may have not have caught up with him before he could commit a crime. chad pradelli has the latest on the case. >> three long blades including a butcher knife and four hand guns that fire b.b.'s but look like the real thing. >> she covertly took a picture of that person, and you can see the tell tale bulge that police officers are looking for when they are walking or riding on a city street. >> carnie quickly tracked the suspect darryl donahue leaving the broad street line, he had a backpack and then captured heading towards love park, does he what i hope every police officer does when they just can't sit in the video booth anymore, he grabbed his vestd and ran out to 15th street and

started to search for the suspect. >> 40 minutes later, carnie spotted donahue at 16th and arch, i immediately started to scream police and show me your hands, he twisted several times, carnie says donahue would not comply, i saw my opportunity and i holstered up and jumped on his back. >> donahue says he had the weapons for self preservation, the passenger did what she should, if you see something say something. >> this is a tremendous piece of work that shows how our riders can be really helpful. >> septa police say that donahue say career criminal arrested for a similar crime in 2009 and charges are pending in this current case. chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news" meanwhile, septa has announced they are testing new

body cameras for police officers, they can take still photographs or video, they hope it will increase safety and cut down on needless litigation filed against police. three officers have volunteered for the testing and if successful they will purchase more of the devices. the driver accused of trying to kill a romantic rival in delaware county surrendered to authorities today. williams waited for his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend, 36-year-old joel witherspoon to come out of his home and hit him with his range roverer, swimming spoon suffered head injuries and two broken bones, they tracked williams all the way to california at one point. between dna and eyewitnesss and his car left at the scene, it's overwhelming. williams is now charged with attempted murder, aggravated

assault and leaving the scene of an accident. he is held on a half million dollars bail tonight. >> warminster police are looking for a masked man that held up a walgreens pharmacy, it shows the man walking in the store at 10 york road yesterday afternoon, they say that the suspect walked up to the counter with a gun and demanded prescription drugs, the man drove from the scene nay gold colored sedan, if you recognize him call warminster police. from berks county, mountain springs arena officials say they are making safety changes following this accident during a demolition derby over the weekend and this youtube video was taken by a spectator saturday, a man runs over his own father and suffered a broken ankle. the owner will close off an opening at the entrance and then ban parents from the demo pit.

chemical experts are testing a mysterious slime found in plainfield, they found the blob near rumpel road. they have no idea what it is, or where it came from but it's powerful enough to eat away a 5 gallon plastic bucket. an elderly couple was killed when their house exploded with them inside it. splintered pieces of wood and artifacts are scattered northwest of pittsburgh. the couple were sleeping in their beds within the house blew up and the house was powered by propane and authorities believe that is what likely caused the accident. nobody else was hurt. >> georgia police are investigating a crime accident an officer. two security officers pulled up next to a man with a fence post with a sharp end, he ordered him

to drop it but the suspect through the post against the window of the vehicle and tried to steel a shotgun and during it'sence den the suspect was shot. close to where wilson santiago was killed responding to a 911 call on sunday. a suicide bombing in eastern afghanistan has killed 89 people and wounded 40 others, the explosives laden car was detonated near a busy market and no group claimed responsibility yet and the taliban released a statement saying they condemn attacks on local people. and the united nations changed the deliveries for syria, they no longer need consent to go into rebel areas, the government was use that to keep help away from the ten million syrians in need.

oscar pistorius is making new headlines tonight, over something that happened at a nightclub, the blade runner's family says he was accosted by a man in johannesburg, he started it by aggressively questioning about his murder trial. it's man says that pistorius was drunk and insulted his friend and proded his chest. diane sawer will have more on the growing crisis in the middle east, watch that following "action news" at 6:00. stormy weather brought down a tree, a huge one and closed roads in a neighborhood. an uprooted tree is entangled in there in wires, that cause tropical disturbance to be closed from brandywine creek. the crews were cutting it down today and all of that cause aid power outage for 28 customers. but the power should be restored

any minute. lets get an update on the highways tonight. >> matt pellman is in the traffic center, a very busy place. >> that is for sure, we can't catch a break on 95 southbound this afternoon, but we are on the brakes as we travel through the girard point bridge by the airport. we had the broken down truck and then the heavy rain came through and then a crash on 95 southbound by the airport, knocking out the center lane of the inner drive and traffic is very slow and remains stop and go on 320 in delco. 95 delaware also slow as can you see and the ramps to highway 1 southbound in christiana is still closed because of a crash. you churchman's road insteds. we see the affects of the storm, power outage in delaware, causing confusion there and it's affects are out there in burlington county, downed wires in spots, and old independencean

mills road. it's a wet ride now with construction on the ben franklin bridge, busy in both directions, that or the betsy ross bridge are your best bets, on the philadelphia side through the fog and haze and rain. can you see the flashing lights. rick and monica back over to you. much more to come on "action news" this evening, a woman and daughter scream for help to stop a carjacking on progress and it's all captured on video. >> and a day of fun and imagination, for a group of children fighting for their help. lisa thomas-laury was there. >> monica we continue to watch severe storms pushing through in southern delaware, new jersey, and puncturing in philadelphia county on double scan live, we'll let you know when the entire mess pushes out. >> thank you adam. and ducis rogers with chase utley in the all-star game tonight and flyers news. when "action news" comes right

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carjacking in san diego, they pulled hernandez from a minivan with a terrified mother and girl inside. he got roughed up by the boy stanners and he has legal problems and suffered from alcohol abuse and depression. major league baseball announced an inclusion to allow gays in baseball. billy been admitted to being gay after his playing days think major league baseball has no openly gay players. >> we want people to make a living in our game to be who they wish to be. >> they are proving they will continue to lead and follow along the sidelines, major league baseball banned sexual

discrimination before the anoupgsment. he is the gm and a minority owner of the oakland a's and his life was depicted in the movie moneyball. >> the phillies second base many is on the field. >> ducis rogers is live in the "action news" sports center with more on tonight's game. >> reporter: hey there, rick and monica, if you had to pick one philly to represent the phillies in the all-star game, it would likely be chase utley, he is the only philly in the mid summer classic. the all-star game is tonight at minnesota's target field, and utley will bat seventh and he was voted in as a starter and that is something he doesn't take lightly. >> the fans are really showing me support over the years and i really appreciate that. you know the fans, that is why we are all here to be honest with you, i know if philadelphia, i love playing there the fans are supportive

and loud and at the games and it's exciting and they bring the best out of us players. >> this is utley's sixth appearance but first since 2010, it would be easy to take it for granted and mail it in but he won't. >> a lot of guys in this room realize they don't all have it figured out and they are looking to try and improve. >> the oakland a's may not have household names but this one should be. sa cespedes won the home run derby for the second time. >> and the flyers had some rookies at their camp and one impressed. they are keeping a close eye on travis sanheim, the flair they

took in the first round of the nhl draft and this is his first big league camp. >> it's experience for me and my first development camp and a good one and i get to meet the organization and the guys in it, and it's a learning week for me and find out what i need to learn this summer and improve on it and improve my game for the next level, flyers coach craig berube spent time here at eagles camp we'll tell you why and what he learned at 6:00. the sixer's summer league continues in las vegas tonight and they take on the phoenix suns, last night they ran into the cleveland cavaliers and they lost. noel had another solid outing, 12 points and 7 rebounds and four blocked shots. and the highlight was from andrew wiggins, that dunk brought down the house, the sixers lost 86-77.

tiger woods rusty, he only played two competitive rounds since late march, despite that he feels he could win the open championship, tiger won there back in 2006. >> it feels great to come back to this venue, and obviously there are a couple of changes i made. tiger is a 15-1 favor toyota i win, for him that say long shot. >> museum was the place for a sell the brags for critically ill children and their families today. the idea was to provide a worry free day for everybody. lisa thomas-laury has the story. >> reporter: for one day they were not patients they were pirates, exploring navele

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meteorologist, adam joseph is here now with the late of on those storms, how does tonight compare to last night. >> it's more active and widespread. we don't have the super cells but the night is early, we'll have to see how this unfolds over the next 12 hours, it's extremely active throughout the state of new jersey and delaware and puncturing over i-95 into delaware county, one thunderstorm wanting in affect until 6:15, another 20 minutes in northern parts of burlington county and chads worth and bumped into ocean county near new egypt and on the edge of lakehurst. strong winds and vivid

lightning, hail the size of quarters, the front end of this particular thunderstorm is on the edge of browns mills moving to the northeast at 25 miles per hour. nearly 300 lightning strikes in this area over the next 15 minutes, heading towards ft. dix at 5:58 and woodruff 6:01, and this is the same area that was hit last night. the hail core with all the lightning west of speedwell and chatsworth of 1.5 inches in diameter, if that is reaching the ground its ping-pong size, that is a really nasty storm. that is the not the only storm but it's a severe storm. we are flaring up on the north western fridges and philadelphia county. and that storm 40 or so lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes and a steady rain in montgomery and chester and

delaware county and to the south we are dealing with nasty storm from dover to sea isle city and cape may. this particular area of southern new jersey is hammered by 3 to 4 inches of new jersey and continues to rain in salem and cumberland and gloucester with training thunderstorms, if you see a roadway covered by water in that area turn around and find an alternate route. today 91 degrees, the normal 87 and philadelphia kinds of the out lier, the only area with a heat wave number two, some how philadelphia hit it while others did not. as you look at satellite and radar, a cold front to the west, a powerful low over the great lakes with very cool air behind it and low humidity, this front pushes through tomorrow morning and that is what will push the

storms, the humidity and the heat off the coast. so at 7:30 we are dealing with the downpours and torrential downpours and strong winds, by 10:00 tonight dealing with activity along i-95 and mainly east of philadelphia for some left over showers and sun breaking out in the lehigh valley and that is the trend tomorrow as high pressure comes in from the west, morning clouds and lingering showers give way to lingering sun and a temperature of 83 and a truly grade wednesday afternoon is on the way. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we'll keep that dry trend with low humidity and 83 and mid-80s on friday, and still a great day and increasing clouds and the humidity comes up and sun and clouds and an isolated shower and generally dry with temperatures in the mid-80s, warm and muggy next week and upper 80s for a high, so no 90s on the seven day as we get a

break in the humidity the rest of the week. >> thank you so much. >> can you keep track of severe weather as it heads our way with the 6 abc storm tracker app, get

quick update on baseball, they named billy been to be the consultant billy bean, it's not the same billy bean in the movie "moneyball". and wicked storms after the folks in south jersey spent the day cleaning up storms damage yesterday. that and much more coming up next at 6:00, for meteorologist adam joseph, jeff skversky,

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jim gardner. four children suffer minor injuries when a school bus crashes and the police investigate a cold case in camden but the big story is another round of severe storms, thunderstorms have reached the philadelphia area and stormtracker 6 live double scan shows where the trouble is and

where it's going. if you were around these parts, you know how powerful these storms could be. people that live on the 200 block in voorhees certainly do, it snapped a big tree like as it was a toothpick and today crews were there to clean up the mess. meteorologist, cecily tynan and adam joseph have the late word from accuweather. cecily lets start with you. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan lighting up two hours ago, all the activity was over south jersey and delaware and now it's beginning to extend into southeastern pennsylvania and philadelphia and parts of chester county and the focus of the severe weather is across south jersey the same area that got hit very hard last night with straight line winds, we have a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:15 in parts of burlington and ocean county including browns mills and lakehurst south of new egypt