"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon sara is off

and we begin with breaking flus at this hour. an air algeria plane carry, 116 passengers and crew has disappeared from radar. the crew's last message asked air control to change the plane's route because of heavy rain in the area. the flight lost contact after 15 minutes after takeoff. there are reports that the niece of former dictator fidel castro was on the flight. mariela is an outspoken activist for rights in her country. she also received the international ally for lgbt award. and is the daughter of current daughter of dictator, raul

castro. now to the latest on the ban on flights to the gaza trip. the faa has lifted bans on travel into tel aviv. this shows israel's iron dome missile system intercepting missiles there today. this is the first carrier to resume service to tel aviv with a flight out of newark airport in new jersey this afternoon. for the very latest, lets go live to amy buck plan at philadelphia international airport. >> reporter: well, good afternoon rick, u.s. airways flies direct flights out of here in philadelphia international airport to the airport in tel aviv. and as of now their passengers are in a holding pattern, much like planes in a storm, because

the airline has not decided if they will resume service with tonight's flight. u.s. airways flies one flight a day from philadelphia to tel aviv. as of now that flight has not been canceled for tonight, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will be taking off. airline spokesman says we are in the process of as he issing the situation and other factors will be considered, the most important is the safety of our crew and passengers. united has already resumed their flights to israel. the ban went into affect two days ago when a rocket thought to be sent from hamas hit a home near the tel aviv airport. the question remains, if and when plane dozen fly again, will travelers feel safe taking them?

travellers we are spoke to have mixed feelings. >> i think they should stay away from there for right now, it's an unsafe area and a war zone and i think they should just stay away for right now. >> i fly to tel aviv, and i think of any airport in the world, that is one of safest. if they felt it was safe, they are a pretty secure country. >> moments ago i was in contact with a spokeswoman for u.s. airways and she will keep me posted. if the decision is made we'll keep the viewers posted at 6abc.com and through social media. i'm amy buckman, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. meantime, the 16 day conflict in gaza has killed 32 israeli soldiers and 630 palestinians have died most of them civilians. now they have detonated a bomb

near a school, killing dozens. as they try to destroy a network of tunnels used by hamas to move rockets underground. secretary of state, john kerry, says there was modest progress. also, today israeli prime minister, made no mention of a possible cease fire. and we are following a developing story frtd eastern shore of virginia where two people were killed and at least two people were hurt after a possible tornado touch down there. look at these pictures from a campground in cape charles, emergency management officials say more than 1,000 them were at the campground when the tornado rolled through. some of those injured after the campground are children and we

have reports of heavy rain and hail in the area where the tornado hit. and from our delaware newsroom this noon, to teenagers are wanted for attempted murder. the dover police department says that the 19-year-old and 18-year-old stabbed a man during a fight yesterday afternoon on south new street. dover police are asking anyone with information about the suspects to call the number on your screen. prosecutors in camden county have announced charges in connection with a deadly hit and run. the victim was struck on 27th street on high street in camden, and he died in the hospital on tuesday, surveillance cameras captured the van in the crash and they spotted a van yoed afternoon and took the driver

into custody. he faces several charges including leaving the scene of a fatal collision, the 61-year-old is held on $85,000 bail this noon. the fire marshall in upper chichester county, says an electrical issue may have caused this blaze. on the unit block of winding way at 6:30, part of the floor collapsed and the home had smoke detectors inside and they made it out of the burning home without any injuries. now turning to accuweather, after a stormy night and a wet start to the morning, conditions are slowly but surely clearing up. sky 6 hd looking live at the jersey shore, this is cape may new jersey, on the cloudy side, but for the latest lets go live to david murphy at the big board. >> we are improving after last night's rock and roll of an evening, coming to be on

twitter, and kristin caught one of the many lightning strikes. and the light show developed overnight over the ben franklin in northeast philadelphia and lightning bolt after lightning bolt. i posted this on my "action news" facebook page. it's pretty cool and share it with your friends. stormtracker 6 live double scan we have only a few sprinkles down at the shore and the main precipitation is moving off the coast at lunch time as we thought it would. back to the north and west we are out looking for improvement as far as the sky cover, on satellite, the farther north and west through the region and beyond you'll see sun built in. we expect that this will continue to push toward the coast and you may have a hard time getting a lot of sun. but from northwest to southeast we should see some clearing.

76 in philadelphia and 75 in wilmington and 77 in allentown and 73 in sea isle city. fairly comfortable and i want to show you dew points, you can see the numbers are dropping a bit. something under 60 is considered not humid and we are down to 60 in the north and west and a bit humid here, and the wind is bringing dry air in and coming from the northwest, and we expect the numbers to come down towards the shore through the afternoon. rick when we come back, we'll have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with your weekend call. >> thank you david. remember you can keep track of the accuweather forecast any time by downloading our free 6 abc storm tracker app, it has access to live radar and weather alerts posted for your area. we have this just in to "action news" now. abc news is reporting that mariela castro was not on board the air algeria plane, but that

the activist was on the plane and now they have confirmed she was not on the plane at the time. in other news there could be a bailout for one of atlantic city's struggling casinos, there are several buyers for the ref 88, when it goes up for auction. they have declared bankruptcy twice, since it opened in 2012. and there is reported interest in the show boat casino that is slated to close its doors on august 1-st. hundreds of workers are xpoekted to protest the shut down and the employees want caesars to sell the business to someone that can open it as a casino. the rally is tonight in brighton park. and a suspect is caught in the act in colorado, how the

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coffin as rived today carrying victims of malaysian flight 17, it's been a week since the plane was shot down, killing all 298 people on board and most of them were dutch. they say that all the remains will be flown to the netherlands by tomorrow. the prime minister announced hi resignation today following turmoil within the government. two threatened to pull out of the coalition and he said that parliament can no longer do its job and pass the laws. now, on to a wild crime spree in colorado, all caught on video, the incident started with a routine traffic stop at 2:40 yesterday afternoon. police say that the driver who was armed took off running with the female passenger, and they carjacked and crashed two vehicles and at one time the man

took off with a dump truck and then breaks into another home and steal a car. and soon after that, he gets stuck off the side of an interstate and was take and into custody by a deputy and two good samaritans. arizona's governor ordered a review of the state's execution process after it took two hours for a convikded murderer to die of lethal injection. he was gasping and snorting tore two hours before he finally died. the victim's family had to sympathy. >> you don't know what excruciating it. that is excruciating, this man deserved it. >> critics call it the third botched lethal injection this year. there were also problems in oklahoma and ohio. and now people are waiting to receive their u.s. passports,

the global data base crashed yesterday. that is delaying passports worldwide and 50,000 applicants were affected in on

apple is facing a class action lawsuit from 20,000 employees from southern california. they say they were denied lunch break and were forced to work for five hours or more without food. from the retail stores to the corporate level t apple has declined comment. consumer reporter nydia han is here. >> you have an appliance that keeps breaking down and you can't get the company to fix it or get a refund. find out what happens tonight at 5:30. now turning to health check and anybody that suffers from

back pain, the drug found in tylenol is ineffective in relieving back pain in many people. in fact, it was no better than a dummy pill when tested in patients. the findings suggest the need tore new guidelines. the beauty of retirement for people is the freedom to pick up and go whenever and wherever you want to. lisa thomas-laury joins us now to talk to people hitting the road for 40 years now. >> the glad hatters club of hatboro, sometimes they take a small jount and other times they need a much bigger map. >> bill and elaine webber have rv'ed all over america. >> we had caribou with us.

>> in over 14 years they put over 4,000 miles on their motor coach. being out in the open air and you can come and go as you want. >> they go wherever they want. >> we had a trip to nova scotia, we go hiking, biking fishing and boating. it's the best time of my life. >> if you are looking for more ideas for your golden years, visit 6abc.com/art of aging.

meteorologist, david murphy is back now with a closer look at that forecast. sunshine is peeking out there. >> yes, in parts of the region, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you we are saying good-bye to the showers mainly off the coast and pretty much off the coast in the last 10 or 15 minutes and the last of this was very light, things are improving right on schedule but we are dealing with a fair amount of cloud cover in our region but out to the west the sunshine is returning as accuweather predicted. the temperature is 76 right now and the dew point is down to 60, which is barely what we would consider humid and dry air is continuing to ride down on that north-northwest wind and it's bringing that dry air in and all the dew points continue to drop and temperatures go up. 76 in philadelphia, and 75 in wilmington right now and 77 in allentown and 75 in trenton and

73 in wildwood down on the peninsula of south jersey. and the breakup of clouds from philadelphia to the west, you may be dealing with cloud cover longer and i can't rule out cloud cover there as well. down in allentown less humid, and clouds giving way to sun and you are getting sunshine in the lehigh valley, 68 in the water off of atlantic city, and 88 is your high this afternoon and there are spotds off the new jersey and delaware coast where the water is actually in the low 70s, and humidity will be dropping as the afternoon going on and in some parts of south jersey it feels sticky and are you in the process of improving and the phillies play baseball against the giants hoping to win one. the humidity will probably drop during the game and that is the

story coming home from work, 4:00, 83, and 80 by 7:00 and lower humidity with a mix of clouds and sun. today's highs in philadelphia are 88 and partly cloudy and nice, 67 is the overnight low in philadelphia but if you are in the rural suburbs you may go down to 60 tonight, low humidity, a crack the windows while you sleep nights. i want to show you future tracker 6, like you aren't seeing any data, there is no cloud cover or precip, high pressure is over us and tomorrow will be an absolutely gorgeous day, 84 and improving as we speaker, tomorrow sunny and beautiful and if you have plans to be out on the town, do it. the weather is going to be great. mostly sunny and a high of 88

and it may feel more humid on saturday and a nice summer afternoon? >> it's sunday when it gets hot and humid with the possibility of a pop-up thunderstorm in the afternoon and a better chance of thunderstorms on monday, but rick this is the case this summer, by tuesday we are back to nice weather and it's humid pattern does not last long. >> thank you david. the "action news" team is out working on news stories tonight beginning at 4:00 with a look at some of the weird reasons you overspend. plus, a sweeping child pornography sting involves two local school bus drivers. and that will do it for "action news" at noon, don't forget "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00, and for sara bloomquist and david murphy i'm rick williams, have a nice afternoon. we love this kitchen!

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