tv Action News ABC July 13, 2014 12:00pm-1:01pm EDT
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>> good afternoon, it is sunday, july 13, i'm nydia han along with eva pilgrim. >> here's some of the stories we're following on "action news," investigators have just released in information on this morning's deadly shooting of a police officer in north jersey. >> we're following new details in a double stabbing overnight in northeast philadelphia. >> more than 1,000 atlantic city employees are scheduled to receive notices tomorrow about the latest casino closing. we'll have more on those stories? just a moment, but first the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. it's like soup out there. >> reporter: it's very, very soupy out there and staying that way for the next several days. storm tracker 6 live showing we're dry this morning, that's good. sky 6 cape may, lots of folks on the beach. cape may has been squeezing out a fair amount of sunshine so far today. storm tracker 6 live i'll show you briefly, we did have a light line of showers that actually came right through the center of
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the region during the mid morning hours. it's off the coast of belmawr. 85 degrees, it's sticky with dewpoints climbing up to 70 in some neighborhoods that's when we talk about oppressive humidity. 85 in in allentown. 80 in trenton. humid down the shore, bus stop not as intense temperature -- but not as intense temperature-wise. if you're putting the grill on, get some cold drinks. 1:00 p.m., 86 degrees, 5:00 p.m., 88 degrees, we'll hit a high of 90 degrees. that's the high out there that 9-0. sticky and humid, more pop-up showers later today and tonight. i'll have the timing of that. and we have possibly severe weather starting with the
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workweek. we'll have that in the seven day. >> we have new information on a new jersey police officer killed in the line of duty. the man who police say gunned him down. jersey city officer melvin santiago was shot in the head while still in his police officer. he and his partner were responding to a walgreens after 3:00 p.m. he was killed by the suspect who snatched the gun from the security guard. officers released the name of the suspect. lawrence campbell. >> he did not rob or attempt to rob the walgreens, but he waited north police department to arrive. surveillance cameras show campbell walked outside and speaking to a witness at which time he apologized and subsequently told the witness to watch the news later today he'll be famous. >> campbell was shot and killed
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by police officers. he is one of three people wanted in a homicide. the officer was the first to be killed in the line of duty since 2009. >> a head-on collision sent seven people to the hospital this morning. the crash occurred around 7:30 this morning near the intersection of old welsh road and easton road in abington. officials say a car and van collided in a head on crash. they don't know what caused the crash. search people were taken to the hospital. no word on their conditions. a septa bus driver is recovering after being attacked overnight. the driver was assaulted near the intersection of lehigh and 22nd street in north philadelphia. it happened at 1:15 a.m. passengers were on board the bus at the time of the attack, but none of them were hurt. the driver refused to be taken to the hospital to be treated. police are looking for the driver of a white mercedes benz with p-a tags.
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of the it was seen leaving the area after the assault. new details on a fight at a party that led to two people being stabbed overnight. it happened on the 3500 block of welsh road in northeast philadelphia at 3:30 a.m. police say a 21-year-old man was stabbed in the head and 18-year-old girl was stabbed in the stomach. both were rushed to the hospital and are in stable condition. so far police have made no arrests in the stabbings. a man's body was found on the discreet in north philadelphia. "action news" was on the scene as police began the investigation on the 3600 block of warnock street. the body was found with a gunshot wound to the head. no suspects or motives. in delaware police are looking for a driver who hit a man and left him to die in the street. it happened on the 1100 block of west newport pike in newport around midnight last night. police say the 49-year-old man was crossing the road when he was hit in the web -- westbound
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lanes. the victim was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. >> two people in central pennsylvania fails charges for throwing rocks -- face charges for throwing rocks over an overpals. a woman and and her family was traveling from ohio to new york city. le state police say the suspects threw the rocks off the bridge one went into the windshield and hit a woman in the passenger seat. an 18-year-old and juvenile who live near the bridge facing a evaluated assault charges. they are looking for two more suspects. >> pink slips go out tomorrow to more than 1,000 employees at trump casino. they expect to close the doors by september 16th. le if it does, it will mark the 4th casino to fold this year alone. the atlantic club closed in january, the showboat will close next month and a revel may shut
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down if the buyer can't be found in bankruptcy court. world cup finals takes place today. argentina and germany face each other. many local soccer fans are getting ready to watch the game. amy buckman joins us live from south philadelphia, where one local viewing party has gathered. hi, amy. >> reporter: salute, this is going to be a great time down here on south street between 7th and 8th. le there's going to be a giant block party. look at these fans lined up wearing their german far friend nail i can't. they say -- friend nail i can't. -- from a nail i >> do you think it's their
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teamwork that made it so good. >> what's the key for winning? >> probably the teamwork, they have been good on possession, muler has been fantastic. are you confident? >> cautionly optimistic. >> there have been surprises in the world cup all around. >> reporter: they are heading in, i'll show you what's going on on street here. we have food trucks, you have your choice of not just german food. if you can't get through the line and can't get into the bar, they have are a giant screen set up on south street. this is one of the many places all over the world where people will be watching the big game. it starts at 3:00 a.m., you can see where the crowds are gathering for what promises to be an exciting afternoon. live on south street, amy
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buckman channel 6 "action news." >> looks like fun, thank you, amy. live coverage of the world cup finals begin on 6abc at 1:00 p.m. the game begins at 3:00 p.m. if you can't get to a tv, take the games with you, download the free watch abc and espn app and stream the matches on your phone or tablet. >> kids creating their own masterpieces all part of the art splash at the philadelphia museum of art. >> an officer down south tries an experiment to wash -- warn parents of the dangers of leaving a child in a hot car. >> reporter: it is hot out there and the humidity is on the rise, well have more on the potential for severe weather coming up that's all ahead in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.
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>> hundreds of people use their energy and generosity to make a real difference for people fighting cancer at 6:30 on the dot, bikers hit the road to raise money for cancer research. the 42nd annual bike-a-thon. the action cam was there as the bikers set off on their 65-mile ride to buena vista, new jersey. >> a humid ride. >> reporter: hopefully they have arrived at the destination, because it's a sticky ride. we look outside, we have sky 6 looking at the vietnam veteran's
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memorial. it's overcast, but other places like the shore have enjoyed sunshine. we're looking at clouds and sun across the region. highlights for your forecast. today it will be more humid as we go through the rest of the afternoon. one of those days you want to take it slow, school drinks, don't overdue it. monday, and continuing into tuesday, it's going to get stormier around here, not that we couldn't see something today and tonight, but tomorrow the heavy weather, with strong thunderstorms possible. 85 degrees, the dewpoint continues to climb. keep your eye on that dewpoint. if philadelphia, 69. but look at all the 70s around the region. and in some cases, 73, 74, 72. anytime you get documents over 70 that's when you -- dewpoints
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over 70 that's when we oppressive humidity. even that 69 in philadelphia is high. showers have passed through. this is the main shower and thunderstorms embedded in here that may go in the afternoon. the best chance is later on tonight and future tracker 6 is showing that to you. by 5:00 p.m. we're not seeing a whole lot going on, maybe some ity bitty tough here and there. by 11:00 p.m. we are hoping it's starting to fall apart. where you have this stuff you have gusty i winds and lightning and drenching downpours. that sets us up for an interesting day tomorrow. 89 in wilmington, 89 in allentown. down the shore you'll stop in the low 80s next to the cool ocean water. if you're heading to the phillies, 87 degrees in the
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first pitch, 90 in the 9th inning. bring water or cool drinks. it will be hot at the ballpark. sunday, 89 in the poconos. -- 79 in the poconos. some spots in the mid to upper 60s, on the beach it's more humid than yesterday and high of 83. sun and clouds mix okay? tomorrow as we go into the afternoon we'll be looking at the atmosphere, very moist and humid. the there will be at times, showers and gusty thunderstorms into the evening hours. not everybody sees them, but those that do you want to take cover. monday has been placed at a slight risk for severe weather across the entire region by the national weather service, that means any storm that forms will have the potential of producing damaging winds hail and downpours, monday afternoon and monday night. we might get a repeat on
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tuesday. an afternoon thunderstorm can't be ruled out today. 90 is the high. tomorrow, strong storms and severe weather not out of the question. if the front takes long enough to push through, we may be looking at another rough day on tuesday with drenching downpours at 5, 85 the high there. if there's anything left over on wednesday it's early in the morning by the shore. we dry out in the afternoon, high of 82. lowering humidity, wednesday afternoon is looking really nice, a pleasant day again on thursday, partly sunny on friday, late day or nighttime thunderstorm and we get into a choppy weather next weekend the way things are looking now. >> don't forget you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with the 6abc news app free at the apple and google app stores. >> the vibrant colors have made their way inside.
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the philadelphia art museum is kicking off art splash. alicia vitarelli has 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: art splash allows guests to explore the museum freely and gives kids the opportunity to create on the art collection. >> we have these colorful tables, we have blocks, we have books, we have all the hallmark of what a creative child could experience and look like in the museum balcony. . pnc arts alive is funding the museum to insure the communities has access to the art splash. >> 30% of the children who came to the program on free or reduced admission. >> reporter: some of the highlights include a selfie station and rare horse and man
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armor and 15th century spanish rug the museum calls the admiral carpet. >> they focus on how it was made. yarns were dyed using plant and animal matter. it is that kind of of insight sightful information that has been most appealing to visitors of all agings. >> we want to share the message this is a place for families from all walks of life throughout philadelphia to visit and make their own. >> reporter: for tickets go to the arts in philly.org or visit 6abc.com for more on this and other area events. click on the sections tab at the top of the homepage. you'll find arts under categories. for 6abc loves the arts,
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>> welcome back, it is 12:20, sunday, 82 degrees, sky6 live hd taking a live look at moshulu on penns landing. it's not going to be a nice three days, expect storms, wednesday will be better. >> new government numbers show 27% of children ages 12 to 15 meet the recommend limit of 2 hours or less of tv or computer use daily. just fewer than 2% reported no daily tv viewing and 9% reported no computer use. excessive screen time behaviors have been linked to high blood pressure and obesity. 16,000 americans are on the waiting list for a new liver and now perhaps there's a new way to expand the limited supply of donor organ. cleveland clinic is dividing it into two parts and transporting
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it into two patients. because partial livers can grow and become full size this may be the way of doubling transplants. a police officer in southern louisiana locked himself in a hot car for ten minutes to demonstrate how hot it gets. he did it as a public service announcement reminding parents not to leave children or pets in hot cars. the officer said he felt uncomfortable and sweaty, within minutes he was short of breath. >> i have the luxury of opening the door and getting out and just, 30 seconds. but not being able to open the door and get air and not being left in an vehicle for exactly ten minutes, whew. >> the officer reminds folks to
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>> chase utley receives his all star jersey before the game. utley had a key play snapping the phils five game win streak. jeff skeverski has sports. >> reporter: fools gold or is this team for real. the phillies who have been been in last place for the last few weeks, have been the hottest team in baseball. phils fans vailt to -- have a a lot to bark about.
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jays son werth, the first hit in the game since the second inning gone, the-run shot. he drove in 3 runs last night. here come the phils, 2-run for marlin byrd, jimmy rollins scores, here comes chase utley he scores. phils within 1. ben revere up the middle, rbi single to tie it at 3. revere in the lineup because dom brown got sick at the last minute. going to extra innings. utley misplays it. it comes back to haunts -- haunt them. they looks like 5-3 in 10. phils loser first game since last sunday, they are 9 back and phils not happy after this game. >> high chopper tried to get in
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and catch and tag, i realized i couldn't do that, i flipped it to jimmy, i thought we had a play. obviously i meant didn't work out if our favor. it was a big play in the game, ended up hurting us. >> will a -- labron james assigned with cleveland $42 million. why a short deal, next year he can get a new contract with the new salary cap. here's king james talking about going back to cleveland. >> it will be nice to be home and represent for my family and friends and those fans and it gives me an opportunity to reunite with one of my favorite
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teammates. it's going to be unbelievable man and i am looking forward to the challenge. labron would not give a world cup prediction, of course he has upset a few cities over the last few years, probably doesn't want to upset a county. garbage -- argentina and germany at 3:00 p.m. in the world cup. i'm jeff skeverski. >> top stories are next. >> plus a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, >> plus a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, when "ac[ horns honking ]ues. people are so impatient, right? you know what it is? it's waiting. 10 minutes or 10 hours, people don't like waiting. you know, at comcast, we don't want you to wait at all. with our new xfinity my account app, you can troubleshoot technical issues, request a callback, or check with an expert via twitter. can you wait just a second? hey, can you move, please?! i hate sheep. [ male announcer ] introducing the xfinity my account app.
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this is pearle vision. >> happening right now on "action news," world cup final excitement is growing, a live look from the action cam, shows srk fabs at a very animated and excited restaurant and bar on south street setting up for a viewing party. >> tensions in gaza are rising as an american police station blames another one -- politician blames another one for the violence. >> more on those stories, but first a check of the accuweather forecast, meteorologist david murphy who is in for chris sowers it is already steaming today. >> reporter: sunshine has found the terrace, but it is not exactly helping matters. let me start out with satellite, we had a fair amount of cloud
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cover through the morning, now it's a mixture of clouds and sun. showers out to the west of us, might pop through during the afternoon, but the big irk is later in the -- issue is later in the evening and nighttime, we have thunderstorms coming out of the northwest. 85 in wilmington, 84 in allentown. a lot of these numbers are in the 70s, anytime you get over thes were a do you want -- 70s with a dewpoint, it's oppressive. as we roll through the rest of the afternoon, 89 degrees, by 3 p.m. your high 90 at 4:00 p.m. we'll be on the look out for the thunderstorms, forget that low, the low will get down do 76 degrees overnight. by the way, i don't know if you saw this on twitter, amy buckman
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is in south philadelphia getting ready for the outdoor world cup viewing party on 6abc, guess who is on the big board. i like being on on the big scren that's fun. drink a lot fliewtdz -- fluids if you're outside, and alcohol is not the best thing. severe weather, monday and tuesday that's ahead in the seven day, i'll see you in a bit. >> a philadelphia family was forced out of their home overnight after it caught on fire. firefighters were called to dillman street before 4:00 a.m. you can see the smoke pouring out of a second floor window there. firefighters were able to keep the blaze from spreading to adjacent row homes. everyone who lived at the homemade it out safely, the investigation into the cause of that fire is now underway. >> police in wilmington are looking for a gunman after a man
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was shot while sitting on some steps. it happened after midnight on the 1,000 block of west second street. he was rushed to christiana hospital for treatment. no word on his condition. philadelphia police are looking for suspects after a man was stabbed inside a kind niece takeout-- chinese takeout restaurant at broad and rockland in the city's logan section. the man was stabbed in the chest and ear. no word on his condition. tensions continue to escalate in the middle east. israel is warning residents of the northern gaza to evacuate their homes as it widens offensive. israeli airstrikes lit up the night sky after hamas launched the most rockets on tell vee. that -- tel aviv.
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some 200 american citizens have been allowed to leave. >> reporter: disappointed to be leaving? >> no, no, i'm happy. i miss america. >> reporter: you want to get home and out of the war zone. >> yes. >> neither israel or palestinian militants show siebs of agreeing to a cease-fire. >> president obama is calling for a deescalation of the violence in the middle east. he talked to prime minister netanyahu by phone and offered his help to bring an end to the deadly violence with hamas. the president recognized israeli's rights to defend itself but called on israel and the palestinians to restore calm. new jersey governor chris christie is placing the blame for the violence in the middle east on president obama. chris at a made the remarks yesterday at the national
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governor's negotiation meeting in nashville, tennessee. christy said israel is not sure they have america's full support like they used to and that's a failure of this presidency. christie is openly considering a run for the presidency in 2016. u.s. secretary of state fellow foreign minister are adding their diplomatic muscle for talks with iran. iran and 6 world powers are trying to figure out out a permanent deal on the tehran nuclear program. the world power fears they plan to build nuclear weapons. >> comedian tracy morgan is out of a rehab facility after a car crash. a spokesman said the star was released yesterday. he'll continue recovery with aggressive young outpatient pro.
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he was injured after being hit by a walmart truck. the cake boss and his family needed to be rescued after his boat got stuck in the fog. he said it was impossible to see five feet ahead. he tweeted his thanks to police and firefighters for coming to his family's rescue. >> the teenager who was the only survivor of a deadly attack on her family's home is speaking out for the first time. cassidy stay was greeted by friends and neighbors at a memorial service for her family after the unthinkable. the teen survived by playing dead as the suspected murderer shot and killed the rest of the family. she is hailed as a hero for quickly alerting police that he may be heading to her
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grandparents house. >> i'm thanking for all the people who have been praying for me and keeping me and my family in their thoughts. >> police say he killed the family, because they wouldn't tell him where to find his ex-wife, cassidy's aunt. a teenager who was shot by the taliban is spending her birthday in liberia seeking the release of 200 girls. she was shot in the head after she spoke out in support of women's rights in pakistan. she said she has one wish for her 17 the bird to bring home the more than 200 girls who were abducted in liberia. she is to smeet with several women who escaped the boko haram terrorist group. >> it is my 17th birthday. last year when i celebrated it was in the u.n.
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she hopes to meet with the president tomorrow to discuss rescue efforts. she'll be in philadelphia this fall, the recipient of. liberty medal october 21 at the national constitution center. penn state trustees approved 2 million-dollar renovation of the football facilities. the funding comes after the new coach james franklin asked for upgrades to compete with the top tier programs. it includes new carpeting, lighting, furniture, finishes and wall graphics. >> soccer fans are getting ready for the world cup final. people across the globe will be watching as argentina takes on germany the two county have met twice before. argentina beat them in 1986 and germany returned the favor in
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1990. amy buckman joins us live from south philadelphia where one local viewing party has already kicked off. hey, amy. >> reporter: that's right there's a giant street party getting underway on south street in the 700 block. take a look behined me, you can see the big screen they have set up at one end of the block, that's where they will be showing the world cup game between germany and argentina. him this is a one sided crowd, because we're outside a german bar. most of the fans are cheering your germany, but there's plenty going going on for the casual soccer fan. they have food trucks and plenty to drink, but of course the highlight of the afternoon will be the game itself. we have fans waiting for the party to begin, this is jake, you're cheering for germany. what is is it about the team that makes them your favorite? >> they are the youngest in the tournament they are going to win. >> reporter: they have have had
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surprising victories, is there any shot argentina will pull it out. >> i would like to see them beat argentina, they have a history. speaking german. >> i hope it's nothing that i would get in trouble for. [laughter]. >> it's a fun crowd, they will be cheering for germany they will come down here and root for whichever team you want and have a great afternoon. live on south street, amy buckman channel 6 "action news." >> live coverage. world cup finals begins on 6abc at 1:00 p.m. immediately following this newscast. the game begins at 3:00 p.m. if you don't have tv download the free watch abc and espn app and dream the matches on for phone or tablet. >> a technology camp at directle university encourages young girls to become the next
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steve jobs, lisa thomas-laurey has the story. >> and new yorkers enjoyed a sunset view that can only be experienced in the big city. we'll explain coming up. taking a live look on sky6 hd over center city. there's a gray tinge to the skyline there. meteorologist david murphy will have the full accuweather
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>> notioners -- new yorkers enjoyed spectacular sunsets, because of the phenomena known as manhattan head. it lines up with the street grid this will not happen again until next year. >> i never heard of that before. >> reporter: we got to get that going in philadelphia. turn the buildings a little bit.
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[laughter]. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we're dry. we had a sprinkle or shower that came through earlier. it wasn't that big of a deal it's gone. we look outside we have sky 6 at the airport. there's some sunshine starting to break through the clouds for the first time in philadelphia after spending the morning in cloud cover. kind of a mix out there, that's the way we think it will go. a couple of highlights it's more humid today and stormy on monday and tuesday. batten down the hatches for that. temperatures, 85 degrees, dewpoint, 69 degrees, a lot of dewpoints have climbed into the 70s which makes it sticky out there. 85 in philadelphia, 85 in wilmington. 78 at the airport in atlantic city. satellite and radar shows you if you you're running up and down i-95 and the turnpike, you'll need your sunglasses. we're keeping an eye on the
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showers and thunderstorms out to the west of us, some of that could pop through at times. i had a tweet saying what time. it's very hard to predict. it's going to be spotty and pop up. most of you don't see anything during the afternoon hours. it's going to be humid it will be like it's humid enough to make something happen later on. and later on, after 6:00 p.m. we'll be on the look out for strong storms and drenching downpours. it starts to fall apart after 11:00 p.m. in the overnight hours we see it die down. not expecting severe weather, i could see rumbles of thunders and heavy downpours. in allentown that's one of those spots late in the day or evening you could see a thunderstorm. sun and clouds otherwise, 89 cease is the warm and muggy high. down the shore we're close to 70 in the water in some spots, warm and humid on the beach with a high of 83 degrees. not as intense by the ocean as inland. which is pretty much the usual difference between the shore and
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center city. in philadelphia we're going for a high of 90. sun and clouds, more humid than yesterday with some of you walking outside and saying wow it's sticky. definitely stickier than yesterday. a little breezy out there, tonight we have thunderstorms for a while and some of them could be drenchers, 76 is the overnight low, drying out in time for the morning. i think it's very likely that the phillies play in dry weather. clouds and sun, it will be humid, first pitch 87. the 9th inning 90. it will be sweaty at the ballpark. can't rule out a passing shower or thunderstorm. but the chances are small. tomorrow, cold front will be out to the west of us, during the afternoon we'll see showers and occasionally you could get a strong, gusty thunderstorm and there could be a row pete on tuesday, because it -- a repeat on tuesday, because it may take that long for the front to sweep through the region. tomorrow, the weather service
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has the entire region at risk for severe weather. anything that does pop could produce damaging wind, hail and potential downpours with frequent lightning, that's tomorrow afternoon and night take cover from any storms that form. today and hot and humidity, thunderstorms around mainly at night. tomorrow, hot and humid and strong storms as i just showed you. tuesday, 85, not as hot and gusty drenching storms possible on tuesday. wednesday if there's anything left over it's down the shore in the morning. beautiful, 82 degrees, thursday, is delightful with a capital d. friday afternoon there could be an afternoon thunderstorm as we get into the weekend. >> don't forget you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores. >> a michigan girl who was
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malled by a pet raccoon as a baby grew an ear on her palm. so far she had nose and cheeks and lips rebuild. a plastic surgeon shaped her new ear and implanted it on her arm to help the skin grow. >> i am pleased with the projection, you can see the ear here. when i remove the scar, the tissue is going to be moved up to her head. >> charlotte went through surgery to take the ear out of her arm and put it in the right spot. doctors say the surgery was success.
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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
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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. >> looking live at penns landing on this sunday
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afternoon, you can see it's cloudy and steamy, feels like soup outside. don't be surprised if you see a product on walmart shelves. taco plates. they put in an order for a million. they were one of 800 inventors to pitch their product for first ever open call for u.s. inventors it's an initiative to get american products on store she was. tech girls is encouraging girls to take on leadership in technology initiatives with the girls are usually under represented. the first camp was held at directle university this weekend. lisa thomas-laurey has the story. >> reporter: tech girls hopes to spur innovation in these
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11-year-olds. 18 girls are at drexel's school of entrapreneurship to develop ideas and generate a business plan. michelle has come up photo friendly an app that allows you to interact with friends. >> i like how creative technology is because it allows you to do so many different things. >> this camp is designed to address the fact that women lead less than 3% of tech start ups. >> we're trying to get women to embrace technology. >> after i am a doctor i'm going to pursue my technology interests and combine the two so we have new medical break-throughs. >> just learning everything will technology and interacting with other people.
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>> reporter: the department of labor predicts there will be 1.4 million new technology openings in the year 20/20, but colleges and university say they will fill less than one-third of them. and even fewer female college grads will pursue jobs in technology. >> it's isolated for those certain geeks who live in their basements, you never think maybe i could do that. >> reporter: tech girls is trying to change that. lisa thomas-laurey channel 6 "action news." >> pretty awesome. >> it's awesome. >> when "action news" continues an update on our top stories, plus a look at the final
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>> recapping our top stories organ "action news," a jersey city police officer melvin santiago was killed in the line of duty. he was responding to an armed robbery call. police say the suspect never tried rob the drugstore and laid in wait for police to arrive, telling a witness to watch the news because he was going to be famous. jersey city mayor said campbell was shot dead by other officers him. seven people are recovering after a crash at old welsh road and easton road in abington. there's extra security in rio, brazil is a buzz ahead of the finale, even though brazil
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will not be in the match. >> there will be many cheering for argentina. >> reporter: somebody, we'll see what happens it will be a great day. as we look at the temperatures, not so great outside, 88 degrees, everywhere away from the shore, you're warm, a lot of dewpoints up over 70, that's oppressive humidity, that's what a lot of you got. 89 degrees by 3:00 p.m. the high of 90 by 4. 88 and humid by 5:00 p.m. the low tonight is 76. don't get ready to turn on the heater for 54. >> 354 sounds pretty good. >> reporter: we'll wait a while for that. >> world cup coverage is next on channel 6. >> "action news" continues at 6:00 p.m. for eva pilgrim, chris sowers, david murphy and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han, have a great sunday, we'll
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as the sun rose on a glorious sunny day in the spectacular city of rio de janeiro, brazil, for the second time, south american's most famous soccer stadium is set to host the sport's most important match. inside maracana, can messi bring argentina a third title. or will the three-time champs earn a fourth? germany's golden generation stands ready to end a 4-year title drought. we wait every four years for this day -- the biggest single day in world sports. the world cup finals. is at hand.
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