it is wednesday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is happening right now, in suburban houston, texas.

police connerd a suspect gunman who has lock himself inside of his car. here are the the details. police say that he has shot and killed, six people, four of whom were children. police believe that the victims were relatives of the gunman, authorities say that the shooting resulted from a domestic problem. specifically, a break up in the family, that lived inside of the house. police chased the suspect after the shootings and intercepted him 3 miles from the shooting scene and at this hour the standoff, continues tonight. in fact, we now can go to a live picture of that street where police have cornered this shooting suspect for a long period of time now, and word is and we're trying to see this along with you, that police officer, members of the swat team, are now out of their special vehicles and approaching the koran foot. hard to see because it is so dark. but we are trying to discern what is happening, on the

ground as we look live, from a helicopter over, spring, texas, again, in suburban houston. if anything substantive, anything substantive happens here, we, of course, we will let you know. she may be 91 years old but she is still tough. just ask a burglar who has got a very sore finger tonight, because this woman, bit it today. she took some blows when she walked in on a burglary in progress but she is okay and waiting for her attackers to show up, here in jail. "action news" reporter sharrie williams is live on the 6200 block of carpenter street in the cobbs creek section of the city. sharrie, what are the details. >> reporter: jim, you are right, she went down, fighting in this one. the struggle unfolded as soon as ivory washington walk through the doorway of her home right here, behind me. this neighborhood is upset about this break in and how the 91 year-old and the

retired elementary schoolteacher was treated. she has lived here for 50 years and has never had any problems, until today. >> i'm better now then i was earlier today. >> reporter: bruised and sore, 91 year-old ought bring washington is recovering from a scary situation. it was 2:00 in the afternoon, she had been at senior center when she return to her home in philadelphia's cobbs creek neighborhood. she opened up the door and walked in on two men burglarizing her home. >> unaudible. >> that is the hard part of about it. i put the key in the lock, and i opened up the door and then something went over my head, and over my face. >> reporter: men then snatched her jewelry off of her fingers >> they grabbed both of my hand, they slipped my rings. >> reporter: her head still covered, one of the men punched the 91 year-old in the mouth but washington for the back. >> somebody put their hand up, to my face or something, they

put their finger out and i bit the finger. >> reporter: washington was hit again, and then fell to her knees, blacking out. >> i'm sore first. i'm shocked that it happened to me because i never thought this would happen to me, and mad at the same time. >> reporter: meanwhile the men fled out of the back door with a tv stuffed into a suitcase. that suitcase was later found in a nearby alley. outing, upbeat woman, she's thankful to be alive, but she hopes that the young men are caught. >> i hope they find them, and despite my injuries and despite i try to keep a good spirit about everything. and ask the lord to keep me for another day. >> reporter: the now, detectives have processed this home, looking for any fingerprint but they tell us that the men were wearing some type of a gloves on their fingers. meanwhile, one of the rings that was stolen has been

recovered but still missing is the diamond ring that was given to miss washington by her deceased husband. as for a description of the two maleness question, at this point all they know that is they may be between the ages of 18 to 21 years of age. we're live from cobbs creek, sharrie williams for channel six "action news". >> thanks, sharrie. the work continues tonight, to clean up from last night's storms. crew is still to have remove a large tree branch that fell last night and is still blocking the 7300 block of the west oak lane section of philadelphia utility crews are still hard at work restoring power to those without electricity. "action news" caught up with this peco crew on county line road in saybrook in radnor township. 16,000 peco customers are still in the dark. the that majority of those without power are in chester county. the at the height of the storm last night, more than 200,000 peco customers were without

electricity. sky six is live, in center city philadelphia tonight as the delaware valley largely escaped a second night of stormy weather. lets get the latest from double scan radar and meteorologist cecily tynan. >> jim, fortunately we did not get any repeat performance of last night with the gusty squall line of thunderstorms moving through. storm tracker six double scan showing we are storm free. we did have some showers and thunderstorms across the shore. they have moved off coast. about an hour ago. but there is a cluster of some thunderstorms in the northern lehigh valley and in the poconos this one line working across route 611 heading east. two lightening strikes associated with this in the past 15 minutes. also some showers near slatington. they are not severe, however, earlier this evening, between 5:00 and 6:00 we did have some severe storms in northampton county. that was reporting hail an inch in diameter. that is quarter sized and moore township reporting hail the size of pink --

ping-pongs. this is associated with the cold front. didn't quite get through. temperatures did drop. monday's high 93 degrees. yesterday 95. if we hit 90 today it would have been heat wave number two but as we predict we only hit 89 degrees. that is only 2 degrees above normal. however, it is still very humid. if you are getting tired of the muggies, i've got some good news for you as we head toward the weekend, a big drop in the humidity. i'll have details in the full forecast, jim. >> thanks, cecily. remember you can get updates on the forecast, anytime, with the six abc storm tracker app, it is free to down load, for your apple or android device. gasoline spill is to blame, for the fire that caused an extensive damage to a home on the main line. the fire went to two alarms before fire fighters from multiple departments were able to get the scene under control on the 200 block of wyndham lane in radnor. officials say that the home

owner was working on a truck when the fuel spill somehow ignited. the home owner was hospitalized with minor burns, a fire fighter working at the scene suffered from heat exhaustion. the parents of the four children who died in last weekend's fire, poured out their emotions to philadelphia city officials to day. councilman johnson, held a meeting to discuss the circumstances, surrounding the blaze. residents of the 6500 block of gesner street in southwest philadelphia, have said that the emergency response was too slow. fire officials, reject that saying crew is a arrived within three minutes but these grieving parents say that is not enough. >> the city is saying that we are out there, for accurate information, are we stupid. we lost four kids? i want them to say i'm sorry, i'm with y'all. >> liberia's ambassador to the united states was also there tonight.

a buckling foundation wall toys blame for collapse of the two row homes in the cobbs creek section of philadelphia the department of licenses and inspections says that a party wall dividing 6015 and 6017 spruce street collapsed on monday, causing the buildings to cave-in. fortunately nobody was hurt. a contractor must now demolish what is left of the houses within 30 days and inspectors say that the surrounding homes are safe. philadelphia police say a woman was held hostage by her boyfriend tonight in germantown and subjected to unspeakable violence. live at the scene of the 100 block of queen lane is "action news" reporter, kenneth moton, kenneth? >> reporter: jim, police are still holding this scene for the special victims unit which is getting a search warrant right now for this home near germantown avenue. at this hour the victim is being treated for her injuries, and man suspect of attacking her is being held at svu. only "action news" was there moments after philadelphia

police, freed the 27 year-old germantown woman who they say was bound, gagged, and raped on queen lane. investigators say it appears her 40 year-old live in boyfriend whom we spotted handcuffed and loaded in the back of the police van is responsible. >> so sad, because she is a nice person and for what i have seen i thought he was a nice person. >> reporter: police got a tip call about the woman being held hostage. just after 6:00 p.m. officers say they encountered the suspect who threatened to shoot them if they walk through the door. five minutes later and after swat was called in the man walk out and surrendered. the victim was discover in the back bathroom, a piece of cloth within her mouth and her wrist were bound so tightly that there was severe breezing. >> she did have a romantic relationship with this male, they lived together as boyfriend and girlfriend. however, we're also getting information that she tried to break off this relationship. >> reporter: a friend of the couple sat outside the home surprised as police guarded the front door.

>> he was always watching her. they were always arguing and fighting. he was a nice guy. he was an artist. gentle person. >> reporter: police rush the victim to the hospital to be checked out and then she will be interviewed to find out exactly what happened inside this home. >> he speaks. he is friendly, you know, and her too. so i never would have even thought anything like that was going on. >> police believe the one man was held against her will for at least a day. the name of the suspect has not been released. we're told from sources he will be charged with rape and related offenses, jim. live from germantown, kenneth moton for channel six "action news". >> thanks, kenneth. police say this is the man who has been terrorizing an upper darby neighborhood. he is terrell booker and he has been accused of break nothing to a woman's home and watching her sleep. investigators think he may than the intruder behind four similar incidents. the break ins began in april and became progressively more frightening n1 the

intruder groped a woman and in another, he took cell phone video of his victim. >> thank god, thank god he didn't hurt anybody and we were scared to death that the potential, brazenness was increasing and potential for violence in anyone of these could be astronomical. >> booker is 21. he is being held on hundred thousand dollars bail. detectives are still working the case trying to connect him to all five incidents. vice-president joe biden made a stop in the area tonight, for an event in the center city philadelphia marriott. he delivered remarks at the grand back death of the congress of the greek orthodox archdiocese. there was a gathering of both clergy and lay people. the vice-president spoke of his close ties to the greek american community. he said it has been one of the great honors of his life to learn culture through friends and collogues in delaware. still to come on "action news" tonight, the former mayor of new orleans is sentenced on bribery charges. bill gates is joining a push

to develop remote control birth control. cecily tynan has more from accu weather, criminal charges for justin beiber and phillies try to win three in a row. "action news" continues in a moment. h,z/

the united nations secretary jennies calling for an end to the new wave of violence between israel and hamas. the statements come as families living in gaza, surveyed the damage caused by recent air strikes. officials are trying to stop hamas and other military groups from firing rockets into israel. those officials, from israel defense today u.n. secretary general moon, called on world leaders to press the israelis and palestinians to return to their cease-fire agreement of 2012. tensions between the two escalated last week, following

the killing of three israeli teenagers and at parent revenge killing of a palestinian teenager. president barack obama traveled to texas today where's dressed the growing immigration crisis at the border. he met with one of his most harsh critics, texas governor rick per i. after the meeting the president called on congress to approve, nearly $4 billion to help cope with the growing influx, of unaccompanied minors coming into the country. but it was what the president did not do that made some headlines. obama did not travel to see the problem first hand. >> i think that is a humanitarian crisis that the president should give the person a attention too. >> i'm not interested in photo ops, i'm interested in solving a problem. >> many of the minors are fleeing crime and violence, in central america. the surge of children has overwhelmed federal facilities in this country. the former new orleans mayor who led the city through

hurricane katrina, was sentenced to day to ten years in prison. a federal judge sentenced ray naigan today for bribery, money laundering and fraud during his two terms as mayor, naigan became a national figure after openly criticizing the federal government's response to hurricane katrina. prosecutors hoped that the 58 year-old would be sentenced to closer to 20 years in prison for what they described as a betrayal of the city. >> what ray naigan did was sell his office, over and over and over again. the the damage that he inflict upon this community, to include you, ma'am, to include you, ma'am. >> naigan denied any wrongdoing during his trial, in february. justin beiber entered a plea in court today in connection with an egg throwing incident from january. the pop star pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vandalism charges for damaging

his neighbor's property. beiber was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay over $80,000 in damages. he also has to complete five days of community service and a 12 week anger management program. on health check tonight we could be less than four years away from an innovative, and all together different kind of of contraceptive, the bill and melinda gates foundation is backing a bio tech company deployment of the remote control birth control. a wireless device would be implanted in a woman's skin and allow her to activator deactivate hormones when wanted. the chip would last 16 years. the device is currently being tested in the which the company hopes to introduce it in the year 2018. late word from accu weather with cecily tynan. >> jim, it is very warm and humid out there. things will change as far as humidity. storm tracker six live double scan is showing that we are pretty quiet out there.

there is one little batch of showers and thunderstorms, working through, the area right now. it is all heading east. bethlehem, allentown will probably get clipped by this. no lightening strikes associated with this. this is just mainly a heavy downpour. generally we will escape, most of the storms, tonight. nothing like last night, fortunately. temperature wise it is still warm. philadelphia is 80 degrees. in wilmington p-7 seven. and millville 74. allentown 71. the trenton 78 degrees. the dew point which measures moisture in the air. when you get dew points close to 07 degrees that is oppressive. it is 69 in philadelphia. seventy-two in dover. it is 63 in allentown. lower up to the north, that is because there is a cold front that is just meandering that will finally move through tomorrow. satellite with six action radar showing it is seen really well right here and this will finally slip through tomorrow but it will stall off coast and that will bring us the possibility of a few more

thunderstorms. >> 7:30 tomorrow morning. it all depend on your location. i-95 corridor areas north and west will see sunshine. south and east a lot of clouds, perhaps even a shower as we head through the day with the boundaries so close, we will see a few isolated pop up showers, maybe a couple of thunderstorms and best chance of anything concentrated would be along the shore, and in southern delaware, northern and western of philadelphia will not see more than a couple of sprinkles. so tomorrow transition day. high pressure is beginning to build n we're trying to clear 86 degrees. cooler then today. not as humid. lingering shower south and east of philadelphia, and high pressure takes over on friday and saturday. if you are down the shore though tomorrow mixture of clouds and sunshine. spotty thunderstorm possible namely in the afternoon at 11:00 o'clock, 78 degrees and then by 3:00 o'clock 81. so the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, feeling better tomorrow 86 degrees.

low humidity. again isolated shower possible, friday though, that high pressure really, begins to take control, mixture of clouds and sunshine, low humidity, and then saturday looking nice, partly sunny. 87 degrees. great weather for the union game. on sunday that july humidity begins to creep up with the chance of afternoon thunderstorms, 88 degrees. on monday another cold front approaches, that will bring us some showers and thunderstorms, 88 degrees. tuesday transition day and afternoon sunshine 86 degrees. and then another breath of fresh air moves in on wednesday with a high of 48 degrees. kind of the battle between dry air and humid air, the dry air will win out, tomorrow, friday, saturday. >> all right. sixty's, 70's and 80's fill the air tonight in the germantown section of philadelphia. >> ♪ >> there was dancing and oldy

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tallest water slide in the world opens to the public, tomorrow, and engineers tested out the 17 story slide in kansas city. it is called the verrook which

means insane in german. riders have to climb 264 steps to reach the top and then they can slide down of speeds up to 65 miles an hour. that is not nearly fast enough for ducis rodgers, and 17 stories isn't nearly high enough for ducis rodgers. >> i was going to say that looks like the the phillies season free falling there for a while. >> for a while. >> but they're back. you guys, groaning in the studio? i just say the facts now. what has gotten in the phillies. better question can we bottle it. tonight they look to make pit three straight wins over brewers. chase utley two nights ago he hit a first inning home run. deja vu all over again. this is utley's eighth of the season. one to nothing phillies. now tied at one in the sixth inning. jimmy rollins, his first home run in over a month. it is a two run job. and, three-one phillies. roberto hernandez dealing, eight innings of three hit ball. 's loud one run tonight. his best outing of the season. jonathan papelbon works the ninth for the save.

after the game, pap says he would like to be pitching for a contender for the end of the month. he is saying he would like to be traded. they have won three straight. same two teams tomorrow afternoon. cliff lee made another rehab start in clearwater tonight and this did not go as well as last one. lee goes four innings, gives up three runs, did strike out four. he thinks he will make another rehab start before returning to the phillies. it is still, only summer league play but it appears nerlens knoll is ready for the real thing. sixers and nets, michael carder williams and thaddeus young have have to be impressed with nerlens noel. force on both end of the court. later, noel, crashing the boards, 14 points, nine rebounds for him. former st. joes stand out ronald roberts trying to catch the coach's eye, six-point, seven boards in limited action. sixers win 92-86. back to know he will, he finish with five blocked shots. coach brett brown, is pleased. >> he has just got fantastic

bounce, he has fantastic instincts. you can see clearly he hasn't played basketball for a while but his inherent just athletic abilities and instincts are impressive. he is highly, heightly competitive, and is probably the the single most enduring quality that we love in him. >> still to come, another update to the where in the world where lebron james land game? plus, second world cup semi finalist nothing like the

lebron james has many suiters but it appears heat and calves are the front runners. decisions, decisions. latest news has james reportedly meeting with heat president pat riley in las vegas as heat make their pitch to resign him. espn is reporting james and his agent will not take anymore meetings with any other teams. sunday afternoon at 3:00 here on six abc world cup final german a weights argentina and netherlands. stop me if you heard this before. guy dressed like hulk hogan and they walk in the stadium. you have heard everything, jim. you tube, go to the penalty kick. romero makes six saves. that opens up the door for matthew rodriguez. argentina wins four-two. it will be argentina and germany on sunday. that is sports. >> thanks, ducis. i haven't heard the joke. >> but we don't have time. it happens every year and it happened in sea isle city.

>> little miss queen is lauren. >> five and 12 competed for titles of little miss sea isle city and junior miss sea isle city. dance routines to on stage interviews the girls put forward their best effort and as far as we're concerned they were all winners. the the event is staged by sea isle city division of tourism. jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. jimmy's guest are robert pattinson, pablo shriver and niko and vince. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edwards, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers, the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good night.