>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this sunday june 29 here's what's happening on "action news." a young girl is killed in an apparent freak accident outside a rita's water ice in northeast philadelphia. >> the liberty medal will go to a pakistani girl shot and critically wounded after speaking auto against the taliban. we're going back into the soup, heat and humidity are

returning but not for the 4th of july. >> reporter: welcome back this week. you're here for the heat. >> we like it hot. >> reporter: we're going back into the soup as nydia mentioned. it will be warm, but the humidity levels will be comfortable it's tomorrow when you notice the change. in the meantime there's the view over the ben franklin bridge we have haze sunshine comfortable temperatures and low humidity levels, a nice start to your sunday, 66 degrees presently in philadelphia. most locations are pretty much in the mid 60s. trenton, 64. allentown, 63. millville, 55, of in the poconos -- 67 in the poconos. 63 in lancaster. well have sunshine and puffy clouds developing during the afternoon. mostly sunny, sun and clouds later this afternoon, it will be on the comfortable side. if you have a tee time this

morning you picked a good morning to do it. low humidity levels, 77 degrees at 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m., light gentle breeze 3 to 5 miles per hour. temperatures up in the mid 80s. tomorrow it changesment the oppressive humidity arrives and the heat arrives as well. we may have have a heat wave on the way with continent -- three consecutive days in the 90s. we have a round of thunderstorms i'll have that in just a bit. >> a 57-year-old man was struck in south jersey hit around 10:30 on the 100 block of south white horse pike in lindenwald. medics rushed the man to cooper hospital for treatment of head injuries. police are looking for the vehicle involved. new this morning, a

17-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was hit by a car on roosevelt boulevard. it happened while he was riding his bike in northeast philadelphia at 11:30. police say the teenager was riding in the northbound lays of boulevard when he was hit by a blue car is he intersection. the teen was rushed to children's hospital with a serious head injury. a little girl is dead her life taken when a gate fell on top of her at a rita's water ice. nora muchanic went digging for and go to more information about that gate. >> as i looked up it was falling. >> allison brady was across the street on girard avenue when the large gate at rita's water ice let go. >> it was a big bang, some people thought it was gunshots. >> we saw it laying on the ground, but didn't realize there was a baby under it until the

mother started screaming. >> friends say winter larkin was at the found razor with -- fundraiser with her mother when the 1100-pound gate crushed the toddler, 20 men struggled to lift it to hold it in the air. >> the men were holding the awning up and the little girl was on the ground and they trying to resuscitate her. some fraternities and is a -- sorority members left the scene to be with the mother. >> l 'i is here. neighbors reflected on the

random and fatal freak accident. >> you don't think about sending your child out to get a water ice and the next thing happens and a sign falls on your child. it's sad. >> a wrecker was brought in to remove the gate. police say the neighbors complaint about it being loose. the lag it is bolts drilled into the buildings to hold up the frame should have been 6 to 8 inches long, but the ones found were two inches long. police have the sidewalk in front. store taped off and the investigation is continuing. in brewerytown, nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> over her at the big board the official announcement came

overnight reported by 6abc.com the liberty medal will be received by the pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the taliban in pakistan. they took aim at his or her for speaking and writing about the taliban's supression of girls she has done it since age 11. she has undergone countless surgeries and continues to talk about women's rights. >> the taliban shot me on the left side of my forehead. they shot in my face, too, they thought that the bullet would silence us. but they failed. i speak not for myself. >> malala said i accept this award on behalf of all the

children around the world who are struggling to get education. she has been called inspiration for voice for liberty across the globe. she was the youngest nominee for the nobel peace price. 6abc is the broadcast partner for the liberty medal we'll have live coverage on tuesday, october 21, the day that she receives the medal. the ceremony starts at 7:00 p.m., jim gardner will cover it. ahmed abu khatallah was brought to federal court in washington, d.c. he wore a black track suit and wore headphones to listener to a translator. he was captured two weeks ago

and questioned on a u.s. navy ship he remains in federal detention. pope francis was back celebrating a special mass at saints peter's basilica. he prayed in a softer than usual voice, but didn't show he was having any health problems. he cancelled anent on saturday, they said he was fatigued, but there were no concerns for his health. since being elected last year, he has kept an relentless pace. lawmakers are working on a bill that would clog a 380 million-dollar budget deficit without raising taxes. that's because govenor corbett said he would agree to a tax

hike if they would prif -- philabundance is asking for excess fruits and veggies, we'll have the destinations at 6abc.com. 9600 pounds of produce was collected. this summer philabundance hopes to hit ten thousand. happening today wawa welcome america's celebration continues. philadelphia's mural arts program will team up for a community paint day going on from noon until 4:00 p.m. on the 1100 block of north 41st street. 6abc.com has all the details on the wawa well mum america

festival. you'll find day by day listings of all the events, plus the largest free concert in america, it's all at 6abc.com. you mean watch the wawa july 4th bash, matt o'donnell and tamala edwards host the freedom of independence ceremony and don't miss the 4th of july jam hosted by rick williams and cesily tynan along with adam joseph and karen rogers. a huge concert and fireworks show leads into "action news" at 11:00 p.m. it's always fun. >> much more to come on "action news" sunday morning. more news you didn't see last night, a car plows into a dunkin donuts. >> well manslaughter announces a -- wegmans announces a recall of a product made in philadelphia. jeff skeverski has sports

and a tough day at the office for the phillies. >> reporter: things have changed in the forecast while you were asleep. it's the first heat wave is on the way, we'll have the seven-day forecast when we come right back. mara: it's easy to lose your way in a place like this.

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>> wild weather wreaked havoc across the nation's heartland.

a possible tornado knock down trees and tore off rooftops in northeastern oklahoma. in houston a tornado tore down a brick wall. in minnesota they are dealing with the worlds flooding they have seen in 30 years. residents are sandbagging to protect their homes from the rising flood waters. you're saying yesterday this is the big weather story in the midwest. >> reporter: that kind of flooding this time of year is unheard of. it happened when you get a long winter and everything starts to thou. that's when you see that kind of flooding we're almost in july, so we're kind of out of season for that. let's go live on sky 6. there's the view in cape may, yesterday was a gorgeous beach day, today will be a gorgeous beach day and i promise everyone you'll all be wishing you're at the shore later this week, it will be much cooler down on the beach than it is inland

locations. we have a lot of heat and humidity on the way it will feel extremely oposive as the week wears on. 66 degrees, low humidity levels, wilmington showing 66. millville, a little bit cooler, 55. trenton, 64. allentown, # 3. the poconos in the 50s. dewpoints in the 50s, so that feels pretty nice. the humidity will come a little bit today. we'll call it comfortable right now. maybe the dewpoints hover around 60 this afternoon. as you see on our scale that is slightly humid. tomorrow we'll be in the 60-70-degree range. tuesday and wednesday it will feel like new orleans. enjoy today's weather, because if you're not a fan of the humidity you'll not like what's on the way. we have wind direction aloft out of the northwest that's keeping

the area on the cool side. it's holding all the moisture at bay. all this starts to shift toward the northeast and we start to get into a summer-like pattern. the wider view shows an area of low pressure here, there's the cold front right there. him this here is the warm front. it's in between the two. this air mass in here it's sticky coming out of the gulf. that's the heat and humidity that will take up shop over the next seferdle, the surface -- several days. the surface maps look like this. the humidity starts to creep back up as the warm front punches through. each and every day the humidity gets worse and the heat gets hotter. it will feel like summer as we move along through tuesday and wednesday. wednesday some forecast models have us at 96 degrees, that will be the warmest day so far.

reading 88 degrees, sun and clouds, a warmer afternoon, but, again, still comfortable. pilots, 86. quakertown 84. salem, 86. glass borough, 87. will also on the beach, 78 degrees, millville, 81. ocean temperature, have finally gotten back into the 70s, mostly sunny skies, 78 degrees on the sand uv index is on the high side apply the sunscreen. here's a quick look at the sea breeze that will kick in. this 83 will be more like 86 or 87 by 3:30, about 76 on the sunday, there's a good difference about ten degrees from the shore to the city. forecast for tonight we're looking at partly cloudy skies with temperatures dropping down into the 60s. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 88 today, 88 tomorrow. the difference is tomorrow's 88 will feel very sticky. tuesday, hot and humid, 92.

wednesday, hot and humid, 94. thursday, 90. friday, 85 sun and clouds, friday, sun and clouds, 84. >> you can stay on top of the hot weather with the storm tracker 6 live app get alerts for heat watches or warnings and our live radar as the storm starts moving our way. it is available for apple and android devices. >> it proves to be a great time for a great cause on the delaware river. ♪ get your feet tapping, there were clowns food exaiflt exaiflt -- and a lot of fun, this fund razor helped children with chronic diseases and those male announcer: explore maryland's authentic stories during the 150th anniversary of the war between the states.

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>> two people survived this close call the pilot landed on a mashy area on the delaware river in pennsville new jersey. he reported problems with the plane after takeoff from wilmington airport. the passenger and the pilot stood on the wings until a delaware state police chopper arrived to lift them to safety. they are okay. nissan is being investigated by the federal government for unintended acceleration in cars.

the probe involves 360,000 nissan versa and versa notes. the trim panel traps the driver's shoe making it difficult to remove the foot from the accelerator. no injuries or crashes have been reported. consumer report, wegmans is recalling ham made in philadelphia. it was sliced to order in preordered packs and put on trays. it could contain pieces of white plastic from a broken conveyer belt. you can return it to wegmans for a refund. >> a rough day for the phils, sports is ahead on "action news." >> first your world cup recap! ♪

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>> reporter: welcome back everyone, 6:25le sunday morning we'll start with the boat report. it's a quiet morning around the delaware valley as high pressure holds on for one more day. a couple of thunderstorms west. appalachian mountains, but all that activity should stay west this afternoon. the bay water is very, very smooth it's almost like driving on a road if you're boating you won't have any trouble. winds are light out of the southeast at 5 miles per hour, the bay temperature is 76 degrees, actual air temperature in gandys beach

fortescue in the upper 50s. on the oceanfront, wildwood and cape may, both locations in the low 60s. ocean temperature, 76 degrees, a light breeze out of the southeast at 5 miles per hour. nydia. >> chris, thank you,. in sports, the phillies finish a bad home stand against the braves. the phils will try to avoid getting swept. here's jeff skeverski. >> reporter: we're at the halfway point of the season and the phillies are on pace to lose 90 games. you have to wonder if this will be the end of the road for this core group. the season has anything but picture perfect. photo day, ugly, game one, freddie freeman under howard's leg. next batter, upton. fans are being. howard knows it.

braves scored nine straight runs, braves blow it wide open. bastardo gives up the bases clearing run. the sixers slogan, together we build and together we wait. the sixers are buildings through the draft they are willing to wait for the highly touted draft picks to get healthy. first around sarch will play in turkey to get better for his game. he promises he will play for philadelphia. >> i make the choice because it's better for me for philadelphia to be the next two years in europe to try to bring my game to another level,

because of the two years i will come here. >> sixers gm ron hextal is not putting his feet up after the nhl draft. he is trying to find a way to get vinnie will a cavalier and is $4 million off the books. flyers focusing on speed and defense. you can see from the draft, the flyers taking lots of defenseman, former flier ron hextal said he wanted a goalie, but it didn't fall that way. they ended up with travis sanheim in the first round. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski. have a good day.

>> new this morning, on "action news," a car crashes into a dunkin' donuts, and president obama will ask for more funding to control the surge of illegal immigrants. >> we're having a party, wawa welcome america's celebration begins with revelry in the city. everybody wondering what the weekend will be like. >> reporter: that's the nicest day.

>> i was watching your facebook page while on maternity leave, you were saying you were missing the snow. >> reporter: everybody knows i'm a big winter weather fan. i don't like the humidity, i stand true to that, especially with the week that we're about to see. i think a lot of you will enjoy the heat after this summer. the humidity will get some of you, the humidity will make things uncomfortable from time to time. there's the view from cape may, there's the relief all week long we see the sea breeze kick in several times during the course of the week that will keep the shore communities much cooler than what we see inland where high temperatures top out in the 90s, right now we're nowhere near that. of 6 degrees, it's comfortable, a nice finish to the weekend. 55 in millville. 63 in allentown, reading, 66. satellite and radar composite showing not much of anything. we have high pressure in control

a couple of clouds diving on down from new england. this right here is the warm front. this is the game changer, behind that warm front is where all the humidity lice and that's when the temperatures warm up. when that punches through that's when everything begins to change. sun and clouds, highs top out at 88 degrees, i don't think you'll need the air-conditiner today it's tomorrow when you turn it on it will stay on all week long. >> new this morning, a car slammed into a montgomery dunkin dunkin donuts. police say the vehicle was speeding at 1:45 when it went out of control and swerved off bethlehem pike and slammed into the store. firefighters had to free the driver. he was not injured. there's no word on whether the store will open this morning. so far police have not filed charges. new overnight, robbers held

up a 7-eleven in philadelphia's roxborough section. they walked into the 7-eleven on ridge avenue at 3:15 a.m. at least one of the robbers pulled out a gun and demanded money from the clerk. the bandits got money and took off, everyone is okay. >> a man was killed in the house fire in newark, delaware. flames erupted around 8:30 last night on the 500 block of 8th street in the windy hill section. the fire tore through the roof. officials say the firefighter had to pull the victim from the house, he died later. the cause is under investigation. >> tomorrow president obama will ask congress for $2 billion to help deal with the influx of illegal immigrants from mexico. abc looks at the devices stretching the system the president is sending out a new warning. >> reporter: the drive to avert a humanitarian crisis and help tens of thousands of immigrant

children along the mexican border is gathering steam. dallas county judge clay jenkins promises that dallas is stepping up and offering temporary housing for two thousand children caught coming to texas without parents. >> we'll take them from chain links and closures and put them in compassion care. >> reporter: over 50,000 children have swept over the southern border since october. federal law said the children must be transferred to the custody of the health and human services department within 72 hours after their arrests for illegally crossing the border and then placed with families until a hearing in immigration court. but the wave of children has overwhelmed the system and now children remain for weeks in makeshift detention sisters. on saturday, house minority leader nancy policy joined a growing -- nancy pelosi joined a

growing list of others saying. >> these are children and we have a moral duty to address this in a dignified way. >> >> reporter: the president i should a stern warning. >> do not send your children to the border, if they do make it, they will be sent back. >> reporter: immigrant say they are fleeing violence and crushing poverty. >> the supreme court is going to release the decision tomorrow the right of employers and the right of women for the birth control of their choice. hobby lobby said they object on religious ground. the court has not recognized a for profit religious rights.

iraqi soldiers backed by tanks and helicopter gunships are battling inas your honorrents are -- insurgents who are tolding tikrit. they have pushed into the city itself. >> the violence in iraq with the majority of oil is produced has many concerned for global oil prices. we're paying the highest price for gas in 6 years. here in philadelphia, 3.79, up 26 cent from a year ago. in new jersey, 3.555-gallon. in delaware, 3.655-gallon to fill up. rising gas prices won't stop many people from enjoying the wawa welcome america week

long celebration. it got underway in the city. >> reporter: the reid family joined thousands expected at the liberty block party on chestnut street on saturday. >> we'll be at the ice cream event and the party with nickie niki minaj. philly and well woman come america and the 4th of july. >> this kicks off seven days of free family fun. >> reporter: the festival promise also seven days of free family fun. and there were special appearances by new edition. mayor nutter called today new

edition day. that made this kickoff extra special for super fan gerry mcbride. >> i think it's phenomenal, philly, they stepped it up thats time. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> 6abc is your front-row seat for the welcome america at 10:00 a.m., the freedom ceremony hosted by matt o'donnell and tamala edwards. animal don't miss the 4th of july jam hosted by rick williams, cesily tynan and adam joseph and karen rogers. niki minaj and the roots are some of the performer also taking the stage -- performers taking the stage. go to 6abc.com for a listing of

all the events plus a slide show of the largest free concert in america. sky6 live hd was in old city, meteorologist chris sowers is back next with the full accuweather forecast. >> there are so many online coupons, 6abc.com shows you a website organizing them for you. we'll go to a program at st. joe's university helping students with autism succeed. >> you can stay on top of the hot weather this summer with the storm tracker 6 live app get audio alerts for any heat watches or warnings then, of course, any live radar with storms heading our way. the storm tracker 6 live app is available for

>> sky6 live hd taking a live look over center city, just 70 degrees outside at 6:42. such a beautiful day yesterday, get ready for the sizzle, it's heading in our direction. >> chris sowers has all the details.in our direction. >> reporter: you're not going to be missing the heat and humidity i'll tell you that. we've a lot of it in the

seven-day forecast. taking a look down in wilmington. a quiet morning we have fairly comfortable humidity levels and pleasant temperatures. it's an easy morning if you're taking an early stroll you'll not see any weather issues. temperatures in the 60s throughout the area, there are couple of exceptions, millville 55. poconos 57. reading, 66. dover are 62 degrees. these are the numbers we'll be watching over the next several days. the first part of the story, is the humidity, this measures the amount of moisture in the air. tomorrow afternoon dewpoints will be close to 60 degrees, when we scale that today it will be comfortable tomorrow we'll call it slightly humid that's monday, tuesday, dewpoints are hovering in the upper 60s, some locations are actually in the 70s when we scale that,

tuesday is no longer slightly, tuesday is very humid. we get into wednesday, the numbers continue to climb they get all the way up into 70. and 70s on our scale feels like are a steam bath. it will turn more humid and with the humidity comes the heat. wednesday has the potential to be the hottest day of the year so far, forecast 95 or 96 degrees. satellite and radar, quiet warm front hovering to our west, that punches through during the day tomorrow, the humidity there stretching through the great lake states today. we'll stay on the pleasant side on the good side of that area, of that warm front today it's tomorrow when this thing starts to punch through. it's slightly humid tomorrow, this increases everyday it's worse as the south wind strengthens and we see a small

area off the coast of the carolinas like a bermuda high. the big story by far is the return of the heat and humidity. this afternoon in the mountains looks nice, combines of sun and clouds, 80 degrees is the forecasted high. it will be a nice, gentle breeze out of the south at 5 to 10 miles per hour. jersey shore, temperature-wise nice and comfortable as the sea breeze kicks in. highs in the mid to upper 70s. officially 78 degrees, mostly sunny skies. it will be a very high uv index, so you'll need to apply the sunscreen. sun and clouds, 88 degrees, this is comfortable, low humidity levels, winds out of the south at 5 to 10 miles per hour. overnight a few clouds around turning slightly humid, 63 degrees, outlying suburbs, 66 for center city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 88 today, 88 tomorrow, here come the 90s, remember you need three consecutive days of 90 degrees or higher for heat wave.

right now that's what we're forecasting. accuweather feels tuesday 92 degrees afternoon thunderstorm in the afternoon. better chance of thunderstorm wednesday, 94. it will feel like the upper 90s with the humidity. thursday, hazy, hot and humid, 90 degrees, and the cold front punches through and everything quiets down for the 4th. 85 degrees on the 4th of july. combination of skin and clouds, it turns mostly sunny by next saturday still comfortable and high of 84. so, kind of some nice weather so far this season, turtle a little more summer-like in the seven day. >> not terrible. we have discovered a go-to website for coupon codes and free shipping. amy buckman talked to a user who helped save her 50% off everything she buys.

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>> nasa plans to hold a news conference today to talk about the vehicle it tested over the of pacific ocean it was an effort to test the massive parachute designed to slow the vehicle's re-entry into the atmosphere and produce a soft landing. the chute opened only partially. it might one delivery heavy spacecraft and astronauts to mars. a rush of robberies targeting pharmacy convenience stores has the police and suburbs searching for suspects. here's rick williams with this morning's crime fighters report. >> reporter: just before 9:00 p.m. on thursday, march 27th, a woman entered the rite aid store on the 6500 block of new falls road in levittown, bucks county. >> she demanded oxycontin.

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"action news." >> taking a live look at cape may, our producers say they have been watching the camera and they have seen three dolphins swimming in the ocean peeking their heads up. i haven't seen one yet, keep watching we'll keep watching, too. top stories are next.

>> good morning, 7:00 a.m., june 29. a young girl was killed outside a rita's in northeast philadelphia. nora muchanic has more on the tragedy. >> the liberty medal will go to