The stage is set for a historic Democratic National convention. Right out of the gate a scamgdz shakes up the Party Scandal shakes up the party right at the top before it gets started. Nydia han is joining us in the studio, Tamala Edwards leads our dnc cover annual live from south philadelphia. Today the democrats wants to show solidarity, but the talk is about scandal and sabotage. Were following breaking news a deadly dispute that started at a penns landing hot spot. Were following a crash on a septa bus, dozens were hurt. Strong storms are rumbling through the region right now. Here are david murphy and karen rogers good morning. Reporter Storm Tracker 6 live double scan is tracking the storms for you, the brunt of this is pushing across the river in philadelphia. Up in southern bucks county youre looking at lightning and downpours and strong gusty winds. Its right around the red hour we expect the storms to move. South central burlington county, in about a halfhour they will arrive. Sicklierville and franklinville, between now and 5 33. Between now and the next couple of minutes youll get the heavy rain on top of you. Some of the areas my be seeing this may be seeing this. Table tabernacle will be getting this next. Lots of lightning and damaging winds gusts at 60 miles per hour. Take cover indoors on the lower floor of your structures as they come through. Farther to the west were breaking down spotty heavier cells here and there and lighter rain. Theres the wider view those towns are in line for this next. As we look at the heat part of this story, we have excessive heat warning in effect in the central counties. In the advisory areas north an south. You have an issue with heat up until 6 00 a. M. In the warning areas, heat index values could feel as hot as 105. In the advisory areas, 100 degrees. These numbers will bounce back up once the rain is through. I want to show you the dewpoints were in the 70s that means oppressive humidity out there today. If youre trying to get a workout in this morning is not the morning with the lightning and the storms around. 79 degrees by 7 am. 88 by 10 00 a. M. This afternoons high is 98 degrees with heat index values going as high as 105 degrees this afternoon. Karen, well take a look at the storms and track them as they barrel into south jersey thats coming up in a couple of minutes. Reporter as we do well see the accidents that happen in its wake. We have an accident organic the schuylkill expressway involving an an accident on the schuylkill expressway eastbound involving an overturned vehicle approaching belmont. This is a shot where we saw the sky lighting up. We have hundreds of lightning strikes with the strong and severe thunderstorms moving through. The other issue this morning is the new restrictions we have in place this week for the the Democratic National convention. So if youre traveling in a commercial vehicle over five tons thats the biggest impact. You cant travel on i95 between the vine and the platt bridge. Thats open to regular vehicles, but commercial vehicles over five tons you cant travel on i95. That means the vehicles will be on the schuylkill expressway or the vine well see extra congestion because of that today. The ramble from the schuylkill expressway eastbound to packer avenue shut down from 2 00 p. M. To 2 00 a. M. , the ramp from i95 to broadly street shut down northbound and southbound is allowed at times. Speaking of i95 i want to show you an accident scene that shows you the conditions we have today. We have a vehicle that hydroplaned in heavy rain ascertain heavy traffic on i95 southbound past academy road. Be careful as you head out we have heavy rain and restrictions with the dnc. Im Tamala Edwards live at the Wells Fargo Center this morning the democrats are dealing with quite a bit of controversy. A batch of leaked emails show the dnc leaders with not what they were supposed to be nearly during the primaries. Instead they undermind Bernie Sanders and aided hillary. Debbie Wasserman Schultz this should be a crowning moment for her, but she is out over the scandal. Now Wasserman Schultz is supposed to gavel in the convention this afternoon at 4 00 p. M. It will be interesting to see if that goes through, balls she could face a because she could face a rough reception from Bernie Sanders supporters. She even raised sanders religious belief against him. George stephanopoulos asked sanders about the uproar. Reporter i told you a long time ago that the dnc was not running a fair operation, that they were supporting secretary clinton, so what i suggested to be true 6 months ago turns out to be in fact to be true. Im not shocked, but i am disappointed, thats the way it is. Now, later in the day, after he made that appearance and after Wasserman Schultz announced she would resign sanders issued this statement. The party needs new leadership that will open the doors of the party and welcome in working people and young people, donna brazil announced as the interim chair and she is getting the thumbs up on the sander side. Well see how that fairs with delegates this afternoon. Things are quiet other than the thunder thats cracking in the ceiling. We can hear the rain coming down. Things will change as the day gets going, well see an increase in activities and the temperatures will soar. The security was tight at pattison avenue at fda park. Thats where the protesters are. Barricades are in place they are only letting authorized vehicles getting through at this point. Thousands of protesters were hitting the streets in philadelphia for a variety of causes. Bernie sanders seems to be what a lot of people are coming out to support. Else drawing the largest crowds. Theres a power rally for jill stein for president thats thats expected at 58 00 a. M. Dnc theme is united together. Thats a scene where man plans and gods laughs. Corey booker and Elizabeth Warren is the first to go out and throw the red meat and michelle obama. The prime focus will be on Bernie Sanders to bring the Party Together or be a ted cruz moment. Cheers and applause greeted the delegates at the Kimmel Center in center city last night. The party marked the unofficial kickoff of the four day convention. Action news spoke to some delegates who did not want to acknowledge the resignation of the party chair. But Jesse Jackson said it did come at the right time. You can count on the Action News Team of jim gardner to bring you complete coverage from gavel to gavel. Well have live digital coverage every night starting at 7 30. Two people are dead and 17 people were injured when gunfire rang out at a florida nightclub in fort meyers at 12 30 a. M. Witnesses described the scene as a mad house and people crying and calling out their loved one names. Police have one person in custody, but they are searching for other possible suspects. More breaking news a bar fight turned deadly in penns landing. Police on routine patrol heard the gunfire and sprung into action. It started on the cavanaugh river deck and spilled into the street. The victim was shot 9 times and died at the hospital. Police on foot patrol heard the shots and saw three men running from the scene and took them into custody. Theres a possibility they may have thrown the weapon into the delaware river, so right now we have the marine unit searching for a weapon. As far as we know they have not found it yet, detectives are reviewing area surveillance cameras. 5 39, the headline right now severe storms. Thats what weve got, Storm Tracker 6 live double scan nydia and matt we have storms rolling through the region affecting the Center Portion the region and popping over toward the east into south jersey. If we go in tighter on this, you can see its a cluster of storms that is producing heavy downpours and lots of recent lightning strikes, you can see through. Weve got updates on the air in the blue box tracking the cities that will see the the the arrival this. Now theres no guarantee that this severe thunderstorm complex maintains its severe qualities as it moves farther to the south. Were warning for the possibility of not only the heavy downpours and lightning, but strong windy gusts, small hail and wind gusts as strong as 06 miles per hour. For those reasons we would like you to remain in doors as the storm passes on the lower floors. Looks like the city itself is seeing the end of the heaviest rain, but there are recent lightning strikes in cherry hill back through philadelphia. The wide view shows you its that small cluster and then we see drying. As we look outside, sky6 live hd were looking at the penns landing area i believe were looking at gray skies above and rain falling across the region. As we take a look at temperatures right now, temperature currently is 77 degrees in philadelphia. The dewpoints still up there at 71, so it feels humid, wind are light out of the South Southwest at 3 unless you have the storm on top of you. Future tracker 6 is allowing for dry conditions up to 4 00 p. M. Im going to allow up to 4 00 p. M. Especially in the northern suburbs the development of additional thunderstorms. The new model run has this is by 6 00 p. M. I think theres a chance it will pop in philadelphia. By 8 00 p. M. It will be pushing through philadelphia. By 11 00 p. M. , 11 30 p. M. Tonight. If you see thunderstorms out there today take cover again, because they could be on the strong side. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast thats the the other part of the story, the record heat in philadelphia. The heat index will make it feel like 105 during the height of the afternoon heating. If we see lateday thunderstorm that temperature will drop and well be out of the excessive heat. Until the storms form thats what youre dealing with, keep hydrated and stay in the ac inasmuch as possible. Tomorrow, hot and humid 95. Not as humid as today. Feeling better tomorrow and 93 and sunny and hot on wednesday, thursday we may start to see the humidity build back again with a high of 93 and possibility of late thunderstorm. More humid on friday, thunderstorm possible there, as well. Even though it might be muggy this weekend, you got to like the fact were back in the 80s on saturday and sunday. Get the jackets on, right . Its so cold. 5 43 a. M. , a violent crash involving a septa bus and tractortrailer leaves dozens hurt well have the details. Reporter look at this jam we have at this hour, this is i95 southbound youre jammed solid at academy this vehicle hydroplaned in the heavy rain. Heavy traffic here and an accident on the schuylkill expressway. The details with that when action news comes right back. Man life gets so busy with work, and its really hard to just kind of put that all aside and sort of focus on having fun or playing, even. Hey, playing is a lot of fun. Hey, playing is a lot of fun. Were hurt when a septa bus and tractortrailer collided in delaware county. It happened at landsdown avenue and providence road in yeadon. A bus pulled in front of the bus and caused it to veer away from the tractortrailer. 2 people were seriously injured and 24 people were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Right now were looking at sky6 live hd you can see the accident on the schuylkill expressway. This is eastbound approaching belmont we had an accident involving an overturned vehicle. This is an area where we saw the windswept rain, the skies were lighting up with lightning. We have a flat bed tow truck on the scene. 30 minute ride on the schuylkill expressway eastbound between the blue route and the vine watch for that accident. The other big traffic story, the restrictions related to the Democratic National convention. Were watching for that especially around the Wells Fargo Center weve got portions of broad, pattison avenue, 112th south darian shut down, as well. Faster the highways they are open except if youre traveling in a commercial vehicle over five tons. You cant travel on i95 between 676 and the platt bridge. Be careful if youre heading out right there. Lets look at the storms on Storm Tracker 6 live double can we are watching them move from pennsylvania into new jersey youre getting battered with heavy rain berlin, trenton, as well. Heavy storms moving through the area. In its wake we have an accident. We have an accident on i95. Now that the storms are in new jersey, we have an accident on 295 southbound approaching 644 near woodbury. Heavy windswept rain moving through, an accident popping up in its wake, tam. Later today, the democrats will start trying to make their case to the country why they believe the Party Platform nominee is the better choice. Katherine scott is on the floor with more on what you can expect to see today. Reporter good morning, tam, the last few days are jammed packed with making sure every final detail in in place. Only the floor of the Wells Fargo Center theres not a whole lot going on. Its relatively quiet. There are our friends from Good Morning America getting ready for their broadcast this morning. Its going to be busy later on. The seats will be full with delegates, thats the main stage right over there, they unveiled it for the first time on friday morning. It has a huge led wall it was built with the rotating panel so they can change the look of the stage with each speaker. Tonight among those expected to take the stage, Bernie Sanders and first Lady Michelle obama. It was busy over the weekend, but workers had a treat when paul simons did a sound check sinking bridge over trouble waters. Lots of preparations throughout the weekend, seating was part of that. As you look here on the floor for the Wells Fargo Center you can see the plaque adler for the pennsylvania and plakd plaque adler for the pennsylvania and new jersey delegation. They brought in 400 tons of chillers to make sure it was cold in here for everybody thats coming in. Katherine, based on on what save save is saying they will need the chillers. Well take a short break and come back to more action news. Its a Pretty Simple question is pat toomeys agenda your agenda . Toomey voted seven times to defund planned parenthood. He even tried to shut down the federal government in order to eliminate funding for planned parenthood. 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The heavy rain is moving through. Be careful as youre traveling. I want to show you mass transit because of heavy rain. Trolley 102 will have shuttle busing due to the high waters. Regional rails of course on the interim schedule many buses weve got about 50 different septa buses that are being detoured dave because of the detours taking place around the Wells Fargo Center with the dnc. Reporter on the big board, Storm Tracker 6 live double scan shows you thunderstorms, however they are no longer severe storms. The severe storm warning that swept from the northwest through camden and gloucester are breaking up a little bit. They are producing heavy downpours in camden and Gloucester County as they pin wheel toward the northeast. Take cover from the storms and be careful of the lightning, if you want to give it a halfhour or so, the lightning threat will be diminished a little bit. As we go through the day, the other part of the story is the heat and humidity. 94 degrees by noon. By 3 00 p. M. , 98. With the humidity as high as it is it will feel like 1 oh, 5 this afternoon. This is 105 this afternoon. This is a day where you have to hydrate and take precautions. After 3 00 p. M. , 4 00 p. M. , matt, another round of strong, gusty thunderstorms is possible. Few youre in town visiting the dnc download the Storm Tracker 6 live app on the cell phone or go to 6abc. Com weather to view the radar and watch the storms as they move across. This is the last one im getting for her. No, its not. No, its not. Back to school or back for more . Staples has low prices. Period. Staples. Make more happen. Staples has low prices. Period. No mess, no waiting, no rinsing. Colgate optic white toothbrush plus whitening pen. . As the entire city gears up for the start of the dnc, we want you to be part of the coverage, gray hall and i will be hosting a conversation at the 4th street deli. 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