Issued sometime this evening for the heart of the delaware valley, strong winds is the major concern there but you can take a look at those dewpoints, that moisture rich air dark greens in the midatlantic with dewpoints in the lower and middle 70s. That just means theres a lot of water molecules sitting in the atmosphere so when a storm hits it literally floods that rain out of the atmosphere. So, scattered storms and downpours here this evening, right through saturday morning. Some areas could see up to 3inches and if that happens, there could be some localized quick flash flooding with the heaviest steadiest of that rain with the front passing through between 4 oclock and 8 oclock tomorrow morning and when i come back well talk about a sevenday which features better news here for most of the weekend sharrie. We have a little bit of a change that youre going to like that in accuweather forecast. Ill take your word for it. Adam thank you. Speaking of the time line adam just mentioned be sure to check back with action news tonight at 11 00 and tomorrow morning starting at 5 00 a. M. For the latest on the forecast for your weekend and remember you can get the latest weather and storm tracker6 live radar any time on your phone or tablet on our 6abc app. There have been at least four brazen burglaries connected to families that own businesses p Officials Say the thieves are targeting the owners where they live and in one case where they work as well. Action News Reporter john rawlins live this afternoon in marple township where one of these incidents took place and john, youve got the latest on the investigation. Reporter are hi, brian. Well, the marple case took place last weekend. That led to a philadelphia incident. The two earlier cases were in Delaware County, that went back to may. Whats new today is surveillance video. Both men described as heavy or thick set asians wearing gray hooded sweatshirts black pants, wasnt black hat the other a dark green eagles hat. They have a pattern. Enter the house, find clothing jewelry, cash, disable the camera system, sometimes remove it from the house. Reporter but in this case, the video was streamed live to a remote location and saved. The two big guys believed involved in a double burglary we reported on this week, a family home in marple was hit, also taken though keys used by the crooks to open not locks of their victims store located in southwest philadelphia. Looking at the new video released today mark kim said they do look familiar. I honestly think that ive seen them inside my store as customers. Reporter he noticed how similar the pair appeared. To me pit looked like theyre almost like twins. We believe they may be related. Reporter could be brothers or cousins. Correct. Reporter the two may be part of a larger crew in this philadelphia heist four men were seen on camera. The multiple targets all owners of family run businesses. Police believe the crooks watch carefully. They watch for a period of time know their whereabouts when theyre home, when theyre not home, when theyre at the business and not at the business and pick the appropriate time to enter the houses. Reporter well, i should go it should go without saying but ill say it anyway. If you recognize either of those men on that videotape the police would love to hear from you either the Marple Township Police here in Delaware County or southwest detectives in philadelphia. They are working together on this matter. Live in marple township, john rawlins channel6 action news. Sharrie. Lets hope someone comes forward with information, john. Thank you. Well, the trial of Philadelphia District attorney Seth Williams continued today with the defense crossexamining a key witness. Bucks county businessman muhammad ali told the jury yesterday he gave lavish gifts and vacations to williams because he wanted a friend with power to call in favors if needed. Today during crossexamination they said he was a friend him before he ever gave any high end gifts. Action News Reporter vernon odom will have more at 5 00. S a the healthcare showdown heats up on capitol today negotiations were in full swing. So far theres strong opposition to the Senate Republicans plan to replace the Affordable Care act and that bill is not only facing criticism from democrats but also from within the republican party. Many of whom are demanding some fixes. The gop cannot lose more than two votes from within the party and already five conservatives are now hard no. Some say they believe the bill doesnt do enough. Others worry it repeals too much. It deserves consideration and debate. 52 all of us. All of us have leverage this is an opening offer not the final deal so time will tell. Heres our it works. The bill would end the Affordable Care act that everyone must have insurance. It offers tax credits but scrapped subsidies to lower costs. It rolls back the obamacare expansion of medicaid but it does leave in place protection for people with preexisting conditions. Despite negotiations an pending analysis from the Congressional Budget Office senate gop leaders are still trying to get this bill passed before the july 4th recess. President trump is calling it a complicated situation but says i think were going to get there and just this afternoon we found out that the number of republicans against the plan in its current form again has risen to five. Brian. Protesters opposed to the plan are going to great thrones make their voices heard. This was the crowd that protested through the night outside pennsylvania senator pat toomeys philadelphia office. The republican helped to craft the plan to reportedly fought for the roll backs to medicare that it does include. He says it puts medicare on a more sustainable path but these protesters call it immoral. Theyll continue holding 24 hour vigils to show their opposition. There is a new tool in Delaware County aimed at fighting the opioid crisis. The this is the countys new drug collection van. It will be parked as community easty events and you can bring any unwanted Prescription Medication in your home. The meds will be properly disposed of. Research shows heroin users typically start with addictions to prescription pills. Delaware county d. A. Jack whelan and members of the Heroin Task Force unveiled that van today in media. The philadelphia 76ers say the process has led them directly to Markelle Fultz. The 6foot four guard was selected number one overall in the nba draft last night and now hes here. Sixers fans are pumped about fultz and his potential to help turn this team around. The sixers also picked up a host of other players in last nights draft. Sports reporter Jeff Skversky joins us now in the action news Sports Center and jeff, today the players were officially welcomed to philadelphia. Reporter yeah, Markelle Fultz already talking playoffs. How did he celebrate after the sixers drafted him last night . The 19yearold says he went to bed saying with a smile i got some sleep. Well rest up. The sixers will be asking a lot from one Markelle Fultz. After a late night in new york fultz is in camden this morning to be officially introduced. Sixers fans will get their first look at the first pick next month in the nba summer league. Fultz of course has big goals. He wants to be considered the best to ever play like Michael Jordan who was also cut from his High School VarsityBasketball Team as a sophomore. Thats my goal since i was a young kid. My first goal is to get to the nba and be the number one pick and thats another goal i set for myself and i know its not going to be easy. I got a lot of are for all the people, mj, everybody but thats a goal i got for myself and thats something im going to work for every day. Reporter fultz says it has still not sunk in that hes the number one pick in the nba draft last night something hes been dreaming about since he was a little kid. Well, i wonder if it will sink in when the fans at Wells Fargo Center start going nuts for the number one overall pick. Guys, lets go back to you in the studio. Looking forward to that chance. Jeff thank you. Business at the home of the socalled belly fillers now booming thanks to sixers draft pick fultz. The player professed his love for larrys steak shop on jimmy kimmel last night and almost instantly the order started pulling in. Larrys stakes has been around since 1956 and now has two locations in philadelphia. Other nba stars have been seen eating a steak or two there over the years including philadelphia native kobe bryant and former sixers star allen iverson. A new project in wilmington is going to ease traffic along the riverfront. This afternoon ground was broken on the new bridge we built over the christina river. A number of dignitaries were on hand for the event including delaware governor John Cardinal and wilmington mayor mike purzyki. The bridge will have two lanes and a path for bikes and pedestrians. Time now for the action news traffic report on this friday. All right. Its that time to head to the beach for the weekend. Matt pelman standing by in the action News Traffic Center with the oh, my goodness, thats not good. No, never good. Theres nothing too groundbreaking on the traffic front, thats the good news this afternoon brian and sharrie. Its just the typical busy summertime friday afternoon with a few complications. Theres the penndot truck. Penndot is watching their truck. They were responding to a disabled vehicle that broke down on the ramp from the 30th street station to the westbound side of the schuylkill. Theyre really spinning this camera but there it is now off to the side, police on the scene. That big jam you saw was on the eastbound side of the schuylkill and it doesnt end there at the vine. You hit the brakes really hard once youre around passyunk avenue over toward the walt whitman bridge as people head down the shore this afternoon. On the bridge itself just 13 Miles Per Hour at the moment. Had a broken down vehicle as well upon 95 southbound side approaching academy. Thats gone now but still heavy as you come down from woodhaven. Lets talk about the situation as you get closer to the shore points. You know weve got that ongoing construction where the expressway meets up with the southbound parkway. So with just one lane getting by on that ramp, 37 Miles Per Hour for about a mile going into that merge. If youre headed the other way through mays landing a downed traffic signal on 40 westbound near main street. In delaware a crash just cleared along 95 northbound near christiana. Gone but you still have single digit speeds coming up from newark so not a great situation there even though the crash cleared. Commuter report time. A crash along 202 in a spot that would normally be busy southbound side near 401 as you head towards the work zone there at the 30 bypass. Well check it again brian and sharrie in the next half hour. Thank you. Still ahead on action news at 4 00 today packing up and flying out. The Summer Vacation destinations. You need to know what you can and cant have on the airplane before you go. And this looks like an every day forecaster doing his job in the rain but what happens next is anything but normal. All right. That story and much more when action news at 4 00 continues. I want to see what happens. Yeah. Were not going to show you now. Stick around. Reach out, say something. Addiction is a disease. Dont suffer. Dont wait. Help is within reach. Call 844 reach nj or go to reachnj. Gov the road to recovery starts now. 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Legal experts say the law is the broadest religious objections measure enacted by any state. The air force officer stab in the neck is recovering. It happened at Bishop International airport in flint wednesday. Lieutenant jeff nevels suffered a 12inch long slash but quick efforts by the First Responders are being credited with saving his life a49yearold man born in canada but lived in tunisia is charged in this attack. The head of the fbi in detroit said the attacker unsuccessfully tried to buy a gun once he arrived in the u. S. But instead managed to buy a knife. We are now in the throes of whats expected to be a busy travel season and folks at philadelphia International Airport did a little show and tell today to help keep those security lines moving. The Transportation Security Administration showed off what you can and cannot pack in carry on. Like certain knives and tools, oversize the scissors, anything that can be construed as a weapon. They say the rules causing the most confusion though involve liquids. Gels, aerosol creams and pastes. They must all be 3. 4 ounces or less and all of them must fit in a small bag like that one to get the okay in a carry on bag. This also includes sunblock and tanning lotions. Everybody needs to get where theyre going quickly and safely, so if you have prohibited items such as this being discovered thats going to slow down travel. Its going to back up the flights. Also the real i. D. Act is going into effect. That means depending on which state you live in you may need more than a state issued drivers license or state issued i. D. Card to travel. Right now delaware is compliant but pennsylvania and new jersey respect both filing for extensions. After october you could be required to provide a second form of i. D. Like a passport. Now, phls also expanding the t. S. A. Precheck program where you can now apply on site for the pass that gets you through the security lines faster and if youre packing something and youre just not sure about it, you can also tweet questions now to ask t. S. A. Sign of the times, sharrie. Yeah. Home prices have been rising every month for more than five years but thats not good news for everyone. The National Association of realtors says the median existing home price climbed to 252,000 last month. And while thats good news for home sellers, buyers are having a tough time finding homes that they could afford. But there has been one saving grace for buyers. Mortgage rates which have recently been hovering below 4 percent. Well, in ireland, weather forecasters have to brave the elements sometimes just like they dollar right here in do right here in the United States and sometimes things go wrong. A bit of [laughter] derek got blown weigh by strong wind during an onair report in dublin this morning, took it in good humor. The anchors back in the studio, they burst into laughter and that was okay because derek was not hurt, just a little embarrassed. Hes recovering. Hes okay. [laughter] hes fine. That umbrella not so much o1 of the anchors said you know what, it was perfectly do not mess with mother nature. Live tv, what are you go egg dollar right. Uhhuh. There you go. Adam is wondering if he can get a ponytail. Man bun. Ill do without that. The things that have happened to me on live tv we wont rebehind that. No, we will. Theres a whole archive in the news room somewhere. Well look for it. As we look at storm tracker6 live right now, we are dealing with quiet weather across most of the area. The sunshine is busting out here this afternoon and it is down right uncomfortable out there and its starting to cook up storms to the west. There is a severe thunderstorm watch for Lancaster County and all places to the west of there and you can see these storms firing up near harrisburg pheading towards lebanon along i78 hamburg fleetwood kind of skirting the northwestern suburbs of berks county. Watch the storm to the west of lebanon as they head to the east around 55 miles an hour. There are severe storms here. Three lightning strikes. This is the very beginning in of were could be an active evening in spots. That temperature has risen to 88 degrees and with that dewpoint of 72 degrees, that 88 feels more like 95 degrees in philadelphia right now with a hot and muggy southwesterly wind at 20 miles an hour. In fact, 99 right now in millville with the heat index, 97 wilmington, 104 in dover, 98 in lancaster so again that sunshine came back out and these numbers are just skyrocketing here and thats a lot of energy for these storms and downpours to work off of. In fact, we look to the west here and you can see a line near pittsburgh heading into the ohio valley. Thats the actual front thats going to pass through early in the Morning Hours but until then future tracker at 7 oclock this evening, there will be these scattered downpours and thunderstorms that do develop and with that moisture rich atmosphere these will be very heavy hitters. Most of them look to stay philadelphia to the north and west. Quieter south and east at 11 oclock tonight and then the actual front comes through early tomorrow morning. Its going to be a quick hit of torrential rain tomorrow morning but the latest now with all the models is it kicks it o