>> and i'm shirleen allicot. a man was abducted from his home and forced to take out money from the atm. now chad pradel is live with more. >> reporter: well, police believe this was a burglary in progress interrupted by the e t interviewed by detectives and charges are expected shortly. police say that the man broke into the home stole a shut gun and tied up the wife and kidnapped the husband and brought him to a wawa to get cash. the woman was able to call police after breaking through. a vehicle pursuit ensued and the suspect dumped the car and then ran across the highway and

jumped the sound wall in the brown wall neighborhood. >> it makes me sick. >> understand he is okay and his wife or fee on an is okay. and i am happy to hear that. >> they don't know if the couple was targeted or picked randomly because of the close proximity to the regional rail line. >> he took the transit to the location, why he chose this house, they are still trying to determine that. the suspect's name is not released but charges are waiting for the suspect. traffic is crawling in mercer county after a tow truck hit an overpass on i-95, chopper 6 hd was over the wreck and a tow truck was carrying a tow

truck on a flat bed and a piece of that clipped the overpass and sent debris flying and hit another car and the driver of the car went to the hospital. they are checking the overpass to see how badly it was damaged. a philadelphia couple is still in the husband after being gunned down at a rite-aid and they say they were shot by someone they know. vernon odom is live now where police are still trying to track down that suspect. >> reporter: they are indeed trying to track down that suspect and they just completed a search of the suspect's home and he was not there, so an arrest warrant is being prepared at this hour. all peaceful and business as usual at this rite-aid on busy caster avenue during the daylight. it was a far different scene just before midnight when gun fire erupted outside of the store. a man and his fiance were gunned

down shot multiple time by a gunman that is still at large at this hour. the man was hit three times in the abdomen and the woman at least nine times. they are still hospitalized. >> we know that the shooter fired the shots at point-blank range. >> the weapon used was a high caliber semi automatic. he told police he owed the gunman money and police sources say that the suspect is a big time drug dealer who is being sought by police at this hour. when taken into custody the suspect will face charges of attempted murder police tell me tonight. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> vernon thank you. state investigators are trying to find the people that pulled off a casino heist, and police confirm that someone got

away with $180,000 after a robbery at caesars yesterday morning. the masked men pulled off the heist at 6:00 a.m. in the morning and one had a gun. david henry will have a live report coming up on "action news" at 5:00. time now for a check of accuweather forecast, a warm one out there. >> and as promised a humid one as well. >> now, it's the big can of hair spray diet. the heat and humidity will spike midweek, right now 87 degrees in philadelphia as well as trenton and 86 in allentown and 83 in dover, the sea breeze again, very refreshing at the shore, only in the mid to upper 70s with the ocean warming up to 74 degrees, the poconos sitting at 79. we are in the 80s now but you can see the 90s are beginning to bubble up in the country here, and pieces break up to the east and one day in the 90s before we

back it off for the end of the week. in fact, we look at satellite and radar, a decent amount of sun today and any sort of showers are off to the west of the great lakes. this is a cold front passing through chicago right now, and that syphons off hot temperatures and this comes through as a cold front late wednesday evening and it will bring a few downpours and thunderstorms. as we look ahead it will turn more humid tomorrow and close to 100 degrees and there is a threat of thunderstorms with the threat tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. we'll talk about that in the full forecast in a little bit. >> the fighting between israel and hamas is still happening in gaza. u.s. airlines are banned from flying to tel aviv after a close call at the airport there. karen travers there with more on

the fighting that has the airlines reacting. >> good afternoon shirleen, this was a significant move by the faa this afternoon and we saw the european airline dozen the exact same thing, this after john kerry is in the region to use diplomacy to end the violence. the violence in israel and gaza is now having an affect in the u.s. they are prohibiting people to fly into that area for a period of 24 hours. >> obviously with the travel warning we take seriously the safety of american citizens. european carriers announced they will do the same. this after a rocket landed one mile from the airport this morning. but officials assure that the airport was safe for landing and departures, the galin family

landed in newark this morning and found out their flight to tel aviv was cancelled. >> i have been waiting to get there for a whole year, my family is there. >> though were lucky, they were able to secure seats on an israeli airline. >> secretary of state, john kerry, is in cairo trying to revive an egyptian plan that hamas rejected and israel wanted. >> this is a choice that hamas has to make and will have a profound impact on the people of gaza. >> this things the total death toll in israel to 29 and the death toll in gaza is now over 600. secretary of state kerry says the cease fire is the first step

but not enough to address the underlying issues. >> karen, thank you. we are updating the new 6abc.com as this story is developing, we'll post any new developments on the canceled flights, and a link to check every flight out of philadelphia international airport. meanwhile, in ukraine, the remains of the victims of malaysia airlines flight 17, are one step closer to home. a train carrying bodies arrived today in the aucrain. interpol is trying to identify the victims. most are from the netherlands. >> to assure the dutch people that we will work with them to make sure that loved ones are recovered, and a proper investigation is conducted and that ultimately justice is done.

>> british investigators will take the lead in analyzing the plane's black boxes that after a request from the dutch government. police in delaware county arrested a man after a drug raid this morning. the two suspects were taken into custody early this morning, both are from egg harbor township, and police and s.w.a.t. officers found the pair in the recs motel in egg harbor township. they found close to 3 bricks of heroin in the room and both suspects are in jail on $60,000 bail. coming up we'll get check on breaking news, the accident backing up traffic on i-95. yes, and six flags take a

we want to go b ack to the breaking story, the backup on i-95 being caused by this, the upside of the girard point bridge where an accident occurred. we see more lanes have opened up, and it's still quite a scene on the right hand side, the accident happening at 3:35 in the afternoon, no reports of injuries, here we go, the backup is still there. we turned it on over now to matt pellman live in the traffic center with the latest on this. and a lot of people taking 95 home today. >> 95 northbound, this is our one stretch of roadway you want to avoid this afternoon, the northbound side from philadelphia international airport and broad street, this is what started off the mess, this accident involving the dump truck mising a wheel now, they had all three lanes blocked for a time at the girard point

bridge and then the backlog from the initial accident, there was a second accident on 95 northbound right by philadelphia international airport it too is taking out the left side of the roadway in the inner drive and police remain on the scene. you come north on 95, 420, the initial accident on the girard point bridge, the better bet is to sit through the delay on i-95 northbound and bail for the platt bridge, use that to get to the schuylkill expressway to the vine and then by the betsy ross bridge the normal afternoon delays at just 18 miles per hour, in mercer county, we see chopper 6 the crash at princeton pike southbound 295 shut down, several the main lanes blocked as well and mercer county is also a mess. a crash at 209 at monmouth road

and voorhees camden county, a wreck at preston avenue and egg harbor along tilton avenue and new jersey. lets grab the ipad, on this tuesday afternoon, oh wow, 1 miles per hour on the northbound side of 95, that is not so pleasant, you know what is going on there, the multiple accidents, one at the northbound girard point bridge, just 12 miles per hour there, as you gets by the accident scene and head towards broad street, if you get to the phils game, it's not a pleasant drive now. we'll check it again in the next half hour. fire crews in washington state are keeping their eyes on the forecast that they try to deal with the biggest wild fire in the state's history. video from a drone shows the devastation, the fire started from lightning strikes and quickly spread to burn hundreds of square miles, the warm today

is much better with cool temperatures and calm winds and there is more lightning on the way tomorrow. firefighters are trying to make as much progress as they can. the last time they gave an update, crews said the flames were only 2% contained. >> the dow jumped 62 points and the nasdaq up 31 and the s&p gained almost 10, it has not been a banner year at six flags, the theme park says attendance is down 6% from this year last year. that includes jackson, new jersey, as well as 17 other locations. they blame the harsh winter and that kids got out of school late because of all the snow days but analysts expected better numbers because easter was late this year. one of the most successful nonprofit retail chains investigating a possible data breach. rick williams is in the newsroom with this story.

>> hi there, the fbi and the secret service are both working with goodwill now to investigate this case, the chain has nearly 3,000 stores in the u.s., so a data breach could impact thousands of customers, we'll have more on "action news" at 5:00 plus, if your child suffers from eczema, there is growing evidence of a safer way to treat it. details come up on "action news" at 5:00. some of stories we are following for you when we see you in a few moments. >> thank you. coming up next adam is back with a full look at the steamy and sticky accuweather forecast. plus, what do you get for the prince who has everything. we'll tell you some of the unusual gifts that prince george got for his first birthday. you can take the new 6abc.com with you anywhere you go, the new smart design fits any device, check it out by visiting 6abc.com.

they were handed out this morning at the senior center. the center educates the elderly commune about the threats of heat each year. former flyer was there to greet the seen yorz and hand out the free fans. boy did they come in handy today. >> if you think you needed one today, wait until tomorrow. adam joseph is outside in the heat and humidity. >> it's definitely hot in the sun, more uncomfortable than of the last few days, we'll peak the heat and humidity, and we look at the current right now on city avenue, 87 degrees is the dew point coming in at 64, the dew point is in the 50s the last few days, we go to the 70s

tomorrow when it truly turns oppressive. winds out of the south-southwest, 1 degree above the air temperature. >> wilmington 84 but right along the shore beautiful numbers only in the up ever 70s because of a sea breeze, those dew points, 70 in reading and 66 in dover and 69 in sea isle city. everyone is starting to feel the extra moisture in the air and the heavier weight to the atmosphere so to speak. as we look at satellite and radar, a few high clouds in parts of the area in parts of philadelphia, as we look to the north and west, there is one in chicago all the way down to st. louis and the great lakes. not much in the way of activity along this front, as we go through the day tomorrow late in the day, there could be pop-up downpours and thunderstorms. future tracker at 8:00 tomorrow

morning showing a mixture of sun and clouds and late in the afternoon by 5:00 we start to see some thunderstorms and downpours through the lehigh valley, the poconos and reading 689 for most of us it holds off during the evening rush during the late evening hours. from trenton to philadelphia to wilmington and it pushes off the coast, the good news right here, a slight risk for severe weather. we could escape the weather and a general mill of thunderstorms and downpours. warm and sticky and partly cloudy and upper 60s to low 70s, so a balmy night. your heat index tomorrow afternoon, before the downpours and storms arrive, it will feel like the upper 90s in much of the area but a break along the immediate shore line. your four day at 4:00, hot and oppressively humid tomorrow and storm as arrive at 98 degrees and late sun arriving from the

west and cooler at 82, friday and saturday, low humidity for the most part, beautiful friday 84 and we warm it up to 88 on saturday. we'll have the rest of forecast coming up. the california state police added to their arsenal of crime fighting tools, two new bell helicopters were unveiled in hershey they will be used for patrols in the commonwealth, equipped with the latest technology to help state police nab criminals, those are two helicopters added to the state police fleet. >> the highest paid actor in hollywood, who do you think it is. a beatles invasion, and not the kind you are thinking.

time now for the buzz. forbes listed the highest paid actors. robert downey jr. earned $74

million last year and dwayne the rock johnson second, $52 million and bradley cooper, leonardo dicaprio. and a result of an insect infestation, the tree killed by beetles not the beatles. but the bugs. he was an avid gardner so harrison's industry will be rebuilt after it was attacked by beatles. >> what do you get a prince, the future king of england's first birthday? pretty extra gant gifts are pouring in, a baby crocodile named george, and tribal elders in kenya got a pup to start a royal herd.

and little prince george who is pretty adorable also got a bicycle and a land to sea boat and a customize the surf board and musikfest kicks off friday august 1st, but the opening night act, z.z. top canceled because a band member is having surgery. even though the opening night act has canceled there is plenty of fun to be had there. >> years and years of fun, it will no less be a good time. >> thank you alicia. still ahead, keeping cool in the heat, we look at the new gadgets that can help bring your energy bill down this summer. a story that burned up the internet, a father called a hero for burning up a teenager. it turns out that

"action news" continues with details on an unusual search no north jersey. why officials believe an anaconda is on the loose. >> plus, call it a labor of love. ♪ we'll introduce you to the musician physician.

dubbed the doc star for the way he welcomes newborns into the world. brooklyn is not surroundering the high flying flag swap, that has the internet and investors pretty puzzled. and now change to the casino landscape, here at the big board. over sugarhouse casino here in fishtown, the 4-year-old casino. they broke ground on an expansion located here, it can more than double the size of the current casino. john rawlins has more from fishtown. >> reporter: well, as they said several tmes today, this is a long awaited expansion, a buildout of the original plan, basically they scaled back to open the casino here. the folks here at sugarhouse

they have to expand now to compete in a tough market place. something to celebrate, sugarhouse is more than doubling its square foot able, most notable is a seven story garage on the right with a view of the river. in a region that many consider saturated with casino and atlantic city is stumbling and flat revenues, why expand? it was part of sugarhouse's original commitment before it scaled back for their opening. but this will make it more competitive and attract a larger group offest mers. >> we are not adding a ton of gaming but restaurant space and entertainment and parking. >> food and poker and spa and retail marina, there are all kinds of things to talk about for the future. >> this current expansion, the food, entertainment and poker

room and garage should be fully opened last year. it should create full-time jobs making the total here 1600. a study released last week, temple and drexel researcher found no increase and that too was a topic of discussion at today's ground breaking. >> sugarhouse has to set an example showing what we can do with a casino here in philadelphia, making it a positive and not a negative here in the city. they are heavily taxed, 55% of the top gross. they say that in the 3.5 years, they are operating here, they operated $445 million for the tax man, live in fishtown, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> philadelphia police say they

are investigating a woman's claim that she was sexually assaulted at the swan fountain in center city. that is where a woman says a man in his 20s attacked her before noon, that man ran away and was caught a short time later. that man was take and for a neck injury to the hospital and details have not yet been released . a mercer county family is on edge tonight, after a burglar broke into their home while they slept. linda kelly talked to "action news" about her ideal. a burg her climbed threw her window of her kitchen in her home. her husband found a broken kitchen window wide hope when they woke up later that morning and nhbeigors were horrified by the news. >> neighborseld were shocked, they think it's haening durig the at work, or on n't realze i s happ

while they were sleeping. it appears thathe burglar spend time in the ho, a vdeo game system and an i sound docking station was taken from the home. we'll have more from the reaku on "action news" at 5:30, meanwhile police in philadelphia's frankfurt section are looking for the man that targeted a man, he burst into the 500 block of jackson street before 1:00 this moning. the 61-year-old homeowner confid to a hospital bed and his 24 idea so were both robbed. both suspects have fled the scene before hurting anyone. >> upper milford township police have identified two men that were killed by a freight train yesterday. it happened at 3:30 and 22-year-old tim and 23-year-old were hit crossing the tracks and

officials ruled the deaths an accident. a former youth football coach and convicted child rapist will spend the next 18 to 40 years inprison. keith peshin was in curt today. the 38-year-old peshin needed guilty in february to abusing a member of the levittown lions youth football coach under the age of 13. he has to register as a sex offender before serving his prison time. the governor has granted bail to an admitted nazi guard living here for decades. they revealed 89-year-old johan breyer was in the hospital and if his condition improves, he can await the outcome of his extradition trial at home. he denies the wartime charges.

the hunt for an exotic giant snake is heating up in north jersey, animal trappers set the traps after people reported seeing a 18 to 20 foot reptile sliding around the neighborhood. experts believe the snake is a boa constrictor. the department of environmental protection says the snake did not exist. that picture enough to get meteorologist, adam joseph -- >> everybody knows i have a fear of snake and they always put a snake story right before i have to come on the air. it's cruel. cruel. i got plenty in my yard right now, believe me. >> lets talk about the beautiful weather out there now. a much better picture to look

at, at the banks of the delaware, 87 warm degrees it's typical for this time of year. it's less comfortable out. your heat index was 88, and cape may folks are enjoying the sand and sea breeze, where the temperature is just 76 degrees and the ocean temperature is warm, at 74, just two weeks ago, it was in the upper 50s and the poconos, we are sharing the love, 79 up there, beautiful despite an uptick in the humidity at 66 with your dew point and southwesterly winds at 7 miles per hour, the oppressive heat and humidity are coming up. >> all right sounds good. thank you adam. >> do stay on top of the changing weather, with the new 6abc.com, you'll find a new

collection of expanded storm tracker 6 maps along with the latest forecast from "action news." a wilmington pastor is preaching a new sermon, giving the gift of life through organ donation. the pastor developed kidney failure and went on the transplant waiting list and a brother was not a match because of health reasons and then turner's wife, karen volunteered to donate a kidney. >> saw him going through so many different things, and changes with his body and he started dialysis and i so you the decline then. >> i was 14 and she was 12 and became my girlfriend then, little did i know that 50 some years later,dy know she would give me life. which i'm grateful for. >> oh, man, car and turner says the donation has not changed her health but given her husband a

second chance at good health. now they want people to step up and become organ donors. >> what a couple. >> still ahead, summer back or summer fake, why people are tricking their friends with f e fake-ation photos. and later talk about a wild party, the evidence that jeregey may have celebrated too hard after their world cup victory.

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he walked in as a man was abusing his song. and he reacted as any parent might, and he beat him up and may have killed him.y parent raymond was motionless on my floor my son stopped me and saved his attackers life. >> the beating was brutal but not life-threatening. he is held with sexual battering of a child and the father will not face charges. most of the time when a train collides with an object at full speed. imagine the results of a big rig filled with lighter fluid. that is exactly what happened in kentucky this weekend. new video shows the fire ball that erupts when the semi crossed into the path of an on

coming locomotive. amazingly no one was seriously hurt. here at the big board with the big talkers, someone replaced two american flags on it's brooklyn bridge with two white flags, it's trending on twitter with some expressing security concerns and some make stz jokes. brooklyn bridge flag saying that brooklyn is surrendering. bicycle lobbying claimed responsibility and then retracted saying they were just kidding. and if you believe us we have a bridge in brooklyn we'd like to sell you. it's one of the most heavily secured landmarks in new york city and security had to scale the bridge to take the flags down and it continues to be

investigated. you have seen the fabulous vacation pictures that people post on local media, feats in the sun and epic glorious beach in the sand. what if it's a fraud. not a real vacation but a fake-ation. what if you wanted to fly to the arab emirates. look at this, check it out. those are actually fingers bent in front of an ipad made to look like knees, travel to exotic places or make people think did. like brian jenky, the master of the big board. the kind of fake-ation. finally he is a musician physician. this man has delivered 8,000 babies, he is a viral sensation

and earned the name doc star. habby birthday to you! >> dr. zsa zsa, a.k.a. the singing doctor welcomes every new life where a song, it's a labor of love, the pregnancy is hard or the delivery complex. he says every time it's the miracle of life. he says every time he sings he thinks he is singing to a future important person. lets get another check of the roads this afternoon. matt pellman is in the traffic center, with an update. >> la la la. >> maybe i'll hire you. >> not when it comes to delivering babies. it's a labor getting home on 95 northbound this afternoon because we remain locked up

because of this, a crash on the upside of the girard point bridge heading northbound to broad street and the phils game that appears to be missing a wheel. the tow truck is here and they have the right lane blocked this is the resulting delay you are dealing with from 420 from this point to the girard point bridge, it's a slow crawl, as you can see. the tiny good news you see, the backlog has cleared out going on 15 minutes more. also a james taylor concert in camden. there is a crash in camden along pershing street off the vine westbound involving a tractor trailer, police are on the scene and it's off to the side. but you can expect a 15 to 25

minute delay on northbound 95 in mercer county, in egg harbor township a crash at tilton road, and delay yeah road is a better bet and hockessin is an accident. stick with south road instead. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. it took germany months to win the world cup but only a week to break their trophy, tens of thousands of germans when the team and cup came home, so hard their golden achievement suffered a crack, they don't know who did it and an investigation did not turn up any lead its, but it can be repaired. for the revelers, they care that they won the world cup: >> maybe leave the crack, it worked for the liberty bell. >> lets take you outside with sky 6 hd, it's a beautiful beach

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and 86 in the lehigh valley, the free air conditioning at the shore, the sea breeze with temperatures in the upper 70s. the ocean temperature warmed to 78 degrees. thunderstorms are erupted in the deep south, here is the front that comes through tomorrow night, the front comes through and is relatively weak and pushes through tomorrow night and we could see downpours and storms, but not much in the way of energy with the front and northern new england, tomorrow it feels like afternoon and evening. many of us see a downpour or thunderstorm, and right now there is a risk for severe weather, we can continue to monitor that tomorrow and the front slowly pushes to the south, left over clouds and showers in the morning and gradual clearing as the high pressure wedges into the south late thursday. and eventually by friday.

the ocean temperature holds into the lower 80s while the rest of us hit the low 90s, a good 10 degrees cooler, it's still very muggy. speaking of tropical feelings to the air, we look at the water vapor imagery over the atlanticic, we have this disturbed area, and this is tropical storm pressure, all of this orange you see 15,000 feet in the atmosphere, that is dry air, that is choking the chance of this becoming a named storm so good news, as it pushes to towards the west not going to be a named tropical entity and will fall apart. partly cloudy and turning muggy and temperatures in the mid to upper 60s for lows and as we look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, hot, humid and thunderstorms late in the day tomorrow, and in the evening of 93 degrees, thursday some early morning thundershowers and returning sun

in the afternoon and 82 and low humidity and 84 degrees, just a few degrees here saturday. the end of the weekend and the beginning of next week temperatures remain below normal in the mid-80s with run of the mill thunderstorms around, no oppressive heat and humidity in the forecast beyond tomorrow. >> if you have been cranking up the a.c., we'll show you w

time to save with 6 abc, the summer heat is on and if are you cranking up your a.c., your energy bills could be spiking too. the average family spends $400 to keep their house cool from june until august.

now there are gadgets to keep the bills down. this is the eco smart kit to make it smafrter and save you money, to control your air conditioning unit from your smart phone, that really comes in handy if you forgot to turn it on or off. they are handing those out for free and they use them to remotely change the temperature on your a.c. up to 3 degrees to help manage demand and prevent blackouts. this system is called nest, it allows you to control your central air. they are offering rebates on the nest in new jersey and pennsylvania, we'll have the savings at our website at 6abc.com. >> all right alicia thank you. finally at 4:00 move over life of the party, take a seat king of the dance floor, there is a new living legend in town. ♪

woo check out this senior spanish move, this of a senior stealing the spotlight at his grandson's wedding. he wooed the ladies too. i hope i can dance with him one day. >> he has moves. >> love that guy. >> that is it for "action news" at 4:00. for brian taff and alicia vitarelli, and shirleen allicot, join us every night for "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17 at 10:00. rick you don't have moves like that. >> i am not old enough yet but i will. >> coming up next at 5:00, vie license in israel is now

impacting international air travel. and how robbers steal from an atlantic city casino. the latest on the heist coming up. and after a water main break, residents in the neighborhood are still dealing with the issues.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. e begin developing newsith the deadly d conflict in israel an hamas. a plane was forced to land and now the faa is prohibited flights from landing in the tel aviv airport for the next 24 hours. the big story is the halt to air travel because of the unrest in the middle east. the u.s. airlines are banned from flying into israel and so are some of the european countries as well. no one was hurt on this flight but out of an abundance of caution, no american airlines

are flying into israel. walter perez is live now with more. >> reporter: well, just moments ago, we heard that israeli prime minister asked the faa to lift the ban to flights to tel aviv. but that decision was specifically to flights to tel aviv and th came from the faa out of an abundance of caution, we spoke to a man from israel. >> the hostilities in the middle east gav emily another reason toworry, her son noah is in israel on a six week excursion and is set to come home. >> we are coming to the lst