trash can the delaware and lehigh valleys were treated to a dazzling light show tonight, as hundreds of lightening bolts lit up the night sky but the area fire work were accompanied by drenching rains, how long winds, and thousands of power outages. wednesday night, jim, is

off, i'm rick williams. big story tonight is a line of strong, noisy storms that is still working its way through the area right at this moment. the rumble of thunder could be heard across our area tonight, and the rain caused diners to dash indoors like here on wayne avenue in wayne, in wilmington, ominous skies opened up unleashing a drenching downpour on unfortunate souls at fourth and market. and, drivers on mall boulevard in king of prussia had to keep the wipers on high, tonight. meanwhile, thousands of people have lost power this evening, peco is making progress restoring customers we're told but nearly 3,000 are still in the dark, mostly in delaware county. meanwhile nearly 5,000 customers served by del marva power in kent and new castle counties are out, tonight. meteorologist cecily tynan is tracking end of the system with live double scan radar as she's the at the "action news"

big board, hi cecily. >> we had 15,000 lightening strikes from this system and it has moved out of philadelphia, but storm tracker six live double scan is showing it is not completely out of the area, right now, area is getting hit, is kent county, delaware. you can see this batch, of storms, over dover, they are not the severe but they have plenty of lightening strikes, 175 lightening strokes over the past 15 minutes. they are beginning to cross over the mountains, of the delaware bay so cape may county, cumberland county, you will get hit from these storms, we will hear thunder, see lightening and we will get some brief, but pretty heavy downpours. now, we had some really, great shots, sent to me on my facebook page, justin, from perkasie, showing us that you can see all that really intense, cloud to ground lightening and also we have this great shot, this was from lisa in bordentown and it shows the intensity of the lightening strikes. certainly beautiful pictures to look at. but it also came with a lot of

problems. we did have some storm reports. the bulk of them in the northern and western suburbs. storms were weakening as they push to the east. jim thorpe in carbon county house and vehicles damaged due to the wind in ollie and greenwich township and berks county, trees and wires down and in west grove chester county, lightening spark a house fire. now, a wider view on storm tracker six live double scan showing all these storms are in advance of the cold front this front will be sweeping through in the overnight hours, and what this will do is shift wind, today it was hot, humid, 93 degrees, tomorrow we will get winds out of the northwest. that is dryer, that is cooler, a breath of fresh air, i will have good news coming up in the full accu weather seven day forecast, rick. >> check back in later. thank you. remember when bad weather is moving in you can follow it all on our free six abc storm tracker app to alert to you watches and warnings as soon as they are posted and you can access our live radar plus the

accu weather forecast right from your mobile device. a mother and daughter severely burn in the food truck explosion have both died from their injuries. seventeen year-old jaylen, and her mother, ol l d.a. gomez were inside the truck when it exploded in a fireball in hunting park on july 1st. the explosion was blamed on the leaking propane tank. she died last night at temple university, her mother, passed away, on sunday. just a glimmer of hope tonight that something can be done diplomatically to end the blood head in the middle east. u.s. secretary of state john kerry has just wrapped up a day of talks with both israeli leaders and palestinian authority president mahmoud abbass even though he does not represent gas a leader of hamas says militants would not give up a fight without an end to the israeli and egyptian blockade of the gaza a strip. faa extended its ban on flights from the u.s., to tel aviv.

back here at home violence in gaza sparked protests in philadelphia today. center city was backdrop for two rallies that true hundreds of demonstrators on both sides of the mid east crisis. "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live in center city tonight with more on what unfolded there, earlier today. kenneth. >> reporter: rick, during the heat of those rallies, palestine supporters were over there and israeli supporters were over there in love park. while philadelphia police were trying to prevent potential clashes it that is deadly clash overseas that had people fired up. >> we stand with israel. >> reporter: standing with israel in love park, more than a thousand people, mostly of the jewish faith, rallied. >> we will not surrender. we will not give up. the israeli people are resilient and strong. >> reporter: as battle rages on in gaza a so many here spoke out against the deadly violence. >> this is not just a war against israel, hamas, if you read hamas charter it says not

only do they stand for destruction of israel but they want to kill every single jew around the world. >> hamas, they want blood, and war, and killing and look at the cease-fire, israel obeys them, hamas doesn't. >> reporter: while they supported israeli security force that he is condemned hamas militants, a smaller group of more than 100 people was across 15th street holding a pro palestine rally. >> the palestinian people unaudible. >> it is not fair like that. >> reporter: they stood with gaza because officials say the majority of the palestinians kill in the latest conflict were civilian. >> it is just not good enough. you shouldn't be supporting an terrorist state a state that is carrying, terrorism. >> reporter: in the end after the the stand with israel demonstration was over, police cleared love park, concerned about rising tensions, and

here, and there, so many just want peace. at least one man was arrested here at love park, the jewish federation of greater philadelphia also used this rally with toy raise money for humanitarian needs and israel, rick. reporting live from center city tonight, kenneth moton for channel six "action news". >> kenneth, thank you. similar gathering in wilmington delaware where israeli supporters pack the jcc for solidarity rally. not only jews but christians came to decry violence in the holy land. delaware senator chris coons also attended, and told "action news" of his hope for a negotiated cease-fire. the as a member of the senate appropriations committee he will vote tomorrow on an emergency bill to provide more than 200 million-dollar more in u.s. aid to israel, for so-called iron dome missle defense system. the rest of the world is worried about possible israeli war crimes in gaza. united nations human rights

council voted 29-one to i been investigate alleged abuses. only no vote the united states. the u.n. says three in four palestinians killed have been civilian, among most shocking was death of four children on a gaza beach. but israel also blamed hamas for using civilians as human shields, which is itself a war crime, if true. in other news tonight nazi guard accused of war crimes died in custody before he could be sent from philadelphia to germany to stand trial. johann briar admitted serving in the sf in auschwitz but denied he helped in the killing of the 216,000 holocaust victims. after the war he moved to northeast philadelphia where he lived for more than 60 years but in june, authorities took briar into custody. over the weekend he fell ill in jail and was transferred to thomas jefferson university hospital where he died. it wasn't disclosed until today coming out in court just as a federal judge approved briar's extradition to

germany. briar was 89 years old. in radnor township delaware county a mcdonald's employee was running his own drive through business, in the restaurant's parking lot, according to police but instead of burgers and fries he was allegedly selling crack cocaine. "action news" reporter dann cuellar has more in the continuing investigation in the main line drug operation. >> reporter: thinks 29 year-old alan trammel accused on have dishing out more than big macs while on the job at this mcdonald's, radnor township land mark in the 500 block of west lancaster. >> when not working as a crew and preparing food he was out in the rear parking lot selling crack cocaine. so in a sense he could give you a new definition of what may be, considered a happy meal. >> reporter: trammel has been on the radar since last month have after they got a tip call. police say they had made at least four undercover buys from him prior to his arrest and they say, last night, he apparently was ready for a booming night of business. >> he had 157 dime bags on

him. so if that is a weekly average, so that is a very significant amount of crack cocaine in this community. >> reporter: police estimate trammel was netting $1,500 a week after paying off his suppliers. and he has reason to believe he had been selling drugs from the fast food joint from six to eight months, probably a year. >> more upsetting one minute he is out dealing with the parking lot in the crack cocaine and then he is back in preparing food. >> reporter: calling it a pending police math there are was no comment from the franchise matter but customers were startled. >> crap, from the the mcdonald's? oh, my lord. what is this world coming to? >> i think it is terrible. i think it is absolutely awful. i hate to see it happening in this neighborhood or anywhere. >> reporter: police say alan trammel refused to say if any others were involved. he is being held at delaware county prison in right of a hundred thousand dollars bail. in radnor township i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news".

the south jersey woman police say is seen on this video beating up a former co-worker is out of jail tonight. le tea harris bonded out of the salem county jail just after midnight. police say harris repeatedly punched and kick her mcdonald's co-worker while that co-worker's two-year old son tried to fight her off. the 25 year-old harris surrendered on assault charges, last month. camden county police are asking for your help to take a good look at this new surveillance video that they released this evening. it the shows the the white van suspect in a deadly hit and run, this past weekend. thirty-nine year-old alfredo trayjo was struck on north 27th street near high street at camden around 9:20 saturday night. he died in the hospital yesterday. now detectives hope someone knows who was driving this light van, believed to be a 1983 to 1991 ford van and can contact them hopefully with a tip. a mixed verdict in the philadelphia traffic court ticket fixing trial has some

judges celebrating tonight, and others vowing to appeal. nine former judges were accused of a conspiracy to get rid of tickets and favors, for political insiders anal is. three of them pled guilty, but the other six went to trial, arguing that the practice known as consideration as not legal. federal injury agreed acquitting them all of conspiracy and fraud. >> i'm feeling very happy. justice has prevailed. >> i'm vindicated found not guilty of all charges. i'm excited. as far as i'm concern i was indicted for doing my job. >> but unlike those two they are not all off the hook. four of the judges were found guilty of lying to the fbi or a grand jury. there are willie single try, thomasseen times, michael lowery and robert mulgrew. philadelphia eliminated traffic court in the wake of the scandal and now handles cases in municipal court. parents and school advocates got an update on the budget crisis tonight in the

outlook isn't good. matthew stamsky, district's chief financial officer briefed them on prospects of getting a travel in harrisburg of a cigarette tax hike to close the gap. the legislation is mired down right now, and fit is not okayed by august 15th, stamsky says drastic steps will be needed to be taken with the schools. up next on "action news" major medical concern among children and tweens but majority of them don't realize they have it. air air disaster kills nearly 50 people as a passenger plane crashes in the neighborhood. and the bear necessities, we will show you how they are testing the trash can of the future, cecily? if you thought today's heat and humidity was unbearable this system that is having the storms, this will bring us big changes. i'll have all of the details in the accu weather seven day forecast. jeff skversky has ryan howard honest and opened about his struggle also this year as the the big piece gets benched

again tonight when "action news" at 11:00 comes right back.

somehow 11 people survived this deadly plane crash in taiwan today. latest aviation tragedy worldwide and first fatal air accident in that country in 12 years. you can see rescuers, pulling survivors from the wreckage of the twin engine turboprop which crash in the housees on the tourist island. forty-seven people are confirmed dead, investigators believe weather was a factor. trans asia airways plane was making a second land ago tempt amid heavy rains, just a day after a typhoon, struck the island. the the first victims from the downing of the malaysia flight 17 arrived in the netherlands today. forty coffins were carried off

transport planes, as the dutch royal family looked on. and then a solemn procession of hearsts took remains to the military base to begin identification. thousands of dutch citizens lined highways and bridges, to honor the victims and then be part of the national day of mourning. well, it seems like we have seen more and more bears in neighborhoods this year. well, now one town has a plan to deal with the problem, and a testing is pretty unique. take a look bears usually venture near homes in search of food to raid trash cans and dumpsters. boulder colorado city council is making a push for barry cysttent trash cans. only way to figure out if they work toys throw them to the animals and see if the trash cans can bear it, the testers were pretty determined, but the cans passed with flying colors, and a few scratches as well. well, the classic child verse goes if you are happy and you know it, clap your hand but doctors found out if you are an overweight kid, you

probably don't know it. in tonight's health check a troubling finding from cdc researchers among eight to 15 years old, children, self awareness doesn't match reality apparently. 80 percent of overweight boys and 70 percent have of overweight girls thought they were about the the right size. 's monk obese children half of the boys in the third of the girls thought they were at a healthy weight. one in five american children and adolescence are indeed, overweight. well, we were heavy with humidity today, outside weren't we. >> unfortunately, tomorrow you go outside, exercise. >> really. >> yes. >> it is going to be one of those days. it will feel nice. today was oppressive but, much better. >> more exercise, write that down to remind myself. >> i'll call you. >> yes. >> storm tracker six live double scan, showing that the storms have cleared the bulk of our region but there is still a batch hanging on, in kent county, and cape may county, beginning to move in

right now. we have had 72 lightening strikes in the past 15 minutes, so this indicates that these are weakening, at the top of the show we had 175, but they are moving east and so some heavy downpours are heading in to cape may. part of the reason why these storms are so intense is it was hot and humid today. the high of 93 degrees. the 13th, 90-degree day this um iser. really this summer has not been that bad. we have only had two heat waves and we are just getting 90's, really, one or two days and then things cool off. right now, it is still warm, still humid, 75 degrees in philadelphia millville 72. allentown 72. wilmington and reading, 73 degrees. the reason why it is so warm is actual cold front has in the moved through. storms we had tonight all ahead of the cold front, the cold front ace cross central pennsylvania, and this will take its time moving off the coast, tomorrow. so tomorrow, we will definitely be a transition day. high pressure begins to build in, behind this system, we

will see the morning clouds, breaking for afternoon sunshine, and when you get these wind out of the north that is a dry flow of air. cooler flow of air so humidity levels will be dropping throughout the the day. the it will be more comfortable with a high of 84 degrees in philadelphia nearly 10 degrees cooler then today. down the shore, tomorrow, if you are on vacation, down the shore tomorrow, sleep in. early shower, lots of clouds, by the afternoon, sleep until noon, sunshine will be back outside at 3:00 o'clock. 80 degrees. ocean temperature 73 degrees. a decent afternoon at the shore. kind of a glummy morning. planning out your day tomorrow 8:00 o'clock in the morning 73 degrees. lots of clouds in philadelphia by 11:00 o'clock 78 with clouds breaking for sunshine. 2:00 o'clock and 5:00 o'clock mostly sunny temperatures in the mid 80's and then again that humidity level dropping through the day you will feel difference in the air mass and you will want to get outside. exclusive seven day forecast transition day gradual clearing, 84 degrees the the

high tomorrow, friday the best day of the week, sunny, low humidity, 48, great weather for union game. saturday humidity not that bad but begins to warm up, 88 degrees. and then sunday very similar to today, hot, humid, late day thunderstorm 91 degrees. on monday we will keep that humidity 88. strong cold front moves through with another round of thunderstorms but then high pressure from canada building in on tuesday and wednesday, temperatures dropping back down in the lower 80's with low humidity so we have, only 190-degree day, in the seven day forecast, all and all looking nice. >> not bad at all. >> thanks cecily. >> philadelphia judge who was an inspiration to many was remembered in south philadelphia tonight. a corner of girard park was dedicated at anthony defino memorial garden. he served on common pleas court for 19 years. he lost his life in the house fire last november, and he brought smiles to many people

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the jersey shore's life savers put their skills to the test tonight, "action news" was in ocean city for life guard races, women on 15 teams competed in a host of events both in boats and just swimming. and for the the fourth year in a row the host team ocean city won the overall title. it also won three individual event, doubles rowing, paddle board and the surf dash, right there, congratulations to all of the competitors. well, sink or swim for phillies again tonight. >> ryan howard going through one of the worst seasons of his career and it could be the end for the big piece. for last ten years ryan howard has been a big piece of the phillies line up but that may not than the case anymore. ryne sandberg refuses to use the word platoon but won't guarantee howard will continue to play every day. phillies first base man is hitting .224 with 15 home runs

and a 25 million-dollar a year, they know that is not cutting it. howard admits he has been carrying the weight of that 125 million-dollar contract on his shoulders and he is putting so much pressure on himself that the former mvp is not ready to give up nor is he ready to think about playing for another team in another city. >> a lot of frustration. there is frustration in the fans. there is frustration, period. i have my own personal frustrations as well but, you know, it is really, you try to stay positive and for me, i know people will put a lot on, how much money i make or people will put a lot lot on what i'm doing on the field this that or whatever but at the end of the day you go out there and try to do what you can. is this a low point? this is baseball. you know what i mean. i know a lot of people might misconstrue you this comment but baseball is a game. yeah, i get paid a lot of money to play it but it is a

game. >> well, howard not in the game tonight against the the giants, howard is not hitting, nor giants hit ago begins aj burnett. he could be auditions for other teams, eight shut out innings, six strike out. we have a pitchers dual. fill business two in scoring position one out, and baumgardener gets out. brady sizemore flies out to the left. then, jonathan papelbon facing hunter pence with the bases loaded, down right field line, two runs score, ball gets away, another run in, and, phillies lose again, three -one the final. they have lost seven of eight and they are sees on low 15 games below 500. phillies finish up that series with san francisco, tomorrow trying to avoid getting swept, cole hamels will be on the mound. still to come, training camp just days away find out why an eagles starter is suspended for start of the

former eagles first round pick lane johnson says he foolishly used a performance enhancing drug. the offensive lineman is paying the price. johnson officially suspended, without pay for the first four games of this season today. second year tackle says he mistakenly took a prescribed medication, in the april touring off aziz on work outs but johnson did not check with the eagles training staff before he used the unknown banned substance. in a statement today johnson apologized to the team and fans saying quote i am extremely sorry for this mistake and i will learn from it and be smarter in the future this will be very hard on me to not be bat welling my teammates for four games but i will be better, be ready and better than ever when i return. johnson, he can participate in training cam in two days and can play in the preseason games but not come week one begins jacksonville.

>> thanks, jeff. finally tonight a new movie was used to deliver a tasty lesson about food. after a special screening of the 100-foot journey top chefs talk about the way nation's and cultural groups defined themselves with food but also how food can be used to bridge cultural gaps. movie focuses on french and indian restaurant owners who despised each other at first but then later learn how to get along. jimmy kimmel live is next on channel six followed by night line. jimmy's guest are jordan ramsey and music from common. "action news" continues at 4:30 tomorrow morning with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers for traffic. now you for jeff skversky, jim gardner and the entire "action news" team, i'm rick williams. have a good night, and we will see you right back here, tomorrow night. >> ♪ >> "action news" is sponsored in part by elkins chevrolet, south jersey's premiere chevy

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