>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this saturday, july 26. here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." a large reward is being offered as police search for two suspects in a carjacking and crash that killed three children. tracking the jersey shore's recovery from super-storm sandy with a new app. plus the heat and humidity return to the delaware valley this weekend all before, soak this in, a big cooloff, meteorologist chris sowers joins us with a look at the exclusive

accuweather seven-day forecast. i like that the cooloff is strategically planned for the week. >> reporter: so you can get you're beach time in. let's go to sky 6, look this gorgeous shot, the sun rising over the platt bridge. there's a band of rain pushing through central pennsylvania this morning, some of that could survive the journey over the mountains and push into the far western suburbs in the next couple of hours. outside of that, most of the day is dry and fairly comfortable with a slight increase in humidity. wilmington, 68. trenton, 64. allentown, 60. poconos 56. millville, 61. we have very low dewpoints so it's nice and refreshing out there. that will change over the next 48 hours. once this slips through. a lot of this green will fizzle out, once this moisture swings

through, it's a warm front it will open the door to another bout of warmer temperatures and increased humidity levels. forecast, again, not a bad day, combination of sun and clouds, it will turn more humid, and we're shooting for a high of 86 degrees, tomorrow becomes increasingly more active. form prediction center has us in a slight risk for severe weather, they are talking about the potential for damaging winds and large hail. when i come back we'll talk about that and i will the cool down in the seven day. >> philadelphia police need your help in tracking down a suspect that ended in a crash that killed three children. 1 $10,000 reward is -- 100,000-dollar reward is being offered. >> that's my son, you took him away from me, turn yourself in. >> reporter: the emotional plea from the sister of the

children's mother, and the father of joseph reid one of three children killed in the horrific crash. >> it's speakable. especially since we're talking about some kids and adults that was trying to do good. >> it happened at the intersection of germantown and allegheny. williams and her son joseph and 15-year-old terrance william were helping thelma brown sell fruit to raise money for the parish. suddenly the toyota for runner, suv that was carjacked blew a tire that was trying to make a turn at a high rate of speed. >> i heard this pow, and i ran over to my left side and the van came up to the back fence and park. >> reporter: the car crashed

through the fruit stand scattering the victim's bodies. >> i saw the kids on the ground. a woman on the ground crying her clothes ripped off hem. >> reporter: police say it began at 6th and cumberland when a 45-year-old realtor was approached by two men with guns who forced her in and took control. they were traveling at a high rate of speed when they crashed. a small memorial of candle burns for the city. a city is looking for a black male and hispanic male both in their 20s. >> the mayor is heart broken that this has happened. but needs the public to speak up. >> reporter: the realtor is in

critical, but stable condition. authorities are looking for pictures to help find the men responsible. 100,000-dollar reward is being offered for their arrest and conviction. dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> stay with "action news" as we follow the investigation around the clock. now at 6abc.com, we have photos and videos from the scene of the crash and what we learned about the victims, we'll post updates on the site as the story develops. police arrest a man next with the murder of a woman in camden county. 62-year-old ambrose was arrested charged with the murder of jennifer bonco her body was found near aerial road in winslow township. >> the vatican tells "action news" there's no official quimtion that pope --

confirmation that pope francis will visit philadelphia next year. archbishop charles chaput told the crowd that he would attend. there is no such welcomation, but archbishop was merely hoping that the pope would attend. a 12 hour humanitarian cease-fire started overnight between israel and had hamas. it called for hamas to stop firing rockets into israel. it will continue to search for and destroy tunnels. the idea to let humanitarian aid make its way through the war zone. secretary of state john kerry is

in the region trying to negotiate for longer peace. a crowd you of palestinian supporters gathered outside the israeli consulate to protest the on going violence and death of civilians. some marched across jfk boulevard at 19th with palestinian flags while other also chanted for the u.s. to change it's support of israel. president obama is asking central american leaders for help with the influx of children and families crossing the border obama said they all have put the children and their families at risk. >> we are in partnership with each of those countries to find ways to improve security and

development and governance in these countries. >> the children without a proper claim to stay will be returned to their country. it's not due to a lack of compassion, but we're a nation of laws. a new app tells the story about one new jersey town recovery from super-storm sandy. the boardwalk stories from sandy app launched last week. it tells the story from residents of seaside park and the famous boardwalk. the boardwalk was heavily damaged by sandy and later by fire. much more to come on "action news" saturday morning, investing in stocks with cold hearted cash. we have the word on what 20 somethings prefer. earth worms are doing the dirty work, how the squiggly

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season. >> reporter: almost looks like fog rolling in, but it's dust. you've seen pictures of the old dust storms back in the 1930s. you can get sand accumulating that high easily from those dust storms, not good, very dry out there. let's go live on sky 6. there's the sun rising. looks like a tranquil morning in cape may. temperatures are on the comfortable side. we're 69 degrees at this hour down the jersey shore. the humidity levels are fairly tolerable. that will increase as the next couple of days move on in. 69 in philadelphia. 64 in trenton. 63 in allentown. the numbers are very, very refreshing this morning. poconos into the 50s, millville, 61. dover are 65. those numbers could be much more oppressive, considering the time of year. dewpoints showing it will become

more oppressive as we move toward sunday and monday. 70s feels like new orleans. sunday and monday we'll be in the steam bath, but the numbers drop off as the cold front punches through. this 61 will come early in the day. we'll hang out in the 50s, wednesday, thursday, abbey friday, a nice refreshing change is on the way. here's the satellite and radar composite, a little batch of moisture pushing through central portions of pennsylvania this morning. 95% of that fizzles out before it makes it into the western suburbs. warm front off to the southwest, it will be a warmer day with highs in the mid 80s. come sunday the wmpt punches through -- warm front punches through it will move up into new england. a heavy thunderstorm is possible throughout the day. same thing for monday as these

frontal systems stall over the delaware valley. you on are two of those could be strong with heavy downpours. the reinforcing front kicks the first front out. once the secondary front pushes through, it will feel like september with highs barely cracking 80 degrees. tomorrow the big concern is the thunderstorm threat. some of them could be strong to severe whether damaging winds and hail and drenching downpours. today is a good one, quiet out there, we have sun and clouds, it's the high, thin clouds where the sun shines through it. you'll still get your tan if you're sitting on the beaches this afternoon. come tomorrow it's a different story. we bands of heavier thundershowers during the morning hours into the afternoon. there will be drenching downpours and strong gusty

winds. for the poconos, 77 today, and 77 tomorrow. the jersey shore, sun and clouds on the beach. 82 degrees for tomorrow, a little bit more humid a thunderstorm around and, again, that could be on the stronger side possibly severe. warmer, 85. wind out of the south/southwest, it will be a breezy day, uv index on the high side. philadelphia, sun an clouds, 86 degrees, overnight tonight mostly cloudy skies, a couple of thunderstorms are possible, especially after midnight. 65 in the outlying suburbs, 72 for center city. 86 degrees today, 88 tomorrow, you'll notice the change in that humidity, and again, there could heavy thunderstorms around. more humid come monday, 86 degrees, still that chance of a couple of thunderstorms. hello, tuesday, 80 degrees, i

think 95% of the viewing area will stay in time 70s. wednesday, pleasant, 82. sunny and nice for thursday, 83. friday, 83 degrees, the best partly about that when you get your electric bill about a month from now, and it's like $40, $50. >> that's what we're hoping for. >> reporter: yes that would be nice. >> don't forget you can take the new 6abc.com anywhere with you. check it out by visiting 6abc.com anytime anywhere. a pilot program at fresno state california is using workers to clean up water at farms. the wood shavings get the contaminants, the warms eat it and produce a cleaner

>> sky6 live hd taking a live look into downtown wilmington there. this morning, 6:19, 70 degrees outside. the online real estate site is in talks with true leah. it puts trulia's value at $2 billion. the deal could be finalized within the next week. google has a plan to make web pages load faster.

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>> reporter: welcome back, everyone, 6 23:00 saturday morning, time for the travel forecast. we don't have any major delays over the mid atlantic and the northeast. if you're traveling to the south, it's quiet across the carolinas, georgia and florida, as well. as we extend out ward, everything is nice and quiet, denver, dallas, houston

reporting floits on time. later -- flights on time. later this afternoon, the ohio valley will become active, the southern great lake states, we'll see severe weather here today, and that extends into the northeast tomorrow. remember the ohio valley that's going to be the target spot later this afternoon. eva. >> thanks, chris. turning to sports, the phillies fails the diamondbacks -- face the diamondbacks game two of the three great many series, and training camp is underway, here's jeff skeverski with all your saturday morning sports. >> reporter: ryan howard benched again. this is a break or are the phillies trying to break ties with him. he has been given zero indication that the phils are trying to trade him.

reuben amaro says howard will be backings the first baseman. he talked about a mental break and breaking out of the slump, but the team has not talked about getting rid of him. >> of course he has a future with us, he is a big part of the organization, we're giving ryan a break and getting him back on track. >> no, it does not feel like christmas for howard and the phils. up 6-0 on arizona in the 6th, oh, no, grand slam it's a 2-run lead. diamondbacks with the bases load, whew, he gets out of it, he talking to ryan howard right there, hopefully it rubs off, the feelings have rub off on dom brown, 2-run homer.

first guy on the top step is howard. phillies win 9-5. it's it is there second straight. championship kelly kelly took phillies from worse to first. lesean rolls up into camp in a rolls royce, the leading rusher in the nfl will be the lead in the offense. nick follows takes to the field s.a.t starter for the first time in his career in camp. foles, does not have a sense of intitlement now that's the man. >> i have to continue to get better, i can't stay the same. that's how you are a starter, that's how you remain a starter, you have to be a great leader, tomorrow is not guarantee anything, so i have to keep

working, when i play i meant to be better, i don't want to be the same. >> foles will get a chance to progress at 11:30 when they take to the field. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski. >> hundreds of cyclists will pedal from philadelphia to atlantic city. it's the irish pub tour. 2,000 bikers will make the journey which will make it the a largest shore detour to date. >> money goes to children, police organization organizations, but it's all for the good of children. >> reporter: this year's goal is to get $700,000. we have much more coming up on "action news" saturday morning, stay with us, we'll be

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tomorrow won't be bad, but there will be those pop-up thunderstorms again. not a perfect beach day. >> reporter: not a perfect beach day. let's get you outside, as we look toward penns landing, you can see the moshulu. it's a nice morning around the delaware valley. the humidity levels are comfortable, it is beginning to change a little bit. we're seeing more in the way of cloud cover. it's a quiet, but kind of gray start 0 your saturday. 69 degrees in philadelphia. trenton, 64. dover, 65. sea isle and beach haven up to 70. in the poconos in the 50s this morning. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing a very small little batch of moisture pushing through central pennsylvania, we think for the most part it will fall apart before it makes it into the delaware valley. the far western suburbs could see a brief shower this morning, later this afternoon, we'll see a combination of sun and clouds. if you have a t-time, sun and

clouds, we'll call it a gradual increase. 77 degrees by 10:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., 86. winds are light, you don't have to worry about slicing the ball off the tee. the big story is the return of the muggies over the weekend. watch this, can you say september? by the time we get into tuesday, that will linger throughout the workweek. >> new this morning, a woman escaped a fire that destroyed her home overnight. "action news" was on the scene. 100 block of east ontario street in the city's kensington section. firefighters were called to the home at 2:45 this morning, whtdz arrived flames -- when they arrived flames were shooting from the first floor of the row home. the woman is at episcopal hospital and expected to be okay. there's no sign of the carjackers who killed three

children in a hit-and-run crash. meanwhile, a memorial is growing at germantown avenue and tioga where where the children died in front of the mother. the kids were collecting money for their church. the carjackers took off leaving them to die. the kid's mother, a neighbor and carjacking victim are hospitalized. the mother's sister made a plea. >> i don't have much to say, they need to come forward, maybe they can know something or somebody might know something, whatever happened out here, whoever did it -- i don't know what to say right now. whoever did it, they need to come forward. >> 1,110,000-dollar reward is

post -- 100,000-dollar reward is posted for arrest and conviction of the carjackers. go to 6abc.com we'll post updates on the site as the story develops. a young girl is hospitalized as she fell from a second floor window. it happened on broken wine street in the city's mantua section of the five-year-old girl fell ten feet to the ground below. she was taken to children's hospital for non-life threatening injuries. the family of the victim of the deadly shooting at the hospital spoke to "action news." chad perdelli sat down with the brother of the sister whose life was cut short. >> i am kind of angry at the

man who did it. >> reporter: dennis hunt's sister, teresa hunt was shot dead at the hands of richard plotts. she loomed larnlg in the family -- large in the family she called her mother teresa. >> she stood up for what she believed in, and good hearted. these are crime scene photos of the bloody aftermath the broken window shattered by ten shots fired in the small psychiatric office at mercy fitzgerald. investigators say plotts was angry the hospital posted signs it was gun free. he shot hunt in the head and turned the gun on the psychiatrist dr. lee silver man, who quickly pulled his own gun

and shot plots 3 times. >> when you're coming into the facility and you have bullets in your pocket and revolver in your waistband there's only one intent that's to reload, that's why you have the bullets. the intent to reload. >> reporter: hunt and others say dr. silverman likely controlled the carnage. sources say other guns were found in his apartment, it appears the career criminal was a horder. dennis hunt doesn't understand why his sister was shot especially after a nun at mercy fitzgerald told him this. >> she has done so much for me, it makes it all the harder.

>> reporter: dennis' sister will be buried in northern pennsylvania at a family plot. chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." >> the case will go forward against former president of penn state gram spanier who is accuse of criminally covering up the child sex abuse case against former football coach jerry sandusky. maryland live is holding job fairs august 1 and august 2. of the head of the casino is hoping to higher 50 workers. they are targeting the showboat and the trump plaza that will shut down in the coming months. 8,000 could be without work by the end of the summer. you can find information online at 6abc.com. there are concerns this

morning about the future of the second largest employer in new jersey. military cuts could eventually threaten joints base mcguire mcguire-dix-lakehurst and they ten thousand jobs. >> reporter: when local officials heard in february that the feds are looking to reduce the military assets and eliminate the casey ten aircraft fleet, be they took notice. mcguire, dix lakehurst are looking to make sure this base stays open and off the chopping block. >> we consider this a real threat particularly since the main mission is under threat. >> reporter: the joint base is the only try service base in the country. it pumps almost $7 billion into the economy and employees

100,000 people directly or indirectly and second largest employer in new jersey. >> a lot of people are employed, a number of civilians are employed on base, with the closure there will be a high unemployment rise in the area. >> reporter: former military members and business people and others are looking at the closure, it's could mean economic disaster for the region. >> that's critical to us, when bases close, the communities around them become ghost towns. >> we hope if they consult the smaller bases, the missions come here to this base rather than cuts this base county missions go elsewhere. >> reporter: there's $200,000 to help with a lobbying and marketing campaign to convince

washington that this base is too valuable to close. nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> scarlet johansson shows off her mental prowess in her newest movie. the king of england is caught on camera. we'll talk about the girl who got the royal photo bombing. "act

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>> a flight out of los angeles international airport left hundreds of travelers stranded for days. they were supposed to depart lax on wednesday. it was delayed due to techal issues forcing 238 passengers to spend the night at the airport. when the airline it was departing thursday evening, more techal problems were -- technical problems were found. then they were able to get out. >> reporter: we don't have any weather like that that will cause delays in the delaware valley. we'll start out with the currents in philadelphia. now we'll go live on sky 6. there's the battleship, new jersey, we're seeing more in the way of cloud cover this morning,

the high, thin clouds are starting to roll in. we're seeing showers push through the far western suburbs now, as well. i'll get to storm tracker 6 live in a second. 69 degrees that's the present temperature reading in philadelphia. dewpoint, 61. winds out of the south at 5. millville, 61. dover, 65 and 70 is the number for sea isle city and the boardwalk in atlantic city. the you're heading to the beaches, the winds pick up later this afternoon, by 6:30 and we'll see gusts anywhere from 20 to 25 miles per hour. everybody else it's a nice, enjoy enjoyable afternoon. here's storm tracker 6 live we set it in motion, here's the batch of moisture pushing through state college and harrisburg this morning. we're starting to notice reds and across on the front end of this, we'll zoom into lancaster county. again, you can see a couple of

brief heavier showers starting to develop in advance of the bigger cluster that's pushing through. all this is diving toward the southeast. it will be brief and short-lived. later this afternoon we're expecting nothing more than combination of sun and clouds. maybe the next hour, hour and a half you'll see the activity and then it's smooth sailing. it will be a warmer day, gradual increase in humidity. this warm front punches through tomorrow, cruel notice a big change in the humidity, feels like a steam bath, that helps to trigger the heavy thunderstorms. some of the storms tomorrow produce the heavier downpours, maybe a good gust of winds and we'll see small hail out of the thunderstorms tomorrow. the pattern lingers through monday with the frontal system stalled over the delaware valley. it will feel have been july-like with the air temperatures feeling warmer than the actual air temperatures. the front right there, i know

it's hard to see, that front right there. that will punch through monday evening into tuesday morning, that sweeps all the muggy air out to sea. we have a huge canadian high setting up shop. that will provide nice weather for the rest of the workweek. today, most of the areas will be dry, it's tomorrow, we'll have to pay attention to the radars. tomorrow, showers and thunderstorms, drenching downpours possible. today is the better of the two weekend days. as we look at the storms, we have a good bet we'll see strong winds, there could occasional power outages, there's a moderate risk for large hail and low risk for isolated tornados that's for tomorrow. today for the poconos, sun and clouds, 77 degrees, tomorrow watch out for the pop-up

thunderstorms, a muggy 77 degrees. the today down the jersey shore, ocean temperatures in the low 70s. actual air temperatures will hang out in the low 80s. we'll say 82 degrees right there on the sand, sun and clouds, a lot more humid tomorrow, a couple of thunderstorms around, 85 degrees, there's a look at the sea breeze later on, 80 degrees on the sand, 85, 86 in the city. speaking of the city, the forecasted high 86 degrees, sun and clouds and increase in humidity. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we're up to 88 degrees tomorrow, heavy thunderstorms are possible, 86 for monday, still that chance of a couple of showers and thunderstorms. they know it's nice and refreshing from that point on. tuesday, 80 degrees, wednesday, 82. thursday, 83, friday, 83 degrees, this is typically the hottest partly of the year for us, it's anything but. >> parentally even the royals are getting into photo bombing

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>> a woman unleashes her full potential and a struggling actor finds his had hidden talents. here's tamala edwards. >> reporter: there's an eclectic municipality the films being released this weekend. first up hercules. >> my time. excuse me that was my moment, my fate. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: dwayne johnson stars in the tidal role. hercules is haunted by a sin from his past and becomes a mercenary. he travels ancient greece. a woman and her daughter seek his help, he finds in order for

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>> reporter: welcome back everyone, 6:55 saturday morning you're looking at satellite and radar which shows a batch of moisture pushing through central pennsylvania this morning. this is pushing off toward the southeast. moving quickly at 25 miles per hour. always the continues to travel east and push into the far western suburbs, the air is dry out here. a lot of this will evaporate before it reaches the ground. we're expecting a few showers out there. for a better prospective, let's go closer here. we're checking showers to make it toward the western suburbs here, but, again, most of this will evaporate, so the bark is a

little bit worse than the bike. this is places in lancaster, reading, and as far north as allentown that can see a brief, passing shower. otherwise, from 9:00, to 10:00, it's a nice comfortable day. we won't see anything more than sun and clouds. lunch lunchtime, 82. # p.m., 86 gradual increase in humidity and increase in sun and clouds. >> if you like the look but not the cost, of bringing the outdoors inside, the designersot at knock it off have ideas. >> reporter: we're going to create a live accent mirror

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>> good morning, 7:00 a.m., saturday, july 26. here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." a large reward is being offered as police search for two suspects in a carjacking and crash that killed three children. tracking recovery from super-storm sandy with a new app. plus the heat and humidity return to the delaware valley all before a big cooloff. meteorologist chris sowers is outside for the look ahead in the forecast. it looks fabulous out there already. >> reporter: once we get past the thunderstorms for tomorrow, it's smooth sailing. we're talking about a little bit more in the way of sheet, even for july standards it's not too