would be strewn out over a large russiahs,r would say they could be president obama's crack down on sanctions against russia yesterday. >> our thought and players are with the families of passengers wherever they call hom tmare ju disappeared. you get the sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. families are waiting for information as family members make their way to the scene. officials are still looking into the reports that there may have been americans on board. marcy gonzales, channel 6 "action news." it's still early in the investigation but there is a lot to take into account.

and david henry talked to an aviation expert and continues coverage live on the ben franklin. >> arthur walk is a leading aviation expert here in philadelphia, he is an expert because he makes a living on suing airplanes and governments on behalf of victims. he says that commercial airliner should never have been in that air space today. >> you would thought that the have>> u seve aotgher-aircrt of them in han of inex r>> it has a jamming system th can shootd rockets when they are lier that msi,0 fetan chere is o

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photographers and passesby. lookers looking on t theble xoon here as it began to old. and can you seeecs of plane and the wreckage and ofos we are told today there are of course victim's remains strewn acss that field. the last passenger jet to be shot down also happened to be in ukraine as well. in october 2001. siberia airlines flight 1812 went down over the black sea by a surface to air missile after an exercise of the ukrainian military. cosince denly, today is the anniversary of the airline crash off long island. a faulty fuel tank was the official cause, but a recent

documentary explores that that plane was broht down intentionally. world news with diane sawyer will have coverage of the airlines plane shot down today. a special broadcast is coming up here on 6 abc. >> ag president obama reacted to the plane crash from wilmington, delaware, he was in towno talk about infrastructure and used the damaed section of 495, as a backdrop. he is live in wilmington now on what the president had to say. >> reporter: hi brian, the president mentioned the 495 bridge that is now closed but his main focus was on other infrastructure across the country seeing trouble as time 95 was a oif that was piled under the b a th .obama' primary messagewasus t

when it come to ucturef. aitrag president called attention to what he calls the challenge of our times. he says the u.s. is letting others get ahead of us. >> first class infrastructure creates first class job and our transportation system lags behind other countries. china is doing more germany is doing more. >> he chastised congress for not doing more. he borrowed a line from delaware governor, jack markell, a few months of funding doesn't cut it, jack says to call this is a band-aid an insult to a band-aid. the president brought a desk along to sign a memo that will allow local governments to

federal money for infrastructure deals of their own. >> we are taking steps of our own hoping that congress actually does something. >> now, prior to his stop here in wilmington, the president took a brief side trip to a local eatery, a landmark here, on 202, the charcoal pit, he stopped by and had a meet and greet with folks, the thinking here is that the recommendation came from vice president, joe biden, said to be a favorite of the charcoal pit. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> john thank you. turning our focus once again overseas, more breaking news, the israeli military confirms it has launched a ground operation in gaza, after a temporary cease fire just five hours that allowed people in gaza to stock up on supplies, israelis say

gaza started firing rockets again as soon as the cease fire ended. we are following breaking flus from mercer county, new jersey, today. emergency crews are on the scene of a water rescue in lawrence township. police say that a truck went into the lake at brunswick drive. stay with 6 abc and 6abc.com for updates on this. lets go to breaking news to oxville, buck county, officials are investigating an accident right now in that area on easton road and fullner lane, this happened after 2:45 in the afternoon, chopper 6 hd is over the wreckage now, two cars collided here and can you see the scene is very much active and no cars are passing through right now. we are told that one person was pronounced dead at the scene and

a second person suffered non-life-threatening injuries, officials are investigating this right now, again an accident on oxville in easton road and fullner lane. we'll keep you updated on this breaking story. no one was hurt when a house exploded in coatesville. on penrose avenue we are told that the family was not there at the time. the husband was at work and the wife and two children were out swimming, investigators are looking to see if the explosion was caused by natural gas, "action news" is on the scene and we'll have a live report coming up tonight at 5:00. >> a very busy news day here. a bank robbery leads to a chase and deadly

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a california bank robbery ended with three people dead including a woman taken hostage, the person forced a woman and two other people into their vehicle and led police on a chase through stockton exchanging gun fire the whole way. two hostages were thrown before the tires were thrown out. the third hostage was used as a human shield and killed. the survivor suspect will face charges when released from the hospital. the plane crash in the ukraine, threw off investors. do you is down 100 points and microsoft announced the biggest layoff in company history, that means 18,000 people will be out of a job. that represents 14% of their staff, they are trying to cut

down on management layers as they integrate nokia which it bought in april. most of them cut are professional and factory jobs, the cuts are double what analysts were is expecting. now lets go to the "action news" traffic report and matt pellman. >> we are looking live at northeast philadelphia, i-95 southbound side, the traffic isn't moving so well, as you can see from woodhaven road to academy on into approaching cotman at the start of the work zone there, just a crash that cleared out was blocking the left lane for a while though. seeing the sizeable southbound delay on 95. in another work zone at girard avenue and we are watching a fire in north philadelphia at

north broad street causing delays on septa's route 13 bus. and oxville, buck county, shutting down 611, easton road between durham road and beaver is a possible alternate to get around that blockage because of investigation. out in chester county, look for an accident at phoenixville, and bellmawr partially blocking ramp. causing slow speeds in that busy spot. lets grab the ipad -- oh we don't have the commuter report. we'll do it another time. >> thank you matt. mega bus is bringing back their daly service, the discount service canceled the service back in may. starting in time forever the new school year in september. the bus will run from delaware's campus in newark, and university

officials and parents are asking for an easier way to get to and from new york city. the moving company that is the focus and a company facing legal action. monica malpass is in the newsroom with this story. >> this company is accused of overcharging customers and in fact, an "action news" investigation with a hidden camera, exposed the practice by moving max to swindle cust manufacturers out of their hard earned cash. wend yy saltzman will explain t lawsuit against this company. and nydia han talks to a viewer who is fed up with the transportation department. troubleshooters got an apology and more from the ppa. we'll have those stories and more on "action news" at 5:00. a pirate and a princess paid

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fleet wood. upper 70s in montgomery and quakertown 76, a little warmer closer to the urban areas of the city, from chester to center city to levittown, and as we head to new jersey and delaware, delaware around 80 and warmer in the pine barrens with the sandy soil. can you kind of spike that temperature a little, 83 in hammonton and along the boardwalk feeling good with temperatures at 81 and the ocean coming in at 64 degrees. we have high clouds at the shore. the sunshine took full control through most of the day, and high color of cumulous clouds through ocean county and the poconos, but that not disturbing much in the way of anything around the region. >> as you head out this evening, your evening planner with the low humidity, 83 at 7:00, 8:00, coming in at 79 and by 10:00 or

11:00, the suburbs could be back into the 60s. in fact, forget the 60s, we are going into the middle 50s for most by tomorrow morning. as it stays very comfortable. if you can sleep with the windows open, that is some chilly free air conditioned air, 55 in allentown and 58 in millville and trenton 59 degrees. tomorrow like today, sunshine and a few clouds dotting the sky and the get away forecast, 85 degrees and sun and a few clouds, from you lucky to be at the shore, 80 and pleasant and the poconos low humidity and a temperature of just 75 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, or your four day at 4:00. and filtered sun and a lot of high cloud cover pushing in from the ocean, seasonably warm, back

to 86 with the higher humidity. the humidity returns on monday, and 87 and a scattered thunderstorms, the place to be today? the shore of course. meteorologist, melissa magee is on the boardwalk in ocean city. and oh my she has quite the treat, i have taught you right down there. lick your fingers it's dripping down the sired there. lick the bottom first. >> i know, i know, it's kind of messy, it's a gorgeous day in ocean city. and because it is so lovely here in ocean city, we are celebrating july, which happens to be national ice-cream month, we are in front of george's ice-cream stand, we are having a whole lot of fun in front of george's, and i'll keep licking my ice-cream too. back to you. >> we saw the birds swirling around. be careful. >> don't let them take that ice-cream. >> thank you melissa. just down the beach from

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hello again, it's 4:30 and "action news" continues, with a breaking story we are following all afternoon here, the deadly crash of malaysian airlines 17. it plunged to earth with 295 souls on board. it sent a fire ball into the air and spread debris over the land. for more on what we learned from the tragedy we turn to alicia

vitarelli. >> reporter: one after leaving amsterdam, malaysian airlines says that flight 17 disappeared over the air space over eastern ukraine, 30 miles from the russian border, moments ago a government official told abc news that the u.s. believes that a complex surface to air missile brought down the jet at cruising altitude. it remains unclear if the missile was fired from inside ukrainian territory or russian territory. and there are questions on who fired it. >> a burning inferno of molten metal. the scene is horrific and remains scattered across a wide area in the eastern ukraine village, and 280 passengers and 15 crew members were on board. the plane appears to have broken up on impact.

the personal belongs and parts and victim's bodies scattered across the field. >> there are bodies everywhere. we just shined a light on a woman unrecognizable. >> and is he interrupted by a rebel at the scene, i pointed out with a flashlight on the ground that there is blood splattered everywhere and pieces of remains. >> a ukrainian boeing 777 was flying at an altitude of 33,000 feet when shot down by rebels. they are denying responsibility. this is an area of extreme conflict. sitting on the border between ukraine and russia. president obama was on the phone earlier tonight with russian president, vladimir putin, on

air force one on route to an event in wilmington,delaware, his remarks today look brief >> itooks like a terrible tragedy, we are working to determine if there were american citizens on board, and that is our first priority. >> at this momentrn prs nruia inetertiboongenyhhd a lquaf tt m ror nee hlo ngke> y,'m dby th otgte, sh t a

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constables. the d.a. has to weight until the investigation is complete to see if there are charges against mccullers or either of the constables. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> all right eva thank you. a small plane crash is under investigation in buck county, from chopper 6 hd, we see the overturned aircraft lying with its wheels in the air, on the runway at pennridge airport in perkasie, the plane landed and flipped over just before 7:00 a.m. we are told no one was hurt. a crew from our delaware newsroom captured this rescue on camera this morning in newcastle, a woman's car became stranded in high water on airport road at 8:30, the water spilled over from the creek and police say that the woman tried to drive through despite signs that warned of flooding. >> it's son of convicted child

molester, jerry sandusky is spooking out now saying he was the victim of abuse. >> matt sandusky described the bedtime ritual and control and manipulation by his father. matt is one of six children adopted by the former assistant penn state football coach. and he was accused of molesting 10 other boys, he is in prison but continues to maintain his innocence. now the trial is underway for former traffic court judges, they are accused of fixing tickets for friends, families and political allies. they have interactions caught on tape, including one judge that promised a tow truck operator that his tickets would be dismissed. they maintain that they did

nothing illegal. the woman stripped of her misdelaware title for being too old is suing, she says despite supplying her drivers license showing she would be 25 in okay. contestants should be no older than 24 at the end of year. longacre wants $2.5 million for for other contestants that suffered similar fates. the delaware organization had no comment today. they may be young but future entrepreneurs in wilmington know how to get the consumers attention. through their stomachs of course. look at the hercules buildsing, they learned how to start and run a small business, they had

no issues selling off the goodies they have, there was cake pops. >> i could live on cake pops alone i think. >> i agree. >> it is thursday on "action news" at 4:00, that means we are live down at the shore. melissa magee is in ocean city where they are celebrating all things ice-cream and of course melissa has something yummy to eat down at the shore. >> who likes vanilla, there you go sophia, we are talking about ice-cream, it's a great day to head down to the jersey shore, because you can't beat this weather, very to say. whenever you have the wonderful weather outside, it's always a good day for ice-cream. you guys ready? ice-cream, you scream, we all scream for ice-cream because it's george's ice-cream and we are celebrating national ice-cream month and swret scoop

here in ocean city. on a summer day, it's a perfect frozen treat to keep you cool. a spoonful of that goodness during july during ice-cream month and the flavors are endless. what is your favorite ice-cream flavor? >> cotton candy. >> vanilla. >> chocolate. >> there are plenty of cold spots to sfind a sweet street. johnny be good on 14th street and asbury, this year they are celebrating 20 seasons of sundaes. >> like the duke of earl or wake up little susie or the hunk a hunk of chocolate and the waffle with three scoops of ice-cream and whipped cream and a cherry. >> this is so good. >> if are you looking for ice-cream on the boardwalk can hit up george's candy, they make homemade ice-cream with recipes

dating back to 1915, we have 46 to 50 some flavors. we try to mix and match. >> celebrate the quintessential shore staple and watch out for -- >> ice-cream! >> see you this weekend down at the shore. >> yes, that is right, have you to watch out for brain freeze. >> this is a great way to beat the heat and humidity on a gorgeous summer day, here at george's candies and ice-cream they have funky flavors by the way. >> what is this called? seagull droppings and what is this one here? >> motor oil. >> we always have a good time down at the shore, we are celebrating national ice-cream month. a little trivia for you, which president proclaimed national ice-cream month, i have multiple

choice questions. barack obama, grant or ronald reagan. >> yes, ronald reagan in 1984. >> back in 84 okay. >> brain freeze is the hardest part of your day it's a pretty good day. >> she is always having fun out there. so jealous. save on appetizers to apple martinis, we have local spots with deals on drinks. talk about team work, we'll introduce you to the couple that shed a combined 300 pounds together, a comment that a family member made that motivated them to get in shape. adam joseph has the full forecast in accuweather when "action news" at 4:00 continues next.

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remarkable survival story. look at brandon evan's car after he crashed into a semi truck yesterday morning, his honda ended up underneath the truck sheering off the top half of the car, somehow evans had the sense to duck down as far as he could under the steering column. it saved the man's life and he walked away with a few minor scratch. >> incredible. at health check at 4:00 we introduce to you a remarkable couple that had the will power to drop nearly 300 pounds. jessica and robert foster decided to lose weight after someone made a rude comment during a family dinner. they started doing zumba and focused on their diet. and they remained healthy role models for their 4-year-old

daughter. >> i wanted to show these girls that you can do anything that you put your mind to. and don't let anybody ever tell them that they can't. because look at me, i did it. >> a role models for all the little girls, two years later, the fosters are transformed. they have lost a combined total of 280 pounds. >> the big board with the big talkers, one mom's blog went viral because she did something that some parents call shocking and selfish, she went on vacation alone. she took a trip to france and italy leaving 10-month-old maya home with her partner. some say westby say she was wrong. this is a big talker in japan and beyond.

this is could be oshy. he is a super star for a fashion statement. he was tired of following the crowd and he steps out like that, as a japanese school girl. he says it's not about sexuality or identity, it's about being comfortable in your own skin. schools have hired him to spread the message, teaching teens to be themselves, he calls it the key to a happy, rich life. everybody wants to stop and take a picture with this guy. >> something tells me he is not very shy. >> a school girl with a goatee and side burns. >> lets get another check on the roads right now. matt pellman in the traffic center with an update. >> we have some sort of problem, and this afternoon it's a broken down tractor trailer, fedex truck we are watching here on the roosevelt boulevard extension northbound side by wissahickon en, taking out the left lane, cars stacking up and

trying to swerve on the right side of the roadway to get around it, it's causing a substantial and heavier than normal delay in this busy spot on the boulevard northbound coming off the schuylkill expressway to that point at wissahickon is blocked. >> and a fire in north philadelphia, at north broad and ontario, it's causing delays on septa's route 15 bus. in charles town township, look for a crash on phoenixville pike with the normal heavy stuff on the southbound side of 202 and oxville the awful head-on collision earlier this afternoon and that continues to close 611, easton road at uncle bob's self storage. stick with beaver road as an alternate. and inmers her county, a crash blocking the northbound lanes of business 1 at lake drive. stick with princeton drive or

route 1 as an alternate. we'll check it again brian and shirleen in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you matt. "action news" at 4:00 continues next, including the accuweath

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now to meteorologist, adam joseph with the accuweather forecast one of those times that uneventful is a good thing. it's a nice break in the middle of the summer, you get the fall feeling in the air, with plenty of summer left. double scan live showing it's quiet this afternoon and a lot of blue upstairs and just a few clouds and temperatures to the north and west only in the upper 70s right now, 78 in allentown and reading. lancaster 77 and philadelphia and trenton coming in at 83 and at the shore and the boardwalk, looking at 80 degrees with a light northwesterly wind and

more of a land breeze today, so it's equally as warm at the shore. radar shows not much going on a few showers in new england, they will remain there with energy that pulled the front through, high pressure to the west and that high pressure will remain our friend here into your friday. it's a july delight, a lot of sun and human and light wind and humidity, and the high retreats to the north on saturday, it's not as bright as it starts to introduce the humidity, so 85 degrees, it does stay dry, it's a decent day, we head back to the shore, melissa magee is on the ocean city boardwalk, she is enjoying and celebrating national ice-cream month. you are making my intestines hurt by the amount of ice-cream are you eating. you know me well enough to know my favorite flavor. >> i knew you were going to ask

me this, i had you covered. because i know it's coffee. in honor of adam joseph not being here -- i'm going to have a little bite for you. i can do that. we are inside george's kitchen, and this is where they make all the goodness and we have the shore forecast for you as well. it's homemade. and good. at the shore sunny and pleasant, 80 degrees with an afternoon sea breeze, saturday sunshine and high clouds with a high temperature of 78 degrees, saturday not the best looking day with the high clouds moving on in for the sec half of the day. on sunday a mix of sun and clouds and a high of 78 degrees, not the sunniest of days, but the good news, is over the weekend we deal with an easterly wind and that easterly wind will help to warm our ocean temperatures up into the upper 60s once again. so i'm going to keep munching away and by the end of the day i'll need a whole lot of water

but in the meantime i'll enjoy this ice-cream. >> i'm going to bring the coffee back to you. >> bring it back in dry ice cooler. as we look at the accuweather forecast, saturday morn clouds and 85, and seasonably warm here sunday, 86 degrees and back to normal and the humidity comes back up but turns humid, monday, tuesday, wednesday into thursday and with the heat and humidity returning, some thunderstorms around and i never understood why i liked coffee as my favorite coffee because i despise coffee to drink. >> i love bananas but hate

time to save with 6 abc, a toast special. an event offering discount drinks and amy buckman shows how more hot spots a s apots are gen the deal. >> now here in south street west of broad, a number of bars and restaurants are expanding on a concept. at rex 1516, you'll find executive chef, justin swain, whipping up bar bites like pim entoe grilled cheese, it runs from 5:00 to 7:00 and the bar bites are just $5 each. and a weekend julep special is just $5. a burger special runs all night long. >> it's a burger and fries and a pint for just $15, and that is on wednesdays as well.

>> the pulled pork and burger are too big to take a bite on television but very to taste the grilled cheese. >> at jet wine bar they are running a happy hour deal, it starts at center city sips and 9:00 until 11:00. >> there is always a rotating cocktail and we do a typical white sangria, it's a good deal. >> devilled eggs and olives are just $3 each. >> we'll have information about the bars and restaurants and also about center city sips, on our saving with 6 abc page at 6abc.com. i'm amy buckman, channel 6 "action news." >> that does it for "action news" at 4:00, for shirleen allicot,

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. we begin tonight with s and breaking news from ukraine, that is where new video is coming in at the moment a boeing 777 crashed into a ball of fire near

the border with russia. the malaysian airline flight was carrying 295 people all of them presumed dead. an official says that the u.s. believes that a russian missile brought down the jet. ukraine believes the plane was shot down by pro russian rebels. >> the big story is the investigation into a crash of that malaysian fight. that area sees fighting between separatists and pro russian troops in resenday. it took off from amsterdam and was landing in malaysia when it crashed in ukraine. officials there say the debris stretches for 10 miles, "action news" is live with team coverage of the crash, abc's marcy

gonzales has details of investigation and lets begin with marcy live in new york city with the latest on what happened today. >> reporter: vice president, joe biden, just said it appears this was not an accident. saying the plane was blown out of the sky. the fiery moment of impact, a passenger jet with 295 people on board, crashing this morning in ukraine near the russian