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he opened his door for two men and a woman this afternoon. the trio knew what they were doing when they rushed a homeowner and robbed him inside his house. i'm sarah bloomquist along with walter perez and the dig story on "action news" tonight is a daytime home up vacation in philadelphia's crescentville section. >> what makes this crime more despicable the victim is a vietnam veteran is that the recovering from a stroke. sken live with more. kenneth. >> walter, and sarah i can tell you we're node two cases including one from today try owe has thick foreign accents and said anything they could owe to get through the door to steal. we're not shoingt fashion of the 68 years man. you can see his hat. this proud vietnam vet van was a victim of thieves late yesterday afternoon in cesenville. he recently had a stroke and cannot speak. >> people who pray on the disabled get no pit yes for me.
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>> on the 600 block of comely a man with two female accomplice around 50 knocked open the victim's door. once they saw he was disabled they talked their way in and stole $100 in cash. >> from what i understand he's not the first and won't be the lasts until they're caught. >> "action news" learned police are investigating a similar incident a few blocks away on singer street where 0-year-old wheelchair bound man was robbed of cash in his home thursday. the roving thieves went to two other houses before finding vietnam vet. neighbor calise mongo said he was one of them. they had a child in the back of the mipy van. >> she had to be three. i don't know if it was theirs. i doubt. it like i said these older women were like grandmom age. >> minutes later he saw the victim screaming at the male suspect. >> that man doesn't bother nobody stays to himself and stays in his house and he has
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issues and the man is trying to help himself you're taking from him. the victims relatives are saying he reminds him of what to do in the future. >> keep your doors locked and don't open them to anybody you don't know. >> they got way in a child oldsmobile van. tipicicly they'll offer service. >> i can tell you in that other incident police say they pulled a broken pipe scam. reporting live in northeast philadelphia, ken, channel "action news," walter. >> kenneth. thanks for the update. following a developing story out of wilmington, delaware tonight a woman is city beingly injured after she was shot on the street there. it happened on the 600 block of north adam street before 10 p.m. the woman was rushed to christianne hospital in critical condition with several gun shot wounds. investigators remain on the scene. so far officers have not released information about the suspects or a motive in this case. a family in philadelphia out
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for a fun day in fairmont park was nearly crushed by a falling tree while sitting their suv. hasan and three children were leaving could be's creek when they heard a loud noise. moments later their car was covered in heavy branches. >> it was a cracking noise and the tree fell open the car. i started crying. >> the tree also took out a power line. so peco responded secure the scene to make repairs. it is believed the recent severe weather may have weakened the tree and caused it to snap. nobody was injured. >> a southwest philadelphia community is coming together in the wake of a devastating fire both to mourn the young victims and support the survivors. four children lost their lives early saturday morning after flames spread through 8 row homes open the 6500 block of gesner street. the victims are 1-month-old taj jacqu and 4-year-old patrick sanyeha and twins marie and maria boawah
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they railroad rosalyn's gray grand-daughters. >> i said it can't be my girls i just saw them wednesday. >> as the families try to come to grips with their loss. strangeers came up to help. the baptist church is collecting household items for those that are displaced and may need them. red cross is accepting financial donations. fire investigators are looking into a report children may have been tossing lit firecrackers near a front porch sofa before the blaze broke out. >> a local group is also helping to care for several pets that survived the fire on gesner street. this was a vick tin found alive inside one of the burned houses. she's in care of red paw relief teamch the organization is providing food and shelter for chloe a dog displaced by the fire. meantime brody and hannah, cat and turtle injured by the flames were just reunited with their owners. >> investigators in burlington county are looking for the
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person behind three store burglaries all of which happened this morning and an alarm went off d ai another repair route 130 and edgewater before 2 p.m.. investigators soon discovered three other nearby businesses that were broken into. the street only covered a half mile span. store owners are reviewing inventories to find out what was stolen. investigators are reviewing surveillance video. >> turning now to the weather forecast it's been wonderful for the 4th of july weekend and we hope you soaked it all in because it promises to be stingy and stormy this week. meteorologist adam joseph in for melissa tonight at the "action news" big board with all the details. hey, adam. >> hey, walter the heat and you humidity will jump up first thing tomorrow morning. heat this week does not look as intense as last week. also with humid a and storms. mild right now, 77 in philadelphia e. 76 wilmington and 73 allentown at the shore hovering arounds 70. so not as comfortable as it was
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the last couple of nights with those lows dropping well into the rz. as we look at satellite and radar we're dry now. high clouds pushing in from a weak boundary that was in western parts of pennsylvania. as we're to the west you see near chicago the strip of clouds, showers and thunderstorms. that is along the cold front that will slowly sink in by latetis and especially pass through here on wednesday. but ahead of it temperatures are warming up. we were 86 in philadelphia today and 0 raleigh and you can see the heat with the building 90s midwest and all this is pushing west to east. as we look at the feel-like temperatures here with heat up develop that's combination of air temperature and humidity by 4bg tomorrow afternoon it will feel like 9 degrees allentown and 39 wilmington and 59 philadelphia and a little cooler at the shore. 58 degrees. but, no heat advisorys in place for tomorrow. >> and when i come back sarah we'll talk about the warmest day of the week and chance for a few storms as well in the 7-day
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forecast. >> all right. adam. check back in a bit. thank you. keep track of the summer heat by downloading the stormtracker 6 app. it brings you access to hourly forecast, radar and alerts posted in your area in case of severe weather. >> gloomy weather on the fourth for several communities to move fireworks to tonight. for those that suck around the delayed celebration was worth the wait. annie mccormick joins us live in accuweather tonight with more. annie. >> hey, wanter that fire work display lasted 20 minute and wrapped up just before 10 p.m.. there are several people there nervous that the windy conditions today were postponeding the fireworks again instead the weather cooperated and show was a success. >> the 4th of july holiday weekend went out with a bang. accuweather's belated fireworks display lit up the sunday evening sky. like many shore towns accuweather moved their show because friday's rough surf made
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it dangerous for the barges carrying the pie retechniques in the ocean. >> i came back this year to watch it. >> avalon the final hours of the holiday weekend people did not want it to end. >> this will be the longest day we spend at the beach. whenever we can we stay until the sun comes down. >> we're going to stay and try to miss the traffic coming home tonight. >> the walker family got seats for the annual show which ovld moves to sunday. >> many looked at the change of plans of welcomed delay to extend the weekend and maybe avoid traffic. >> you adapt to the change and it was a great weekend. it rained the other day then it cleared and it's been beautiful. >> back on the ac beach anticipation grew before the show especially for 3-year-old lee anne. >> i want to see fireworks. >> are you excited? >> yeah. >> with each pop people agreed, this show was worth the wait. >> it was awesome.
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it was sxwloding in different places like i had to open my eyes to see both of them. it was hard. what was really cool the fire went off 3 different parts of accuweather and whether cooperated here. we're told the fireworks display in cape may had to be cancelled because of windy conditions. reporting live in accuweather, annie mccormick, channel "action news". >> looks like fun. thank you, annie. more to come on "action news." if you travel abroad this summer you better make sure your cellphone works or face extra scrutiny by tsa officials. >> and adam returns with more open the workweek, muggies. >> jeff skversky has the phillies lingering woes in >> jeff skversky has the phillies lingering woes in sports when "action news" comes
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not good. it's not the best. no, that's not fun. look at it this way, you're kind of on top. if i was like this, all day. switch from the bottom to the top and see why millions of satisfied customers have made fios #1. last chance! get a verizon fios triple play with a 2-year agreement and get $300 back. plus, a free lg tablet or up to $200 off any tablet from verizon wireless. that's satisfaction. that's powerful. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >> the american teenager saying he was brutalized by police is out of jail. he was released from custody bruised from the incident involving israeli forces. the florida teen aimer's family says this video shows officers symptoming, kicking and punching the teenager whoa is held down. they claim abu was -- they
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believe his cousin was burned alive by extremists. abu kadur says the beating was unprovoked. >> i remember two people coming in and hitting me from behind and i wept to sleep that's. it. >> we'll have more on this story coming up n next half hour of "action news". >> something else to think about if you're traveling abroad this summer make your your electric devices are charged before your flight home. transportation security administration is requiring passengers at over sea aerts to turn on devices before boarding. devices that do not power up will not be allowed on u.s. bound fights. those travelers have to undergo additional screening. al qaeda is trying to produce an undetectable bomb. >> the self the loss ankle less clippers is about to enter a new phase.
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donald sterling and estranged wife shelly will face off in bro' bates court tomorrow. it accepteders around the million dollar deal she struck with steve ballmer. it was maids after doctors declared 80-year-old donal mentally incapacitated giving shelly the right to negotiate without his consent. those exams were defective and incomplete. >> did kos rar pistorius have time to think before he killed his former girlfriend. four months of testimony draws to a explosion. attorney from south african para olympia an said he impulsively shot her last february because he was unable to flee. the shooting was methodical they say and he knew she was not a intruder. >> we're geting a clearer picture of the moment a man from
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california swam right into the jaws of a great white shark yesterday. >> he got bit. >> 40-year-old steve says he was screaming for his life in the clip there taken seconds after the juvenile shark clamped down on his torso. and i'm staring at this shark eye to eye just right there. just thought this can't be it you know? [beep]. >> unfortunately the shark believed to be 7 feet long released him and aapartmently the animal was fighting to get free from a fisherman's line. authorities banned fishing from the pier i
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>> some of the best young marching musicians in the country dazzled a crowd in chester tonight all part of annual drum and buingle corps competition put on by youth in the arts. defending world champion cadets flailed allentown. >> meteorologist adam joseph in for melissa magee i don't reason a 4th of july this low in humidity and mild. >> on friday 78 was the high for the fourth. it was 18 years. 18 years ago. >> that's how far back my memory goes. >> mip goes two days you got me beat. as we look at double scan live
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out there right now. saul quiet. it was a perfect night for some fireworks at the shore. this in accuweather on the action cam. you can see all the folks standing and watching over the open waters of the atlantic. it was not the weather from the sky on friday that postponed many shur shore fireworks it was seas how rough they were and barges could not get out until the seas calmed down. as we look at the lineup. almanac. present temperatures and dew points beginning to rise and will continue to rise monday and tuesday, 86 the high today. normal 87. low 64. normal low 69. so we were below average for today. but that is going to change tomorrow. it is warm now in allentown. 73. the same for trenton. 76 wilmington. upper 60s along the shore. right now with ocean temperature bumping up to 6. it was at 59 a couple days ago. do you point measure of much
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moist stur in the air. comfortable. still there in some communities. south and west we bump to lower 6 0s. it's starting to turn muggy. that is the case monday. especially on tuesday. satellite and radar high clouds bumpinging in from the west. again they'll kind of whisk through and mainly a clear sky after midnight tonightch the heat does return tomorrow and summer soup is back on the menu with southwesterly winld. high clouds, 92. slightly humid. we're not going to be oppressively humid like last week and those temperatures won't be as high as well. still, hottest day of the week will come on tuesday. very uncomfortable at 94. still not oppressive humidity. but humid enough that the heat indexes will jump up toer 90s by tuesday and could be evening downpours or thunderstorms far north and west and not much of trigger in the atmosphere like last week to bring us severe weather and still something we'll fellow late tuesday night to wednesday.
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shore forecast, plenty of sun. gusty southwest wimd. feeling good in the ocean side. 87, 11:00, 88, 3:00, with uv index being on the high side. if you have to head back to work tomorrow morning that commute humid, sunny, warm, 73. 6:00, at 8:00, 70 degrees. 92 tomorrow. a little more humid. but not oppressive. not oppressive on tuesday. still very hazy, hot, uncomfortably humid 94. most of the day tuesday is dry. >> here's future tracker:30 in the evening. could be be down powers and thunderstorms far northwest to fire up and front comes through wednesday. more in the way of cloud cover at 89 with spotty shower or thunderstorm. and then turning less humid, drier thursday, 84. beautiful on friday. and right now upcoming weekend looking good. 87. both days. so it should not be as hot or humid or active as last week. still a change from the weekend.
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we showed people a survey that stacked fios up against comcast. what's it like paying for internet that's rated 6th out of 7 in customer satisfaction? not good. it's not the best. no, that's not fun. look at it this way, you're kind of on top. if i was like this, all day. switch from the bottom to the top and see why millions of satisfied customers have made fios #1. last chance! get a verizon fios triple play with a 2-year agreement and get $300 back. plus, a free lg tablet or up to $200 off any tablet from verizon wireless. that's satisfaction. that's powerful. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >> jeff is here to talk
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phillies. >> ryne sandberg saying after another loss i'm not losing faith. at least somebody believes in the ball club. it's gone bad, ugly to embarassing in a matter of weeks what is going on with phillies. they're in the middle of one of the worst stretches you will see. they lost 13 of last 16 games yup phillies could use a hug. runs and of course a win. phils strike first. first inphysical pittsburgh. marlin burd rolls in jimmy rawlins. aj burnett takes to a standing ovation and former pirates. pits burs fans clap for this. russel martin 2-run double. phils fall behind 2-1. nobody allowed more first inning
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runs than the phils. burd again this time bye-bye burdy. phils score six runs this weekend. burd responsible for half of them. pirates bat a round and score three times. andrew mccutchen deep to center rbi triple. phils down 4-2. mccutchen killing it this weekend. later in the evening star ling martin rbi single phils lose. sfwhept pittsburgh for the first time in twelve years. season low 14 games under 500. nope not even police can help out. phils head to milwaukee. chase utley headed to minnesota next week. phillies second baseman named as all star tonight. he's loan phillies representative. >> utley will make 6th all star appearance next tuesday. two second base nen national league history have started more that ut. his manager ryne sandberg is one of them. new jersey's mike trout will
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start in the mid summer classic for american league. cliff lee is highing return when the phils frurn all star break next week. he's out withel bro' strain for two weeks. struck out two a loued one hit. lee plans to pitch for clearwater in three days. >> this is interesting. lee admits the pain in his elbow not completely gone right now. we'll hear free phils starter coming up on "action news" at 11:50. >> why sixers center nerlens noel front and center
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