sent to death row for the murders of dyke and karen rhoads. while preparing randy's appeals, the defense hired bill clutter to help with the case. >> the first time i met randy, he was going into what they call the condemned unit and having a prisoner who's shackled and brought in front of you. i mean, the reality of that really hits you. >> you know, i was pretty distraught, angry with the system. my hopes were dashed. >> attorney mike metnick, a death penalty specialist, handled randy's appeals. >> randy was assigned an execution date, but it's an incredibly long process to get from point a to point b. >> mike metnick and bill clutter come to see me. laid out the case. told me, said it's going to be an uphill battle, but they believe in me. >> in the year 2000, the illinois state police who investigated the rhoads murders promoted veteran officer michael callahan to commander of investigations. it was his dream job. >> police officers, their integrity, what they did was never questioned. whatever they said or they did, you believed it as the

keeping an eye on a big mess behind karen. that looks awful. >> you can see i-95 and people are just crawling here in bucks county much this is i-95 northbound. up ahead near 413 we've got an accident blocking the right lane so this is the backlog here and you see how jammed everyone is. jammed from street road to near 413 and within the backlog here, we've got what looks like yet another accident. it's hard to see from this vantage point but there are two vehicles right there kind of near those trucks that are off to the side. looks like they got into a little fender and bender while in the congestion here on i-95 northbound. we've been watching those travel times grow here through the morning. and just south of this location i was showing you another camera where people were turning around going the opposite way down an on-ramp. wait it through. if you're already on it on i-95 between street road and 413. on 95 normal morning delays like 19 miles an hour from the betsy ross bridge to girard. schuylkill expressway traveling a

the lawns any other getting any water. >> little crispy. >> yeah. >> thanks karen. >> thanks karen. >> 5:41. still ahead on "action news" suggestive signs. a fraternity in virginia has been suspended over how it was welcoming incoming freshmen girls. >> thrill seekers at a new jersey amusement park got more than they bargained for. we'll explain. matt. >> these aren't the kind of thrills we like. a new crash here in the northbound lanes of 95 slowing you down as you head toward the airport for a flight this morning. we'll talk more about the accident and what it's doing to traffic coming up after the break. >> and we know who the next bachelor is on abc. you will find out later on "action news." >> ♪ >> welcome back. it is tuesday morning, 5:44. you're taking a live look at the ben franklin bridge. pretty great there with all those lights flickering. a high of 86 today. we're closing in on september but it feels like we're right in the middle of summer. >> summer went quickly even though it's not officially done until next month. but the unofficial period. >> yes, it flew. last tues

he's got accuweather and karen rogers has your traffic. good morning. >> my gosh, it looks like one more day in the 90's and then we start to see those numbers ease a little bit. i'll start you with satellite. we do have some clear skies with some cloud cover around this morning, kind of a mix but clouds overhead above the terrace right now are definitely noticeable. and there is a little bit of a sprinkle here or there but most of the area is dry this morning. 74 degrees in philadelphia. 68 in allentown. 70 in trenton. 72 in wilmington. 73 as you head out the door in sea isle city. everybody dealing with muggy air. you can tell that by looking at the dewpoints. we've got a lot of mid to upper 60's other map a-70 here or there and that is pretty noticeable humidity especially as you start moving around. as we roll through the day by 8 o'clock 73. get your stuff done early because by noon we're up to a humid 88 and we spend most of the afternoon in the 90's with a high of 93 today. at 3 o'clock. a couple of degrees below yesterday's high bu

we have david and karen. good morning. >> good morning. nice start in philadelphia and across most of the region. sunshine mixing with a few clouds in the city. storm tracker six live double scan shows us in the northern and western suburbs in particular berks county and points to the west, closer to harrisburg we do have some showers this morning. so some of the roads, wet and some of that trying to get up close to allentown. down south, is there another cluster of showers that are pushing into parts of the delaware. so, the the western half of the region being bothered by some showers, eastern half probably staying dry, this morning, and we will see how far east those showers to the north and to the south of us can make it. it does look like they will mostly fall apart this morning. the as they try to push closer to philadelphia. and in the city, 69 degrees. a little bit on the humid side. sixty-five in allentown. zero seven in wilmington. seventy-one on the boardwalk in avalon. as we roll through the day it will be a warm one but not to

karen rogers is in for david this morning. good morning in good morning. that steady rain has already moved through the area. we're dealing with light rain now but the damage is done with the ponding on the roads. let's take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan and you can see how that heavy rain has already pushed north and east of the city so go ahead and take a look at that and there you can see in it trenton energy surf city, in atlantic city, in cape may, in philadelphia itself you're just dealing with that light rain at this point continuing. the national weather service has already canceled the flood advisory because that steady rain has moved through through the philadelphia area. it's only in mercer county and areas to the north where we still have that minor flooding dealing with right now so you are going to see the flood waters recede if you have any, the ponding on the roads. we have a marginal risk for severe weather later this afternoon as thunderstorms ignite and we could see some gusty winds with that. 72 degrees right now in philadel

good morning, jenny. >> reporter: good morning, karen. how far would you walk to see the pope, that is what it is come down to we are learning about new traffic restrictions especially coming from new jersey, trying to get to philadelphia for the pope's visit, karen. >>> grammy award winning group will be racking the stage the atlantic city this weekend. a number of groups. what new jersey concert goers can expect from the mega beach bash. >>> good day, everybody, happy friday, it is august 14th, 2015, chris and lauren are off, i'm in and our sue serio doing double duty this morning, sue. >> right, while bob kelly makes his way to our shore town of the day, what town is it. there it is, in ocean county, seaside heights, further north then we do, we have adventures there planned for you. it will be sunny, breezy on the boardwalk when you meet up with bob kelly, the sun will be out about 6:15 this morning. for us here in the city, 61:12 is our sunrise time. humidity still rather low. it is a nice morning. 65 percent relative humidity. hardl

the storms could get gust quifollowed by a midweek break in the weather, karen rogers is in for david murphy. >> he should take my name, we are all part of the same family. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we got about .75 inch of rain this morning, this is the rain now off the coastline, it's pushed out of here but we saw the ominous clouds on stom tracker, this is about 12 lightning strikes near mt. pocono, with the storms beginning to take shape there, look for that up to the north, as far as philadelphia and areas to the immediate west werks have showers moving through and some near riverside and near route 130 and 295 in new jersey and showers taking place to the west. at stormtracker 6 live double scan, the front is tfl is out here to the west. and as this front pushes through we'll see more of these scattered showers and thunderstorms develop, i don't think they will be so wide is spread that anyone sees them but anyone of them has a rick of producing downpours and lightning and strong wind gusts, that is the concern why we are watching it carefully this afternoon. we'll

karen freeman wilson: i would just say money is key. and i'm not just saying that because i'm elected. tired, and we get then we don't give anything else. but it is essential -- [laughter] havet is essential that we our voice served by writing a check. roland martin: when he was in dallas all the white folks got together and said we wanted run for mayor -- he said, i don't want to win like you one. question. howational council -- much training do police officers in your community receive, to assist those with mental health issues? karen freeman wilson: we actually have a great program where police officers received two days of training relative to mental health. there is also a mental health court. we have a new unit that allows police officers to take people who they believe have mental problems to that issue. one of the things we have been very, very strong on his de-escalation, -- is de-escalation, trying to get police officers to understand, u got the power it you don't have to use it. i have beenmp: going around encouraging police

we'll go over to meteorologist karen rogers. she's got your accuweather and matt pelman is talking about that mess on the schuylkill. good morning. >> we have a lot going on weather and traffic even at this early hour. and we're starting right now with the national weather service posted a flood advisory in effect for much of the region as you can see in the i-95 corridor and this is for minor flooding but the rain is coming down so steadily we've created ponding and puddling on the roads. in areas of poor drainage that's what you're driving through. storm tracker6 live double scan showing the heaviest of rain. the area of yellow has already moved through the city. beyond that we're seeing lighter showers. we'll go in closer to this and you can see -- i don't know if you can make this out but right here we have another area of yellow traveling through the city, one in woodbury right on 295, one near 55 in glassboro but the bulk of the heavier rain has already moved through medford lakes pushing into burlington and mercer countie

lets turn it over to karen rogers. >> it's a beautiful shot and gorgeous and sunny in philadelphia but not everywhere, we do have some showers that are stubborn to exit the jersey shore, we are looking live at double scan the best technology lewes delaware and cape may it's a nice day here in the city and people are at the shore anticipating the weekend and these showers are exiting off the coastline and the low is off the coast and you are stuck with some sprinkles out there right now and the clouds and showers will get out by the end of the afternoon, stormtracker 6 live double scan i put in our satellite mode, you get a sense of where the clouds are, the sunshine is along the i-95 corridor and areas north and west s. here are the clouds stuck with them in parts of southern delaware and new jersey, the area of low pressure is off the coast and the low is kicking out of here and it's racing out too, and things are getting a lot brighter, satellite 6 along with action radar showing it all in motion, the clouds start to decrease and the sun is coming out if full force and already 82 and

karen. >> 69 degrees right now. by 9:00 a.m., about 73 with sunshine mixing with some clouds but bright sunshine at noon. low humidity and 80. by 3:00 p.m., 84. that's your high for the day. by 6:00 p.m. 82 degrees. continuing to follow tropical storm erika, still 40 miles an hour sustained winds but just barely. it now looks like it will be very slow to strengthen. we see that the forecast trend still has it becoming heading towards florida and that would be by late on sunday. erin. >> okay, thanks so much, karen. >>> a main line restaurant infested with roaches is promising to do better. the owners of the yangming in bryn mawr went to facebook to offer a sincere apology. they said "there are no excuses. we owe you better. we will renovate, refurbish and refresh our establishment. ." last week "action news" was there as inspectors were on scenery moving bags of roaches from inside the restaurant. yangming has received nationwide acclaim for its food. the infestation was discovered when a patron called police after

matt. >> karen,. >> a pigeon. in northeast philadelphia, woodhaven road at thornton still no problems right here. but we'll have that latest on that accident where a car brought down a pole and wires and caught on fire. all that coming up. >> the judge says you can kiss the bride and something else completely different happens. that's a little later in the morning buzz. >> ♪ (plays throughout) ♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪ ♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪ turning two worlds into one takes love. ♪ helping protect that world takes state farm. so, what did you guys they think of the test drive? i love the jetta. but what about a deal? terry, stop! it's quite alright... you know what? we want to make a deal with you. we're twins, so could you give us two for the price of one? come on, give us a deal. look at how old i am. do you come here often? he works here, terry! you work here, right? yes... ok let's get to the point. we're going to take the deal. get a $1000 volkswagen reward card on

karen? thank up, it was horrific crash, happened in burlington county leaving a two year old child dead, the reason police say no charges are likely to be filed. >> good day everybody, it is thursday, august 20th, 2015. karen hepp joining us here, bright, dark and earl. >> i oh, dark and early. chris murphy is off today. good morning to you, lauren dawn johnson. >> good morning to you. >> it is like asonia outside. condensation on the windows. >> it is gross. sue serio, what are we in store for today? >> you could look at it another way. instant facial. >> always the bright side. thank you, sue. >> yes. that will last for about two minutes, then it is like ew. there we are, 88% relative humidity. 77 degrees already so we didn't lose a lot from yesterday. even though we did get into the 90s yesterday, weaned dollars up with five day heatwave. southeast wind at 7 miles an hour, and 6:17, your sunrise time this morning. so, we have to wait a while to see the sun. might even have to wait longer.

we have erin o'hearn. >> hi. >> karen rogers and matt pelman. good morning. >> hey, good morning. and we're starting our morning with showers even thunderstorms in a couple spots. as we look at storm tracker6 live double scan we can see that the area of concern at this point is really down in south jersey. we have one storm near elmer, one near mays landing, sea isle city and atlantic city kind of peppered through the area. as we talked about yesterday that front that is lurching through our region isn't crossed into the coast at this point. as we look at satellite6 and action radar you can watch it in motion. the front moves through the western suburbs in the overnight hours and now it's pushing through into new jersey and so we have clouds and leftover showers. we had a few showers earlier in philadelphia. as we look at the numbers right now, it's 76 degrees already in philadelphia. starting it off warm and muggy with that front still lingering. out in the northwestern suburbs we're dry and clear, you're in the up are 60's at this point but 73 in millville, 76 in cape may. how a

last check of the forecast with karen. >> i'm going to go home and pet my dog now. taking a look at the forecast, it's a good one, you can walk the dog too, 83 degrees by 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. we come down from our high of 84 and 9:00 p.m. moonlit skies and 75 and overnight low is 65, nice and comfortable. >> the mcwhopper, burg king is asking mcdonald's to mash together the two big sellers, the whopper and the big mac. they hope to sell it for one day. the company is tying the idea to national peace day designated by the united nations, it's unclear how mcdonald's feels about this idea. no response just yet. >> now stories coming up on "action news" at 4:00, we'll continue to follow the heart breaking story out of virginia where a tv crew was killed live on the air, expect updates on 6abc.com and a live report from virginia coming up at 4:00. we are also waiting on a news conference from mayor nutter, we'll bring it to you live on 6 abc here and 6abc.com when it starts in the next few minutes and we'll have a complete recap at 4:00. don't forget to join us for "a

danielle is in florida and remembers this sunset and karen knows exactly what this is, karen. >> let me see. glitter path. >> that's a good one actually. >> great picture. >> of course we have the eagles happening today before we get to the forecast. >> good morning "fox29 weekend" friends i was wondering if the weather will cooperate with outdoor entertainment today. >> whatever you do outdoor entertainment wise, weather will cooperate, yes. this is the game we're talking about. 7:00 kickoff not as hot as last weekend for the game. 84, 79 by kickoff and 74 by half time. postgame 70. droping a bit after sunset tonight and still nice and comfortable. maybe warm for the start. 100 mile an hour wind, hurricane danny forecast the weekend going over land into areas not favor able for development. but watch this over the next five days. by thursday, forecast to be in this general area around cuba with wind at 35 miles after hour. temperatures stepping outside into the 60s and 70s. low humidity. nice and comfortable. this is what it is now in the 7-day forecast. we're talking about rain. a

relief sounds good and karen rogers has your traffic. good morning. >> relief always sounds good especially after yesterday. it really was very oppressive and humid out there. still going to be another hot and fairly humid day today. and we're starting out with a couple of little isolated spotty showers in lancaster coun

karen. >> all right. pretty good. better tomorrow. can't beat that. looking outside live in delaware county this is i-95 past the blue route. southbound traffic headed towards delaware. moving fine right now. we had an accident early this morning blocking lanes and causing problems. nearby you may see extra congestion later on and that's because of volume for the union game at ppl park at 7:30 so that volume will be building then. >>> on the roosevelt boulevard that's your southbound traffic right here head towards the schuylkill moving fine at this point. no problems on the boulevard. in new jersey, 42 coming up from turnersville blackwood or deptford you're looking good. in fact just a 13 minute ride northbound from the a.c. expressway to the walt whitman bridge. we have construction out here blocking the right lane right on 30 westbound in magnolia in camden county new jersey approaching warwick road but it's scheduled to clear in about another half hour. tam and erin. >> okay, thank you, karen. >>> it's been a busy night for philadelphia detective

ly. >> time now to turn to karen rogers talking about accuweather. a lovely run of august days. >> it's nice to have good news just about every single day, right, when i come to talk to you i've got lots of sunshine. when the rain comes i'll send david in. storm tracker6 live double scan showing us we're dry, we're looky clear, we're looking good, feeling good with low humidity. let's go outside taking a live look. we've been talking about the fact that we've had some clouds over philadelphia and we're currently seeing that in this picture but you get the idea that you'll see lots of sunshine as well and the clouds are really on their way out. it's just a small batch of clouds that have creeped in. 70 degrees right now is the temperature. the dewpoint 51. that is way down. the winds are out of the north giving us a nice light breeze and the barometric pressure holding steady and we brought in our always on day planner to help you map out your day. satellite6 and action radar showing us how thaty those clouds have kind of creeped up. we have cold air

lets head over to meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. good morning. >> we are off toy warm and humid start. in the western suburbs we have a couple of showers... no audio. >> matt? >> and apparently we are in the getting my microphone. >> no problem, you know, usually you talk ludly enough it is in problem at all but okay, all right. we will hit the roads right new we have some issues and we are looking at you as we get set with our cameras. the boulevard approaching broad street will come up any second, i promise, north bound traffic, we are cleared here but not every where. we have problems in the region. the thinks lawncrest section of the city, adams avenue and whittaker avenue a fatal accident overnight. accident investigation that is happening right now. you need to be careful about that a void the scene. boulevard southbound in the outer drive it is block right new because of that. take the inner drive but expect some slowing as crews are still out there on the scene and certainly volume has pick up n center city 15th street betwe

for 6abc loves the arts, i'm karen rogers. >> still ahead on "action news," another check. accuweather forecast swoaght a look -- as we get get a look outside. look at the center city skyline from temple uniformity. looks like a storm blowing through, we'll get the accuweather answers when we come right back. kind of medicine that lowers blood sugar. imagine what it would be like to love your numbers. discover once-daily invokana®. it's the #1 prescribed in the newest class of medicines that work with the kidneys to lower a1c. invokana® is used along with diet and exercise to significantly lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. it's a once-daily pill that works around the clock. here's how: the kidneys allow sugar to be absorbed back into the body. invokana® reduces the amount of sugar allowed back in and sends some sugar out through the process of urination. and while it's not for weight loss, it may help you lose weight. invokana® can cause important side effects, including dehydration, which may cause you to feel dizzy, faint, lightheaded, or weak especial

two major issues that we're watching right now, karen. >> all righty. at this hour storm tracker6 live double scan showing we still have some showers right along the coastline at the shore because that front hasn't quite cleared our area. 75 degrees right now in philadelphia. feels warm and muggy. 66, a little better there in allentown. 67 in reading. but 73 in millville. 77 on the boardwalk in atlantic city. if you're traveling out of town we're not noticing any weather related flight delays at this point as we look at the eastern areas here. philadelphia, boston, even chicago out towards the west there. 60 degrees and no flight delays so no problems just yet and none anticipated in philadelphia weather-wise. it's turning less humid. we have a brighter afternoon and it's going get a lot better by then. 86 degrees for your high. tomorrow nice and sunny, 84 and on thursday, still beautiful, 84. we start our dry sunny stretch next chance of showers after this morning not until sunday, erin. >> all right, thanks karen. >>> new lab tests by consumer reports

good morning to you, karen. good morning, everybody. we have a couple of complaints on the traffic front already on this wednesday morning including an awful crash in burlington, inform. happened in the northbound lanes of 130 at beverly road right there by the dolphin diner and now all the northbound lanes of 130 are shut down as the investigation of the accident continues. salem road is a possible alternate. don't forget you don't want to use rancocas road. that's closed for ongoing construction but 541 would work or 295 where speeds are in the mid 60's so far this morning. we're also watching a water main break in downingtown chester county right by the coffee cup. if you're headed there for breakfast good chance you're not going to be able to get by along business 30 lancaster avenue near beech street. stay on pennsylvania avenue or even 30 bypass as alternates. in media construction work this morning blocking off a short chink of 252 orange street gets you around that and state street will close again tonight for dining under the s

tam and erin. >> thanks so much karen. a newlywed couple from mississippi remains in jail accused of trying join isis. a judge denied bond for jaelyn young and mohammed dakhlalla. the pair were you arrested when they allegedly tried to travel to turkey. young praised the attacks at military centers in chattanooga tennessee. "good morning america" will have much more on the plot and the guise the couple used to get overseas. >> new here on "action news" allegations are coming out about inmate abuse in the aftermath of an escape by two convicts from a new york state prison. the new york times reports that some inmates were beaten and choked by guards and even threatened with waterboarding. the alleged abuse was reportedly an attempt to find out what the inmates knew about how rigid charred sweat and david matt managed to escape. prison officials say they are looking into the report. >>> a massachusetts man saluted for his mug shot after he was arrested for allegedly attacking seven police officers. police say 34-year-old jos

he's got accuweather and karen rogers has your traffic. good morning. >> my gosh, it looks like one more day in the 90's and then we start to see those numbers ease a little bit. i'll start you with satellite. we do have some clear skies with some cloud cover around this morning, kind of a mix but clouds overhead above the terrace right now are definitely noticeable. and there is a little bit of a sprinkle here or there but most of the area is dry this

lets head over to meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. good morning. >> we are off toy warm and humid start. in the western suburbs we have a couple of showers... no audio. >> matt? >> and apparently we are in the getting my microphone. >> no problem, you know, usually you talk ludly enough it is in problem at all but okay, all right. we will hit the roads right new we have some issues and we are looking at you as we get set with our cameras. the boulevard approaching broad street will come up any second, i promise, north bound traffic, we are cleared here but not every where. we have problems in the region. the thinks lawncrest section of the city, adams avenue and

thanks karen. >>> 5:10 now. all new on "action news," busted trying to smuggle porn and drugs into a prison. we'll tell you how they did it. >> a wine country outing turns sour in a big way for a book club. matt. >> not whining about the traffic here on the schuylkill expressway. eastbound side the construction crews have cleared out. are things opened this morning on the blue route? how about the northeast extension? we'll check them out after the break. >> selfies have become so popular that an entire college course has been centered -- is centered around them. details in the morning buzz. no the that -- not that complicated. in my bakery, i see customers every day. but some days, i felt like all they saw was my acne, not me. i couldn't believe i still had acne. so i went to aczone.com, found a dermatologist, and asked her about aczone® (dapsone) gel. together, we decided aczone® gel was right for me and my acne got better. acne is a medical condition that can happen at any age. fortunately, your doctor can

. >> we have david murphy with weather and karen rogers has traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we have early sunshine filtering in off to the east, out to the west thicker clouds and we'll see it thicken up, some areas south of philadelphia could pick up a shower. 70 degrees and dry in philadelphia. allentown sitting on 59 cool and comfortable degrees right now. low 60s in reading and trenton. 69 on the boardwalks down by the shore. 71 by 8:00. noon, 81 the high will be 85 degrees reading at 3:00 p.m. the clouds are getting thicker and late day or evening shower possible down by the shore. looks like the showers will past to the south tonight that means most of the rain later tonight and tomorrow morning should be in south jersey and delaware, although philadelphia could catch a little bit of that. i'll show you that on future tracker 6 coming up next and we'll look at the models suggesting that. what about the roads karen. >> reporter: the roads are not as bad as they normally be, it's summertime. live i-95 southbound traffic starting t

if you like the heat and humidity we have that too. >> thank you karen. >>> meteorologist, karen rogers, one last look at the forecast before we head to lunch. >> lets take a look real quick, we have nothing but clouds mixing with sunshine and it's beautiful out there. 3:00 p.m. 83 that is your high, 7:00 p.m. dipping into the 70s, 79 degrees if you are head to the phils, by 9:00 p.m. 73, overnight low is 65 and the suburbs just in the 50s, you'll wake up and be a little cool. >>> well, finally this noon, there is a new resident roaming bear country at the philadelphia zoo, her name is kayla, a sloth bear, she got busy exploring her new environment, she arrived from the san diego zoo last month, they eat mainly bugs and she did a lot of digging this morning in search of food. a look now at stories coming up later today coming up at 4:00. the options for compliances can be expensive, we have a list of recommendations that work. ♪ ♪ and philadelphia police officers connect to their community through dance. see them do the na na coming up in big talkers on "action news" at noon. don't

let's head over to karen rogers who is taking a look at the commute. good morning, karen. >> reporter: currently across the region we're looking clear and dry for the morning commute. southbound traffic heading toward center city, the extra overnight construction is clear, we're watching for extra restrictions starting tonight at #. they will be setting up a new northbound pattern look for that, we know they did this at girard. it caused problems for a week people are getting used to the pattern. we know that's difficult for you as it gets started tonight. york road west avenue we have a disabled vehicle. turnpike westbound we have construction that has just cleared. things moving better westbound near willow grove. northeast extension, construction crews blocking the right lane southbound near lansdale. two crews out there. sloan avenue at route 1 the left lane blocked until 6:00 a.m. >>> a man searching for his lost belongings was killed at a ohio municipality park. he went into a fenced off restricted area that's when he was hit by the rollercoaster

karen: one thing we have seen with all of these crazies is that you not only need the european union as an institution to respond, you need to see member states showing leadership . of all of these crises that i mentioned, it is germany as the economically strongest and most populous country in the eu that is being looked to for leadership. we have seen germany show that leadership on ukraine, i'm greece, and everyone is now looking to germany to -- on greece, and now everyone is looking to germany to show that leadership on the migrant crisis. this week, every day, angela merkel has been somewhere speaking on this issue. we need to see the eu come together with a common solution to this crisis. matt: you are right. there certainly has been a big change this week. thank you for joining us. police -- i guess we have to leave it there. we have run out of time. you have been watching "dw news." thank you for joining us. see us again sometime. 8úxú anchor: we begin with the latest on that that's of 71 people whose decomposing oddities were found on a -- decomposing bodiesd were found o

details in the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> all right, karen, see you back inside. >>> we're just a month away from the pope's visit in philadelphia. the world meeting of families has a resource online to navigate the event it's called the papal play book that launched ten minutes ago. it answers questions about transportation and other services especially for those who live inside the restricted area. we have resources related to the pope's visit. all in the 6abc.com/pope. >>> three americans who helped take down an armed man on a french train received the highest honor from french officials. now we are learning about a fourth american who was in the hospital. officials say he was the first personal to confront the gunman. marcy gonzalez is in new york with the details. >> reporter: rick, once he is released from the hospital he will be given the same award. the humble men say they don't feel like heros, explaining they just followed their instincts. france's highest honor to three americans who saved countless lives. the legion of honor member killed on spencer stone

. >> good morning, monday, august 31, david is off this morning, let's head to karen rogers, she has accuweather and matt pellman has traffic. rming good. >> reporter: good morning we're starting with storm tracker 6 live double scan. we have showers south and east of the city. anybody could see scattered showers early on this morning, it won't amount to much and it is not breaking the heat or the humidity. we have a front lifting through we have a lot of clouds in the area and showers that are pulling up from the south in our direction. i meant to show you the temperatures, though, 77 degrees in philadelphia. normally we only have a high of 83. we're already at 77. you know temperatures are going well above average. in the lehigh valley, 71. 67 in the poconos. hot and humid under partly sunny skies, 9:00 a.m., 81 shower around. noon, 86 we could see a shower through the early afternoon. 3:00 p.m., 90 under partly sunny skies and by 6:00 p.m., 87 coming down from the high of 91 degrees, heating up here and we have news in the tropics to talk about, as well. all that in ten minutes. >

[laughter] >> all right, karen. we're learn morgue about yesterday's deadly house fire in chester county. officials say a 30-year-old woman who uses a wheelchair, her five cats and dogs were all killed. flames erupted on the 300 block of west main street in parkesburg yesterday morning. firefighters had a tough time at first because of an apparent hoarding situation inside. authorities say they're leaning towards unattended cooking as the cause of the fire but they're still investigating. >>> detectives are searching for the people who robbed a wawa in northeast philadelphia. this surveillance video is from the location on cottman avenue on july 30th. authorities say a woman acted as a lookout while a man acted as if he was going the buy cigarettes. instead he walked around the counter shoved an employee grabbed a few car tons of cigarettes and ran off. he and the woman jumped into a dark colored saturn. the clerk was not hurt but if you recognize either person please contact philadelphia police. >> happening today

karen rogers is in for dave murphy and matt pelman is taking a look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning. nothing but good news in the weather department it is sunny, it's dry and gorgeous today. let's take a look at satellite6 and action radar. we can see a little batch of clouds that have moved in currently right near the city but they're going to dissipate and we'll see lots of sunshine.

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looking beautiful, enjoy it. >> thank you karen. more ahead in our next half our of "action news" at noon, people waiting for the bus are suddenly swallowed by a sinkhole. and the little boy that narrowly escaped with his life is talking about what happened for the frs time. those stories and much more when we come right back. >>> "action news" continues. >>> hello again, sara is off and here are the stories we are following for you on "action news." we are learning more about the former tv reporter that shot and killed two young journalists in virginia yesterday morning as the community tries to come to grips with the tragedy and drexel university students are on alert following a series of break-ins and philadelphia's police athletic league are celebrating after receiving a mults eye million dollar donation. >>> and now tributes continue to pour in as loved ones of allison parker and adam ward share their grief with the nation, they were gunned down by a former disgruntled employee, vester flannigan. >> reporter: it's amazing the

details in the seven day in just a few minutes. >> all right karen we'll see you later. stick with 6abc.com/weather for the latest twists and turns in the summer's weather, live storm tracker 6 live will show you the minute changes start happening and social media links keep you connected to the weather team. >>> a new person in the race for president. joe biden took a secret meeting overwhelm the weekend and heading to the white house for lunch with the president today. elizabeth hur is live in new york with moreen on the story. >> reporter: good afternoon to you and the lunch that you talked about, this was a previously scheduled meeting, so all the buzz surrounding biden is something he did this last weekend some calling it the latest evidence that's serious about another run for the white house. will he or won't he, vice president joe biden is keeping everyone guessing the biggest sign he might run for president coming over the weekend. he left his vacation on saturday to return to washington for private meeting with liberal icon elizabeth warren. one of the most pow

karen: one thing we have seen with all of these crazies is that you not only need the european union as an institution to respond, you need to see member states showing leadership . of all of these crises that i mentioned, it is germany as the economically strongest and most populous country in the eu that is being looked to for leadership. we have seen germany show that leadership on ukraine, i'm greece, and everyone is now looking to germany to -- on greece, and now everyone is looking to germany to show that leadership on the migrant crisis. this week, every day, angela merkel has been somewhere speaking on this issue. we need to see the eu come together with a common solution to this crisis. matt: you are right. there certainly has been a big change this week. thank you for joining us. police -- i guess we have to leave it there. we have run out of time. you have been watching "dw news." thank you for joining us. see us again sometime. this >> this program is brought to you in part by c-i-e tours international; for over 80 years featuring all inclusive tours and go as you please

all right, karen we're off to a decent start. philadelphia, upper 60s. 9:00 a.m., 72 degrees under mainly sunny skies. 79 by noon. 83 is the high, with low humidity and temperatures a few degrees below average it will be comfortable today. of make your plans. severe weather across the country. not much, looks like from milwaukee back through minneapolis st. paul and nebraska ascertain south dakota. most of the major travel destinations look fine. this morning all green aircraft at philly international. as it looks like there's no rain if our most frequently traveled destinations, erin and tam. >> in sports, the phillies have the night off before they begin their series against the brewers in milwaukee tomorrow. franco may return to the list after hurting wrist last night. phillies win 7-6. >>> 6:23 up next, doesn't seem possible, but one artist managed to make a gridiron glamour puss look awful bad. >> these next. one you deserve. perfectly blended with real fruit and low-fat yogurt. it's a delicious choice you can feel good sipp

. >> let's find out about the heat wave with david murphy and karen rogers has traffic good morning. >> reporter: hey, everybody we're off to a warm and somewhat muggy start, no surprise given the hot and humid weekend we just experienced. code orange ozone-action day, limit your outdoor activity when the ground level pollution is worse. 75 currently, a little muggy in philadelphia. 70 in allentown. low 70s in trenton and wilmington, 66 in millville. and 71 in sea isle city. heading out the door this morning, looks like it's going to be comfortable temperature-wise, 65 by 6:00. 68 by 8:00. a little bit on the humid side if you're exerting yourself. 90 by noon, 94 by 3. we're going for a high of 95 degrees at 4:00 p.m. it will be hot and humid, you'll want to keep the cool drinks handy. 95 one of off the record high of 96 in philadelphia today. karen, we are looking at an end to the heat wave eventually as we go through the week, i'll have the details on that coming up in the seven day. looking live organ the schuylkill expressway, i was just watching as dave was talking the last cons

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning, we are starting with breaking news this morning. a huge problem when it comes to your commute. you're taking a live look here sky6, 76 westbound at south street completely shut down. around 4 a.m. this morning a tractor-trailer jackknifed all those lanes are cut off and you can see already the headlights as the traffic backs up. there's no word yet on any injuries but again the traffic is stopped and it's not clear when those roads will be back opened. >> already a parking lot out there. it is 4:30 on this tuesday august 11th. >> let's go topher to -- nydia han is here. she's in for matt. let's go to karen rogers taking a look at accuweather and matt pelman will give us the latest on the traffic. good morning to both of you. >> as you're standing in that backup there on the schuylkill you're dealing with the wet roads, the ponding, the flooding and that's wyoming we have a flood advisory for areas you see highlighted in green. this is only until 7:45 in the morning but we had rain mo

. >>> good morning everybody, we have david murphy along with karen rogers. >> reporter: good to see you. >> reporter: nice to see you. >> reporter: on the big board we have cloud cover to the south and west, some of it approaches, this will get thicker as the day goes on. we'll see rain down south we'll talk about that in a moment. 71 degrees. the humidity on the low side. 62 in allentown. 61 in reading. 64 in trenton and 71 for the early stroll on the boardwalks. 68 degrees by 6:00. 71 by 8:00. comfortable, partly cloudy skies. 71 by 8:00. 81 by noon. we broke the heat wave yesterday 87 degrees. today 85, clouds on the increase, as we get later into the day there's a chance of shower activity down at the shore. overnight tonight we'll see rain from this area of low pressure center that is scooting across the toward the east coast. philadelphia probably light to moderate rain down the shore you could get periods of heavier rain tonight and in through tomorrow. karen, i'm have more on future tracker 6, we'll start looking ahead all the weekend. >> reporter: i may just be back, but i

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let's head over to karen and matt pelman has a busy morning in traffic. >> good morning. we have a coastal flood advisory in effect in parts of camden, month ago, philadelphia, a flood advisory until 7:45 this morning. it's minor flooding but it's in poor drainage areas because of the runoff we've had. this area of yellow on storm tracker6 live double scan that already moved through the city was producing about a half inch an hour of rain so it was really coming down. >>> that has lifted up to the north and east. as we go in a little closer to this you can see what we're left with in the city itself. we've got pockets of some showers at this point but in norristown, malvern and coatesville, you have some steady light rain as well as in wilmington. the heavier rain is moving through trenton and pushing towards the cost line f you're in hammonton on the atlantic atc city expressway you're still dealing with heavier rain. along sea isle city, cape may pockets of heavy rain llewes telling wear still coming down. storm tracker6 live 3-d slowing this rain in motion as it pulls

but karen, here's some good news for you. if you ever get tired of fox 29 good day you have a future as a soul dancer. >> look at that. >> soul dancer. >> yes. >> whip, whip. >> kit cat, do we have picture of that. >> yes. >> also tonight, i had a little job to do. we gave out prizes. >> look at you. >> and then someone gave mike a mega phone. you can only imagine how that went over. >> that was a mistake on their part. >> big mistake. >> she's a anchor. >> so cute good look at that, because of the theme was for the navy yard. and then those are some of the people most spirited and award we were giving out. they had a great time. then look at this, this is toward end of the night, one of the performers was there and see all those people. dancing every where. >> can we go back, i love the dress you are wearing. was that cut up on the side. so cute. >> that looks gorgeous. >> thank you. >> i'm showing a little skin. >> so cute, right. >> she looks fantastic. >> you look all right. >> i look okay, i was all wet. >> kit cat were

karen, lauren, back over to you. >> thank so, bob. former president jimmy cart letter hold press conference in atlanta later this morning. >> and he does intend to discuss his cancer diagnosis. he's 90 years old. he announced last week that while he was having surgery on his liver, doctors discovered his cancer had spread. our nation's 39th president is expected to reveal what type of cancer he has. and where it originated. now, you may remember, his father and his brother and two sisters all died of pancreatic cancer, we'll have a live report coming up. >> president obama set to visit new orleans next week. elvis it to mark the ten year anniversary of hurricane katrina. the storm struck louisianna on august 29th causing death and destruction in the gulf coast. nearly 2,000 people died, most of them in new orleans, president obama will meet with the city's mayor and people who spent the past decade trying to rebuild. he will also deliver remarks on the area's rebuilt. >> meanwhile, california is likely to see more wild fires and other

david murphy is off, let's find out what's going on with accuweather and karen rogers. matt pellman is watching the roads good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we're starting with clouds up above, we have spotty showers let's look at storm tracker 6 live double scan around the region, a lot of this is not actually reaching ground, but you get the idea we have spotty showers, they are coming up from the south with the southwesterly flow that's making it hotter and more humid today. satellite 6 and action radar showing the clouds that are here we're getting showers and we'll look for a spotty shower here or there, overall checking .01 of an inch. not a big deal. it's warm and muggy, 76 degrees. 8:00 a.m., 81. you see the progression of temperatures. we're staying dry through most of the day. the afternoon hot even humid high of 91 degrees, we keep that heat and the humidity coming for the next couple of days matt, moor -- more on that in a moment. >> reporter: i have a fear the bagles and coffee maybe light this morning, because the van that was pulling a food cart has

karen, what do the roads look like? >> reporter: the roads are clear and dry. i-95 at girard southbound traffic heading toward center city moving just fine at this point. we can see the construction off to the side. on the big picture we're seeing speeds overall on schuylkill expressway and i-95 mostly in the 50s at this point the phils play today at 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon, you'll have an afternoon game with the extra congestion in south philadelphia. taking another live look, here we are once again looking at i-95 dry and clear as we step outside. this is the vine street expressway, westbound traffic heading toward the schuylkill expressway. it's early no delays just yet heading out the door. >> reporter: back at the big board we've got the pope clock up, 51 daze, four hours before the visit. he'll be here for two days, during that time 25 milesful highway will be closed. let's show youath -- what this this is going to mean. these areas are called traffic boxes. you can walk in, but you can't drive in. this will go into effect on friday september 25th. in