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WPVI Action News At 600 AM July 15, 2016

Father and his young son were killed. Well have a live report as new information pours in. Breaking right now, a water main break is causing a mess for businesses in manayunk. Get ready for oppressive heat today, but the humidity will drop. At least we have that. Lets go over to david murphy he has accuweather he is outside to tell us how it feels, karen rogers is watching the roads. Good morning to you. Reporter at least were getting closer to the end of the oppressive heat and humidity. We have the excessive heat warning in effect in the Central Counties until 8 00 p. M. Tonight. Notice how we dropped the advisory areas to the north an south. It will feel hot and humid but not as bad as yesterday. Theres an air quality alert posted by environment officials on the new jersey side of river. If youre in southeastern pennsylvania and wilmington i think its a good idea to limit your outdoor exertion if youre in a Sensitive Group like seniors and people with heart and lung aliments between noon and 6 00 p. M. Satellite shows you sun coming up with a lack of of significant cloud cover overhead. There will be clouds digging in later on, but overall its sun and clouds and fairly bright. 76 degrees in philadelphia. 71 in allentown. 74 in reading. 77 in wilmington and trenton. 76 in cape may. As you check out dewpoints we have numbers in the 70s throughout the i95 corridor and bucks county and Montgomery County and most of chester counties and points south. Allentown and reading and lancaster you see the lighter shades of green, but the numbers are in the 60s and not as bad. No rain, but it will be muggy. 78 by 7 00 a. M. 92 by 3 00 p. M. Well see a high of 93 late in the afternoon probably around 5 00 p. M. Things do get better over the weekend. It will be hot, but successively less and less humid ill have the details in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Karen what have you got on the roads . Reporter we continue to follow the problems on main street in manayunk. Breaking news. We have a water main break closing main street. Look at the debris all over the roadway youre dealing with. Earlier we saw the water gushing out on main street. Now you get a better sense of debris. Weve got mud and rocks. This is near levering you have to use crescent street. You can see the problem for all the businesses main street in manayunk youll see no traffic thats getting by for quite sometime. They have the Fire Department crews you see them on the scene, probably getting ready to soak it to clear out the problem with the debris. They have shut down the water. Main street and manayunk the action cam live on the scene of the breaking news. Lets go back to the traffic maps and talk about other issues looking live on i95 no problems southbound traffic at cottman moving just fine. Regional rails the other big story were following, we expect delays with the regional rails. Septa is down 11,000 seats after the problem weve been dealing with for two weeks. If you can head out on the regional rails now, youre looking good. The past several days weve been seeing delays and problems with overcrowding because the trains are becoming express because they are too crowded thats happening closer to 7 00 p. M. The situation seems to be Getting Better as more people are finding alternate routes. Thank you, karen. This morning the world is reeling from the terror attack in france awful images of crowds fleeing people jumping into the sea trying to escape a big rig running people over on purpose, dozens of dead. Reporter overnight we learned the dead includes an american father and his 11yearold son. The attack happened in the resort town of nice during Frances National holiday celebration. A truck plowed into the bastille day festivities. 80 people were killed, including two americans. Annie mccormick is in our Satellite Center with more on the victims. Reporter good morning, tamala and nydia. We have learned from state department that two americans were killed and families members have identify identified them to abc news as Sean Copeland and his 11yearold son from texas. For the first time this morning were hearing from an american who survived. Screams of terror as people ran from the deadly scene in nice france some of the images too graphic to share. The death toll included children and adults. A large truck plowed through a group of tourists who were standing on the waterfront promenade to celebrate bastille day. An american tourist described the chaos. We were returning away from something. We are turning down alleys looking fowrn for somewhere that might be safe. Reporter police shot the driver. Investigator are working to determine if the driver had any accomplices. According to french officials the truck was loaded with arms and grenades. Police have yet to confirm that. The Paris Prosecutors Office opened an investigation for murder and attempted murder and an organized group linked to a terrorist enterprise. The president of france was going to end the state of emergency. It has been extended for three months. Frances president called an emergency meeting with Defense Council ministers. Horror has truck france and nice during the night a lori truck struck against a crowd of people celebrating the 14th of july, the bastille day to crush the massacre. Reporter now, nobody has claimed responsibility for this attack. Preliminary reports show the suspect is french tunisiaen and lives in the area of nice. France is increasing security at the borders. Annie mccormick channel 6 action news. Back to you. Thank you, annie, well check in with you in 0 minutes. The action news was at the bastille day at the good king tavern in south philadelphia. People reacted to the attack with shock and display. I remember everything that happened in paris. Actually my family is from the south of france. The fact that it was so close to home is definitely scary. In a show of sold solidarity, the helmsly hotel lit up in colors of france. Abc news has learned that donald trump has picked mike pence. Trump said he has not made a final decision. New on action news, a one person was killed and three more people were hurt in south jersey in a crash Strong Enough to flip a car over. Chopper 6 hd over the scene in stafford township. Four vehicles collided along the unit block of south white horse pike. The impact caused the vehicle to flip over and land on its roof. No word on what may have caused such an accident. Turning to business. Consumer reports is calling on tesla to shut off its socalled autopilot feature, the company says i dont think so. Maribel aber is live at the nasdaq in time square. This comes on the heels of a fatal accident. The magazine said tesla should block the technology and reprogram and rebrand it later. Consumer report said the name autopilot is misleading. Ciewrmts it went on to say consumers are being quote technology that is untested. Futures are pointing to a lower open. Thats the latest in biz news back over to you. Have a good weekend. Will we have a good weekend . Reporter yes, we will, it will be better than the last couple of days nay. Were dry, sky6 live hd showing its hot and humid we have excessive heat and humidity, the sun will not help by dipping behind the clouds, well start out with lots of hazy sunshine adding to the uncomfortable feel. 78 degrees muggy. 77 in wilmington. 77 in cape may. Humidity levels are still atwham bucks county, Montgomery County and Chester County south. The farther north you go toward the Lehigh Valley and berks county and lancaster, the better it feels, but not as oppressive in the northern and western areas. Sunshine aplenty to starting point out. Shades on the highways and by ways, well see clouds digging in as the day goes on. Sun and clouds overall in the Lehigh Valley. Hot and humid high of 92. Probably feeling like the mid to upper 90s at times. Down the shore theres relief again. Upper 80s it will be warm and humid down the shore. Uv index running high especially in the first part of the day when we have that sunshine. 74 in the ocean water off Rehoboth Beach and bethany beach. Not as intense along the beach as inland. If philadelphia well go for a high of 93. Sun and clouds, hot and humid, heat index values getting into the upper 90s. I will point out high heat index value is 103 in philadelphia. Today still a day for cool drinks and all the precautions and not as bad, that is part of kind of an indication of whats coming next as we head into the weekend. Tonight for the phillies they are back in play for the all star break. 91 degrees for the first pitch. 84 for the 9th inning. Im calling it warm and humid, but it will start out hot and humid for the beginning of the game. The phillies have been hot, too, so hopefully we get a win against new york. 86 degrees is the overnight low. As we head into the weekend things get better. Poconos, today not bad, 84 degrees. Probably less humid on saturday, high of 80. Nice on sunday, high of 80. Down the shore, warm and muggy, 80s. A lot of sunshine at the shore. Saturday, warm, not as humid as hot, 85 degrees is the high. Theres a chance of a late storm. Sunday, lower humidity, 83. What about philadelphia . Today you have the excessive heat warning in the Central Counties for one more day, 93 feeling like the upper 90s humid and uncomfortable. Tomorrow, hot and moderately humid, 9 so degrees theres a spotty chance of a shower late in the day or at night. Sunday, hot, 90 degrees, but less humid it will feel better on sunday. Thats good for phillies fans and union fans. Union at home at night. Were both playing new york on sunday. Monday and tuesday, its more humid. We get a tuesday night cold front that brings showers and thunderstorms. The humidity drops on wednesday, the heat, excessive heat is just about over and generally speaking things are Getting Better. Welcome reprieve. It is 6 12. Looks like an ordinary police chase, the dash cam video is deceiving. Police get a surprise when the driver steps out from behind the wheel. Septa gets a look at the disappointing train troubles and has an idea how long the troubles will last. Reporter we have a disabled truck on the schuylkill expressway eastbound past the curve off on the shoulder. As long as they dont have to tow it out of there youre moving okay. The ben franklin bridge is shutting down, details on when thats happening coming up. Every marriage has its ups and downs, one couple takes that seriously, they start their marriage with an up and down another up and another down. Well tell you more when we come bank. It is a rollercoaster. Welcome back do you know the way to cape may, youre going to wish you do today with all the humidity out there. I got a break last week when we had all the heat and humidity and be in the water, it was delicious. If thats your day im jealous. Karen its friday. Reporter good news about that, right . If youre heading to manayunk you have to watch out for this. We have a problem on main street in manayunk. We had a water main break, theres debris everywhere. We are learning that some of the basements of the businesses are flooded. Theres cleanup happening. You can see the damage that youre dealing with, the mud ran into, you see the Business Owners in there at this early hour. Its a big problem not only for you, trying to drive around on main street in manayunk, this is right near levering 4300 block. You cant drive through there, but the basements are flooded. The result of the water main break. We saw water gushing down main street. Thats not the case, they shut off the water. This is a lot of time cleanup, especially a lot of damage to some of the businesses in the area. You have to use crescent street instead of main street. We have fire crews on the scene they are in the process of clearing this up and getting ready to open it. Main street in manayunk. I want to be take you to the ben franklin bridge, the ben is moving fine right now, but the ben is shutting down this weekend on sunday from 6 30 a. M. To 8 30 a. M. Ben is shutting down for an event. You have to stick to the walt whitman bridge as the alternate instead of the ben franklin bridge. Good for now, but not later on. I want to take you to the commuter traffic report, i found chase the cat talking about an accident on 295 southbound in cherry hill james elementary school. An accident on 295 southboundbe. Lets she youratures, because its awful. 78 degrees in philadelphia. Its disgusting out once again. Yesterday the heat indices were over 100. Today they will be a little bit lower, it will feel a little bit less as the humidity drops a bit in the afternoon. It will feel hot and humid with the high of 93 degrees nydia. 6 18. A judge has ruled that 12yearold girl who led police on a highspeed chase in texas will stay in police custody. She has been there for three weeks. This is video showing the chase which ran for 55 Miles Per Hour and speeds up to 120 Miles Per Hour. The girl with her 7yearold sister in the passenger seat dodged cars and yesterday the judge said she can not go home balls her guardian failed a drug test. A couple took a plunge on the roar coral rollercoaster in north carolina. At 225 feet in the air they shouted i do. They will remember the big moment as they start the biggest adventure of their lives. As if wedding day isnt scary enough. Reporter its going to be hot and humid with 93. Yesterday it felt like 103 in philadelphia at times. Todays heat index values probably in the upper 90s, were starting to turn the corner toward better times. Ill have the details on the day planner forecast and well check out the airport for those of you traveling elsewhere. The worst thing about toilet germs . They dont stay in the toilet. Disinfect your bathroom with lysol bathroom trigger. Lysol power foamer. And lysol toilet bowl cleaner. They kill 99. 9 of germs including e. Coli. To clean and disinfect in and out of the toilet. Lysol that. Summer for septa rideers. Officials say the train trouble may continue past labor day day. Yesterday we got a close up look at the crack which forced officials to take the trains out of service. Minisucle hard to see hairline cracks are a critical safety concern. Engineers are trying to figure out what caused the cracks so they can come up with a fix. Reporter its been a nightmare for so many people. The delays have not been as bad lately, i think its because so many people cant take the regional rails, thats a nightmare for them. Blue route approaching mcdade boulevard. Southbound traffic on the righthand side, a nice easy ride on the blue route. Abington, washing lane an accident red rambler road. Reporter 78 degrees for the commuters heading to the rail station 10 00 a. M. , 84 degrees. Well have a mix of sun and clouds. Noon, 89. This afternoon it will be hot and humid, well wait until 4 30 p. M. Or 5 00 p. M. To get our high of 93. The heat index values which were above 100 yesterday are in the upper 09 this afternoon. Still a day for cool drinks and all the safety precautions, but not as oppressive as yesterday. At the airport, all green aircraft no major delays. No sign of any precipitation in the travel test test destinations. Coming up at 6 30 larry new eyewitness account coming in from nice france and the death toll including two american victims. Coffee shop in virginia sign has gone viral. If you say hello, i want a small dover please, its 1. 75. If you say small coffee and not please, it will cost 3. Lightning bolt killed a man in louisiana. An autopsy for the man killed is scheduled for this morning to confirm if it was lightning that caused the death. 6 27. Meteorologist david murphy tells us how long the oppressive weather will last, thats next. A celebration in philadelphia takes a somber tone when terror strikes in france again. 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Well explain why governor mike pence is on the clock. Hot and humid again today, but accuweather says relief is in sight. Good morning, 6 30, friday, july 15. Matt odonnell is off, nydia han joins us as we take a quick look out across from center city. Rlts pretty in here its pretty in here with airconditioning. David murphy is outside, and karen rogers has traffic. Reporter it is a pretty morning, but we have sunshine coming up over the horizon and you can feel the humidity building in. We have an excessive heat warning today that will expires at 8 00 p. M. The warning is in the Central Counties, we no longer have the advisory to the north an south. Were holding in the upper 90s today. Its a day for precautions, but not as bad as yesterday. Air quality alert is in new jersey. Whenever the new jersey officials come up with this and pa and delaware dont. I like to suggest people with heart or lung aliments its a good idea to limit your outdoor exertion. Sunshine out to the west, and clouds filter in later on. Its warm heading out the door, 78 degrees in philadelphia. 71 in allentown. 77 in transport and wilmington. 76 in cape may. When you factor in that dewpoint we have those numbers up over 70 from philadelphia and bucks and montgomery and chester counties south thats oppressive humidity in the northern and western suburbs the humidity is easing back a little bit. 80 degrees by 8 00 a. M. 86 by 10 00 a. M. Noon, 89. The high of 93 will hit late this afternoon probably around 5 00 p. M. Karen, things get better tomorrow and better on sunday in terms of the humidity ill be back with more on that coming up. Reporter were back to our breaking news, the action cam liervelg on the scene live on the scene main street in manayunk. A water main break causing big problems. They shut o

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