat toomey's agenda your agenda? toomey voted seven times to defund planned parenthood. he even tried to shut down the federal government in order to eliminate funding for planned parenthood. and toomey's against a woman's right to choose and supports overturning roe v. wade which would allow states to criminalize abortion. pat toomey: he's focused on his own agenda, not us. majority forward is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> good morning it is 5:00 a.m. on this thursday, july 28 i'm tamala edwards here with gray hall. >> president obama makes an embarked plea at the dnc. >> tonight i ask you to do for hillary clinton what you did for me. >> the democratic handover is official, president obama makes way for former secretary of state hillary clinton. >> matt o'donnell leads our live team coverage from the wells fargo

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