Look at the step down in temperatures in the sevenday forecast. Thank you. The hot day combined with the concern dry conditions means we are at a risk for forest fire work have seen fires burn hundreds of acres in new jersey and one overnight. Reporter hi there this is serious conditions its such that an amber from a fire or a tossed cigarette could spark a much bigger fire right now, crews are in Jackson Township setting small backfires and mopping up after a suspicious blaze lit up in the wildlife man manor, they warn that it poses an extreme fire danger. The heat is up and the winds have gone up and it all continues to spread the fire. Forest Fire Service Section says that dry hot wind is a recipe for forest fire. It spreads out and starts to burn down deeper with the turf and tough. And that dry grown cover is fuel for the fire. Its comprised of dry leaves and when the fire starts on the surface it continues underneath as well. The fire service is staffing all of its 25 tower searches around the state and bob moore scans the tree tops looking for smoke and fire, after 45 years of he can quickly notify the source of a blaze. I get a reading and two springs cross that is it we can get them within a mile. Whether its a small fire in jackson or the other fire this month that burned over 100 acres fire trucks are rolling buns its spotted. Everybody needs to be careful, its very dry conditions. Use extreme care in wooded areas because the danger is real. Im Nora Muchanic channel 6 action news. Thank you. Police in north philadelphia are trying to fine the suspect who has been robbing people at gun point and the victims are Temple University students the robbers have struck six times now and all the crimes happened between may 19th and they were captured on surveillance camera they are demanding cell phones and wallets and running away, so far nobody has been hurt. Philadelphia police are searching for a sexual predator and think he is responsible for attacks on two women, including one where he waited for the victim inside of her own home. Police are trying to track him down before he strikes again and chad pradelli is live now where we just an update. Investigators are connecting the crimes and they happened in the same neighborhood and happened in the Early Morning hours inside of a home and the suspect demanded money and more importantly the victim describes the suspect of wearing red or orange gloves. We are pursuing this as though we have a single offender. A woman woke up to a man standing over her bed in her home on rosewood. He puts his hand over her mouth to quiet her and he demands money, after taking money he raped her and took her i. D. And warned her not to call police and fled in her car that was recovered a few blocks away, it pa peers that the suspect gained entry by an unlocked door and his footprints were found in the shower and they think he waited there for hours until he was certain that the victim was is a sleep. A mask and dark clothing and zip up jacket or sweatshirt. The rosewood victim could not make out the suspect but a victim in march gave this composite sketch. She doesnt speak english but says the suspect gained access and took money and tried to sexually assault her while her children were in the house and she and a son fought back and he fled. He grabbed me by the hair and throat and i thought he was going to kill me. Police tell me that the roommate did not hear a thing and she was not harmed. Police believe that the suspect lived in the point breeze or south philadelphia neighborhood. They want women in that area to be on alert. Im live in hunting park, chad pradelli channel 6 action news. Thank you. From our delaware newsroom a delaware man is accused of raping a teenage relative Bobby Harrell is facing charges of rape and incest. Police say that harrell was suppose to be watching the relative, he is still in jail because he could not pay 64,000 bond. A man killed in a rec center shooting, nickar reddick was shot twice last night investigators say he went there with the intense of shooting someone else but his gun jammed and he died earlier this morning at the hospital and detectives recovered a resolver and cash and a cell phone from the scene. Amtrak says they will install video cameras inside of their cabs of their trains. This comes after the crash earlier this month that killed eight people and they are looking for clues as to what the engineer was doing before the crash, Brandon Bostian says he cannot remember they know that the train was going double the speed limit before the crash and they still dont know why. Here at the big board now in philadelphia the birth place of america knows how to celebrate america. And it was reveal when would perform at the wawa welcome america, mayor nutter made the announcement and rocking the ben franklin parkway is r b star miguel and sugarlands Jennifer Nettles and the roots will be the house band for the concert and wawa welcome america will feature the annual parade that steps off at fifth and chestnut the morning of july 4th with participants of nine states and miss america will be here this year and a concert by the philly pops and movies and hoagie day and penns landing concerts and the party on the parkway and a Big Block Party on july 3rd on 5th and 6 and streets at market and chestnut. All of these events lead to the biggest and best outdoor concert in america, we own the 4th of july, this is your concert lineup, exciting with roots and miguel and Jennifer Nettles. And 6 abc is proud to be the media partner and you can catch it all right here as with you make plans for the july 4th holiday, visit 6abc. Com and we posted the full schedule of events for the events leading to the show. One of my favorite days of year. My favorite week of the year. Thanks. Time now for the action news traffic report lets go to matt pellman in the Traffic Center and this tuesday is a tough monday matt. A lot of people heading back to work and we are in summer now i guess. And how exciting is that, we have the summertime volume and not a lot of people taking on work yet and its still heavy for the ride home a broken down vehicle by south street and extra crowded at girard avenue and at the off ramp a fender bender and its off to the side. Speaking of westbound schuylkill they are closing it tonight just a short chunk from 30th to the vine street, and starting tonight that short chunk will be blocked. A couple of buck county crashes, one a motorcycle in richland township near Independence Place and one in ben salem to avoid at lynnbrook drive and the ramp is closed at 30 and and haddon after few. One of our friends using the waze app is talking about a crash if delaware on Newcastle County in wilmington look for slowing associated with that. Well check it again in the next half hour. Thank you matt. Still ahead a new offensive against isis, what president obama is saying about americas role in the latest round of fighting. And a terrifying moment on the beach where a bounce house went flying inside. Is it the Delaware Valley or ancient rome, they go back in time for a unique lesson. Drone 6 is flying live above belmont plateau, sunny conditions, and adam joseph will be back with more. And a special web chat we are hosting and the topic is sports injuries a doctor from the Rothman Institute is taking your questions. Iraqi troops are preparing for a Major Military offensive to try to retake parts of Anbar Province they lost earlier this month they were criticized for running without a fight and now they are trying to run isis out with shiite help. Now they are asking if the u. S. Is using its forces effectively. The Cleveland Police department is looking at sweeping changes after the Department Found a pattern of abuse by its officers after a patrolman killed two unarmed black suspects last year. The acquittal charges sparked protests across cleveland. A 18 month review found a pattern of Excessive Force todays settlement calls for training and bias free training and use of force guidelines. Some memorial day fun in the sun in ft. Lauderdale when a bounce house went airborne a waterspout from the ocean came ashore tossing that over sending the children flying, it soared 20 feet in the air and flipped four times before the kids were ejected. The bounce house it did, the bounce head flew up and i fell in the dirt. She is one of to children inside who broke their arms but all of those three kids are doing okay. Waterspouts are common off the florida coast and bounce house accidents are on the rise with roughly 11000 injuries every year a child goes to an emergency room every 45 minutes because of a bounce house injury. The industry says if the structures are installed correctly they are safe but there are increased calls for greater potentials especially after incidents like this one. Scary moments for the parents. It makes you think twice. Two of b. B. Kings family members says that he was poisoned by his closest aids. Doctors determined that the 24 medical attention he received was appropriate and kings lawyer says the alligation is ridiculous. And kings daughters say that family members were not allowed to visit him. The company that owns the pipeline that leaks oil along the california coast was hoping to remove the broken section today. The company planes all american is revising the amount of oil that spilled in the ocean about 101,000 gallons leaked a little less than ridgely thought. They are still cleaning up from the spill that they say killed see lions and fish and birds there. It was a rough day back for investors that worried about a rate hike from the fed the dow is down 190 points to close at 18,432 and its nasdaq off 37 points. Malaysia airlines about to layoff a third of its workers as part of a drastic restructuring plan, the company was expected to lay off 6,000 of its 20000 employees but the real number could be closer to 8,000 the company is fighting to survive after a pair of tragedies last year youll recall the disexperience of flight 370 and the shooting down of a plane in ukraine. And Charter Communications is buying up time warner for 55 billion, comcast was trying to buy time warner but regulator did not approve the deal and they withdraw it it will create the second Largest Cable Company in america. Some Montgomery County students transformed their school yard in ancient rome today and gladiators and resident philosophers took over montessori children 2 through 8 had a chance to play different roles during the fair and the schools hands on learn ago approach. They had a blast with those swords. Its time now for the accuweather forecast on a stunning and hot day it. Lets go to adam joseph. Reporter if you dont like it hot head to the shore numbers only in the 60s right now, at the immediate shore from cape may right through the southern part of Long Beach Island because of the winds coming off the 50 plus degree ocean temperature. Really influencing the air, the wins out of the south once you get far enough inland it kind of warms so to speak and 87 in philadelphia and the furnish to the north and west, in berks county we are on the verge of 90 degrees. Yesterday the humidity was not all that bad with dew points below 60 degrees but this afternoon the dew points came up to 60 to 65 degrees so it does feel slightly humid out there and those dew points will jump up again between 65 and 70 tomorrow, tomorrow will feel more soupy than today. As we look at satellite 6 along with action radar, we are missing out on showers in the middle part of the state as they are going through binghamton and mainly clear skies to the south and east, overnight partly cloudy and warm and humid and 67 allentown and 70 in philadelphia, and millville he degrees and again at the shore a little bit better with overnight lows of 61. We are watching finally a system to the west that has some energy with it near cincinnati and down towards nashville this is energy that will push to the north and east and give us an opportunity of some widespread downpours and a few thunderstorms tomorrow the good thing here, we get a threat of rain and any severe potential is low to our north and west and right at the brink of the Lehigh Valley with the possibility of severe storms as they pass through well time them on future tracker and sun and clouds and a hazy warm start to the day and we start to see popups to the west, and the evening hours from 6 00, 6 30 that is when the line passes through and that is downpours with a few rumbles of thunder and it it could be a winwin situation here without rain or the severe. Humid and afternoon downpours and thoms at 89 degrees and a few left over scattered storms especially east in new jersey here thursday at 86 degrees drying to the north and west and as we get into the end of the week we get a break from the humidity on friday, warm at 85 and then the muggy weather returns on saturday as the temperatures go well above average at 88 degrees and a few more changes for the second half of the weekend on sunday. Well talk about that in the next half hour. We are in it. Summer really is here. Thank you. The university of delaware is getting rid of the old to make room for the new. Rodney and dickerson halls are shutting down for the week, the freshman dorms are around for 50 years, Officials Say they need to many repairs and they need more in the Academy Complex with an attached dining hall with gluten and vegan choices. Still ahead someones entire lawn ended up sprawled across the local highway and dangerous weather down south the latest on the severe storms that brought major flooding to parts of texas. And well tell you why the pope has he has not watched tv in more than two decades. And how he gets his news and go to facebook and like the 6 abc action News Facebook page, that gives you access to all the top stories, weather updates and breaking news and you can communicate with members of action news team. Your buddy ron once said he could install your ceiling fan. He couldnt. And that one time ron said another chili dog was a good idea. Yeah, it wasnt. So when ron said youd never afford a john deere tractor, you knew better. Now ron does too. Introducing the e series. Legendary john deere quality. Unexpected low price. See your john deere dealer for great green tag savings on the e series family of tractors. Well, sir. After some serious consideration id like to put in my 15year notice. 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Police are asking for your help to find someone that stole batteries from a used car lot, at maxs auto, back on may 17th a few suspects checked cars to see if they were locked and then got under the hoods and stole several batteries. Police want information from anyone that has some. Coming up the death toll is rising after flash floods in texas and dozens of people are still missing rg well have the latest next. We live in a pick and choose world. Choose, choose, choose. But at bedtime . Why settle for this . Enter sleep number. Dont miss the memorial day special Edition Mattress with sleepiq technology. Sleepiq tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. You like the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. So your sleep goes from good to great to wow now we can all choose amazing sleep only at a sleep number store. Save 500 on the memorial day special Edition Mattress with sleepiq. Ends sunday know better sleep with sleep number. Action news continues. Hello again im brian taff along with nydia han today its 4 30 and action news continues with a guilty plea from the man accused of killing his wife in Pennypack Park. And gun fire rings out in north dakota, two people are dead. And soon parents will be able to buy baby formula without medical altered ingredients and first deadly floods in texas. Two people were unaccounted for and among the missing were to people whose Vacation Home was swept down a rushing river. Reporter houston, the nations fourth largest city is under water in many areas. Torrential rains triggered flash flooding on the city streets. I declared an emergency situation here in houston. Forecasters say that almost a foot of rain pouring down in just a matter of hours. Probably like six foot deep on the beltway on i10. The deluge sent cars down the water. People waited in deep water to be rescued. We have normally 24 calls and this morning we responded to 968, last night flooding claimed at least three more lives and houston schools are closed today and city leaders are urging people to stay indoors. If you can stay home please stay home. Heavy rain in other parts of texas last weekend brought more flooding to the already saturated state the governor declaring 37 counties disaster areas, so far the storms left at least nine dead and many more missing near san antonio, among those rescuers are searching for laura mccomb and her two children. She said help im floating down the river. And fema is on the ground cordordinateing with first responders. Meanwhile here at home today we are dealing with warm, humid temperatures and it looks like the human part will stick around. Adam joseph is here with more. I kind of like it. You do . Its too early we have a long summer ahead. Lets look at the rainfall totals in the deep sout