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he'll make the gas companies pay up to fund our schools. build a 21st century infrastructure. and restore manufacturing for the jobs we need today. take a look at his plan for yourself. tom wolf. a fresh start for pennsylvania. >> saturday night, i'm walter perez. we begin with breaking news from the garden state parkway, two women are dead and 6 people including children are injured following a crash in ocean
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county. new jersey state police say a pick up truck and does an sedan collided on the southbound side of the garden state parkway. lane closures remain in effect always troopers investigate. we'll continue to update the story on 6abc.com. we're following the surge for the two suspects behind yesterday's deadly carjacking in the tioga section of philadelphia. three children were killed and their mother gravely wounded. a 100 ten thousand dollar reward is still on the stable leading to their arrest. wendy saltzman is live at the crash site where the vigil is underway at this hour. >> reporter: the community is coming together tonight to pray for the women and victims including the children's mother to plead for those responsible to turn themselves in. we spoke with family members and neighbors moments ago who were grieving and shocked about the
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loss of william's three young kids. >> i can't wake up and feel cut up. it's hard for me not to see them. >> reporter: this neighbor lives a few houses down from williams said the street on the corner at the accident site will never be the same. >> it's going to be devastating to her. it's not going to be something that she will be able to bounce back. the neighbors described the family as close-knit. the family was working at a fruit stand on the corner, when a carjacked suv blew a tire hit the fruit stand leaving victims' bodies in its path. >> i was speechless. that could have been me. sometimes i have my little one.
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>> those who knew the family are remembering the children's sweet smiles. ten-year-old thomas reid died at the scene. his syllablings, 15-year-old -- siblings, died at the hospital. the suspects who fled on foot are at large as the community begs for justice and closure. >> the family has been through too much. right the mother is fighting for her life. just, please turn yourself in. andlet us start healing. >> williams has two surviving daughters who neighbors say are taking this very hard. now, anyone with information about the carjacking is asked to call the philadelphia police at 215868 tips. or dial 911 which is a 110, 000
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reaward for any information and arrest leading to the suspects responsible. wednesday wednesday channel 6 "action news." >> meantime the families of the carjacking victims received support from a woman who can relate to her pain. janice brown lost four loved ones back in june 2009. her daughter and family member were all killed when an army suspect crashed a stolen vehicle in feltonville. she reached out to the family and paid a visit today to the memorial site. >> we experienced this, first, i can relate to what they are going through, you know, i put it in god's hands. we never know why. >> hearro missd her message to e family tonight on "action news" at 11:00 p.m. our coverage continues at 6abc.com, you'll find updates on the vigil the efforts to catch
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those responsible and the images from the cash on the new 6abc.com. in other news tonight, philadelphia police are investigating an explosion that tore through an rv in the northeast. flames engulf the vehicle as you can see at the intersection of east cheltenham this morning. a woman was cooking inside the rv when the propane tank exploded. she was taken to the hospital with severe burns. a 5-year-old suffered minor injuries. two antique guns are found at a home accused of killing a case worker at mercy fitzgerald hospital. investigators say thursday, richard plotts shot and killed teresa hunt and grazed psychiatrist lee sillerman, but -- severalman, but pulled back his own gun and killed
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richard plotts. hamas officials say they fired five rockets at israel after rejecting an offer to extend the truce. two rockets were aimed at tel aviv. meanwhile, john kerry is in paris working on a rest constitution to the conflict. the death toll has topped 1,000 and in israel 40 soldiers and 0 three civilians have been killed. in libya, american staffer also were let out of the region. rival faction have been fighting. libya's governmental structure has remained unstable since the death of mo mar gaddafi.
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chip kelly and the birds reported to the nova care complex for the first time this season. nick foles took to the field as the starting quarterback for the first time in his professional career. we'll have more on "action news" at 11:00 p.m. a cloud scene at the jersey shore across the entire region for that matter, but the boardwalk is packed in atlantic city as we approach the dog days of summer. for the latest, we go to melissa magee. >> reporter: the good news we can say for the start of the weekend, the temperatures are low, but the humidity came up, in comparison to low dewpoint temperatures and what we were dealing with yesterday across the delaware and lehigh valleys. southwest look at the temperatures in philadelphia, 79 degrees, along the coast, 75 degrees in atlantic city, same thing for sea isle,
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reading, coming in with a temperature of 84 degrees, 7:00 p.m., it's 80 degrees, partly cloudy skies overhead. same thing is true for the 8:00 p.m. and the temperature dips at 9 and 10:00 p.m. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows earlier today we had showers across philadelphia and coastal sections of new jersey. those are moving off are shore. we're tracking more moisture off to the west moving across areas in the midwest. this will be the weather maker as we get into sunday afternoon. in fact the storm prediction center placed us in a slight risk of severe weather, the biggest threat will be damaging hail and downpours. >> community in bucks county united today to help a little girl with a rare terminal
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illness. the person who organize the the fundraiser is 6 years old. annie mccormick has the story. >> reporter: 6-year-old ryan north led the pack for a bike parade for hannah. >> hannah's mom came to ryan's kindergarten class to share the rairns. most children die from it before age 2. hannah was born a healthy baby, but at 4 months she went blind and has limited movement and has 24 hour care. when he came home he told me about hannah, i told her i was following her on facebook. >> her facebook has 400,000 followers, many from her levittown community. >> the amount of support that this little girl has in this community that one 6-year-old
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idea can turn into something amazing for kids. >> ryan and his mom ran with the idea to raise awareness and money for the family with mounting medical bills. ological fire companies donated money for insurance for the bounce house. hannah and her mom and sisters could not not be there, she went to children's hospital last week, her diagnosis was not good. the. >> her disease took the turn for it is worst. >> thank you for all the prayers and good wishes, we appreciate it, hannah is a fighter. >> reporter: hannah's grandmother took part in the bike parade and said the family is grateful for the kindness of strangers. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> coming up on "action news," a local shopping center becomes a crime scene. the violence that unfolded in the parking lot earlier today.
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>> suz marshalls u.s. mackerels have arrested the man -- marshalls arrested the man suspected of killing a woman and leaving her body on the road in winslow. investigators believe 52 kevin ambrose was the one who stabbed her to death. he was captured in atlantic city and charged with murder. no word on a motive nor have the investigators said if they knew each other. delaware state police are investigating a shooting at the sunset shopping center on the
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pulaski highway. a man was shot inside a car, he was inside the vehicle with a man and woman one of whom who opened fire. the victim got out of the car and ran to the store in the shopping center for help. he is in serious condition tonight as the investigators search for the suspects. penn state hired a new athletic director, sandy barber is the first to hold the position. she takes over with the football still on probation in the wake of the sandusky. she addressed the team's future during a news conference earlier today. >> national championships are the goal and daily we'll set a course for that work with that in mind. >> barbara steps town from the
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>> sailors set out on the delaware to raise awareness for autism. the riverton yacht club held a regatta for autism speaks. supporters enjoyed a barbecue and live music. jeff skeverski is here, eagles first season practice, too early for predictions. >> reporter: hopefully they get a little further than the first round of playoffs. chip kelly said last season is okay. whatever happened last year
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doesn't matter. nick foles and the eagles said whatever they did last year, they said it means nothing now, everyone in the nfl is zero and zero. eagles training camp is off and running in south philadelphia. foles and the eagles kicking off today, he said he can't help but feel comfortable and confident now that's the starter. foles is walking on his game -- working on his game and working on getting his team back to the playoffs. >> he had an outstanding season last year that everybody was excited about, he knows as an individual he can get better, that's what he worked on in the off-season program. >> we had a blast out there, we had a lot of fun, training camp is what you're working for. it's fun being out there. we're moving around fast. taking a month off, you can train, you can do a lot of stuff, but practice is something
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different, so it's fun to go out there and get the cobwebs off. >> foles is a different guy in practice. alan bashry is getting first -- barberry is getting a workout. >> anybody in the nfl knows you're going to get tested. there's individual responsibility that goes with the players. if the answer i didn't know, they know, the penalty in terms of those guys what happened to them is appropriate, i think that's a stiff fine. if that doesn't resonate with them, playing in this league is a privilege. if you can't follow the rules, you don't need to be here. >> fans getting autographs from lesean mccoy and nick foles after the first day of practice. >> guess whose writing down ryan howard's name for a change.
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phillies manager ryan sandberg is penling in howard. -- penciling howard. the former m.v.p. is struggling over the last month. the phils say in the big peels that he can once again be a productive player. >> we know he is a more productive player than he's been over the past month. it's been the month that people are focusing on, but sometimes some guys need sometime. >> hopefully howard with start heating up with dom brown. easter last 2 1/2 weeks, the left fielder hit three runs batted in including two homers, look at this he put it away. the fans loved it.
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cliff lee gets the start tonight, lee among those who come in trade talks with the deadline five days away. espn analyst tells us he wouldn't blow this thing you mean and trade away all the big names. >> there's no doubt they have chase utley and ryan howard, they have a lot to add and teach that next generation of players. i think it is important in philadelphia, in particular with that history to retain those players that have that history and at the same time think about the future. >> and that's the kind of of sense you get from the phillies front office they may not be trading away utley ryan and howard. >> let's talk about football. move on. >> much more to come including
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>> meteorologist melissa magee has the accuweather forecast. it's july, but feeling like september. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, walter, the temperature are pretty mild for this time of year, low temperatures and low humidity, as well. let's show you what's going on. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar. it's quiet right now. although, if you were up at 7:00 a.m. we had showers in philadelphia even across coastal sections of new jersey. that moisture is moving offshore. we have another round of showers and storms as we get into tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. let's go outside, the action cam was outside earlier today. a mostly cloudy sky as we look at a tacony-palmyra bridge on
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saturday afternoon. we had filter sunshine, but definitely a cloudy start to our day, the sun is returning at this late evening hour. the high in philadelphia, coming in at 81 degrees, definitely below average. 6 degrees below where we should be. the record 101 set back in 1892. the humidity has not been a factor for the latter half of this week, but if you step outdoors today, the humidity did increase, we'll is a combination of building heat and humidity which will bring back the threat of showers and thunderstorms by tomorrow afternoon. trenton, 77. the poconos, 74. in sea isle city with a south facing wind, 75. and 75 in beach haven. if you look off to the west we're tracking a cluster of showers and storms moving across ohio. a lot of the energy will fall apart. what we're tracking for sunday
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there's an area of low pressure coming out of canada with a trailing cold front and moisture breaking out ahead of that activity and that works into the region tomorrow afternoon. by sunday turning unsettled with the warm front lifting to our north, awaiting the arrival of the cold front that won't move through until late sunday night. it will be a haze day tomorrow high temperature of 89 degrees, building heat and humidity, we're tracking the after showers and storms. more poet by the afternoon and more organized conductive activity as as we get into tomorrow night. travel down the shore, 84 degrees, cloudy with a late-day shower or thunderstorm. if you're north of the city up through the poconos it's a mostly cloudy day high temperature of 80 degrees tracking afternoon showers and storms on the way. remember the storm prediction center has placed the region at a slight risk of finding severe weather. the exclusive accuweather
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five-day forecast, more humid tomorrow, high temperature, 89 degrees, strong showers and thunderstorms. monday, spotty showers around, 86. tuesday, it's a better looking day, high temperature of 83. less humid, pleasant of sun, we stay sun dw -- sunny and dry, wednesday, thursday, friday, the first day of august by then. >> can you believe it? >> reporter: i can. >> abc "world news" is next followed by fyi philly a tour of philly's new beer gardens. don't miss "action news" on phl tonight and we're back here on 6abc at 11:00 p.m. for melissa magee, jeff skeverski, and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. we'll see you back here at 11:00 p.m.
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tonight on "world news," the breaking news. the secret mission, the u.s. embassy evacuated in libya. this evening, the first pictures. the u.s. marines at the ready as the entire embassy is cleared out. more than 100 americans raced to safety. the growing violence that led to the operation. the documents destroyed before they left. a drone, two f-16 fighter jets all kept out of sight. we have team coverage. also tonight, the severe weather hitting right now. 100 million americans on alert. high winds, hail and the confirmed tornado already. small planes flipped. the air scare. what we now know about that jet turned around over west virginia. >> heads down, hands up! >> tonight, inside the plane, the passengers now describing the suspect's behavior. and the new fallout tonight after this video, the nfl star and his then-fiance, pulled from a casino elevator, appearing unconscious.
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