>> and justin bells as he swam ashore and then focus on finding andrew bittle an experienced power boat racer from egg harbor hospital. >> and we hoped he was knocked out on the boat. no noise, wasn't saying anything. we were listening. my assumption is that he was unconscious or something and in the water, but we couldn't see anything. and the police got here really quickly. >> the search that began overnight and continues involves numerous vessels and a coast guard helicopter. bittle and belts passed under the ocean city bridge and they hit a buoy causing both to go overboard. and bittle is the owner, and staffers too upset to talk about the married father of two. in the meantime the search allowing for currents expanded for the atlantic waters off

ocean city. the area where he went missing is where the bay and ocean meet, known for shifting and powerful currents says the longport mayor. >> i think the message here is that although the water provides enjoyment and pleasure and tranquillity for awful us, we cannot forget it is extremely dangerous and you have to use caution. >> and the search continues for this missing man. the state police are due to interview the survivor. that is expected to start late this afternoon and hopefully he will shed light on what went wrong here. back to you. >> thank you. it is time for a check of the accuweather forecast, what has been a beautiful day. lucky you if you from the day off, getting along weekend at the beach. >> adam joseph live outside. we are really hoping this one lasts so we can have some beach time, too. >> things are going to change. it is going to be perfect beach

weather but not the comfortable air we enjoyed the last four days. in fact the numbers right now still below normal for this time of year. philadelphia 85 degrees. only 82 in wilmington. 81 in reading. 84 in trenton. along the shore with the sun out, temperatures are only in the mid 70s thanks to a sea breeze. satellite and radar show some clouds dotting the sky, sharing it with sunshine. thicker clouds to the south and that's where we have downpours and thunderstorms and more humid air. it is only a matter of time that the summer feeling will be back. dewpoints in the 50s area wide but 60s and 70s lurk to the south. the dewpoints when at the hit 65 or 70 it starts to feel oppressive again. if your headed to the phillies good, 76 by the ninth inning with light humidity. when i come back talking about the 90s making a learn. just how long? we let you know in the full

accuweather forecast. >> thank you, adam. philadelphia police arrested two they say are responsible for the deaths of a couple in strawberry mansioned. the police announced they charged terry ballard and 19 year old justen smith accused of murdering gladys perry and her husband, rufus, in their home back on thursday. >> when confronted by the perry anticipates the -- perry's, the suspect strangled and suffocated them to death. >> and more on how the police were able to track bound ballard and smith coming up at 5:00. the fighting continues in gauze -- gaza as israel continues its offensive concern

about those kids, especially after it hit a hospital. >> at least four people killed, dozens of other hurts when the hospital in gaza was hit. on the israeli side, two americans among the dead. today more rockets fired, more lives lost. the fighting between israel and what hamas the most intensive. and most of those killed are is a victimans and several losing their lives today when the israeli tank shells hit this hospital, inciting outrage. >> we are civilian people doing our jobs here. >> no explanation from the israeli army, that maintained their offensive is targeted at

stopping them from firing rockets into israel and destroying thele tunnels like the one used to strike in today. 10 of the gunman were killed as they reportedly tried to reach a neighboring town. >> we don't know, we don't know where the tunnels are. >> the past days at least 20 israeli soldiers died among them max and sean, two americans also israeli citizens and joined the idf, losing their lives in this raging war. and john kerry now in egypt, working to broker a cease-fire. >> thank you. in the meantime, president barack obama russia to help to secure the crash site of malaysia airline flight 17. today a refrigerated training

carrying the bodies of the victims left for an area under ukrainian control. the pro russian rebels still control the area. >> the burden son russia is to incest that the separatists stop tampering with evidence, grant the investigators on the ground immediate, full and unimpeded access to the crash site. >> international investigators arrived at the crash site today, including two americans. the plane's black boxes are expected to be handed over to malaysia's cost. -- government. and our coverage continues. we will alert you to new developments as the story unfolds and we posted pictures and video of the scene. you can download the app free for apple and android n basy , ovn pol r

lost control and hit a utilities pole just before 10:45 this morning. you can see the car ended on its side and the poll snapped in half and was on top of the vehicle. the driver checked out of the scene, but expected to be ok. peco crews are still making repairs and only one lane getting by now. the montgomery county sheriff's office is using social media to help track down suspects. they have announced today they are using the website, facebook and twitter to spread the word about those wanted if, specifically dead beat parents. and you can see the pictures of the wanted suspects on our website at 6abc.com. starting tonight, some phillie fans will have to go through metal detectors at citizen state bank. only at the right-field gate. but the start of next season it will expand to all entrances. all major league baseball are

adding the metal detectors for next year, a coordinated effort with homestand security. fans will not have to take off shoes and it is always exciting when it is baseball season, do what you have to have do. and speaking of taking off shoes at airports and airports in general. why it is going to cost you more to fly starting today. just in time for the summer season up next. and the outrage growing in new york city where a man died after the police tried to arrest him. a pair of investigations going

>> the outrage continues to grow in new york city over the man who died after police tried to arrest him. take a look at the video. prosecutors and the nypd launched separate investigations. they want to know if the police used excessive force when they

arrested him for allegedly selling illegal cigarettes. and that incident was caught on tape and it shows an officer wrapping an arm around garner's neck. and he later died at the hospital. >> and out of my chest, like an empty shell right there. >> and one officer on deck duty and want to know if he put him in a choke hold which is against regulation and he died of a heart attack. lower temperatures and winds are helping them get.com -- get control of a wildfire. and entire neighborhoods are scorches by the debris. flames destroyed 150 homes, the crews think they can get it under control before wednesday

when a storm is expected to move in. and two trains collided in wisconsin hurting two and forcing evacuations of dozens of homes. a railway train slammed into a freight time about three miles northwest of milwaukee. both trains went off the rails and spilled thousands of gallons of diesel. 100 people who live near the crash had to leave their houses, but they were allowed back in this morning. investigators are trying to figure out what happened, but they say there was an emergency on one of the trains before the crash. to business now. stocks lost some ground to start the week. the dow dropping 49 points, the nasdaq down more than 7 and the s&p slipped about 5. investors are concerned about the situations in ukraine and gaza. the stocks rallied late after spending most of the day down even lower than that. tobacco giant, rjreynolds

lost a lawsuit and ordered to pay $23 billion. a woman in from sued them sake it did not warn people about the dangers of smoking. her husband started smoking when he was 13 years old and died of lung cancer when just 36. they say they will appeal the vert. it will cost you more to fly. raising security fees at u.s. airports. passengers paid $2.50 for each plane they took to get to a destination. it was capped at two plane rides each way. starting today it is $5.60 per plane and no cap. congress approved it last year as part of a budget deal. >> ouch. let's get back down to the ground and time for the traffic report on a monday afternoon. >> people trying to get home. matt pellman in the traffic center with the latest. it looks like some trouble listened you. >> the cost for driving on the

roosevelt boulevard, some extra time. costing you a few extra minutes. northbound off the schuylkill through 9th street, a spot that is normally busy, but this afternoon the outer drive here is blocked, northbound at 9th street because of a crash. you can see the fire crews and penndot and police on the scene. and everyone funneled into the inner drive north of broad street, it is slower than normal on the northbound side of the boulevard. eastbound of the schuylkill expressway and going through the tunnels a broken down tractor-trailer taking out the right lane and a row home fire in bridesburg, steer clear of that. and an earlier crash near broad street that is out of there, but delays on the vine. and back here on the ben franklin slow on the down side westbound into 8th and vine. in pottstown a crash near king

street. on 202 in westchester the right lane blocked as they make repairs. and a crash by van buren street. and i hope you had a nice weekend. and we will check more of the situation coming up in the next half-hour. >> thank you, matt. the defense department offering up nearly three dozen mobile field kitchens used during training. online bidding began today for 32 of the fully-equipped kitchens. they were used during field training beautifully functional. each kitchen on a 1.5 ton two-wheel chasy trailer. more information monday our

website with for information on biddings running through wednesday. and researchers at temperature celebrate a break through in the quest to cure h.i.v. monica malpass with this story and more. >> and one. challenges of h.i.v. it asserts its genetic material into the person's cells. but a researcher says they had success. and we take you in the lab where they made major progress. a museum like any other you may have visited. nora muchanic showing us the sand museum that is set to open its doors tomorrow and sure to be a treat for the eye. those stories and more coming your way on "action news at 5:00." see you then. >> all right, thank you. up next, adam back with a look at the accuweather

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>> kids young and old dug in or this ice cream eating contest in los angeles this weekend. yes, the event is called the superirfic summer spectacular ice cream eating championships. and there were rides and games and winners had an entire year's worth of free ice cream. and it benefitted the wake-a-wish foundation. >> i am good for one scoop, maybe two. >> yeah. brain freeze. >> and it is a good day for a cold treat, it was. going over to adam joseph over at the big board.

>> one way to get rid of brain freeze reportedly, you stick your tongue to the roof of your mouth and hold it. and then it says to your brain that you are warming it back up. and looking at reading, pennsylvania, a little haze in the atmosphere as we start to return a little bit of the humidity and it will spike getting into the middle of the week. good in needwood 80, 80 in the slatington and below average elsewhere. the sea breeze going to work again, mainly through southern new jersey. a swath of 70s. bridgeton, mid 70s at the shore. and warmer through the state of delaware between 81 and 84 degrees. and the ocean has warmed back up into the lower 70s as well. we look at satellite and radar,

sunshine sharing the skies with the cloud cover. and wet in raleigh, the carolinas and that is where it is turning into the summer soup, not only humidity but supplying storms. and the southwesterly wind starting tomorrow, feeling humid out there again. and on the verge much oppressive wednesday going above the 70-degree mark. how it feels tomorrow afternoon different from today. 90 in philadelphia, 90 in trenton, 90 in reading. and the sea breeze helping home with the sorth southerly component. and on the brink of 100 inland, and more uncomfortable the next two days. tonight is muggy, not as

comfortable as the last four nights, especially with the windows open. 69 in philadelphia, millville 64. and the day planner for tomorrow, we have a decent amount of sunshine. just a few of the puffy, cumulus clouds. 74 at 8:00, and jumping to 87 at 2:00, and on the verge of 90 for the air temperature. if it doesn't hit that, it will feel like that with humidity. and warm and muggy tomorrow, 89. and spiking then with the late afternoon thunderstorms, but feeling like upper 90s. and numerous shores and thunderstorms, especially the first half the day thursday, and back down to 85. and lower humidity again come friday. below average of 84 degrees. this is a summer without the heat and humidity. we let you know if that continues in the seven-day notice next half-hour. >> thank you. the very first wawa store that the company ever opened

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lead them to mack and his partner. they were able to connect mack to several robberies through the cell phone he used to place the order. e traheugh the cell phone order thinkaveim l>>owill 6ab. ardlicetrom you. and a gruesome discovery. the body of a woman in the lehigh creek, a woman in her mid 30s or mid 40s between therbinh yeah. no obvious signs of trauma, but can't rule out foul play until they know how she died. an autopsy scheduled tomorrow. and an armed man brought traffic to a halt in fishtown

this morning. over the intersections of sepviva and berks street where the suspect was barricaded in a car around 8:30. the police did fire one shot, but the situation was resolved peacefully without any injuries. the man was taken to the hospital for a mental health evaluation. the mayor of wilmington, delaware calling for an end to gun violence after a shooting at a charity event this weekend. a group of men allegedly opened fire on a charity basketball event at haynes park at 32nd and franklin streets last night. mayor dennis williams this morning calling the shooting disturbing. he says he plans to urge the general assembly to pass gun regulation to prevent further gun violence. and the jurors have the case in the case of the former traffic court judges accused of fixes tickets for family, friends and political allies. and the attorney says they did

nothing wrong. traffic court abolished because of this case. and get ready for traffic to more faster, the speed jumping up to 70 miles per hour along a 100-mile stretch of the highway. chopper 6 360 hovering over the morgan town interchange. and here the speed limit is changing going up to 70 miles per hour along a 100-mile stretch along the blue mountain interchange. and the state highway officials want to bring the turnpike up to speed literally with other highways in other states where 70 miles an hour is becoming more and more common. but it isn't for the whole turnpike. again, that's for morgantown interchange going west. going back east you have to remember to pave -- pay attention to the signs it will be going back down.

and walter perez spoke to motorists with mixed feelings and that storyoming up at 6:00. >> thank you. if have you a couple of million dollars laying around you might be able to buy jersey history. and the carousel in seaside heights which survived sup superstorm sandy is being cautioned off. and the hope is that a buyer will take the entire ride and prevent it from being broken up. otherwise it is 58 hand-carved figures and the organ sold piece hmiel. meal. and more on that at 6:00. >> if i could i would put my bet in. some people want heat and humidity back. why, i don't know. >> i am not putting my bid in for that. >> and live another philadelphia international airport, not bad,

85 degrees. the dewpoint low in the middle 50s. that means less moisture in the atmosphere. it doesn't feel as oppressive when you step out. wind at 6 miles per hours. and some weather going on. and between 35, 40-minute delays, but in newark, boston, chicago with zero delays. and cape may, big breakers hitting the shore. 73 the air temperature. a little cooler with the wind off the water out of the east-southeast and the ocean has warmed to 71 degrees. that will be a place to beat the heat the next couple of days. and we talk about the numbers going up, but then they go right back down in the seven-day forecast. >> that is really hard on my big hair. >> and in the 80s, when you were still young. and get "action news" and

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>> well there's good news about florida's later sinkhole. the tavern has stabilized enough to be filled with concrete. four homes had to be evacuated when it opened up near tampa this weekend. the crater 50 miles away from a town where a man was swallowed up while sleeping last year. fortunately nobody further in this incident. an option that used to only exist in parent anticipates wildest dreams. if you buy one the sienna mini advance you can buy a way to yell at kids without turning

around. it comes with a microphone that will amplify voices from the front seat to the back seat so everyone hears mom and dad loud and clear. the best part, it is a one-way mic. kids can't use it to talk back. so take that! and fitness bands are popular, but can you trust the information that they give you? testing some out and also an ordinary timex pedometer. when it came to counting out 100 steps, the basis was off by 55 steps on one test, that's almost half. in the meantime the run of the

mill pedometer was just about on target. here at the big board with the big talkers and big controversy over a new manhattan highrise building with a pretty polarizing pee tour that so some -- feature that some dubbed the poor door. and the separate residence for those living in the building. the prominent front building is for the tenants with the nicer apartments. and that has a lot of people talking along with this picture. some girls like to play dress-up, but one supermodel the talk as her little girls stepped out on the town with high heels. and that is heidi klum with her

daughters. and lou with kid heels, and lenny's looks like mom's and they say they are too high. and the question, do they sell them this high for kids? big talking on the facebook page. log on and let us know what you think. and a very sweet and candid moment on camera. a couple kissing during a surprise father's day photo shoot. you might go say ahhh, the 2-year-old twins, more like oooohh. and they did not hide their feelings. one closed her eyes and the other horrified. and mom assured that the girls love kisses and snuggles and bedtime but the girls are going

please, please. >> so tiny, it is amazing that they even understand that, thank you. and another check on the roads this afternoon. and matt pellman in the "action news" traffic center with an update. i want to cover my eyes for what you are about to show me. >> saying ooohhh, about these twins, the twin bridges. only one side making us say oooohh. it the north side is locked up to 9th street. the good news, the crash there at 9th street we showed you during the last half-hour is now out of there. all lanes reopened and extra slow off 76 in the northbound twin bridge. and a row home fire in bridesburg near salmon street. and slow along 95. and the schuylkill expressway, if your headed often the eastbound side to 26th street southbound, a broken down tractor-trailer i mentioned in the last half-hour headed into

the tunnel, heading towards the pl platt bridge. and getting used to the work zone in bucks county, lasting until october of 2016. let's get used to it. over the neshaminy creek is shutdown. and a bad crash in pottstown involving an overturned vehicle along hang overstreet by the mercury office. and goshen on 202 northbound approaching hyde street it is knocking out the right lane in the process. checking that again in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you. a story that proves every devil has its advocate. it is national junk food today.

>> and today is celebratie inin calorieic intake. >> and since the country is giving into temptation we thought we would share our treats. matt pellman, he loves the bbq chips. >> and what you love, hazelnut gelado. >> and almond joy. >> and shirleen a shot spot for french fries. and adam goes for the salt, buttered popcorn. although not here, brian says his weakness is m&m's or cadbury eggs. >> and my friend came in and brought tim-tams and you have

not lived until you try those. i will bring some in tomorrow. and the seven-day forecast up next.

>> adam joseph with a sweet forecast. still thinking about -- >> calorie-free. >> indulge. >> especially the end of the week losing the humidity. looking right now on sky 6 of the delaware river, the spirit of philadelphia. look at the cloud cover upstairs, but the humidity remaining on the relatively low side. it has come up a little bit from the weekend, but it will truly speak here tomorrow into end. accuweather live, looking at the double scan. the present temperatures remaining below average and satellite and radar with nasty weather to the south that will eventually link up with a front pushing through midweek. and double scan, not finding

anything up in the clouds. temperatures again below average, 83 in allentown, 84 in trenton, 79 in millville. dover down to 79 degrees. and a southerly wind, off the atlantic it warmed up to 71, but creates the sea breeze. and the lehigh valley 83. and the satellite and radar decent amount of sun through the front end of the day, but a ribbon of clouds in southeastern philadelphia north and west of the i-95 corridor. the rain and clouds is all being pushed to the south where the air is truly tropical in the carolinas and virginias. the high pressure just to the east tomorrow, that means a return flow from the southwesterly direction and that will bring up heat and humidity from the deep south. 89 tomorrow on the humid side. and then turns oppressive wednesday as we are prefrontal, meaning before the front comes

in we spike the temperature and humidity. and wednesday as the cold front comes through, combining with the heat and humidity with an air temperature of 93 degrees. at the shore tomorrow looking like a pretty good day. sun and clouds, although a little more humid. the kind continues off the water, temperatures between 75 and 79. with the southerly, with chop to the water. and overnight tonight, temperatures not as comfortable as the last few nights as it turns mucky under the partly cloudy sky. and warm and muggy tomorrow, 89 degrees. to heat wave this week, but hot and oppressively humid are late-day thunderstorms. and future track ershowing the heat index upper 90s inland on the brink of 100. kicking the temperature back down thursday with numerous downpours and storms early in

date at 85. and lower humidity friday into saturday with temperatures below average. and a little more humid and unsettled sunday >> monday and temperatures in the 80s. one day in the 90s. >> thank you. and we are saving. >> why the next call from a telemarketer can e

>> time to saving with 6abc. and telemarketers may cause you a headache but the calls can earn you big bucks. if you are on the national do not call list, or asked the company never to call again and you still get a phone call from them, that's illegal and you could sue for $500 a call. if the company knowingly broke

the call the pay-out triples. and a man collected more than $6,000 suing telemarketers breaks down how to do it on the website kill the calls.com. and the website says it is easy breaking down the simple steps you need to do to sue. first, log all of the calls, especially from the company that you have asked not to call you again. next, file in small claims court. it says more than a half-hour or $100 in court fees. there are also web-based forms you can fill out so you don't have to go in person, you can do it all electronically. on the day of your court hearing they ask you bring the list of all of the phone calls you received, and also a copy of the telephone consumer protection act to hand to the judge. you only have one shot to make your case but it could be a big payday for you.

>> thank you. >> and leaving you with the story of a beautiful animal with a guilty conscience. and this is charlie who was laura's best bud. and that is fine until he steals one of her toys and she cries and he tries to make it up for her. fetching every toy from a playstation remote to a tennis ball. and in case you are wondering, charlie's owners promised they were not coaching the pup. the beagle loves bringing laura toys, it was just the first time he stole one first. >> oh. she is wait, wait, i would also like a diamond ring. >> you are setting a precedent, charlie. really, you have to be careful there. >> so cute. and that's it for "action news at 4:00." for brian taff, alicia vitarelli

i'm shirleen allicot. join me and brian and adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for "action news" 10:00 for phl 17. and here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look at what is ahead at 5:00. the philadelphia police make two arrests in a strawberry mansion couple. live with details. >> and a new security measure at the ballpark. how it will impact fans coming up. call it one big fan box but a sculpture raising money by carving at the jersey shore. a preview coming

♪ "action news." delaware valley's leading news program with jamie apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> philadelphia police say they caught the men responsible for murdering a strawberry mansion couple. learning how witnesses helped the police make these arrests. it is monday night, and the big story on "action news" is a break in the double murder that devastating a strawberry mansion community. >> tonight, the police have two men in custody for the killing,

investigators say robbery the motive. and vernon odom with more on the killings tonight. >> good evening. tonight will is less tension, much less tension here in strawberry mention. police locked up two murder suspects in what started out as a who-dun-it and now they have signed confessions. these cold-blooded murders, justen smith and terry ballard killing an elderly strawberry mansion couple last week. rufus and gladys perry hired them to do jobs and they decided to rob them instead. >> when confronted by the perry the suspects attacked and strangled them both to death and took $120 from the residence and also mr. perry's cold chain. >> the perry family in deep shock. ballard the grandson of a friend of the perry's, and a niece and

nephew reflect on the act of betrayal. >> what makes it hard, it is someone you knew.