christie will likely veto it. nora muchanic is live at the state house in trenton, what did lawmakers have to say today. >> republicans and democrats are still opposed in how to fill a huge hole in next year's budget. the legislature is moving towards raising taxes in a controversial package but that is something that governor christie will never go for. revolutiona revolutionary reenacters marched in trenton. they want to balance next year's state budget by raising taxes on millions and businesses. >> nobody runs around looking to raise taxes, it's the last thing you want to do. >> by sending this message that our answer to everything is massive tax increases its

suicidal to new jersey. >> the governor wants to balance the budget by not fully funding billion dollar payments that by law is paid to the ailing pension system. >> this could force companies out of business. number one. it could force companies who are thinking about coming to new jersey not to come here. >> our rating has been downgraded, not making the payments will make it even lower, it costs the state of new jersey even more money. >> if it includes tax hikes, it's all but guaranteed that governor christie will veto it. they will cut out the budget. we are mindful he will not take out the services for the most vulnerable. >> and adding to the budget drama, the outcome of a court drama tomorrow, more than a

dozen public unions are suing governor christie to make the full pension payment and not just part of it. >> i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. children playing with water guns in reading, berks county, had a real scare this weekend when a woman pulled out a real gun and pointed it at them. 24-year-old billy joe george is in jail on a variety of charges, residents are still stunned by what they saw on sunday. >> she was like oh you got water guns i'll get my gun and they went and got it and pointed it at all the kids and georgia allegedly fired a round into the street. police in toms river new jersey, had to borrow a boat during a drug bust. saying victor garcia ran out of

a boat and through huddy park and ran into the river and started swimming, they arrested him when he got tired of swimming but the others in the car were arrested after police allegedly confiscated 40 bags of heroin and some needles. the pentagon says that the 300 military leaders slated to go to iraq are now in baghdad. secretary of state, john kerry, met with iraqi leaders and they have recaptured the country's largest refinery from syria and sunni militants, the home land security is concerned with a new alliance reportedly out of syria, reportedly making new bombs that could easily be smuggled on to airplanes.

here is the latest on this threat. >> reporter: a possible plan to attack passenger planes, sources tell abc news that the u.s. government has gathered intelligence that two al qaeda groups are developing two metallic bombs that are difficult to detect and easier to smuggle on to aircraft. no suspect plot is uncovered but they may be targeting the u.s. or european bound flights. they first surfaced earlier this year but sources say that the concerns are now heightened because of the two groups now behind the bomb making effort. >> one, al qaeda satellite armed in yemen, responsible for the underwear bomb in detroit and the 2010 plot to take down cargo planes over the u.s. with printer bombs. another group called the front

operating in syria, with thousands of foreign fighters with u.s. and european passports. >> i am concerned about syria as a breeding ground and a staging ground for terrorist groups. >> the fbi director reiterated the long standing worries for groups operating in syria and iraq but not kplenlting on the reported new bomb making effort. >> but the homeland security department did common, saying there is no specific threat against the u.s. and there are monitoring interest groups that could pose a threat. >> world news with diane sawyer will have more information on this bomb revelation, stay tuned after "action news" with jim gardner. well, marine animal experts are trying to figure out why giant sea turtles are dying off the coast of both new jersey and delaware. >> this is the scene after beach goers found the turtle on second

street south in brigantine. and they washed up in dewey and slaughterer beaches, all since friday. if you see a turtle. the delaware research institute is asking that you call their hot line and can you find that number on our website at 6abc.com. our delaware newsroom is waiting for word from the legislature expected to uncover a new state crime lab. the new lab would be part of the department of public safety and the national association of medical examiners says that it could cause some new levels of conflict of interest. if you bought a ticket in hatfield yesterday, a ticket purchased on union street at the 7-eleven is worth $200,000, three ticketed across pennsylvania hit it big and will share the $600,000 jackpot. here are the numbers.

6, 7, 10, 27 and 37. the 7-eleven store gets $500 for selling the ticket. matt pellman is in the traffic center now. >> we are not winning here. good afternoon once again, on the blue route it's a rough one because of an overturned vehicle accident, south ofvil villanova are still trying to recover. a crash in pottstown blocking lanes at king street in route 100, and an issue on the southbound side of the boulevard extension approaching the schuylkill, we are told it's a disabled vehicle and an emergency crew is taking out two lanes, you can expect delays coming down from broad street,

and issue in camden county, northbound exit 3 for the black horse pike, broken down vehicles taking out the left lane, that is off to the side and the slower speed on 295, are on the southbound side. monica back over to you. >> thank you matt. bells rang across new jersey today, celebrating a special birthday. today the garden state officially turned 350 years old and churches across the state like here at trinity episcopal rang their bells at noon to mark the day back in 1664, king charles the second signed over the land between the delaware and hudson rivers to two land owners and that made way to become new jersey. >> how about that? >> very cool. still ahead, he might have got enaway with it had he not checked his facebook page.

a burglar is busted after using a family computer during a host. and a host returns to talk about her cancer diagnosis. we have a few downpours late tomorrow, i'll have all the changes in the accuweather forecast. >> plus, ducis is coming with a check of sports.

texas police officer, morale he was called to a railroad crossing where someone saw a woman sitting on the tracks, he dragged the woman to safety and kemtd her there as the train sped by. the woman is said to be okay. morales has only been on the force 10 months. an urge to log on to facebook left a burglar in hot water when james wood returns home. he found his minneapolis home was ransacked. he was checking for what was taking and noticed the burglar

logged ton to his facebook profile and left it open. he left something on his page asking for information about him somewhat innocently. and he contacted wood. >> i said you left a few things at my house how can i get them back to you. >> and they agreed to exchange clothes for his phone and police were waiting to arrest him. >> wigg was not smart. ducis rogers is here and the phillies are back at home. >> they are holes in their bats, when the phillies were struggling the offense was to blame. guess what they are struggling again and the offense is missing. the host the marlins and are hoping to avoid their fourth straight loss. the eighth time at home, ryan

sandberg hopes his team does not run into tough luck. >> it could result in base runners and create offense, and some preferably early offense. >> one other note for the phillies, grady sizemore is signed to a minor league deal, why are we on this camera now. it could be a potentially big night for claude giroux, he is up for the heart trophy. for mvp coming off an 80 point season, along with sydney crosby, winning the award would be nice but winning a stanley cup is what he wants. >> it's the worst, when another team wins the cup, it's obviously your goal starting each year and not when you can't

find that goal, i think it's disappointing and the same time it motivates you to have a better night next year. >> the flyers own the 17th overall pick and he says the way the system is set up makes his approach easy. >> we are talking 17 and 18-year-old kids here that have a long way to go before they play in the national hockey league, so to do anything but draft the best player, i'm not going to try and reinvent the wheel, just drafting the best player. four years ago lebron james decided to leave cleveland and he may leave miami as well. he may activate a clause to opt out of his contract. he may resign and they are coming off a loss to the san

antonio spurs. >> the u.s. will have to face germany shorthanded. the u.s. needs a win or tie to advance. >> italy and uragay. the 79th minute, they get into it and he goes down and when he gets up, he was like that dude bit me on the shoulder. look at this. if the bite mark doesn't fit you must acquit. and then the only goal of the match, italy is ousted and afterward italy's coach resigns. >> biting in soccer. a special cam in delaware is underway this summer and it's about encouraging young ladies,

the youth empowerment camp is for girls only and we caught up with them today at carousel park where the girls checked out the mount tropical disturbance patrol, during the program the girls ages 12 to 16 will learn about making good decisions and about[ male announcer ]ions and tv's come a long way. from color. to the remote. to flat screens. now it's taking a quantum leap. introducing fios quantum tv. record up to 12 shows at the same time. store up to 200 hours of entertainment in hd. plus watch live tv anytime with the fios mobile app. redefining what tv can be. that's powerful. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v

for one day, one and a half days, you bring it back down and a few downpours and get the umbrella ready, double scan live, not for this evening, all that remains off to the west and we behave and stay there, generally speaking, until later on, especially tomorrow night. temperatures across the region, the high today is 86 degrees in the city and allentown 85 and 80 in wilmington and again with the wind coming in a southwesterly direction. and along the shore it's much cooler low in the mid-70s because of that wind coming in off the atlanticic. that is around 75 degrees, as you look at satellite and radar, much of the eastern seaboard in the mid-atlantic is quiet with a decent amount of sunshine and downpours are erupting west of

state college but the main action is through the ohio valley from a cold front that is pushing through. until tonight it's oppressive around here, 89 is the high temperature but factor in the humidity and it will feel like the low 90s. and there is water drop lets sitting in the at atmosphere waiting to be rung out. and any downpour that develops late in the day and evening could contain some drenching downpours that could cause some localized flooding, future tracker, your heat index, could feel like 95 in dover or allentown and even at the shore, the temperatures at the shore a combination, future tracker, a spitting shower tomorrow is fairly quiet, even at 4:30,

random hit or miss downpours or showers, the main showers north of the poconoss it's not until the late evening that it starts to arrive. and by midnight, it weakens a little bit and all the severe weather with this, should remain north of the poconos, and anything that pops around here. as you look at the shore forecast, the on shore wind with temperatures in the upper 70s, you ares caping the heat and humidity if are you shore side. the forecast for tonight it's quiet as it turns muggy. 67 to 70 degrees for the overnight low, it's exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 88 tomorrow on the humid side, the downpours are and thunderstorms develop, and the majority of them will be late in the evening and overnight. thursday morning clouds give way to sun of 87 degrees and then it turns less humid on friday, 86,

stays on the comfortable side 85 and the humidity comes back up saturday and 86 and as we enter the first day of july, come tuesday, hot and humid at 90 degrees, we have only had two 90 degree days so far this year. >> just a reminder you can stay on top of weather, with the 6 abc storm tracker app heat warning as well as live radar. former "good morning america" host joan london revealed she is battling breast cancer, she sat down with cancer survivoring robin rob are terroberts. the aggressive form of cancer will require chemotherapy and radiation. >> you almost feel like what did i do wrong and then i just

turned a corner, and said wait a second. i'm a health adequate, so just knock it off and learn everything you can about this and go into warrior mode. >> london cohosted gma, and at 69 years old she works as a health

it's an old fashion sock hop for seniors in north wales, when

the agency for senior life rocked the day away, with poodle skirts and loafers and a fun way to enjoy yourself and get exercise for those doing the sock hop. >> that is nice. >> jim gardner and the "action news" team standing by with these stories next at 6:00. the man wanted for -- is now behind bars, we'll have the details. >> plus, dietz watson announce an expansion project that brings dozens of new jobs to the city. >> and one of the most celebrated costumes in the city getses more suppose to continue its work. lisa thomas-laury has the story from drexel university. now for rick williams and sharrie williams, and the entire

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. tuesday night and an underground emergency cuts gas service to hundreds of people and authorities bust dozens of suspected drug dealers in a raid in berks county. but the big story is the arrest of an illegal immigrant for the rape a 26-year-old woman in center city philadelphia. a woman, a doctor at penn was strong armed on the street and hauled up to her apartment at

19th and spruce and then raped repeatedly. police say her attacker was milton garcia a honduran national. vernon odom is live with the full story. >> good evening, police say this suspect charged now with rape, robbery and kidnapping has made a full statement confessing to this crime on spruce street. >> this man milton garcia, age 28 an illegal immigrant from honduras is the center city rapist that struck saturday morning on spruce. >> the resident of rittenhouse square, we have this off the street. they say it was this who strong armed the woman, and forced her upstairs and repead