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WPVI Action News At 500 AM August 19, 2016

Going only. We did break the heat wave with highs in the 80s. Well have sunshine and overnight showers are gone, overall it looks bright. 74 degrees in philadelphia. Muggy out there youll see that in a second. 68 in allentown. 73 in trenton. 70 in wilmington, 77 in cape may. Here the dewpoints. Were out of the of the 70s in philadelphia. Not by much. The i95 to the shore feeling sticky. 64 in allentown is not too sticky. The humidity will be moderate in the afternoon, stickier the farther south you go toward the shore. Well bump into the hot zone today 90 degrees at 3 00 p. M. It will be sticky over the weekend well have thunderstorms. But the big story is monday and beyond when things feel better around here. Reporter at least you had a nice day for your birthday. It was 90, that was good. Reporter good morning, everybody, were live in glasgow, delaware. Involving this accident with this tractortrailer and this pick up truck that caught fire. College avenue is blocked at route 40 at pulaski highway. Cruise 72 and Old Baltimore pike or even i95 where speeds are in the mid 60s. 495 in wilmington, weve seen slowing because of construction southbound by terminal avenue taking out the two right lanes until 6 00. In moor morton delco, use academy avenue there. In the work zone on the boulevard, approaching wissahickon there was an overnight accident they are still pushing some of the vehicles out of the way. The right lane remains blocked. This is breaking this morning, a nightmare of a scene, a tractortrailer lurching across the a highway and hitting a pick up truck. The pick up burst into flames trapping a child in a car seat. Annie mccormick has more. Reporter good morning, tam, luckily there was a delaware state trooper and another bystander that saved the child try to burning vehicle. Lets take you right away to the video from the scene. The nasty crash then fire happened in glasgow, delaware past 2 00 a. M. On route 40 and 896. The tractortrailer and pick up truck collided after the tractortrailer crossed over the highway on 896 and ended up on the southbound side rearending the pick up and sending it across the highway. You can see used fire extinguishers used to douse the flames. A childs backpack is on the road. The child was trapped in the rear part of the vehicle in a child seat. Luckily a delaware state trooper and passer by rescued the child. The two adults suffered cuts and bruises and burns are in stable condition. The driver of the tractortrailer, also injured, is going to christiana hospital with minor injuries. The highway remains closed at this time. Well have updates about when it will reopen coming up in the next halfhour. Reporting live from the satellite center, Annie Mccormick channel 6 action news. See you then, thank you annie. A seemingly unprovoked attack left a man injured in delaware. The assailant stabbed a 49yearold man on the 100 block of popular at 7 00 p. M. Police believe the attacker who fled the scene may have been hurt. 35 05 a. M. , an assistant boy scout leader is under arrest accused of having sex with a child. Michael kellon of parksburg is charged with statutory assault of a child. He worked as a medic and volunteer firefighter. Chester county d. A. Tom hogan said it was the bravery of his victim to put a stop to kellen. This victim is very strong, he realized after time had gone by, he needed to report it. The officer is urging anyone with any information about other possible victims to come forward. A suspect is in Police Custody for a shooting that killed a father in the citys germantown section. 25yearold ford drove through a raging gun battles last month along the 5100 block of germantown avenue. Ford was struck by a bullet amid the crossfire. His 3yearold daughter was in the back seat and not hit. Police are preparing charges against the suspect and looking for a second shooter. The fbi is joining Philadelphia Police to look for this woman who they say tried to rob a pnc bank that happened in the juniata park section in the afternoon. The woman ran off empty handed. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has vetoed two bills on voting and voting registration republican governor mocked the bill calling it the voter fraud enhancement and permission act. The other bill would have allowed 17 years old that would have allowed them to vote in primary elections if they turned 18 before the next general. Eagles defense took advance of the steelers. Despite a second team competition, the eagles defense looked sharp. They had four interceptions and didnt allow any points. Sam bradford led the offense to a field gold in the first half. Obviously with the guys creating the turnovers, they are scoring points, its awesome that you know they have your back like that. Carson wentz missed the game with a hairline rib fracture. Eagles win 17o they open the season september 11 at home against the browns. Hope they keep looking this good. Lets hope the weather keeps going in a better direction. Reporter it will get good starting monday. We have a couple of humid days to deal with between now and then. Satellite and radar shows you scattered showers and rumble of thunder is gone off the coast. We have clearing conditions across the region and were expecting a fair amount of sunshine. Atlantic city might see early cloud cover, well get a better read on that when the sun comes up quick. Well transition to sunshine quick this morning and stay bright. 70 in wilmington, 68 in allentown. 73 in trenton. And down by the shore in cape may, 77 degrees. Future tracker 6 shows you a couple of coastal clouds early, generally speaking sunshine between sun up and noon and then we get into the afternoon and theres a slight chance of a popup shower in south jersey and most of you stay dry. It pops up and goes away. In the Lehigh Valley, sunny and humid, warm high of 89 degrees. At the shore, looks like it will be on the muggy side. 85 degrees there, ocean temperature in the low 70s thats good. In philadelphia, were actually going to go up to 91 degrees. Mostly sunny a bit humid, winds are variable at 6 to 12 miles per hour. If you have plans to head out for a movie or dinner, 87 degrees by 9 00 a. M. , well dip in the 70s by 10 00 p. M. , 11 00 p. M. It will be muggy, so cool drinks if youre outside doing stuff. No problems getting to and from the Movie Theater or the restaurant. Clear and humid overnight, 74 degrees, winds on the light side 4 to 8 miles per hour. Saturday looks hot, high of 90 degrees. It will build into a hazy, hot and humid day. Dry, but sticky. Sunday, a strong cold front comes in, clouds increase and look for the potential of strong gusty thunderstorms thats sunday. Poconos, 81 forehead, 81 tomorrow. Humid tomorrow, showers and thunderstorms sunday. Down the shore, same story kind of humid down the beach today 84. Sun and clouds on saturday, 82. Sunday look out for showers and thunderstorms. Not a great afternoon to be on the beach if those start to pop up. The the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, 91 today, 90 tomorrow, humid on sunday, strong gusty thunderstorms possible in the afternoon and evening. Then everything changes for the better. Cold front gets out of here sunday night and behind it on monday, tuesday, and wednesday were looking at nice weather with highs in the 80s, low humidity lots of sunshine, thursday, it might start getting a little sticky again. Thank you david. 5 10. Theres much more to come on action news, newborn pictures pay tribute killed before he could meet his new son. New video shows a terrifying moment for a bride and groom when a bomb explodes outside their middle eastern wedding. Reporter scary stuff. Scary stuff in delaware this morning with this awful accident involving a tractortrailer and pick up truck. 896 is blocked at 40. Well talk about this and problems on the northeast extension when action news returns on this friday morning. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. How do we make the economy work for everyone . Hillary clintons plan starts here. By making big corporations and those at the top finally pay their fair share in taxes. And those companies that move overseas . Shed charge them an exit tax. Then shed use that money to make the largest investment in creating good paying jobs since world war ii. Millions of jobs. You can read the plan here. The commodor barry bridge, just a few trucks and cars here and there, 74 degrees on city avenue, getting up to 91 today. A heat wave ended yesterday, but you know its like, you know, like 89, 91. Its all the same, right . Its going to be kind of hot. Its friday, hopefully youre in for a decent commute to work or down the shore. Lets go to matt. Reporter i think if you leave right now youll have a decent trip down the shore, maybe later on not so much. We have problems in a couple of spots, many minor. We had a broken down vehicle in the ambler area 309 southbound side past susquehanna road. Everything is open along 309 if youre traveling to and from the pennsylvania turnpike in fort washington. At times people use the northeast extension instead of 309. We had a broken down vehicle there, as well, northbound side between lansdale and quakertown that dv cleared out of the way. Cross that off the list. Quakertown and the Lehigh Valley interchange theres construction. Never seen it do that before. Still construction out there taking out the right lane. Thats a new one big board what are you doing to me . Huh . Okay, well, weve got the commuter report which is backwards take the graphics full. Thank you. The Construction Zone northbound between quakertown and the Lehigh Valley taking out the right lane. In moor morton delco we have a downed pole at franklin avenue. Academy avenue the alternate around that. 896 accident at 40 stick with old 72 and balanced more pike. 80,000 people have registered for Disaster Assistance in louisiana. Homeland security secretary jeh johnson looked at the relief. He said he knows things will be tough in the weeks ahead. New video shows an explosion rocking a wedding celebration in eastern turkey. The bride groom and their families had to run for cover yesterday. It happened in a series of deadly bombings including one at the police station. Turkey government is blaming a separatist group. 5yearold is shown covered in blood pulled from a building in aleppo destroyed from airstrikes. He as left alone in the ambulance as medics attended to other victims including the boys family, no crying just shock as he wipes the blood in a daze. This powerful image shows is a reminder of 100,000 children killed in five years of fighting. Fortunately for him, his physical wounds are minor and the family survived. Usain bolt won his 8th olympic gold medal. Americans took the gold in the mens and womens 400 phillies avoided a sweep by the dodgers and former teammate chase utley. Franco hit a two run home run. Ryan howard homered. Phillies host the cardinals tonight in the start of a three game series. Adam morgan takes the mound. Ryan lochte is at the center of a olympic controversy. Zika virus is growing in miami and they are trying to find out where the latest transmission occurred. Well be right back. Philadelphias annual and secret pop up picnic took place on the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum last night. Partygoers came dressed in white with tables and chairs and food for dinner en blanc. Five thousand people scored an invite. They look delicious. Reporter boulevard northbound Construction Zone and northbound accident in the Construction Zone both clear, everything is reopened as you head northbound toward broad street. Theres a bunch of construction on the boulevard this weekend. I think i would avoid it. You might want to use hunting park avenue, but theres milling and paving work by kelly drive. The tunnel blitz continues at 8 00 p. M. All trolleys wont operate in the center city tunnel. All service end at 40th and market. Matt, we broke the heat wave yesterday 88. Today in the 90s. Well hit 91 around 4 00 p. M. It looks like it will be sunny and humid. At the airport all green aircraft no major delays heading out of phl and no signs of rain in our big travel destinations, matt and tam. The number of zika cases has spread from 2 to 35. Theres a cluster of reports of cases in miami beach. 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A tractortrailer barrels into a pickup with a little one in the back. The players being questioned by brazil are heading back home. But they are not out of hot water just yet. The heat wave has been broken, if you blink, you missed it. The 90 return. We do return to the 90s, lets go over to david and matt pellman. Reporter we are going to shoot up to the 90s for the weekend. We have showers that are off the coast. We have sunshine for all of us not too long after sunrise. 73 in trenton. 70 in wilmington. Upper 60s in allentown and cape may, running high at 77 degrees. The dewpoints are running high in south jersey and southern delaware it feels on the oppressive side. In philadelphia, close to oppressive, not so close up in allentown and reading, i do expect the humidity levels to be moderate as we go through the afternoon. 73 degrees by 7 00 a. M. 10 00 a. M. , 81 as we continue with the

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