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feinberg said that he will decide how much each person gets, not the company. >> and we have a list of all of the vehicles affected by this recall on 6abc.com right now. there you will also find a chart with the make, model and model year of each vehicle, along with the description of the potential problem. we are following a desperate search for a missing teenager. it has been almost 24 hours since the boy got caught up in a rip current at the jersey shore and disappeared. and rescue teams are doing everything they can to try to find him. annie mccormick live in ocean city with what search crews are doing. >> off camera we spoke with the family, the boy from the hunting park section of philadelphia. they came down immediately when they heard the news. the same beach is packed but search crews in the water most of the day. >> we are still in the search, i
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wouldn't same we are in recovery or search mode, kind of in the in-between phase. we still have hope. >> the coast guard and ocean city beach patrol spent most of monday morning searching for a missing 14 year old swimmer as sunbathers and simmers packed the beach. and many could not stop thinking about the missing teen. >> nobody is going out, they are concerned about finding this little boy. it is said, really is sad. i am not letting my kids out of my sight. >> officials say before 7:00 p.m. sunday before the lifeguards left for the day the teen swam in the water with family and friends and a rip current overwhelmed them. a 911 call brought the rapid response team and they saved 14 people including good samaritans diving in to help. they did not find the teen. and they launched aircraft's and
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they called the shift off. it focused on 25 square miles south of the jetty on 9th street. this morning the family members of the teen left the beach after spending most of the morning hopeful. >> our matter go out to this young man's family but we tried to do the best and are searching with boats, but when the probability of survivability has passed, we have to look at other methods of trying to figure out where that person is, might have drifted off to. >> and the beach patrol is urging people not to go in the water when lifeguards go off duty way at 5 p.m. the rapid response are on from 5:00 to 8:00 and that could have made a big difference with the amount of people saved. reporting live in ocean city, new jersey, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. of course we will continue to follow developments there. and the first check of the accuweather forecast as we prepare for the really hot weather. >> quite balmy out there and adam joseph outside where the
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steam is about to settle in. >> you start to see the humidity coming up, but spiking late tonight and tomorrow and wednesday. for now temperatures average this time of year. 86 philadelphia, 83 wilmington. and along the shore the beautiful sea breeze, especially also where annie mccormick is in ocean city, everyone in the upper 70s with the ocean warming up to 72. those dewpoints that measure how many moisture in the air right now in philadelphia 60 degrees. slightly humid. notice all around us temperatures and dewpoints in mid and upper 60s, if not 70 in buffalo. that is tropical air pushing in our direction. stormtracker live double scan all quiet locally here, but to the west nasty storms in iowa with tornado watches and warnings. that will miss us to the north, but along the boundary that will push in later on this week. as we look ahead the heat indices jumping to at least the
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century point if not above that by wednesday. and talking about the mid-week downpours and could we see tropical trouble near the 4th? and talking about the changing accuweather forecast in a little bit. >> thank you, adam. the hot and humid day. in part of bucks county they have to boil water because of a main break over the weekend. and are also asked to cut back on the amount of water they use. walter perez live, and part of the problem is fixed but no relief yet for people out there. >> that's exactly right. the ruptured water main repaired and water reflurided. and it stems from a water main break yesterday morning. >> the alarms went off and they came up and fixed it. and they had it fixed by sunday
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night. and they tested the water. we didn't get the results on that yet. >> the results of the water test will help determine when the boil water advisory will be lifted. until now knows from the water authority are being advised to boil tap water before drinking or cooking with it. we are told you don't need to boil the water if you are using it for watching up or showering. lindsey, a residence of sellersville who has been to be one of our editors at "action news" says what you do you what you have to do. >> whatever i am cooking with or drinking, that it is boiled first. a pain, yeah. but we can live with it. >> and we thank lindsey for letting us in her home. reporting live, walter perez channel 6 "action news."
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>> we know lindsey to be a trooper, thanks so much. a delaware county woman found an invieweder in -- intruder in her home but she chased him away with a baseball bat. and it happened in upper darby. the fifth time in april that someone woke to find an intruder. asking anyone with information to call them. there are basic things people can do to make sure they are safe and more on that in a live report at 5:00. police in camden county making an arrest in a hit-and-run crash captured on this surveillance video. and he hit a 57-year-old man with a pick up truck on south white horse pike in lindenwold late saturday night. that man in stable condition at cooper university hospital. one man in the hospital and
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another in custody after a slashing in delaware. happening around 10:30 this morni morning. and the two work for a moving company and got in a fight. one man ended up cutting the other across the chest. the victim went to christiana hospital. and the other person was caught but the police have not told us his name. what is called the big set back for the health care law. in a 5-4 decision the supreme court stays they cannot require private companies to pay for contraceptions. it started when hobby lobby claimed religious objections to the law. >> hobby lobby employees and supporters celebrated in the nation's capital today. >> it is a landmark decision for religious freedom. >> more than 500 hobby lobby
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stores across the country including this one in trenton. owned by the green family, devout southern baptist. they say that the government provides to mandates that they provide birth control violates their rights. >> they recognize that american families do not lose their rights when they open a family business. >> right now they cover 16 types of contraceptions but the greens objections to four. version of the morning-after and iud, interesting them forms of abortion. and many businesses have sued over the requirement and president obama believes a woman should be allowed to decide the type of contraception she uses. >> president obama believes women should make personal health care decisions for themselves rather than their bosses deciding for them. and today's decision jeopardy or -- jeopardizes this. >> and the first ruling under
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the federal law. it can be a template for other challenges to the health care law and means that the obama administration must look for other ways of doing that for women under these plans. >> we believe for-profit companies should not be allowed to assert religious views. >> and conestoga wood celebrating, they are owned by a an mennonite and also observed. the dow dropped almost 26 points, nasdaq up about 10 points, the s&p pretty much flat on the day, down .7 of a point. ford officially changing chief executive officers.
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mulally's last day on the job. and he guided them through the recession without taking bail out money from the company. and he stopped in-fighting. and he will be replaced by the chief operating officer, mark fields. time for the "action news" traffic report on a monday afternoon. >> going over to matt pellman, looks like a little bit of a mess behind you. >> here we go again, this time a broken down vehicle on the schuylkill expressway eastbound side this monday afternoon. broken down chrysler in the right lane. police just pulled up to it. and hopefully before too long we will get it pushed out of the way. overall a very slow go on the eastbound of the schuylkill from montgomery drive through this point approach this area. and break down near bridge and cottman and sizable delays mere penns landing up through the work zone at cottman avenue.
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and speaking of work zones, one until wednesday is closing the 5th street tunnel and that should be avoided in old city the next couple of days. and also to be avoided, the scene much a water main break from the overnight hours by northeast high school. and still with algon avenue as an alternate. in jenkintown, if the bridge was your way home use it again. and a crash involving an a.t.v. in afternoon along west third street at parker street. no major delays along 95 heading towards wilmington, just building volume because. continued 495 closer. the commodore barry bridge westbound held today in chester, don't forget without one lay until the beginning of september, the end much summer. we don't want to think about that, we talk more about the traffic in the next half-hour.
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>> can renot? -- we not? >> we won't. and a church has a new statue. they replaced the vandalized statue of jesus, the old one burned back in february. the police caught the teens who did it and the pastor says the new statue is designed to stop them, the arms close to the chest so they cannot be broken off. and a fire sending a woman to the hospital and a laptop baltimore rr rr rry -- battery cause. >> centering around a dell laptop that caught fire. and it spread to her arms and legs before she extinguished it. hearing about the scare in her
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home and what might have caused it to catch fire. several years since a paralyzed man could move his hands or fingers, and tonight it is possible thanks to his thoughts and they technology. and his story coming up tonight. until then, back to you in the studio. >> see you, rick. vice-president joe biden coming to philadelphia to celebrate the 4th of july. he will be celebrating freedom ceremony. and the wawa welcome america! celebration continued. and matt o'donnell with the go forth and learn event at the academy of natural sciences. and chopper 6 360 over the ben franklin parkway, four days away from the huge party here. preparations in full swing.
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look here, they are busy building the stage. on the stage seeing the roots, nikki minaj and others. and you turn the camera and you see the familiar sites of center city, skyscrapers in the distance is city hall. we expect the parkway to be packed. officials are estimating a half million people will be here friday night and we can't wait to show you that picture. and we will again using this, our brand new technology. chopper 6 360 and the new 360-degree camera attached to chopper 6. while the cam shows you great pictures like you see every day from chopper 6. 360 allows us to move the shot to the right, to left, to zoom in and highlighting certain things as they are happening. we are doing that for you giving you a bird's eye view of
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everything that chopper 6 is over when it is in the air. and the all new 6abc.com is your place to go for the details on this year's wawa welcome america! festival. and the slide show of the performers, all there right now on the new 6abc.com. and remember, 6abc your home for all the festivities on the 4 4th of july. at 11:00 the independence day parade. at 7:00, rick, cecily and karen bringing you the party capped often by the fireworks over the museum. >> so cool. and we are the people one whose have it. >> we are. and time for accuweather, as we said a few minutes ago, get ready to sweat. >> and adam joseph outside, looking at high humidity
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creeping in. >> it pushes in midweek. it should be able to edge off near the 4th of july. and we will be stoked around here as well and a lot of change this is workweek. looking at the number in philadelphia, not bad out here. a nice breeze, 86 degrees. the dewpoint at 60, it is a measure of the moisture in the air. it will jump into the 70s starting tomorrow. that's when the oppressive humidity arrivals. wednesday out of the west-southwest and no heat index now, same as temperature. 82 in oxford. and in tannersville 77 on the board. and speaking of double 7s many of them. and dover cooking at 87. and vineland not bad, 83 the sat height and radar, high pressure to the east, a typical bermuda high. and wind pumping in clockwise
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bring heat and humidity up the southeastern seaboard. and 99 in wilmington, 97 in allentown is how it will feel tomorrow. and the shore cooler with the sea breeze. and look at the heat indices on wednesday afternoon. 105 in wilmington, 104 in philadelphia. 103 in trenton. so yes, this is the kind of air that the minute you step out you sweat automatically. double scan drive, watching a front to the west. with the front there is severe weather going on, tornado watches and warnings. as we zoom in and tilt double scan you see under the line of thunderstorms. the good thing where this area much severe storms it will mississippi -- miss us and weaken to the north.
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and in addition to that coming in from the west, looking at the tropical satellite north and east of miami you see the thunderstorms erupting there. and a chance of turning into a tropical depression or storm. drifting to the east of florida the next couple of days. by thursday, these are all of the different models saying where it will go. and scraping the carolinas thursday. and friday for the 4th of july you seat consensus, off our coast but close enough we need to watch it. at the minimum a high rip current risk for everyone at the shore on the 4th of july. overnight, clouds and stars and turning more humid. 70 in dover. and the 4day at four tomorrow a dry day but hot and humidity 92 degrees. and scorcher wednesday. 94, feeling over 100 degrees
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with downpours. and then thursday, unsettled on the 4th watching the tropical feature that could turn into tropical storm arthur at 82 and more on forecast, but needless to say, a lot going on this week in the weather department. not a good week for you -- us is. >> thank yous. and a new list of powerful celebrities, who is number one. and a safety warning about a stroller. what you need to know could be dangerous for your kids. facebook running a secret experiment, manipulating people's news feeds do it affecting hundreds of thousands not aware of it. and get "action news" and accuweather any time with our 6 abc news app at the apple and android store. people are stuck in very old habits
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>> the iraqi government trying to retake some of the cities overrun by militant fighters. the main target is tikrit where fighting is going on. and they launched the offensive with the help of the united states, but so far the fighters are still holding that city. the group declared all of the territory it holds in syria and iraq is an independent islamic state. and president barack obama
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chose the head of procter as& gamb gamble. and he is a west point graduate and he is trying to fix the department reeling from cover-ups and long waits at hospitals. and oscar pistorius, they ruled that the olympian is fit to stand trial. and they ruled that he was not suffering from a mental illness when he shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. and "the buzz" next. and getting a lifetime award, but nothing on that on twitter, it has to do with a misspelling of his
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in her song she asks who runs the world, well apparently it's beyonce herself. forbes celebrity list out, and tops the celebrities. and using the system combining earnings, social media reached followed by lebron james, oprah winfrey and ellen degeneres. say you, say me, just not the letter t. and honoring lionel richie with the lifetime achievement award. and they may have considered an active adding a "t" to richie and that was trending or twitter with the deliberate misspelling and a lot of people harkening back to the travolta moment.
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>> 4:30, "action news" continues on this monday. a car goes up in flames and the driver is trapped inside. fire officials now say the man behind the wheel caused this terrible accident by making a simple mistake. and there is a warning this afternoon about a particular stroller that could hurt a child. and nydia han tells you what you had need to know. the mystery surrounding the death of a women. carol reiff was found dead and they gathered to remember reiff. >> a memorial confess where she worked for admiral insurance. part of the message of the member call service was districted to the public saying
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at this point her death is a mystery a year later. ♪ amazing grace >> one co-worker sung amazing grace and others offers stories and poems to remember carol reiff. a year ago reiff found dead in a wooded area not far from her lakeview apartment complex. an avid runner, they collected 100 pairs of shoes affixed to purple balloons for her favorite charity, the purple height foundation. and her daughter and running partner talked about her mom's interests. >> she liked to go out. she had jumped out of airplanes, run half marathons. >> dying under mysterious circumstan circumstances. and law enforcement says it cannot rule out natural circumstances. >> our investigatoring feel strongly there be people that
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can contact us and bring it to a resolution. >> at the end of the gathering the purple a balloons were released and they are daughter hopes someone comes forward to prevent another tragedy. >> whoever did this awful thing could do it to someone else, who knows. i want the closure, more so nothing happens to someone else. >> those so motivated there is a $20,000 reward available for the arrest and conviction of whoever might be responsible for what happened here. we will post contact information on our website, 6abc.com. live in blackwood, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. from our delaware news room a man fighting for his life after his own cigarette caused him to be badly burned inside his car. the state fire marshal's office said 49 year old travis paul smith threw a lit cigarette out
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of window but the wind blew it back it and set the interior on fire near the exit of kirkwood highway. passing motorists stopped and pulled him to safety. he is at the crozer with second and third-degree burns. two person hit when a minivan slided with a septa trolley at baltimore avenue and 56th street in cobbs creek after 8:00 a.m. they are investigating the cause, saying the man's driver may have run a red light. we don't know the extent. injuries. a woman says a man armed with a gun tried to rape her in a philadelphia home this morning. police and swat officer called to the 7900 block in holmesberg this morning. the suspect fled the home and the woman gave the police an address where she thought ate
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-- he might be but he was not there. and trying to rob a business in spring garden not getting far. called to shaffer cleaners around 11:00 a.m. and the police arrested the 24 year old suspect a few blocks from that scene. no one injured. to the forecast and adam joseph joining us. >> itch -- i have downpours and maybe a tropical event off the coast. and looking live in sky 6 in philadelphia, a few clouds. 86 degrees. the dewpoint low enough it's not terribly uncomfortable out. wind out of the south-southwest at 10 and heat index the same as the air temperature. that changes tomorrow as the dewpoints jump. tomorrow, especially into wednesday to the oppressive level. dewpoints now 60, going into the low 70s by midweek.
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with humidity in the air it means a chance for downpours and thunderstorms. in addition to that, watching a developing tropical system to the east coast of florida, north and east of miami. right now just a cluster of thunderstorms, no circulation. but models want to develop it into a tropical depression or tropical storm arthur. and we will let you know if it has an affect on our forecast. >> just want clear skies. >> we hope so. >> we'll see. consumer news, safety the first thing on parents' minds when it comes to their children. today consumer reporter, nydia han, has an morn warning about a double stroller that could pose a danger to kids. >> double strollers are a great option for those with two kids. a grayco would have problems.
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>> it comes in handy. >> a way to lock them in together safe. >> and they stay the ready to grow classic connect lx could have a problem. it was discovered during tests on the table. loaded with 35 pounds in the front in an infant seat. and then up to 20 degrees the brakes gave way. sometimes at 18 degrees and here 19 degrees. >> what happened some of the plastic pieces used to lock the wheels bent. >> grayco says the consumer tests famed to replicate real-world conditions because of the angles. >> we gauge whether the strollers have ex-from a safety and we tested over 100 and the
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only one including double strollers with the break we lease. >> and the ready to grow classics ls a don't by along with other stolers. the classic connect, click connect. if you own any of the grayco strollers ask the retailer for a refund. and they say several of their others are recommended, and the fast action duo click connect. consumer reports a best buy at $280. a different braking system. more info at 6abc.com. nydia han channel 6 "action news." if you live in or drive through new jersey illegally using your cell phone it is about to could you more. starting tomorrow, for texts or talking on the advice while driving prices going up. first time offenders at least
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$200. and a second time going up to at least $400, and the third offense you will be out at least $600 and a possible 90-day suspension of your driver's license. if you have to use the phone hands-free the way to go. the u.s. team has to win tomorrow in the world cup or they go home. they will take on belgium pat 4:00 p.m. today 39 year old mark geiger from beachwood, ocean city, new jersey made history on the field as a referee. the first american to reach a world cup match in the knock-out stage. and tomorrow's next, 6abc by your side watching the cub. and we want to hear from you now. where will you be watching the match? leaving work early? >> and 4:00, are we leaving
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early? >> that wasn't the plan, but -- next on "action news at 4:00" a flight full of people panicled as an emergency slide opens while in the air. hear from passengers who feared for their lives. plus a facebook experiment gone wrong. while the social medial giant blamed for warning messages across the world. and you can always get accuweather any time with our 6a accuweather any time with our 6a 6abc huh, fifteen minutes could save accuweather any time with our 6you fifteen percent or more on 6abc car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know words really can hurt you? what...? jesse don't go! jesse...no! i'm sorry daisy, but i'm a loner. and a loner gotta be alone. heee yawww!
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and garden veggie flavors. friskies grillers. >> investigators are trying to figure out why a plane's emergency shoot suddenly inflated in midair. pictures on the united flight after an emergency slide inplated inside of the plane. the flight as cruising altitude at more than 38,000 feet when it happened yesterday. >> i all of a sudden heard a hopping noise and you look back and you see the slide inflated like an air bag. >> wow, the flight headed from chicago to los angeles when the slide opened. the pilot made an emergency landing in wichita, kansas. thankfully everyone on board fine. the plane is now expected to figure out why that happened. in "healthcheck" at 4:00 the food and drug administration warning parents about treating teething babies. the rub medication that parents
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are putting on infant's gums could be harmful or toxic. the f.d.a. recommends staying away from lidacane and ic. over-the-counter drugs and gels. go the natural way, gently massage gums with a finger or use a cool teething ring. food items with more protein are popping up on grocery shelves but not for everyone. nutritionists say protein reserves and builds lean muscle. the more muscle we have the more calories we burn. that's good, but too much can lead to kidney stones. if you are getting more protein than carbohydrate it is can lead to a dangerous condition. and we are at the big board. if you felt a little blue while checking your facebook field it may not be your friends but the people behind the wall at facebook who are to blame. for one week back in 2012 the social media site intentionally
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manipulated what people saw in their feed. some people got posts, and others negative ones. more than 690,000 user affected and the study found those with less positive content used more negative words in their status updates and vice versa. like spreading negativive. and the company apologized on facebook saying the company is always trying to improve the content of a site. if you are having trouble getting over an ex, a website wants to help you break the has been hit. called ex-aholic.com. and they can help you recover. you can chat live, talk to exper
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experts. even talk to people going through the same thing. and the question asked in a new campaign by always, when did like a girl become an insult? lauren greenfield districted this video called "like a girl" asking 20-sentencings what it looks like to run like a girl and she got this. uncoordinated. and run like a girl. and then throw like a girl. and then asked young girls the very same question. >> fight like a girl. >> show me what it looks like to run like a girl. >> nice and confident answer there. they want people to use the #likeagirl to champion girl's confidence and strength. and based on the generation the girls have much more confidence. yeah, i have this. i can run and throw and fight.
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>> the next generation, great, i love it. >> thanks very much. another check on the roads. >> matt pellman in the traffic center with an update. matt? >> i am not so confident you are going to like the ride home along 95. slow this afternoon. seeking relief from the sunshine in the shade by penns landing. the northbound lanes, they are quite congested from this point up to cottman avenue. an earlier disabled vehicle headed towards the work zone that didn't help us out. it is now gone and the heavy afternoon volume. also gone, a broken down car on the schuylkill expressway eastbound side. and a stop and go ride eastbound from the roosevelt boulevard in towards south street. the construction until wednesday afternoon in old city, blocking off the tunnel under the ben franklin bridge. and on top on good buddy ben the right lane blocked. but you probably know that by now. and there was a water main break by the northeast high school, still blocking summerdale
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avenue. and head for algon avenue instead. and a crash along lance dale gone. but a wreck at chatman road, off to the side not get buying with much after problem. and 95, northbound side four extra minutes and southbound three extra minutes. and working on the gas main blocking delsey drive. and we check it again in the next half-hour. >> thank you so much. and the accuweather forecast coming up nex
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>> meteorologist adam joseph joining us. the temperature gauge tomorrow will say something in the 90s. >> it will skyrocket. and then in the 100s by wednesday. so a lot going on the week of the 4th of july. >> can i wear a short-sleeved suit tomorrow. >> that's do that, cut our sleeves off. as we look now the action cam in center city, folks getting in exercise. today a perfect day to do that with lower humidity and cooler temperatures before we spike here tomorrow. and especially midweek. and the accuweather live line-up, double scan live and looking at the present
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temperatures, satellite and radar. turning activity with the front from the west the double scan now across the region live, nothing going on. a few clouds upstairs. 86 in philadelphia, 83 in millville, 85 allentown. and the sea breeze, it is the place to beat the heat and will be the place to beat the heat the next two days with temperatures only in the upper 70s. satellite and radar, some showers in the mountains of west virginia, the severe storms moving through iowa. seeing the blue, it is an indication of hail with tornado watches and warnings. as it pushes east it will weaken and evaporate before it reaches us. the cluster of storms. the front reignites storms for us. saying hello to july the rest of this week. high pressure off the east coast.
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on tuesday and be wednesday the high between 105 and 100. and then an opportunity for could theered showers and downpours especially thursday. and the 4th of july a dropping system pulls up along the boundary and eastern seaboard. and looking at the spaghetti pot you may have remembered if from last year. every time is a different compute model saying if it becomes tropical storm arthur will move. and it scapes the carolinas and pulls out to sea. we have to watch it and there could be rip currents, especially the fourth if you are at the shower. 71 degrees the ocean temperature, and the next three days if you are down there looking good tomorrow. sun and clouds 85. partly sunny wednesday, 88. and thursday could be a very dicey day with many downstorms
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at the shore 84 degrees. the forecast, hot and humid tuesday, 92. scorcher wednesday downpours in the afternoon. and the heat index wednesday afternoon in the 100s along the i-95 corridor. a bit of a break at the shore and then numerous downstorms thursday, tropical in nature. 88. and come the 4th of july 82, but despite all of that the weekend, saturday, sunday, monday looking absolutely beautiful here. we will cover most of that 4th of july. >> all right, we'll take that. thanks. flyers fans got a chance to ming many with favorite players of days gone by . players on hand to sign pair fear -- various paraphernalia.
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>> it is time to save with 6abc. whether you're planning a july 4th barbecue or other summer entertaining, the folks have hot tips to save at the supermarket and you don't even need coupons. first this is applicable now, take advantage of holiday sales, there will be many heading into the weekend. right now big sales on continuedments, hot dogs, chicken, chips, soda, paper goods, you name it. some are good to stock up on, especially if you have freezer space. check unit prices. look at the sign under the items, showing you how much you are paying per ounce. do the math.
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sometimes save more buying small packages than one large one. this tip pays off. skip convenience items. do the watching, chopping and preparing yourself. it days a lot of work but save big on your bill. and especially summer entertainment season, alternatives to fancy items and choose different cuts of meat, maybe less prizy. and don't do fancy decertificates it can at up. and look up or down. stores often place expensive items at eye level so it is convenient. if you look up or down you find good sales. more tips on 6abc.com. >> good tips, thank you. that will do it for "action news at 4:00." for shirleen allicot, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph, i'm brian taff. shirleen and i and adam and ducis rodgers are back tonight, join us for "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. and here are rick williams, welcome back, and monica malpass. >> reunited.
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>> it feels so good. >> thank you, guys. coming up on "action news," another massive recall from general motors. explaining the latest cars linked to faulty ignition switch. and returning to a tragedy in breweritown neighborhood where a 3-year-old killed by a metal security gate. details of the investigation next. and the police go door-to-door telling
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♪ "action news." delaware valley's leading news program with jamie apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. we begin with a developing story.ms and monica malpass. the general motors safety crisis is growing. one of the world's biggest automakers recalling another 7.6 million vehicles in the u.s. because of faulty ignition switches that may have caused crashes, injuries and at least three deaths. it is monday night and the big story on "action news," another massive recall from general motors. >> with the latest recalls they pulled more than 28 million vehicles from the roads this year. >> and wendy is live where commuters are making their way
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home learning about this recall. wendy? >> this is going to have a huge impact. not just on g.m. but potentially the hardest hit are customers. 7.6 million vehicles recalled, parts may be on back order leaving drivers stranded or risking their safety it the recall after a slew of other problems reaching the store back in the mid 90s. g.m. ignored the problems with the faulty ignition switch and aware of seven crashes, eight injuries and three fatalities with older sedans. >> and turn it off, and the power assist, brakes, and air bags may not deploy. >> and handling more of these claims than any other in the country. >> a
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