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>> good afternoon. in the news, teaming up to fight childhood hunger how the city of philadelphia and philadelphia eagles are making sure kids get a meal during the summer break. >> and united states take on ghana this evening in the first match of the world cup. >> and the big story on "action news" at noon is the heat is on. we're getting early taste of summer this week. so get ready. >> sky6hd taking a live look down at the shore. and cape may, new jersey. the beach will be a great place to seek relief like these people are doing as the temperatures begin to soar close to 90 degrees for the first time this season. the calendar still says spring at least until this coming weekend. >> i think i see david murphy walking the beach right there. >> meteorologist melissa magee is in for david and joins us outside for more on what we can expect this week temperature wise melissa. >> rick and sarah it's warm and nice start to our woyrk week. we have plenty of sunshine
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overhead and temperatures starting to climb this afternoon. in philadelphia, wire coming in at 82 degrees. normal for us this time of year is 83. we'll easily climb above that this afternoon. trenton 80. in the poconos 75. it's cool area long south facing peaches here beach thichb sea isle city. temperatures along the shore in middle and lower 7 0s. 81 currently in dover. check out the temperatures across the eastern half of the u.s.. 8 chicago, memphis 85. st. louis 83. tapping into the warmer air as early as this afternoon and for that matter beyond. we'll show you stormtracker 6 live radar and ridge of high pressure sink south. it's allowing for warm southwesterly wind to invade the delaware and lehigh valleys for the rest of the afternoon and for that matter the rest of the workweek ahead and preview on the way a high temperature of 87. tuesday and wednesday is when we will have the core of heat and also the humidity across the
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region. we can make a run at 90 this week which will be the first time we hit 90 for the year of 2014. so far. we'll take a closer look at the numbers in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. sarah back inside to you. >> melissa, thank you. we can keep track of the accuweather forecast any time by downloading the free stormtracker 6 app and it gives access to live ray kavrment hourly forecast and weather alerts posted for your area. >> in other news it's business as usual on septa regional rails. weekend strike lasted one day after intervention by president barack obama that sent hundreds of union members back on the job and there's still no contract deal on the table. "action news" reporter david henry joins us live outside suburb ush station center city with the latest. david. >> rick, while the strike was brief and over the weekend much to relief of 60,000 daily commuters that use septa regional rail and it will be another 8 months, 2 40 days
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before they have to worry about the possibility of a strike again. the trains of septa 13 regional rail lines were rolling for the morning commute. the engineers and trtionz will be on strike midnight firday president obama at the request of governor corbett convened a precedential emergency board to arbitrate the dispute that forced striking workers to return to the job much to the relief of commuters who had been def advising a elaborate contingency plan. gale was lining up bus routes. >> i was not taking 44 because it goes over expressway i would have caught the 52 and l. still crowded but i think if i would have went over the expressway i would have been there for a while. >> next monday the president ben shall emergency board will hear testimony from both sides. a couple of weeks later they'll make recommendations. and the two sides then have 120 days to accept the recommendations. if they don't, that triggers another round of hearings and another 100 day cooling off
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period. and after that the workers can strike indefinitely. septa is offering the same package it agreed with other unions and that includes 3% pension enhancement not included in the package they're being offered. septa says the other unions are paying 3% out of their own pockets. and the real unions wants retroactive pay hikes to when contracts sdmird 2010 and step says that's a non-starter and commute rerz relieved they've been spared a huge inconvenience. >> i got to drive to the is they. i work at center city. it's difficult to park. and it's very expensive. well commuters have another 2 40 days to save up for center city parking. both sides are hoping to have this thing settled long before then. live at suburban station, david henry, "channel 6 action news," rick. >> david, thank you. investigators are trying to determine this noon what caused landing gear to fail on liftonza
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airport flight that was forced to return to philadelphia inlts national airport. the flight took off 5:45 yesterday evening. the pilot quickly determined that the plane's landing gear was stuck in the down possession. the crew made several unsuccessful attempts raise the gear and nothing worked xtd "action news" viewers captured video of the plane dumping fuel over chester county to make a safe landing become in philadelphia. there were 20 passengers on board the flight. 270 passengers on board the flight and no one was hurt. >> crisis in iraq. u.s. is considering walking with archenemy iran to stop the sunni militants forcibly taking over town after town in iraq. there are four u.s. warships sitting off the costs ready for action. and marines are stationed at the u.s. embassy in baghdad. karen travers has more in this report from washington. >> reporter: four american war ships have went into the persian
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gulf packed with missiles and car yers jets as president obama considers air strikes to help the iraqis fights back. >> i do not believe the president is going to just sit by and allow that to take place. >> reporter: these graphic photos of mass executions of the american trained iraqi soldiers were released over the weekend by isis and iraqi forces are striking back. they launched rockets into baghdad. in that capital city thousands of young shiite muslim men barely in teens came out in droves to volunteer to fight back against the sunni muslim extremists. martha rad sits on the ground in baghdad. >> there seems to be incredible deal among the young men they seem fearless. they have no idea what they're getting into. >> over the weekend, a string of bombings killed adds many as 15 them baghdad.
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that and the growing threat of isis advance led u.s. embassy there to evacuate a significant number of employees and bring in 100 soldiers he and marines nraind anti terrorism. obama administration is open to discussions with iran about how it can help its neighbor. we are open to any constructive process here that could minimize the violence. >> reporter: republican senator john mccain said turning to iran would make situation in iraq dramatically worse. reporting in washington, karen traverse washington news. >> extremist are to blame for a deadly attack that appeared to target christians 48 people were killed and it last nod the morning. two hotels were sets on fire. many of the victims were watching world cup matches as extremists began killing anyone who was not muslim or did not know the sumalai language in kenya.
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they believe it is tied to al qaeda but they have not claimed responsibility. just because kids are getting ready for summer vacation doesn't mean a vacation from healthy eating. a free summer meals campaign kicked off in philadelphia. if you are under 18 and in the city you qualify. organizers coalition against hunger enlisted help of philadelphia player and cheerlead others to get the word bad. corn bass led the children at north washington cmca in a workout and they sat down for nutritious lunch. >> thousands of children eat reduced price lunches and school lunches during the school year. when school is out those children that don't have access to lunches any more are at higher risk for hunger or mall nutrition. >> free meals and snacks will be available in location as cross the silt dwli summer. proud parents and students filled performing arts certainty
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at tem it will today. they gathered this morning for bodine high school. some graduating seniors performed a song to mark the occasion. they sang the hit song happy. congratulations to the moms. the united states begins west for world cup today and they spent the weekend practicing in brazil. they'll face off in ghana tonight with thousands of american fans expected to be in attendance including joe biden. tonight's match begins at 6:00. >> still to come on "action news" at noon firefighters get no help from mother nature as a wildfire burns out of control in california. and also starbucksen veils piping hot deal wore workers that want to further their education. and call for action volunteers standing by with issues you may have.
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>> nraimingz khard and he has a house fire nipt section of old horse pike collings avenue in waterford works. firefighters were called after midnight and arrived to find heavy smoke and fire coming from the house. job injured and the fire marshall said the plays was
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suspicious. >> in california more than a thousand abdomen firefighters are trying to get the upper hand on 18-acre wildfire out of control. the fire is 10% contained and burned more than three miles around she quoy anational forest. winds and drought like conditions are fuelling flames. more than 500 homes are being threatened so far. but there's no word on what may have sparked this wildfire as of yet. >> israeli troops continue troops for hamas activists including three missing teenagers one of whom is israeli american. they were hitchhiking nrom school in west back. naptali franco was born in israel and has family in new york. he has duel citizenship. there's claims hamas is behind abductions but held him and his
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government response for their face. former f 1 driver michael shoe maker is out of hospital and a coma 6 months after skiing accident in the french alps. he suffered head trauma in december. the 7-time world champ whose f 1 career ended in 012 had been treated in france since accident. he's now continuing rehab. accident. he's now continuing rehab. but at an undisclosed location. my dad has aor afib.brillation, he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i take my warfarin every day. but it looks like maybe we should ask your doctor about pradaxa. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate)...
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>> starbucks announced a new college program for baristas. they'll provide free college educations to 1 35,000 workers the company says it will pay half the annual tuition for first two years for courses at arizona state on-line program. the offer gets even better for nineal two years with starbucks picking up full tuition costs. employees who work 20 hours a
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week and enroll in asu programs are eligible. "healthcheck" at noon new concerns about kids and caffeine consumption. a new study at the university of buffalo researchers examine children ages 8 to 17 looking at their heart rates and blood pressure before and after consuming caffeine. they found caffeine had more of effect on girls than boys. and, doctors say it could be because of girl's menstrual cycles. do you need help with home care and hospice services, 6abc.com will host a special two-part video chat with experts from penn medicine. log on now answer questions. learn more about the services today and tomorrow from 4 to 5 on our web site at 6abc.com. >> the "action news" team is working on new stories tonight beginning at 4bg. >> let's check in with alicia vitareli live from the newsroom with a look ahead. >> hi there. >> hey, guys, live with soccer fans as we count town down to the u.s. team's very first match in the world cup. a lot of excited people waiting
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for that one. plus, severe weather almost caused a tragedy on father's day. but we'll tell you how that ten-year-old girl right there used social media to save her dad's life and alex tribec has done something no one else in the world has ever done and find out how jeopardy host made history. don't forget gets started at 4:00 and don't forget you can take us with you on the go if you have not downloaded free 6abc news app you can watch it streaming live on smart phone or tablet. see you at 4. >> thank you. >> a
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>> topping our people sdleen
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noon. two oscar winning actors have been honored by queen elizabeth. angelina jolie named honourary came a female he equivalent of knight. he can't use the title because she's not british citizen. she was honored for humanitarian work and daniel day-lewis was on the list. he is now sir daniel after being grant aid knighthood. >> like me. >> not like you, rick. >> there could be a supremes reunion in the making. one of the three original members of the group, wilson, says maybe. she is now 70 and reflected on 50th anniversary of the supremes first number one million selling record where did our love government and said ft. opportunity were to present itself and it was done right then she would love to do. it. >> all right. meteorologist melissa magee in for david murphy with a closer look at temperatures only increasing. >> yeah, that's right.
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it will get warm today and we're talking about the expanding heat and eventually humidity on the way this week. guys. let's show what you is going on. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar quiet. the big story this week the building temperatures across the region. and the warm conditions on the way. outside we go sky6 live in hd as we're down the shore in cape may and some folks maybe are ditching class and ditching work today and enjoying some really comfortable conditions along the shore and it's much cooler with that south facing wind moving on n we'll show you the highlights to talk about today. it's comfortable as far as due point concerned and will get slightly more humid as it goats later this afternoon especially this evening and we're also talking about the building heat and humidity. let's check out the dew points. that's a legal of much moisture is in the atmosphere and if you could you could probably split the viewing area in half. from reading, philadelphia, accuweather, it's comfortable. you notice dew points in dover and middle and lower 6 0s.
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that gives you indication of kind of air mass on the way with the southwesterly wind morning working its way into the delaware and lehigh valleys. building heat. we have two shots of reaching 90 this week. tomorrow and wednesday. we could more than likely hit 9 0. last time we had temperature of 09 or higher was back last year september 11, 201 3. the temperature then was 94 degrees. so a lot of changes on the way this week. outside this afternoon philadelphia 82. trenton 8 0. up in allentown and lehigh valley 81 degrees. sea isle city you notice with south facing wind comfortable, 75. same thing boardwalk and beach haven coming in at 7 0. here's satellite 6 and action radar quite from new england to mid-atlantic region thanks to the dominating ridge of high pressure. mostly sunny overhead. sun giving way to clouds. tracking a frontsal boundary inching closer to our region. i think the bulk of the day we'll be dry with mostly sunny sky and as a frontal boundary
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inches closer there could be a spotty shower or thunderstorm through philadelphia and areas north and west at the tail end of our day. big story ourhood will be climb in temperatures. future tracker 6 has you covered. 3:00 this afternoon, temperatures along the 95 corridor in middle and upper 80s. cool lakehurst to wildwood. temperatures holding the 70s. they're up in the poconos at 3:00 this afternoon. 80. and it continues as we get into tuesday morning. 7:00 in the morning those temperatures will be in the 7 0s and then as we get into tuesday afternoon we'll more than likely get close to 90. if we hit 90 it will be the first time we do so all year. he's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, monday, rest of today, 87. spotty shower or thunderstorm. tuesday, hotd and sticky high of 90. wednesday, hot and humid with high of 92. and wednesday evening we're tracking a cold front dop dropping down from the south. shower or thunderstorm is likely then. and thursday, 87, we'll stay in the 80s friday and saturday and
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saturday guys official start of summer. we'll be hereby then. >> pretty good. >> thank you melissa. >> and finally this noon talk about a father's day to remember for one baseball fan giant's fan rob winter was returning to his seat after childrening 1-year-old's diaper when troy lieu win ski hits it deep. he saw the ball and reached up and daughter with his left happened and kept his stride and went to his seat. afterwards he signed the ball for winter although he's a giant's fan. >> no word on reaction from the mother we can math sglin that will do it for "action news" at noon. don't forget "action news" at 4, 5 and 6. >> now for meteorologist david murphy, melissa magee, sarah bloomquist, and the entire "action news" team, i'm rick williams have a nice afternoon. "action news" team, i'm rick williams have a nice afternoon. see you tonight
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