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tonight, the crash site in eastern ukraine is controlled by pro russian rebels and late word is that they have given international investigators limited access but limited won't be enough to satisfy the u.n., the united states, or the dutch, malaysia, and all of the other countries that suffered fatality in yesterday's crash. it is friday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is new information from a different kind of killing field. thirty officials from the organization of security and cooperation in europe have a arrived at the debris field from malaysia flight 17, and

reports say that the rebels allowed them to conduct is what being called a very partial and superficial inspection. the at the u.n. today the u.s. reiterated what president obama said in washington that the miss that will down the boeing 777 was likely fired from territory held by pro russian separatists. u.s. ambassadors samantha powers said that separatists trained and supported by russia, initially claimed responsibility for shooting down a ukrainian military transport before they realized it was a commercial jet liner. but in moscow foreign minister sergei l.a. vrov that russia could be behind the attack. president obama implied that russia bears responsibility. >> a group of separatists cannot shoot down a military transport planes or a plane shoot down fighter jets, without sophisticated equipment and suffice kate training. that is coming from russia.

>> 298 people were killed when the missle brought down the plane, including, 80 children. among the passenger a group of researchers headed to a aids conference in australia. the only known american citizen was quinn lucas shanesman. his grandfather happens to be visiting a relative in woodbury, new jersey tonight. >> big boy, very lively, and, of course, at the moment the whole family is in mourning. you just hope that none of them were children will go before you. it has happened. it is first time it has happened in our family. unaudible. >> even in the face of this unspeakable tragedy, fighting between rebels and ukrainian forces erupt today, less than

60 miles from the crash site, killing about 20 civilians. here at home "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live on the ben franklin parkway where emotions ran high, earlier tonight, dann? >> reporter: well, that is right, jim. ukrainian americans held an impassioned rally here tonight mourning loss of the victims and condemning and very strong terms, those responsible. and in many of their mind, there is only one man who is ultimate i am responsible and that is russian president vladamire putin. >> listen to us, take your bloody hand off of the ukraine. >> reporter: they gathered under ukrainian flag at 19th and parkway behind a ban their read stop putin's terror. they held posters with putin's photo with devil horns and another with mustache like hitler and another called him osama bin putin. >> putin is behind this insane scenario with the downing of the malaysia airplane, and our hearts go out to all of the innocent victims.

>> reporter: ukrainian americans say they have been living with the nightmare back in the home land since russia invaded crimea peninsula. while there is in evidence directly linking putin and russian government to the tragedy they want u.s. and world to take action. >> we do hope that our senators, our congressmen, whom we work very closely and president obama will finally, take some firm steps to punish russia. >> they should send a military mission to ukraine to assess what kind of of help they can need and what kind of training to use american weapon. >> reporter: some lit candles and laid flyers for mmh17. at ukrainian archdiocese of philadelphia, the archbishop was offering prayers, not just for the victims but for a sense of decency among those responsible for such evil. >> saddens me very much, saddens me very much and we pray for the victims, we also pray for their conversions, from the sensibility and appreciation of life.

>> reporter: and, so, in the wake of the unspeakable loss, the fast moving developments are being closely monitored bayou crane yan is here. they believe the world has now been, drawn into their conflict with russia and they hope the world takes action. we are live in center sit a long the parkway i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> thanks, dann. for one woman who missed the flight it was a fortunate twist of fate but today she has had mixed feelings about the tragedy. >> like i'm shaking. i don't even know what to to. i feel physically sick. i'm just thinking that i feel like i have been given a second chance and... >> our coverage of the crash in malaysia airlines mh17 continues on the six abc news app. we will alert you to new developments and we have posted photographs and videos from the scene. down load the app free for apple and android devices.

this is video of the some of the tunnels that israelis out to destroy, in gaza. israel says hamas terrorist, use the tunnel network to infiltrate israel. israel's ground offensive was triggered when 13 armed militants sneak through a tunnel from gaza into israel. they were all kill by an air strike as they emerge. thousands of palestinians have been displaced by their homes, from their homes, many of which have been destroyed by israeli bombs and missiles. israel has been criticized for the deaths of many civilians, including children, israeli officials insist that hamas has been using its civilians as human shields. roughly 300 palestinian supporters marched through center city late this afternoon. they met near israeli consul on jfk boulevard and then walk down toward city hall calling for the united states to stop its support of israel and for

israel to leave gaza. this march followed a separate gathering of israeli demonstrators in the same area. a fast moving fire killed two women this afternoon in atlantic city. the blaze broke out just before 5:00 p.m. at an apartment building at four north providence avenue. the fire went to two alarms. one neighbor says even as she pick up the phone to call for help the the fire was out of control. >> small flame but once i call 911 i pick up the phone, it was out of control. >> the victim's were a woman believed to be in her 20's and an older woman. fire fighters say the the blaze stretch from the basement all the way to the roof. the causes still under investigation. philadelphia police say they are dealing with the case of double murder in strawberry mansion. detectives are questioning two persons of interest, in the deaths of roofus and gladys perry. the 79 year-old man and his 66 year-old wife were found dead in their home in the 2500

block of north spangler street early yesterday morning, and sources tell "action news" that it appears that gladys was suffocated. they think roofus suffered a heart attack while coming to her aid. family and friend of a murdered 23 year-old woman held a memorial service for her tonight. laura araujo was remembered at her church tabernacle of the holy spirit in frankford. police say araujo was beaten, strangled and her body stuffed in the duffle bag. 22-year old jeremiah jackson has been arrested and charged with murder and being held without bail. philadelphia police are looking for a robber who assaulted an employee at a lawn dale business late this afternoon. the incident happened at stewart's stamps and stuff in the 7200 block of rising sun avenue. police say that the suspect pistol whipped a 60 year-old employee before running off with at least two firearms. the victim is at einstein medical center in stable

condition. within person was taken to the hospital, after a stabbing tonight in bridgeport, montgomery county. police were called to the 800 block of dekalb street at 5:00 o'clock. they found one victim bleeding from the chest, police have not released the condition, they say that this appears to be a domestic dispute, no charges have have yet to be filed. tonight the coastguard suspended its search for missing swimmer off the coast of ocean county. the the 25 year-old man, went missing, at island state beach park at noon today. the man from france was reportedly swimming in the ocean for the first time. officials say they also had a rescue four other swimmers from the the rough waters today. the single mother who had lunch with president obama stopped by our studios today. janet benjamin of newark, delaware wrote to obama over a year ago. she detailed her struggles as a single mother working full-time and going to school full-time. she lives paycheck to paycheck

and expressed her frustration over not being he will eligible for government assistance. those word landed her a one on one lunch meeting while obama was in delaware during his visit yesterday. >> we talked about my letter, the majority of my conversation was about my letter and about my daughter and surprisingly he was able to relate in a lot of ways, you know, about his childhood and of the things that his mom has gone through as a single parent. >> benjamin said obama was gracious, even hugged her, and brought her a white house goody bag for her daughter. still to come on "action news" tonight, next a savage attack on a doggies under investigation in delaware county. authorities say they need your help catching the person behind the crime. and a ten year-old from delaware steals the the spotlight at the white house today, adam. jim, another day with temperatures below average, home upper 70's to lower 80's for highs today. is there another heat wave on the way. we will let you know when it begins in accu weather.

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2,000 fire fighter battling blaze's cross the state of washington. wild fire racing through rural section in the northern part of the state has destroyed 200 homes, 650 residents' vac waited a head of the approaching flames, multiple fires have now burned, 260 square miles. next the the story of a dog that has endured and survived a brutal attack by a human. now officials are hoping she can find a home with people who will love her. "action news" reporter sharrie williams has the story. >> reporter: wearing a protective plastic cone this pit bull terrier is recovering from a terrible incident.

>> it hurts your heart. it just hurts your heart. >> reporter: the young dog was stabbed repeatedly with the very sharp on, possibly a knife. these pictures helped tell the story. >> there are very deep lacerations all over her body from her stomach, to her paws to her upper body. >> reporter: she was found hiding in the grassy area of the water treatment plant in chester delaware county. investigators with the humane society said the stabbing may have happened, close to where she was found. >> i'm hoping that somebody would have seen it, may have some information, that they can share that might help us, build the case better. >> reporter: delco spca workers have named her lovey and for good reason. >> we named her lovey because she's so affectionate with everyone she meets. >> reporter: lovey didn't have a color or micro chip so who had her last is unknown, the goal, it is now to find out who hurt her. >> that is all we're asking people to do is call us and let us know if they know a possible owner, if they saw this dog being mistreated, please let us know so that we

can find justice for lovey. >> reporter: if caught the person responsible for this could face animal cruelty charges, as for lovey her health, continues to improve as workers here at delco spca are caring for her. they say their goal, it is to get her 100 percent so that she can be placed up for adoption and put with the loving family. in the delaware county spca, sharrie williams for channel six "action news". police in wilmington are trying to track down vandals who damage a cemetery. the suspects knocked overdosens of tomb stones and monuments in the historic river view cemetery. cemetery was founded almost 150 years ago, and it had fallen into disrepair but six years ago a group of volunteers spent thousands of hours restoring it. now they are looking at a $25,000 repair bill. get arrested in evesham, new jersey and it will likely be recorded. the department has added to its arsenal of crime fighting tools.

the officers will now wear a device called a body worn camera system that records audio and video, police chief, chris chew, hopes that the cameras will cut down on frivolous lawsuits against his department. >> a lot of police departments are coming under fire because is there amateur video from cell phones. the people, citizens, taken cell phone footage of an arrest, protest, whatever it the may bub never captured the incident from beginning to end, and i thought that was very important for our organization to be out front in this. >> the chief also says that it will force his officers to follow procedure. evesham police have been equipped with the cameras for two days. on health check at 11:00 the old saying bird of the feather flock together may be scientifically true. it turns out we pick our friends in many different ways but scientists found there may be a common thread: our dna. a study by researchers found that we share more common dna with friend then we do with strangers. we share about 1 percent of

dna with our friends, that is about the same as our fourth cousins. a ten year-old from delaware stole the spotlight at the annual kids state dinner at the white house today. brayden mannering was the guest speaker at the event and got to introduce first lady michelle obama. brayden attended his first kids day dinner last year when he was honored for his efforts to help feed the home less. he told the kids about his experience sitting at the first ladies table. >> she gave us permission to eat with our fingers, except she said that president obama was not allowed to use his fingers. i thought that was funny. >> and the president also made an appearance, and shared his family's junk food weaknesses, for mallea it is ice cream. sascha is sushi. the first lady likes frenchfries. as for the president, he says he quote loses his mind over

quacamole and chips. so now we now what the president has been eat if you go he ever stops by for a snack. >> saferry sweet if you had to go to something, let me know. >> it just depend on the mood. >> dessert for me, morning, noon, night. >> somebody walked in with ice cream sandwiches in the news room, you did not know that. >> difficult not know, i will have some when i go home, already on the menu. take a look at weather, double scan live around the region, not much going on but some clouds are moving in upstairs as we look at sky six, high definition hot shot over philadelphia international airport no weather wows the last few days and that should remain the case through much of this weekend. as we look at numbers, we're falling back in the 60's for allentown, trenton. sixty-seven. lancaster 68. not as cool as it was last night, but temperatures are still in the falwell below average by tomorrow morning, 55 degrees, already in the poconos, and for those, at the

the shore, maybe it is your last night there, before you head back home after vacation tomorrow our temperatures there in the upper 60's to near 70 degrees. satellite and radar you can see some of those clouds filtering in from the south and west during the evening hours and that will be the general trend overnight. this is all moving in response to the return of humidity down to the south. we have some energy trying to pull up in the tennessee and ohio valley. it might scare you by looking at this saying we have a wet weekend as that rain is heading in our direction but most of that rain will stay to the west, some areas could see a few showers this weekend but for most of us that is relatively dry. so filtered sunshine tomorrow, just the high sirus clouds. clouds will win over the sun tomorrow. 83 degrees. we will stay very comfortable. there is a low that is just going to be to the east here on sunday that will spill some clouds especially in eastern areas on sunday, sunday morning there could be a shower at the shore but dryer air to the west of philadelphia with a little more in the way of sunshine

but still low humidity and temperatures below average at 83. here is future tracker for sunday at 10:00 o'clock. you can see biggest concentration of the rain is off the coast with that particular storm but it could again, spill a couple of showers for the shore but then by the afternoon we will try to rip these clouds apart and return some sunshine, across the board. 67 degrees is your ocean temperature, for this particular weekend, and your forecasted temperatures will be in the upper 70's. there will be a sea breeze both days, lot of clouds sat the day. there could be a evening shower that lingers into early sunday morning. otherwise more clouds than sun through the majority of the weekend for the shore and in the poconos a lot of clouds tomorrow only 75, we will stay there on sunday, but again, trying to turn brighter, the second half of the weekend especially north and west of philadelphia. here's your day planner 70 at 8:00. seventy-eight at 11:00. one of those afternoons despite more in the way of cloud cover, it is feeling pretty nice out there and very

atypical of july. exclusive accu weather seven day forecast 83 both days this weekend filtered sun tomorrow and muscle more sun in here on sunday and then slightly humid come monday, 87 degrees before 90's return on tuesday with some oppressive humidity and with the return of the humidity here comes the downpours and thunderstorms at times for wednesday into thursday not a brutal heat wave. it could be around three days. temperatures in the lower 90's before we kind of back the off a little bit by friday at 88 degrees. not a full sunny weekend but overall in the bad. >> thanks, adam. thousands of pizza fans celebrated awesome fest tonight in philadelphia mccauley caulkin's band was the main attraction in fail's largest pizza party, the band, of pizza underground performed for a crowd to celebrate the upcoming release of the new teenage mutant ninja turtles movie. lovers of the oscar winning movie gladiator

experienced tonight a unique way tonight. full length film was accompanied by world renowned philadelphia orchestra live at the mann there will be two more movies presented this way west side story and star trek into darkness will be shown at the end of the month.

all-star break is over and the question is the the losing over at least for tonight. >> it is like phillies never left. >> jim, tonight, they pick up exactly where they left off, if you were paying attention to anything that happened in the first half of the season, you know, that is not a good thing. phils and braves tonight cliff lee due to come off dl and pitch on monday. aj burnett pitching tonight and did he not farewell.

jason heyward yanks one to right. phillies were up. now it is two-one philadelphia later bj up ton this sees own cannot hit broadside of the barn but drives in the run there. he is batting .215. still in the second inning, simmons with the two run single. they score four. burnett gives up six runs, five come with two outs. two outs. ryan howard pulled phillies within two with a two run single in the sixth inning. and, something like that. not enough though. phillies lose this game six -four. they have dropped three in a row. to basketball now sixers wrapped up their las vegas sum are league play with the game against d league all stars. sixers lose 91-87 in overtime. nerlens noel did not play in that one but did he score in double figures in four of the six games he played in the summer league. noel feels he is growing with each passing game, not physically, he is already

7 feet tall. >> it is just good to be back. you have to go through some things to be able to bounce back and with the coaches and see what you did wrong and come back the next day or next game and make it better. that is all about growing and playing. >> up next in sports tiger woods is confident but he still has some work to do at the the british open. plus, t ball on a battleship, where do we sign up, we will explain coming up that can keep us safe. as

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at the halfway point of the open championship it is one horse race and that one horse is rory mcilroy. second round mcilroy two time major winner, 66 in round one yesterday. he shoots a 66 game. he has a four stroke lead at 12 under par. sergio garcia, still looking for that first major of his career, and this might help. approach shot on number two, in putter needed, it is an eagle. he is at six under. tiger woods, oh boy he struggles. how about this putt. it is going in. sorry, tiger. two over for championship. wood barely makes the the cut. >> it gives me a chance. i am pretty far back. i got two round to go and hopefully i can play well in the weekend and at least give myself a shot in going on the back nine on sunday. camden river sharks are

feeding the sharks. players held a home run derby from the deck of the battleship new jersey right into the delaware river. there are sharks in there, right? they used tennis ball. alex hutech, timed it perfectly, look at that, going for the boat. going for the both bet? need in other mustard on that. who goes to fix up those tennis ball off the river. >> same guy that picks up the golf balls in the driving range. all right. christmas in july was celebrated tonight with the fun holiday movie, salvation army hosted movie under the stars event for philadelphia families in fairmount. the film was how the grinch stole christmas starring jim carry and it was part of the salvation army's month long fund raising campaign. jimmy kim ill leave next, filled by nate line. "action news" continues at 5:30 with eva pilgrim and meteorologist chris sowers. for cecily tynan, adam joseph, ducis rodgers, and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim

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