saturday night i'm walterer pest. president obama is planning a visit to the first state. comedian tracie morgan's attorneys say they are planning to sue wal-mart. but the big story on "action news" is moving

tribute from the only survivor of the shooting rampage in texas. three days since investigators say cassidy stays parents and sibling where is killed by her uncle in law and today the teenager honored her loved ones in a very special way. "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live from the satellite center with more on that story, kenneth. >> reporter: let me remine thaw cassidy stays pretended to be dead after she and her family members, were shot. police say that her actions saved lives and today, she was back at the school of her brothers and sisters attendance for that special memorial services. >> ♪ >> reporter: standing strong and surrounded by so many loved ones in her muse ton community 15 year-old cassidy stay publicly remembered her parents and sibling, who were gunned down, just days ago. >> i'm really thankful for all of the people that have been praying for me and keeping me and my family in their thoughts. >> reporter: investigators say wednesday, three three-year old ron haskill executed his

ex-wife sister katie stay, her husband steven and their four children because they wouldn't tell him where to find his ex. daughter cassidy was the lone survivor taking a bullet grazed wound to the head but she was able to lead officers to haskill whom police say was on his way to kill his grand parents. >> difficult to imagine how we will ever move on, but that is how we think is to best to concentrate on the living. cling to the hope of life, that emerged in this terrible darkness, to all of the lives that were spared, including our own, meanwhile. >> reporter: meanwhile in the houston courtroom haskill collapsed twice as he heard capital murder charges against him . the his defense attorney cited mental illness and lack of medication. reasons for the the deadly rampage that took away this teen's family. >> i know that my mom, dad, brian, emilie, becca and zach are in a much better place, and that i'll be able to see them again some day. thank you all for coming and shoaling your support for me

and my family. stay strong. >> reporter: cassidy offered thanks first responders, her nurses and her doctors. she says she's on the road to recovery, walter, brave girl. reporting live from the satellite center this evening, kenneth moton for channel six "action news". >> her strength is incredible, thanks kenneth. much more on this story coming up on world news with david muir tonight at 6:30 directly after "action news". two philadelphia police officers found themselves, putting their lives on the line, this morning by rescuing two women from the burning home. fire broke out just after 2:30 inside a home in the mantua section of the city. the officers from the 16th district saw the blaze and ran in, to help, in the burning home to help out. inside they found two women and brought them out to safety. two other adults were able to escape on their own. we're told a fire fighter was injured but expected to be just fine no word on how the fire started. comedian tracie morgan has been released from a rehab facility about a month after he was nearly kill in the car

crash. a spokesmen for morgan says the star will continue his recovery at home with an aggressive outpatient program. morgan suffered a broken leg and broken ribs in his limousine van when it was hit by a wal-mart truck on the new jersey turnpike back in june. that wreck killed six two-year old comedian james mcnair also known as jimmy mack. morgan's attorneys have already filed a negligence lawsuit begins wal-mart. "action news" has confirmed that president obama will be visiting delaware next week. governor jack markell's office says mr. obama will be in the first state on thursday. we will keep you updated concerning the details of his visit, once that information is available. well, more than a thousand trump plaza employees are expected to receive notices on monday that they could soon be out of the job. news came yesterday, that the casino will likely close its doors by the end of september. just the latest blow to atlantic city's casino industry. the atlantic club closed in january and show boat is closing next month. all while the managers of the

revel casino hotel are still looking for a buyer. welshing moving on to the accu weather forecast. you just knew it was just a matter of time before humidity made a come back. fact of the matter is sticky conditions will return during the second half of the weekend. meteorologist melissa magee joins oust i had side on the patio with the the first check of the accu weather forecast. >> hey there, walter not a bad start to the weekend with plenty of sunshine. from the start of the weekend at least we have low humidity but these temperatures are coming up. temperatures today for the the most part in the 70's and 80's. philadelphia right now 87. trenton 83. along the coast from beach haven down to sea isle city with the southerly wind and that afternoon sea breeze kicking in. so temperatures there holding at 74. reading 78. poconos 76 degrees. the let's talk about the dew points, that is level of how much moisture in the atmosphere throughout much of the the day-to-day, which was very comfortable with low dew point temperatures. right now you can see we have a dew point temperature of 07 in reading. sixty-five wilmington. so slightly on the humid side.

keep that in mind heading outside later on to watch phillies take on the nationals, first pitch , around 7:05. it will be rather cloudy. comfortable however, that first pitch temperature around 86. seventy-eight as we get in the ninth inning. so we will talk about what is ahead? the humidity will come up a notch as we get into sunday afternoon. temperatures holding near 90 as well tomorrow. we're also tracking a few scattered showers and thunderstorms for sunday afternoon. we will take a closer look with future tracker six with the full, exclusive accu weather forecast, walter. >> talk to you then. >> remember get updates on the forecast, anytime, with the six abc storm tracker six app, free and ready for down load right now to your apple and android devices. delaware state police are investigating the armed robbery of a gas station. it happened yesterday just before 5:30 p.m. at the bp station on 34900 block of philadelphia pike in claymont. investigators say that a man with the dark shirt wrapped around his head entered the store armed with the knife.

he demanded money and the clerk complied. the suspect then fled on foot from the scene, no word tonight on a possible suspect in this case. "action news" viewers captured the moment an suv plowed into a house right there in horsham, montgomery county. it happened at 10:00 a.m. near intersection of avenue b and palmer avenue. the driver apparently lost control but no word tonight as to why. nobody was injured. and an 11 year-old girl from philadelphia is all smiles tonight after a birthday party fit for a princess. in fact today's party was more than just a celebration, it was also about helping the youngster through her battle against a very serious condition. "action news" reporter annie mccormack has that story. >> reporter: her smile is so bigot is hard to tell, patients gillchrist can only take shallow breaths and waiting for double lung transplant. little girl with the big name goes by cocoa and today she said she feels. >> unaudible. >> reporter: they are the

people that packed a fundraiser at curtis bowling lanes in ewing, on sat the day and the community, who donated gifts for raffles and tapes. today isn't just a fundraiser we are celebrating cocoa's 11th birthday because you were in the hospital during your real birthday what did you do to get ready to day. >> i got up, i got dressed, and did my hair, make up and i got my nails done yesterday. >> reporter: cocoa has pulmonary fibrosis, she spend most of her time the at the children's hospital of philadelphia she knows new lungs are her only option. >> i think it will be good because then i won't get sick a lot, i won't be in and out of the hospital. >> my heart, my heart, my heart, everything to me. >> reporter: cocoa lives with her grandparents in northeast philadelphia. her mother is not involved in her life and her father was murdered will eight years ago. they are raising money for cocoa's room and medical

expenses. so far, on go fund me.com team cocoa lee has raised half of their goal, answering some of her family's prayers. >> right now, she's sweet, she's smiling, she's in and out, and i look at her all the time. i love her. >> reporter: in ewing township, new jersey, annie mccormack, channel have "action news". much more to come on "action news" calls for peace after more violence erupts on the gaza strip. a boeing 777 is forced to land, on a remote island. plus jeff skversky has sports when "action news", continues.

right here your a looking at video of a military technique being used by israeli air force in gaza, it is called roof knocking a small shell is used to blow up the roof of the building being targeted for destruction and 60 seconds later a larger

explosion destroys the whole thing. israeli officials say roof knocking is designed to warn innocent civilian to evacuate before the the facility is leveled, with that said, 15 # people were killed during an air strike near a mosque in the gaza strip. israeli officials say hamas is using sites to hide rocket, nearly 700 of which have been fired into israel so far. tonight israel warns that -- warning people of gaza to leave their homes for their own safety and today u.n. security council issued a renewed call for a cease-fire in the conflict. united airlines flight had to make an emergency landing on a remote island in the middle of the pacific. flight 201 a boeing 77 had to land about halfway through a flight from hawaii to qualm on thursday. passengers and crew reported smoke and burning smell in the cabin. the pilot made that decision to land at an old military base on mid waste island. replacement aircraft was sent to midway to bring those passengers back to hawaii, special flight was then arranged to bring those flights to the final

destination in qualm. philadelphia, is turning purple for one of the largest african-american greek fraternities in the country. 25,000 members of the omega phi are in philadelphia for the grand conclave. they hosted a health and career fair at pennsylvania convention certainty. if you are in town you will see lots of purple and gold, fraternity colors until the convention wraps up on july 16th. and women in center city received a little lesson on self-defense this morning. councilman johnson hosted a free self-defense class for women, in partnership with the organization called handbags for peace. the event was organized in the wake of a sexual assault last month, near 19th and spruce streets. today these women learned how to fight off an attacker and get out safely from dangerous situations. still to come on "action news", lesean mccoy, changes his football shoes for basketball. we will show you the star studded event, w

if he were a lobbyist... if they were political contributors... maybe tom corbett would listen to them, instead of cutting funding for their schools. oil and gas companies gave corbett 1.7 million dollars in political contributions. and he gave them a sweetheart deal on taxes that's costing pennsylvania billions. corbett's mismanagement has caused a huge budget deficit. and his painful education cuts are forcing teacher layoffs and increasing class sizes. now corbett wants to give the oil and gas industry even

more handouts. and what's he getting from them? corbett's keeping that secret. so pennsylvanians are challenging tom corbett to come clean. release the records of your meetings with donors... that you've been hiding. disclose all the contributions, letters and emails from oil and gas lobbyists who influence you. we've got a right to know who tom corbett's listening to. because it sure isn't us.

friends of the delaware air national garden jody special day on ways today. it was all part of is what called bring a friend to drill day. attendees enjoyed a tour of the c130 hercules aircraft, and then a little lunch right there on the base. people as young as 17 were invited to check out the base and learn about the air national guard. jeff skversky here with the check on sports. when it comes to the phillies what a difference a week makes. >> is this something. >> aj burnett says if you don't believe they can do this at this point come sianni go talk to aj, he will get you in the mood to believe. where did this come from? believe it or not the phillies are the hottest team in baseball, yeah, the phillies, the same team that has been in last place, they are going for their sixth straight win tonight, against washington. jimmy rollins, there he is, he

is in a good mood dancing. pretty good dancer. the phils are moving and grooving up in the standings. they are now eight back in the east. if you don't believe they can do it j roll reminding everyone last night that the phillies came back from seven down in 2007, and made the playoffs with just two and a half weeks left in the season. fightin phillies still believe they have a fightin chance. >> i'm an ultimate optimist when it comes to this, and there are many games left. so, we're going good right now. >> the with the wins, definitely attitude and confidence goes up. the guys are building on this. with that comes a better frame of minding into a game. so cole hamels out there tonight. there is no reason why we just can't continue. >> cole hamels who got this winning streak started on monday in milwaukee gets start tonight against steven strasburg and nationals. phillies won 15 of the last 18 starts against washington. well, lebron james is going home. just not yet.

before lebron packs up his miami mansion and moves back to cleveland he is going to brazil. not to play basketball but to watch tomorrow's world cup final which you can watch right here on six abc. lebron signed his deal with cleveland today. it is a two year contract worth just over 42 million-dollar. this is according to espn. speaking of money, the calves have made an estimated one million-dollar in ticket sales, alone, former sixers great charles barkley says he is a big fan of this move and big fan of lebron. he just can't understand why he left ohio in the first place. >> i just think he shouldn't have left there the first time. come on, you have to get drafted by the hometown team, and you are as good as he is. this guy is one of the ten greatest nba players ever. people that don't likely brandon james, you have to be a lebron james fan. i don't know if the cavilers will win a championship but i

am a lebron james fan for the rest of my life. eagles are less than two weeks away from training camp, can you wait? lesean mccoy tells "action news" that he believes the eagles will contend for the super bowl. expectations are sky-high for this team and the nfl's leading rusher. >> just things as a player you want to accomplish. as a player, you know, every year you got to be better. if not, guy behind you will try to get your job or guy from another team is right behind you back. you have to make sure you are always on top of your game. >> those are fighting words. we caught up with the eagles running back at a charity basketball game at newman university in delaware county today. hey, look who is on hand his ex-teammate desean jackson and mccoy, yes, he can run, he can shoot, and, there is a mccoy raising money for als in honor of his grandmother who lost her battle with the disease a few years ago. ron hextall says he plans to build a stanley cup

contender, with home grown talent. how about this for home grown, last years first round pick , sam warren is 6 feet seven and weighs 224 pounds. he cast unleash a shot like no other defenseman. such a hard slop shot did you see this, he breaks the glass behind the net at cam in voorhees. just a tad high and wide. he is hoping to break camp come september with the flyers and earn a roster spot which, may have some huge defenseman on this roster, travis sanhim is 6-foot three as well. >> i was always big. on the ice, you know, my skating is good. i feel good. >> i was fairly tall even in calgary and then coming in here and see all of the guys who are much bigger than me, it is crazy. i have a lot more work to do. >> i'm glad they're on my team that is for sure. hopefully one can be my partner one day. >> protect me. >> union will try to protect their winning streaking for two straight tonight right

here on six abc at the top of the hour against colorado. >> sound good. >> thanks, jeff. up next, meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accu weather seven day

meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast with the humidity on the way. >> yeah, it was a great start to the weekend. >> really was. >> low humidity. humidity cranks up tomorrow but with that threat also come some showers and storms that pop up in the afternoon. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing it is quiet across much of the region. there is a spot shower to the west of our area, moving into

lancaster county. we did have some showers earlier this afternoon, across reading. those are starting to die on down but i will not be surprised if we had another pop up shower or storm, namely, north and west of the city this evening. we will show you picture outside, action cam was outside earlier today in fairmount park looking at waterworks there and people on the grass, maybe having a picnic outside, and comfortable conditions, and really no humidity to talk about until tomorrow. high in the city, climbed up to 89 degrees, 2 degrees above average. average for us this time of the year is 87. record 97 setback in 1936. we have a southerly wind overhead this evening. temperatures for the most part very mild. eighty-seven in the city. trenton 83. poconos 76 degrees. from sea isle city up to beach haven with that southerly wind we are tapping into an afternoon sea breeze with 73 there. but as you move west ward into reading, 78, pair of seven in lancaster. here's satellite six with

action radar. southerly wind moving in the region. we also have some evidence of a storm moving across west of that i-95 corridor. we had a shower or thunderstorm earlier today. i would not be surprised if we have one early this evening before the the sunsets, and we will get some of that, cooling that will take place in the atmosphere. here's your set up looking at future tracker six. fast forward to 8:30 tomorrow morning. two things are happening tomorrow. one, we will continue to tap in the southerly win. humidity increases tomorrow. and with that southerly wind and that moisture on the way there is another threat of some showers and thunderstorms, namely, popping up as we get in the afternoon hours on sunday. so 2:30 future tracker six is showing you a line of showers along i-95 corridor from trenton to wilmington. as we move over to the north of the poconos a few more the scattered showers that we will be tracking. 8:30 tomorrow evening, the bulk of that activity will stay north and west of the city from the poconos on south and west ward into lancaster. so, it will be a good idea by

tomorrow evening, to make sure you have the wet weather gear close to you at least for the second half of the day. the temperatures tomorrow down the shore 71 degrees. turning a touch more humid by sunday afternoon. high temperature of 84 degrees. the most of the shore will be dry through most of the the daylight hours tomorrow. and up north, in the poconos, sunday 78 degrees work an afternoon and evening thunderstorm on the way. here's the call from accu weather for the the rest of tonight. we are tracking thunderstorm early, north and west of town. watching out for the, thunderstorm. super moon. first opportunity to see super man last night. we have another opportunity tonight, and, it is when the moon is closest to the earth on its orbit and it appears to be 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter and this will be just one series of super moons the next two appear august and then also in september. here's the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast. humid tomorrow. evening thunderstorm. high temperature 90 degrees. ninety on monday with the showers and storms, and some of those storms look to be strong, as we get into

advertise, so staying on the high of 84. and wednesday is a transition, to lower humidity as we get in the end of next week, walter. >> thanks, melissa. something very special happened on this day, in the year 1914. catherine caplot o was born. so today catherine's family and friends gathered at st. joseph villa auditorium to celebrate a century of life. here at "action news" will help you do the same so on behalf of all of us here at channel sixth, happy birthday catherine. you are beautiful. much more to come including "action news" at six, end of "action news" at 6:00 world news coming up next followed by philadelphia union soccer game at 6:00. don't miss "action news" at ten on phl17 tonight. we are back here again at six abc at 11:00. for legal miss a magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm a walter perez. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. >> ♪

this is "world news." tonight, terror in the sky. hundreds of passengers fearing the worst, their flight developed serious trouble over the pacific, far away from any major airport. >> we told each other good-bye, because we thought we were going to die. >> the tiny strip of land where they finally reached safety, and the dramatic details tonight. american exodus. hundreds of u.s. citizens scrambling to flee violence in the middle east, as the israelis and palestinians trade rocket fire. we have team coverage. our martha raddatz is right there on the border where israeli tanks are gathering. and lone survivor. an emotional message of hope from the 15-year-old girl who lost her entire family in a deadly assault in texas. her promise of finding peace after the darkest of times.