Warmer than yesterday. Even though the humidity and heat combination isnt going to be as bad this afternoon youre starting out fairly humid with dewpoints in the 60s and 70 in a couple of spots. So noticeable humidity after the sun comes up and start moving around. As we go into the afternoon it will be a warm and sticky day. 85 by noon, high of 88 by 3 00 p. M. When you consider that yesterday we had 96 on the thermometer and we were looking at a five straight day heat wave of highs of 90 or better. Today 18 better. Were transitioning to Better Weather for the weekend. Matt pellman ill have the details on that, you will like what i am selling today. Reporter ill buy it. Ill tell you friday morning for a Holiday Weekend it should be quiet on the roads. But unfortunately we have issues, the continue construction thats running late on woodhaven road eastbound. There goes one of crews, they are forcing all the eastbound traffic off woodhaven at knights road. The people can get back on, but its costing a few extra minutes eastbound away from the boulevard and try to head toward i95. If this is your route use street road or grant avenue instead of woodhaven eastbound this morning. This is the vine street expressway, this looks good, i dont overnight construction until after the papal visit. Were nice and clear and open at the bottom of the screen is the Benjamin Franklin parkway. Inner drive remains blocked because of made of in america preparation. The outer drive closes this morning. Well talk about that in just a few minutes. Girard avenue, theres a broken down tanker truck taking out the right lane. No delays at this point, well look closely at that penndot truck. Watching a downed tree in west goshen closing Phoenixville Pike and Pottstown Pike or airport road are alternates. Watch out for a crash at main street at hamilton street by alfredonon0s. A pregnant woman a month out from her due date and a man was shot sitting on the stoop. Katherine scott has the latest on the story. Reporter good morning, tam, police are looking for two american involved in the double shooting. Both victims are in stable condition. One of victims is 8 months pregnant. There were witnesses that were taken to northeast detectives to be interviewed. This happened around 10 00 p. M. In frankford. Police say the two victims were sitting on the front steps of the home on the 4100 block of paul street when they shot. The 21yearold man was shot once in his back. A 23yearold pregnant woman was shot in her leg. After they were hit they ran inside the home. Police believe the shooter was 0 feet away when the shots were fired. Now, based on on blirveg blisk evidence we know that ballistic evidence we know that shots were fired from a semi automatic weapon. We found 11 spent shell casings. Reporter the men were seen leaving in a four door white cadillac. There are surveillance cameras around the area, so police hope there is footage that can help in the case. Katherine Scott Channel 6 action news. We have details on a violent Home Invasion in philadelphia that we covered on action news yesterday morning. Police are hoping Surveillance Video can help them catch two brazen bandits. The women were assaulted wednesday night. The you gunman startled the homeowner as she arrived home. They forced her inside and struck her in the face with the gun along with her mother. This is the second time someone has targeted her this week. For samesex couples one condition county country county today may be the day they get their marriage license. Rowan county clerk refused to issue the licenses due to her religious beliefs. Five of the six clerks say they will comply today. Davis could be released if she promised to not interfere with her colleagues, but davis refused. More tickets will be made available to see pope francis later this month. 30,000 tickets will be distributed on a first come first serve basis. Four tickets per person. Ten thousand will be made available on tuesday for the Independence Mall address. Final ten thousand will be good for his homily on the parkway. Tickets to those events will be released on wednesday. Youll be able to see the pope in two parades no tickets needed. One on saturday the other sunday before the papal mass. Everybody who gathers on the Benjamin Franklin parkway will have an opportunity to see pope francis. Doesnt matter if youre standing at 22nd street, logan square set park or city hall. You can see the pope. More tickets will be given out privately to parishes in the afternoon archdiocese in philadelphia. Watch 20 20 abc news david muir moderated pope francis and the people tonight at 10 00 p. M. On 6abc. If youre hitting the road for the Holiday Weekend, youre in for a sweet treat if you fill it up. Maribel aber has more. Gas prices for labor day will be the lowest in 11 years. 2. 44 down 9 cents in the last week. Price are expected to continue to drop through the fall as the demand slows as inventory remain high. Rally ran out of steam as investors turned cautious. Of stocks ended with a modest game. The august report due out this morning, economists are forecasterring 213,000 new jobs were created. Kraft hines has expanded the recall of 235 case cheese thats ten times as many as recalled back in late july. The problem is the thin strip of packaging film that may stick to the slice and create a choking hazard. You can return the cheese to the store where you purchased it for a refund. Reporter its force friday the day stars wars toys hit the store shelves. Theres a cosmetics line star wars the force awakens hits theaters in september. Disney is the Parent Company of 6abc. Matt and tam. She did it. There are elements of the dark side that are unnatural. And natural is my family room. One of those people out at midnight. Storm tracker 6 live double scan shows us were dry this morning after a few thundershowers last evening north and west. As we look outside were looking at sun coming up over the horizon. Looks a little gray down the shore and foggy early, but that wont last, sun and clouds today. 73 in trenton. 71 in wilmington. Were still warm and muggy this morning. Similar to where we were yesterday. As we look at the day, looks like the morning like yesterday will be dry with a sun and clouds mix. Now, in the afternoon today theres a little better chance of a pop up thundershower or shower around, most of it philadelphia north and west in the afternoon hours. It starts to push away around 6 00 p. M. , 7 00 p. M. I wouldnt be surprised to see something pop east of philadelphia, down closer to the shore later this evening. It will be few and far between. Stray thundershower in the Lehigh Valley that will have a spot this afternoon. Warm and humid, high of 88. Coming out of the 90s in the Lehigh Valley. At the shore we were in the upper 80s a lot of spots, but only 0 80 or so in atlantic city. Sun and clouds overall, humid today, but generally speaking more comfortable. In philadelphia we got up to 96 yesterday, by comparison this 88 is pretty good. Its still warm and humid, and yeah, theres a stray thundershower around but were beginning to transition to Better Weather that arrives over the day. For the weekend, sweaty, 77 by 8 00. 88 is the lie around 3 00 p. M. This afternoon. If youre heading out to High School Football we have a slew of games kicking off the schedule. Of partly cloudy and muggy. For the featured game on 6abc, golden hawks of Council Rock South versus the pennsbury family cons, 79 degrees at the kickoff, 73 at the end of the game. Warm and muggy. For the weekend down the shore, not bad, saturday, sunny and breezy. 80 and beautiful on sunday. The in philadelphia. Good numbers and conditions coming up. 88 and muggy today. Accuweather says much lower humidity on saturday, 84. Great for temple and penn state at lincoln financial field. Up to 89 and 90 in spots on sunday. Low humidity and lots of sun. Labor day monday 91 is the high, sunny and not all that humid. When you go back to work, tuesday, wednesday, thursday are looking sticky again. Isnt it nice, the humidity is dieing down and the sun is coming up for the for the Holiday Weekend. Up next, more stories you didnt see last night including the deadly consequences when a mother leaves her Young Children alone with a gun in the house and intruder shows up. Ebola response in america raises disturbing new question about hospital preparedness. A disabled truck on i95 northbound side by girard avenue. You get to see it for a second taking out the right lane for the vine street expressway. Lots of made in america festival to talk about, is woodhaven road blocked . Well talk about that after the break. Chip kelly said picking the third string quarterback is not the same as being on american idol. Thats next on action news. A mass and musical celebration will a massive musical celebration will take over the Benjamin Franklin parkway. Thousands will descend on the made in america festival. Look at the flag behind the stage looking good. Crews have been bills all Week Assembly busy all Week Assemblying the stage. Beyounce will be the headliner. You can get a look at the full schedule at 6abc. Com. Matt pellman jayz knows how to party. Reporter he does, and with queen b it takes time to row pair. They will need to close down the parkway entirely starting at 10 00 a. M. This morning the inner drives are blocked, but the outer drives close at 10 00 a. M. What that means is, say youre coming off the schuylkill expressway on to Spring Garden you go toward eakens oval they will force you on 24th street heading toward the vine. If youre coming on the incoming kelly drive youll be forced on to fairmont. It will be an issue for this afternoons commute, luckily they are not doing this until after this mornings commute at 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow Morning Saturday morning, a bunch of more closers go into effect including the ramp from the westbound vine to 22nd street. That will be blocked all weekend, a bunch of numbered streets Spring Garden, pennsylvania avenue park town place, anywhere close to the parkway will be shut down for made in america festival. No improvement they are blocking the eastbound lanes near knight road. It is costing extra time. Lets talk about other options. Instead of eastbound woodhaven stay on street road or grant avenue. We are getting word of a sinkhole at chalfonte drive. The crash on main street close to the walgreens has cleared out. New jersey turnpike watch out for a vehicle fires past 8a, the other approaching 9, lanes blocked in both spots. Brand new an 11yearold that was left alone with his younger sister at their missouri home shot and killed an intruder. Two people tried to break into a home twice when one of them, a 16yearold got in and was shot and killed. The second person ran when the child shot one of the shots. Police caught the second intruder later. Police are questioning the mother why she left her Children Home alone with gun. A funeral will be held for darren goforth, who was pumping gas when he was ambushed from behind. Dallas hospital and cdc are finding themselves under fire criticized for handling the first ebola case in the u. S. Texas presbyterian dallas misdiagnosed duncan and sent him home. The nurse in the hospital failed to relay the travel history to the doctor. He traveled from africa where ebola was ramped. Two nurses who cared for duncan later contracted and survived ebola. 6 18 making a case for the third quarterback, the birds backups do their best to impress coach kelly. Reporter were off to a warm start, temperatures in the 70s. Getting up to 88. Well give you the day planner forecast and let you know ohio well get to the 88 new minute and get you to the airport in case youre traveling. Its easy to love your laxative when that lax loves your body back. Only miralax hydrates, eases and softens to unblock naturally, so you have peace of mind from start to finish. Love your laxative. Miralax. Gusty winds kicked up this wall of dust in arizona. The wall of dust moved into phoenix yesterday afternoon. The National Weather service issued a blowing dust advisory. Dust storms are not uncommon in phoenix during the monsoon which doesnt end until late this month. Before i begin this let me say everything with mass transit is on time. Lets detail the situations for the weekend. Well not look at construction because its the Labor Day Weekend. Septa bus routes 7, 32, 33, 43, and 48 will be detoured this morning, but they will help up out by running extra subway trains, those trains can run every five minutes starting tomorrow around noon. Same situation on sunday. They will extra late night Regional Rail trains to get you home from the concert. We have new bulls schedules on njt and septa schedules septa trolley routes 101, 1 oh, 2 are back on the tracks no buses. Reporter were close out a hot and humid workweek. It will not as hot today. 80 by 9 00 a. M. 85 by noon, the high is 88 degrees, warm and humid, yesterday we got to 96. It was the if it straight day of 90. Theres a slight chance of a tray pop up thundershower. No threat of Severe Weather outside of northern minnesota. If youre traveling today its looking good those spots all green on the airports no rain reported in the most commonly traveled test destinations. The eagles suffered their only locals in the preseason to the jets. It was overshadowed by the battle for the third string quarterback job. Matt barclay didnt look so good. He threw an interception. He didnt have any tds, tebow on the other side showed his own Randal Cunningham move getting out of a sack and scrambling for a first down. He had 32 rushing yards throwing 2td passes and 32 rushing yards. I think you have to look at the film before you make any decisions to make a quick comment after a game doesnt help anybody or hurt anybody. Eagles lose 2418. The Team Must Make final consults by saturday. Rasheed bailey the wide receiver from roxborough high looked great with the touchdown catch. Poisonous snake is on the loose in the city known forefamily friend aattracts. Katherine scott has more on a woman who was shot due to give birth in a month. Reporter a pregnant woman was injured in a double shooting in frankford. We are live on the investigation coming up at 6 30. The centers for medicare and Medicaid Services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. Fewer than 10 received 5 stars. Among them was Cancer Treatment centers of america in philadelphia. Cancercenter. Com eastern. Station say they arrested one of the time square topless painted ladies in a drug sting. These artists come as people are debating what to do with the topless female street performers in time square. Toplessness for women has been legal in new york city since 1992. Theres an allout snake hunt for a king cobra that was kept as a pet escaped. The Wildlife Commission said anyone who sees the snake should not catch it. A single by the could kill an elephant. Making it weird to keep at home. 6 27, meteorologist david murphy has your labor day out look next. Robbers run off with a a lot of loot from a Strawberry Mansion home. The story is next. When heartburn comes creeping up on you. Fight back with relief so smooth and fast. Tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. And neutralizes stomach acid at the source. Tumtumtumtumtums smoothies, only from tums. Gunfire in the frankford section injuries a man and pregnant woman who were sitting on the front steps of her house. Vice President Joe Biden publicly addresses rumors of a possible run for president. The heat wave breaks just in time for the Holiday Weekend, but the september sizzle will return. Good morning, 6 30, friday, september 4. Karen is off, lets head over to david murphy to talk about the Labor Day Weekend forecast and matt pellman will talk built about the roads. Reporter its warm and muggy, were looking at clouds around, but it will break up shortly. 71 in wilmington. 70 on the nose in allentown. A little bit warmer than this time yesterday in the Lehigh Valley and reading and trenton. 74 in cape may. Were looking at humid conditions down south once again dewpoints in the 70s which is oppressive and close to that in philadelphia millville and other spots like wilmington. This afternoon, it will be better, but warm and sticky. 77 by 8 00. Noon 85. The morning a good time to get Outdoor Activities finished. By 3 00 p. M. , 88 that is your high, nothing like yesterdays 96, but still warm and humid. Were transitioning to Better Weather for the Holiday Weekend, ill run that down in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Matt pellman hey like theres nobody on that road, thats good. Reporter because the lanes are still blocked because of construction. Speaking of getting Outdoor Activities finished, the construction crews on woodhaven road have been trying to wrap things up, they were scheduled out at 5 00 a. M. , but they are still here, taking out two left lanes, just allowing the right lane to get by as you can away from the boulevard heading toward i95. Hopefully all three lanes will be back. I think were seeing a few cars heading down that left lane, but you have construction crews in the center. Im not sure they are supposed to be in the left laney it. Its a kind of an interesting situation along woodhaven road. Home e home landfal