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WPVI Action News Weekend 7AM July 3, 2016

Scattered precipitation pattern. Youre starting out wet. Some of the showers reaching toward atlantic city. The south jersey shore and a good portion of delaware from smyrna, south in and out of showers during the morning. 69 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. 61 in allentown. 64 in trenton. 64 in wilmington, 69 degrees in cape may with those showers down south through dover and through cape may and a good portion of coastal south jersey, the dewpoints are low in most of the areas, in the 50s which the which is not considered humid air. The exception down south where you have the rain with the dewpoints higher and the rain in cape may anticipate back toward dover. In most of the areas, you can get a workout just fine, 9 00 a. M. , 75 degrees, low human combl conditions and sun comfortable conditions and sun and high clouds. Noon, 78, starting to get warm, low humidity, some of you in the southern half of the region will be dealing with more clouds than sun, but generally speaking its clouds and sun and 82 for the high which is fairly comfortable and below average for this time of the year. When i step inside well look at the 4th of july. The 4th itself is looking iffy with clouds increasing and the possibility of afternoon and evening showers at the very least. Ill have the details coming up in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Thank you, action news has you covered online and social media. This Holiday Weekend get live traffic and updates at 6abc. Com. Be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter for updates. Today septa will layout its plan to handle a defect to take a third of its Regional Rail trains out of service. Transit riders are concerned about what will happen after the Holiday Weekend. Jeff chirico talked to people about the problem. Reporter Regional Rail Service Rolled along as usual for saturday. Passengers at suburban safety say they couldnt tell a third of the fleet had been taken out of service, they fear returning to work on tuesday, however, could be a different story. A third of the fleet . Its going to be chaos and pandemonium. Thats when i expect. It will be harder to find a seat and stuff. Reporter septa recalled 120 silver line cars because of a structural defect discovered friday theres a part under the cars that need to be manufactured before the vehicles return to the rails. Passengers traveling in and out of the city for the 4th of july festivities wont be affected, but the car shortage will continue into the workweek and possibly all summer. Travel will be difficult for youre a commuters. Its a quick ten minute train ride, but without 120 trains it will be harder. Reporter early on the cars assembled at a plant in south philadelphia were plagued by Quality Control and design problems. 6 years after the first cars hit the rails theres another glitch which has commuters planning ahead. I will be leaving earlier. Reporter matt that you mitchell of the association of rail passengers tells me the problem has to do with the truck thats the part underneath the car that holds the axle and wheels and motor in place. Thats why it could take all summer for this to be resolved. Septa plans to hold a News Conference at 2 00 p. M. To discuss the problem and lay out its contingency plan. Well have the News Conference at 6abc. Com. If youre just waking up, the inner lanes of the Benjamin Franklin parkway is shut down between 20th and eakens oval. The stage is set for tomorrows concert and fireworks at the Philadelphia Museum of art. The parkway closure is expected to be lifted at 5 00 a. M. , tuesday. Okay, they sound good, right . U. S. Army band performed in front of a big crowd at penns landing. The ensemble played patriotic songs. Many were at the beach on this 4th of july weekend. Trish hartman travel to the shore to sample some of the fun. Reporter stars and stripes were everywhere on this perfect beach day in ventnor, when lunchtime rolled around who could be more american than firing up the grill. They are able to grill on the beach this weekend for free without a permit. You can do gas or charcoal and well do it every year. Reporter beach tag holders can grill for free through the 4th of july. This family is getting ready for a feast and they came prepared with multiple tents and two grills. Steak, chicken, shrimp. Ive been waiting for my brother to get started with the grill. Reporter in margate, plenty of people were enjoying the waves. Had to watch out for a strong undertow. Lifeguards had to make more rescues than usual and they are asking swimmers to stay close to the stands. The waves would pull you forward and the next thing you know they are pulling you back deeper. Reporter lifeguards say they are dealing with the undertow all weekend they are encouraging swimmers to Pay Attention to the lifeguard and stay close to shore. Reporting in longport, Trish Hartman channel 6 action news. A shore getaway turned tragic for an 8yearold boy and his father. They were on a jet ski in the patcong river that collided with another jet ski as they rounded a curve. A 55yearold woman on the other jet ski had an injured wrist. New this morning, quick action from Philadelphia Police officers could not save a man shot in the head overnight. Officers found the 24yearold victim wounded in the 3500 block of marshall street in hunting park. Officers rushed him to Temple University hospital. He died at 11 00 p. M. Investigators are looking for the shooter and trying to figure out the motive. Fbi agents have taken their final step into the investigation of the Hillary Clinton emails. They have interviewed the presumptive president ial candidate. That 3 hour interview happened yesterday. The fbi is investigating whether the former secretary of state or any of other top aids exposed government secrets because of her decision to exclusively use a private email service. Some analysts leave the fbi will announce its finding before the Democratic Convention which began in philadelphia july 25. It could lead to clintons indictment or clear her of any wrong doing. This week with George Stephanopoulos will bring you more coverage of the fbi interview and the political fallout coming from this. This weekend starts at 10 30. Democratic Convention Begins in 3 weeks, our cover Summary Judgment is underway. Tamala edwards salt down with the convention ceo to get the insight on what to expect when the delegates come to town. You can see it on inside story at 1130 a. M. Gop officials unveiled a scaled model of the stage. The republican Convention Begins july 18. Our team will report live from both conventions. Time 7 09. Developing news out of iraq when action news continues. A pair of bombings go off with devastating results and it did not take long for a group to take credit for those attacks. Also a look back at the life of elie wiesel as he is remembered this morning. Plus, the number one draft pick makes it official with the sixers and he did it with the stroke of a pen. Reporter we have showers south of philadelphia. In fact one in Cape May County head indoors, while its not producing lightning it will get you wet for a brief period. How long do they last . Well talk about that and the 4th of july, thats just ahead. We are having a fabulous 4th of july weekend so far. 7 12 sunday morning, 69 degrees, sky6 live hd looking live at penns landing. Dry right there, right now, but showers are moving through south jersey and delaware. We are wondering about the 4th of july forecast. Everyone wants to go out and see the fireworks. Indeed, david murphy in for chris sowers what can we expect, sir . Reporter model is in disagreement, ill show you that in a moment. We have dry across the region from vineland north, the farther south you go we have rain arriving. Well take a look, some of the light sprinkles and showers are extending up into millville. You can see the movement coming in from the west. As you get back toward edge wood, maryland, farther to the west. Youll be on the damp side. Every now and then, rain coming through. As we look outside we have cloudy skies over in delaware, generally speaking were looking at more sunshine the farther north you go today. The more cloud cover the farther south you work through the region. Temperatures, 69 degrees, the dewpoint is not bad in philadelphia and wilmington and most of the region. Its comfortable out there. Wind out of the northwest in general, although they are calm in philadelphia. As you look at satellite and radar view, the wide view, the batch of rain steady, well break it down into more of a spotty precipitation, this rain may slide farther south as we go into the morning arena and afternoon. Generally speaking the farther north you go it will be brighter. We are clouds to the south. 78 degrees by noon, humidity low across the region. 3 00 p. M. , 82 is the high today a little bit below average and comfortable overall. High temperatures, 2 82 in in in allentown. Mid 70s in millville. 70 ts down the shore. Showers to the south, someone mixing with clouds to the north. Surf city, high 75 degrees, 76 in ac. Uv index could be moderate to high the farther north you go. Cape mays high 75. Getting up to 77 in bethany beach. Phillies and royals wrapping up their series at the ballpark, 1 35 p. M. The start time. Sun and clouds at the ballpark. 80 degrees for the first pitch, 81 in the 9th inning. The high of 82 around the 6th inning. Humidity on the low side. Comfortable day at the ballpark today. For the 4th of july, our main short range model is not pushing rain for tomorrow. Obviously well get clouds increase, by 12 00 p. M. To 3 00 p. M. Theres a chance of spotty sprinkle or shower. We get into the evening, this model holds off rain until a after the fireworks are done. Theres this model, the european that brings spotty light precipitation in by 3 00 p. M. By 8 00 p. M. When youre seeing fireworks theres a chance of showers around. This is a lower resolution model, so i cant say the entire region will be getting rain, but you get theyearold the showers are moving in faster on that model. My advice for the 4th of july, keep an eye on the forecast. Warm high of 81 in philadelphia. Late day and nighttime showers are possible in a few spots, keep your eye on the forecast in case that wetter model works out and wins out. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, sun and high clouds today. More clouds to the south, 82 degrees is the high, down in south jersey and delaware some spotty showers. Monday, increasing clouds theres a chance of afternoon popup shower and maybe rain arriving later at night. A thunderstorm cant be ruled out and high of 81 degrees. Hopefully this holds off until after the fireworks. Things start to change, warm and humid on tuesday, high of 85. We get into a hot and humid pattern wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, highs in the low 90s hot and sticky, a lot of cool drinks going through that period. There could be a popup thunderstorm thursday, friday, saturday, as well. Another heat wave on the way, the second half of the forecast period. Youll keep tracking the 4th of july for under the circumstances. Thanks, david. If you love breakfast fattest, head to new york time square, keg log cereal cafe opens tomorrow. Each bowl is made from special k and frosted flakes. Kellogg is hoping to promote cereal as an all day snack. It is for me. We have a developing story out of iraq. Isis has taken credit for two car bombings in baghdad today. At least 83 people have been killed, 160 more wounded. 78 of the victims were killed in one of the bombings in the center of the capitol city. The bombing hit family and young people out on the street after breaking their ramadan fast. The attacks come after iraqi forces took the city of fallujah from isis. 120 people were killed inside the terror attack inside the bangladesh cafe. One student was killed. , an american. Its so hard to believe that she it was dead and she was suffering for ten or 11 hours. I dont want to think about it. I rather to remember her with that smile that she had and i just dont understand why the world has to be that way, why do innocence have to pay for the hatred of other others. She said she was a remarkable young woman who had a bright future. A second emory student and student at uc barclay were killed in that attack. A noxious unsightly algae bloom put four florida counties under state of emergency. Army corps of engineers released water from a polluted lake to keep the aging dike from breaking and flooding towns. The salt water is creating the bloom. It thrittenning rivers and will a threatening rivers and lagoons downstream. Angel eyes will keep an eye on nicu. The cameras let parents see and interact infants while they are away from the hospital. Kelly gallagher founded the project after making trips to the nicu to see her twin boys. Lifes morning multitasking for a growing family, and drawers with many layers, to show exactly what you need. Lifes sharing a meal. And a kitchen with room for everyone. Spend 4000 or more on a new kitchen and get 15 back at the ikea kitchen event. What are you doing . Sara, i love you, and. [phone rings] ah, its my brother. Keep going. Sara, will you marry. [phone rings again] what do you want, todd . . . . [crowd cheering] keep it going if you sit on your phone, you buttdial people. Its what you do. Todd if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. I know we just met like, two months ago. Yes [crowd cheering] [crowd cheering over phone] everyone, we have showers in the southern delmarva, from middletown, delaware and dover and milford and Cape May County in and out of decent shower activity. This will be around for a couple of hours and breakdown to a sort of off and on precipitation for the rest of the day. Cloudy and breezy overall, 76 degrees is the high. Some of the showers off and on the farther south you go. Monday, cloudy with afternoon and evening showers possible. 76 there, as well. Up in the poconos, decent day today. Looks like well get up into the mid 70s, sunny and pleasant. Tomorrow, the 4th, 76 clouds and sun. In philadelphia theres a chance of showers moving in in time for fireworks tomorrow night. Not all the model have that, were still tweaking it, hopefully we stay dry. The sixers top pick is officially signed and phillies pitcher continues to struggle. Reporter sixers number one overall pick ben simmons is officially a 76er this morning. He signed his rookie contract late last night. Heres 0 a shot of simmons signing on the dotted line he should be on the floor later in utah. Simmons is the first sixer number one overall pick since alan iverson in 1996. Congratulations. Watching aaron nola over the last month has been painful. Get these numbers, nola allowed 27 earned runs in the last five starts. The phillies will talk it over whether he will make the next start. Second inning the pitcher, danny duffy brings in a run tieing it at 1. Two batters later, rbi single. Phillies down 1. Next batter, nola3run shot. 27 earned runs in the last 18 innings. Phillies lost 62. Nola retired the last ten batters he faced. While manager pete mccannen said he is encouraged. He does not know if nola will make the next start. Well talk tonight or tomorrow morning and come up with a plan on what were going to do. He said he felt good about himself after the three innings and he wanted to go back out. I didnt want him to. The union have scored the most goals in major league soccer. If theres one glaring issue winning on the road only one w away from chester. Union without a single shot on goal in the first half. Good thing andre blake is on the ball. What a save in the header in the 29th minute. 95th minute, houston, free kick, former union player as close as you get into 0 walkoff in soccer. Union lost 1nill. Thats sports, im jeff skeverski have a great day. A south jersey swimmer will go for the goal in the upcoming olympics in brazil. She won the 100meter butterfly. She won the ncaa championships in the 100 and 200meter butterfly. This is her first time competing in the olympics. While many will be watching michael phelps, dont forget this girl. We have more action news straight ahead. Well be right back. More beach time and fireworks on the way, so are showers, accuweather has the word on whats ahead for the 4th of july. When the holiday ends, commuter chaos could start for riders of septas Regional Rails now that a defect has sidelined many trains. Lets go outside david murphy in for chris sowers on his honeymoon. Reporter the honeymoon that never ends. Storm tracker 6 live showing showers coming through millville and south in Sea Isle City and cape may and delaware, as well. Well get to the other side of these and break it down to spotty precipitation later in the day. You can see back on the other side of washington theres not as much rain on the way. For now, a wet start down the shore and staying that way for a couple of hours at least. 69 in philadelphia. 61 in allentown. Away from the southern areas where youve got the rain. Its feeling pretty good overall with temperatures in the 60s and dewpoints on the low side still in the 50s, which means not what you would consider humid air, a great morning to go out for a stroll or get exercising done. 71 degrees by 9 00 a. M. 10 00 a. M. , 75. Noon, 78. Well go for a mix of sun and clouds. More clouds the farther south you go, more sun the farther north you go. High of 82 degrees and comfortable and low humidity. When i step inside well talk about the phillies forecast, ill be heading down there with a coworker of mine. It will be fun. We e well be keeping an eye on the fireworks forecast, still a little disagreement on the model. Details in the seven day. The jersey shore is arguably the best spot for fun. The beaches not busy at this hour, but they will be filling up later this morning. People enjoyed a break from the water grilling on the beach in ventnor. We found families taking advantage of the opportunity. Some hit the beach fully prepared with tents and two grills. In margate plenty of beach goers enjoyed the wave and summer sun. But they had to watch out for a strong undertow. People were getting sucked over. The waves pulled you forward and the neck thing they pull you back deeper. The lifeguards say they have had to make more rescues than usual and ask swimmers to stick close to the sand. Beautiful sound there, for some it would not be a holiday without

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