radar, woe know there is rain and how heavy and where. >> it's all the moisture in the atmosphere, it will be move scattered than widespread and that is some good news and mainly confined to the state of pennsylvania and new jersey and much of delaware escaped the downpours later. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's quiet out there, one thunderstorm in mercer coin, moving away from pennington and cherry valley road and 206 south and east of the princeton, 14 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes and this has the history of producing heavy rainfall in the pennington area, at the rate of 2 inches of rain per hour, it's moving quick enough that we don't see enough in the way of flash flooding, a heavy amount of rain in a short period of time and it's moving out of our area in the next 10 to 15

minutes. it's the forcing mechanism to get the at atmosphere started. near harrisburg, a storm with 500 lightning strikes moving to the north and east and as it approaches the i-95 corridor it hits the western suburbs of philadelphia later on this evening and it fall as part as it hits a marine stable layer in new jersey and delaware. over the next few hours until 8:00 tonight. stor exited the vehicle

and immediately exchanged gun fire with the trooper. the trooper returned fire striking that 29-year-old male, in the exchange the gun fire, the trooper was shot twice and later air lifted to the hospital where he is recovering tonight. they found a semi automatic h d handgun that was reported stolen last year in a home invasion. >> it's hard to see a bunch of cop cars and a man laying in the street. >> that bullet could have caught my brother, maybe in the leg or

upper bard kbroid and there could have been two victims. >> hicks was pronounced dead at 9:00 this morning and his girlfriend is expected to be okay. philadelphia police released surveillance video today of a strong armed robbery at oxford circle sunday night. the suspect followed a 45-year-old woman into her apartment building on the 6800 block of the roosevelt boulevard, he grabbed her from behind and made her call a friend to bring money and the pair waited for a friend inside of victim's car. the man took the cash and the victim's car and took off. the woman was not hurt. police are trying to sort out a double stabbing in the northeast section of philadelphia, it happened on the 5900 block early this morning, a 54-year-old man was stabbed at least twice and a 71-year-old woman, the man's roommate was stabbed at least 15

times. john rawlins is live at the scene. >> reporter: the 71-year-old victim is upgraded to good condition and we have not got the condition of the 54-year-old yet. when police arrived there was an 18-year-old neighbor that came over to help the victims, the 18-year-old was from the other side of the street, the police have had him at the detectives headquarters as a witness and they came back to his house and it didn't seem to be a routine call. >> they used a battering ram to go into the 18-year-old's home, he was hosing down the bloody scene when they arrived. >> this neighbor had a hose in his hand but not only hosing

down the blood but the bloody female. he was actually squirting the hose on the female, which isn't good. >> the 18-year-old's mom told her he heard screams and when to the victim's house. >> i think he is trying to help but i don't really know. >> they put on protective suits to ener the scene. the 71-year-old victim was described as a hoarder and her home infested with fleas because of numerous cats she kept and the attack on her was extremely vicious. >> approximately 15 staff wounds from her chest to her toes. >> the 71-year-old upset neighbors for years not just for the rubbish in the house but because of a combative personality. >> she comes out and starts screaming and hollering for no reason.

>> that was from the fer osity of the attack. >> someone must have a lot of hate for her. a lot. >> so was this a domestic situation? does someone target the pair, police are still investigating and the hope is that the 18-year-old neighbor can shed some light on the situation. >> thank you john. chester county music teacher anton foeman waived his preliminary hearing today. he is accused of inappropriately touching three 6-year-old children during prior at lessons, only "action news" spoke with foeman's wife today. >> i know my husband for so many years, we are so close, it's my only family member in this country. we have the same schedule, we get up in the morning together and go to bed together, i'm sure he wouldn't hurt anyone. >> foeman is also accused of

showing nude photographs to several other victims, he is held on $600,000 bail. center city philadelphia residents who are concerned about safety are encouraged to attend a public meeting at the presbyterian church tonight. councilman johnson scheduled it in response to rape of a 26-year-old woman and 27-year-old milton garcia is charged with the crime. coming up more on the tilting of the 495 bridge in delaware and scott hartnell says so long to the city and the flyers. and ducis rogers returns with the threat of heavy downpours when "action news" continues tonight.

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animal control officers are telling residents to look for an elusive black bear that is roaming around for a few days, in burn township, official says that as long as the bear doesn't cause problems they won't try to catch it. a neighborhood in upper darby is on edge after four women awoke to find a stranger standing over their beds. the incidents have all happened since the middle of april, the latest was on june 17th on the 1100 block of seifert road. they describe the suspect as a slim african-american male between 5'8" and 5'10" inches

tall and a mustache and goatee and a gap between his teeth. this video from a viewer of a fast moving fire overnight. firefighters pulled one person from the hospital, the two police officers suffered smoke inhalation while evacuating neighbors. the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. the progress repairing it's 495 bridge is moving ahead quickly of the 32 steel concrete shafts that need to be installed, work is completed or in the process on eight of them. the span over the christina river is closed because some of the support columns were indeed tilting. the highway authority has been granted money to widen the

roadway of garden state parkway in atlanticic county. the expansion will reduce congestion and allow

proper attire was not a requirement for a pop-up tennis court in center city philadelphia today. the philadelphia freedom's tennis team sponsored this free event and teams learned how to volley and work on their

backhands. not a bad stress reliever for the middle of the work week in center city. i have a funny feeling that members of the front office are chewing on their nails. the sixers hold the third pick in the nba draft, normally that is an envious position. they want wiggins from kansas but do they make a move for duke guard, jabari parker or wait to see if one of those two guys slips to number three. wiggins liked his visit here to philadelphia but he wants to go number one. >> being a competitor i don't want nobody coming ahead of him. >> i enjoyed my time in philadelphia, definitely a fun

time and it was my first time being there and it was nice. >> blue winger, scott hartnell, was back in town today than sounds odd and odder when you see him in the uniform. jeff skversky is talking to him coming to grips with the trade. >> scott hartnell is saying good-bye to his former flyers teammates, is he packing up and hitting the road for columbus, it's a very emotional three days. >> i don't know if it's totally sovereign in yet, i think i was surprised, shocked, angry the first few days. >> hartnell scores! >> i don't want to leave, i'm comfortable here it's my home. >> what is most upsetting to hartnell he was not able to bring home a stanley cup and told that to the new manager after the deal when down.

>> i let me self down and the guys, and that is why you play the game. he said don't feel that way, it's a silly way to feel but in my heart it's disappointing. >> he removed his no trade clause and he had one last workout today at the flyers practice facility the place he called home for the last seven seasons, but admits it was strange walking in here today. >> it was strange coming in here and we had a lot of laughs and blood sweat and tears with the guys. >> when he comes back with the blue jackets in november he hopes he doesn't get booed. jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news." >> doubt it. the eagles released their official training camp schedule, they report on july 25th and there are a handful of

opportunities to catch the birds in person and they hole an open workout on franklin field on august 10th. the phillies are inconsist an and tonight a.j. burnett has the ball. marlin bird had a big blow in the first inning, a two-run homer that got the phils going. this is what sandberg was talking about, the phils have to jump on the teams early. >> it loosened people up and you got men on base and we took advantage of it. whether it was hit by pitches or base on balls or wild pitches but the fact that we had runners on base gave us those opportunities. thank you ducis. now 10 postal workers with recognized for racking up a lot

of miles, each had 1 million miles, more than 94 hundred postal service employees in the country have reached the same goal.

they coming our way, some real thunderstorms. >> we are tracking on double scan live, thankfully out there. double scan live throughout the region, one thunderstorm over ewing and trenton is pushed out of our viewing area. can you see the line west of our area in pottsville, we time it on double scan, 200 lightning strikes moving to the east-northeast and it starts approach east of the kutztown

before the 8:00 hour, have you an hour and a half to two hours before they arrive, take a look at the action cam, that spot that beat the heat today. still humid at the shore meant some business as you can see old glory there getting quite the workout and that sea breeze will help stabilize the atmosphere from the storms in new jersey and delaware a little later on. first, lets talk about the highlights, hotd and humid today and tracking the storms with the heat and humidity and the combination of the two it felt like 90 degrees, that was the high in philadelphia, sticking out like a sore thumb since nobody else hit 90, 89 in allentown 87 in dover but the highs today at the shore only in the upper 70s because of that wind off the water. and again we are tracking those storms on double scan live, most of the heavy action is north of scranton and will miss us.

and we'll get scraped especially in pennsylvania on the southern fringe of this cold front and that line later on this evening. it feels like 89d in philadelphia and 87 in millville and 93 in dover and 91 in allentown and that is the combination of the air temperature and the dew points, of how much moisture is in the air. the at atmosphere certainly charged up as this line approaches from the west. satellite and radar, we are all good to go and most of the heavy action is off to the north and we watch the area as it slides in from 8:00 until midnight from i-95 to the west. future tracker confirming it's knocking on the doorstep of lancaster and reading and a couple of hours later at 10:00, the line of thunderstorms between allentown and chester coin and along i-95 in philadelphia at midnight tonight. with some of that lightning, you go to bed early you get jolted

out of bed as it passes through, watch what happens in southern delaware, two hours later it fall as part and evaporates because of that sea breeze today, really stabilizing the atmosphere, much of new jersey and delaware are you quiet and by 10:30 tomorrow morning the sun returns for everyone, scattered downpours west of philadelphia with a few lightning strikes as well. one to two inches of heavy rain where the storms do hit with the possibility of flash flooding on area roadways and isolated gusty winds and it doesn't look like these are on the severe side as they pass through. it's less humid with the return of sun, a beautiful day on friday, 85 degrees think the weekend both saturday and sunday, sunny and clouds and low humidity with temperatures in the mid-80s and it starts to

turn more humid the last day of june 88 degrees, late afternoon thunderstorms on tuesday of 90 with higher humidity and gradual clearing on wednesday, still 90 degrees, so there is heat and humidity but we sands witch that weekend beautiful here. >> another beautiful weekend upcoming. >> i like it. >> finally tonight, two fresh faces made their debut before adoring fans at the brandywine zoo, twin red panda cubs explored their new enclosure today, they were closely supervised by zoo keepers and they are more closely related to skunks, raccoons and weasels, but everybody loves pandas. please join us tonight for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6.

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welcome to "world news." tonight -- hard hit. the nfl promises to put aside unlimited money for football stars seriously hurt by head injuries. one injured player with a powerful message tonight. the teenager stopped from plotting an attack at a school, tonight, his video, his words and his reason. >> i think i'm just really mentally ill. dangerous skies. tornadoes drop from the clouds, families escape the rising water. and some exciting news from right here at home. at abc news. tonight. and a good evening to you on this wednesday night.