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detergent packets getting into the hands of your children. and nba superstar lebron james announces he's going home to the cavaliers. the latest on how he made his decision and the reaction. and now the details.e his israel's prime minister says there is no end in sight to the military operation against militants in the gaza strip. benjamin netanyahu says despite national pressure israel will continue what he says is a determined effort to stop rocket fire against the country. one of those rockets hit a gas station in southern israel, causing a massive explosion injuring at least one person. netanyahu says the air strikes hit targets since tuesday killing more than 100 people. and john rawlins live outside of the consulate in center city where separate rallies were held
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by people on both sides of the conflict. >> a busy day here near the israeli consulate. this demonstration going on, israel's current actions in gaza. and earlier a demonstration in support of israel's policy. >> palestinian flags calling for a palestinian state at this demonstration this evening. while at noon time israeli and u.s. flags at this israeli solidarity rally. at this earlier gathering, the view that israel has the right to defend itself, to use its military against hamas. >> israel has been hit by rockets nonstop. and israel has the right to defend herself and no one can say anything different. >> rockets started to rain down on israel and it's been described how most israelis are
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living. in the south allowed to only go 15 seconds from a bomb shelter. >> the rocket attacks and israel's response viewed different live by these protest protesters. saying the battle is unfairly one-sided and innocent palestinians not terrorists are targeted. >> and why does one or two rockets resulted in no casualties mean that israel has the right to have a huge deployment and destroy houses of the people that cannot get out? gaza is under siege and no one can leave. >> the conflict between israel and the palestinians continu s 5700 miles away but emotions running high in center city. >> thank you, john. more on the conflict in the gaza strip on "world news with diane
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sawyer" at 6:30 right after "action news at 6:00." a 40-year-old man shot and killed in philadelphia this afternoon. it happened in the 1800 block about 12:30. he was taken to temple university hospital where he died a short time later. the gunman remains on the loose. a second man died after a shooting earlier this week in bucks county. joshua johnson died at the hospital wednesday night, one of three people shot in a home on winder drive early tuesday morning. 24 year old tyrone moss died at the scene and a third man also shot. police have not yet said what led to the shooting. joe a storage facility went up in flames at the country club on the 300 block of shell road. there were reports some propane tanks in the building exploded.
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no reported injuries from the scene. the philadelphia police charge add philadelphia man with two robberies. saying 35 year old william robinson robbed the 7-eleven. and he said the same day he robbed a pizza hut. and an update to the story we brought you yesterday concerning a delaware s sem -- cemetery overrun with gophers. and they said it was invested. large holes in the grounds mere gravestones and markers. and the church that surrounds the cemetery says that it is the first they heard of the problem and i assured us they will do what they can to make it safe. and having a yard same may not be as easy as hanging up a
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side. the council is considering requiring permits. and also considering regulating how much can happen in a year and a timetable to remove a yard sale signs. and it was after complaints that some residents had sales almost every weekend. that is tuesday at 7:00. consumer news laundry detergent packets you toss in the washing purchase have increased, and concerned have increased with more than 20,000 calls to the call center. >> alex is good now but it was touch and go after he bit into a tide detergent pod. >> he had so much diarrhea and stuff coming out his mouth, it was horrible. when he turned blue it was probably the scariest part except for the part when he qui
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pod when one rolled under furniture after the lit of the package popped up. he was air lifted to a hospital and on a ventilator for seven days. the candy-colored packets have contents that are toxic to digest. >> when they first came how the some used clear containers. >> and some of the lids were flimsy and not designed to deter children. and costco made a switch to an opaque lid. and others have an opaque container with a child-resistant lid. >> we would suggest they redesign them so they don't look like candy. >> and keep them out of the
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reach of your children. if you think your child may have been injured call the hot line immediately. a truck carrying a carnival ride caused a huge back up along the new jersey turnpike this morning. the ride towed said behind the vehicle fell off. no one was hurt but the back up as you can see extended some nine miles as crews worked to clear up the scene. and the afternoon commute on this friday. >> matt pellman with the update. >> we have back up s around our 7-elevens, it is free slurpee day. in the normal spot approaching 29, it would not look like if we checked it monday afternoon. this weekend they shift the southbound traffic over to the newly-constructed concrete.
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throughout the weekend watch out for construction along route 22 in malvern. and a crash this afternoon westbound about three miles past valley forge. injuries involved and the right lane blocked. traffic is slow as you head toward the accident scene. in doylestown an early yerp fire has broad street should down. if you are poconos-bound the northeast extension in the 40s. and they are closing it like they do sometimes on sunday morning, midnight to 6:00 a.m. at this point stick with 309 instead. and also surround morning 6:00 to 7:30 a.m. the american cancer society bike-a-thon and the ben franklin bridge shutdown. and the shuttle bussing this weekend in norristown v. a good weekend and i will see you
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monday. >> have a good weekend as well. local young athletes given the gift of life will join the 2014 transplant games of america. 13 kids from ages 7 to 17 boarded a bus in will women t s this -- a bus in wilmington to head to the airport. each received organ transplant. and they feed others in texas to celebrate and compete. and the owner not too happen after somebody else crashed the car. who was behind the wheel next. and king james making headlines. lebron james announced heading home to cleveland, and jeff skversky with reaction in sports. another day with no 90s in the mid-atlantic. and binghamton 78, 81 in
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valet parking person took the keys to a lamborghini and proceeded to crash another valet and into a car and then a concrete barrier. the valet hit fortunately not seriously hurt. unfortunately, the high-end car was, a total loss. woe. an odd road closure stopping traffic through one of the country's national parks. yellowstone national park in wyoming had to close the road because the road is melting. they say extreme temperatures caused thick oil to bubble to the surface and the blacktop damaged and the road unsafe. the closure in effect for self days until they make reprayeair. and the big news, lebron james making his decision going home to the cavaliers. >> hello. all of the cleveland fans who have burned their lebron james number 23 jerseys four years ago, you better get out the fire
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extinguishers, you will need the jerseys. that is right, lebron james going back to cleveland where he spent the first seven seasons of his career. let's take a look at how this went down today. lebron james in an essay to "sports illustrated," how about this quote. i looked at other teams but i wasn't going to leave miami for anywhere except cleveland. the more time passed, the more it felt right this is what makes me happy. the goal to bring the trophy back to cleveland. now the favorites to win the nba title. the heat now 100 to 1 odds to win. lebron leaving miami to cleveland. he spent the last four years with the heat along with dwyane wade and chris bosh. and they won two championships. in the letter lebron is not promising a championship in cleveland because he knows how hard it is to deliver. and catching up with steven a. smith for reaction.
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>> you didn't know definitively whether he would do it or not, but you knew it was a 50-50 shot at the very least he could end up going back to cleveland simply because it was a lot of wearing on him. the health of dwyane wade. the load he carried. and his relationship with pat riley. and his entourage there compared to cleveland. and his wife and confidantes and everybody for him to come home. and the phillies home before the all-star break taking on the nationals. after the rare four-game streak against the brewers. the new guy, brady sizemore. and they have called him up from triple-a and he is in the line-up tonight batting lead-off
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and playing center for ben revere. he is a nine-year veteran returning to the big leagues. >> i appreciate every day. not knowing whether you will play again, every day i put a uniform on is something i appreciate. i will take a moment and enjoy it i am happy to be here and happy to have the opportunity. >> the phillies have not lost since sunday when a.j. burnett last pitched. allowing three runs in seven innings. he has good numbers against jaison werth in his career. and both of them were homers. and back to basketball, the sixers, of course, taking baby steps as they try to build for a championship. a orlando playing for the title in the summer league. and noel not in the game resting the game. sixers, that is thompson, 24
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points. and an alley-oop which sampson. and later in the game off the furnishover, how about ronald roberts, the former st. joe's star with the big slam. the sixers win 91-75. they win the title down there with noel on the bench. and they now take their talents to las vegas with the las vegas summer league. and noel averaged 14 points per game down in orlando. a crazy day in the nba. we will see the domino effect with the other teams and lebron james going to cleveland. >> jeff, thanks. it's going to be interesting. local kids took part in the smarty paws lunch party in media.cal kids took part in the the program is delco spca initiative.
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>> so many outdoor activities on the weekend in the summer, looking good. >> yeah, it is. low humidity to start, sunshine as well. sunday late in the day in the poconos some thunderstorms, but looking pretty good as we look now at double scan live. most of the area is dry this afternoon. a quieter end to this week. but there are a couple of downpours in parts of southern new jersey. double scan live a little closer, we had one that passed through millville. that particular downpour as you see is falling apart as it is losing some of it. a new one west of elmer. and no lightning strikes with these, but random downpours. the reason why they are blossoming and drifting slowly in the southern areas of new jersey that is where the humidity remains very high where
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as most of northern delaware and pennsylvania the humid dropped big-time and can't support it. millville 76 degrees. at the shore no rain, a sea breeze has dropped the temperatures into the lower 70s. satellite and radar, the front and energy and most of the humidity pushed off the coast south and east of cape cod. a wedge of dry air not only along the i-95 corridor but sections of the u.s.-canadian border. the high sets us up for a weekend beauty. and the sea breeze remains in place tomorrow. lots of sun, very warm at 88. but also low humidity. the humidity will spike here on sunday. so on sunday morning on futuretracker we start off
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fairly dry. trying to pop a couple of showers in lancaster, but it is really not until the afternoon hours, say 3:00 in northwestern areas, and the poconos, we could see some thunderstorms or downpours popping because of the humidity and also because of a front that's going to be approaching from the north and west. 66 degrees your ocean temperature. tomorrow with the sea breeze and a lot of sun, pleasant at the shore, 78. 78 degrees on sunday. again, sun and clouds and a dry day. the poconos, that's the only place in the entire viewing area that both days there's a chance of some afternoon thunderstorms developing. 78 saturday, but more humid and a better chance ever storms come sunday of 76. the exclusive forecast, 88 tomorrow. similar temperatures on sunday but dealing a lot more uncomfortable with the humidity sunday. and again the late spotty storm in the poconos or lehigh valley. and monday 90, numerous
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thundershowers and thunderstorms. and tuesday a front pass throughs and tuesday afternoon showing very cool air in the atmosphere. and that will bring gust y thunderstorms and drop the temperature. and highs near 80s. and typically in july 87 degrees, the middle of next week highs only around 80. enjoy the break from the heat and humidity. much more "action news"
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rubik's cube and the birthday of the inventor. it is in jersey city. you don't see that every day on a barge. >> no, a different sight. and the "action news" team with these stories. child-killer conviction, hearing from the young boy's family. and the sister who he heroically tried to same. >> plus, scandal and questions of criminal conduct at the delaware medical examiner's office. a top official gets the axe. and also winning attitude. an eagles' player pitches in with hundreds of others to help feed needy children. for
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♪ "action news." delaware valley's leading news program with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. friday night. a hollywood actress' boyfriend found dead in a philadelphia hotels. and a multicar crash leaving debris and injury. the big story on "action news," the verdict of guilty in the trial of osvaldo rivera. rivera has been convicted of killing a 6 year old boy in camden two years ago. and slashing the throat of the boy's 12-year-old sister. actions reporter david henry is live at the courthouse and david, you have the details. >> yeah, that girl, amber woke up on her 12th birthday to a
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child's worse nightmare. a monster on top of her with a knife to her throat and hand of her mouth. and today a camden county jury made sure the monster will never see the outside of a jail cell again. >> relief that this man will finally pay for what he did to my son and daughter. >> osvaldo rivera, 31 at the time, broke into this house on ware street and amber was asleep on the couch and the sister babysitting. and the mother in the hospital. and rivera convicted of raping amber and slashing her throat twice with a knife as she tried to break through. and her brother, dominic, came in screaming, and rivera slashed his throat leaving him for dead. and amber ran for a neighbor's house for help a
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