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good afternoon in the news this noon, parents, students and teachers gathered to call for more funding for philadelphia schools. >> and a raging overnight fire destroyed a home while the family was on vacation. >> but the big story is breaking news, a two star army general is killed in an attack west of kabul afghanistan. the incident happened at camp karga. he is the highest ranking military official to ever be killed in the war in afghanistan. 15 others were wounded in the attack. and half of them were americans, it happened when someone in an afghan army uniform snuck on to the base. a brigadier general was also wounded in the attack.

stay with abc news for updates throughout the day. the son of a local congressman is awaiting a court hearing after surrendering to authorities on fraud and tax charges. only "action news" was there when he arrived at the courthouse. vernon odom joins us live now with the detail. >> reporter: sara today's developments come after a two and a half year investigation that included multiple subpoenas of his computer files. son of the powerful congressman. >> i think this entire investigation is politically motivated and i'm looking forward to my day in court. shaq

he has been indicted on charges of defrauding banks and the u.s. government of thousands of dollars, for two and a half years he has been on investigation by the fbi for allegedly making false statements for banks and the small business administration to make lesser payments for loans. failing to pay his taxes and stealing federal funds with a contract through the philadelphia school district. he says he committed no crimes. >> i am successful in my business but i earned every dollar legitimately and i don't think that this is a way an investigation is typically handled, they have spent millions of dollars working on this for two and a half years. >> he is due to be arraigned this afternoon, if convicted of all of these charges, he faces jail time and a fine of up to $13 million.

so far no comment today from congressman. live at the courthouse in center city, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. in other news, chopper 6 hd was over pennypack park in northeast philadelphia this morning where the body of a woman was discovered and a murder investigation is now underway. police say that the 46-year-old victim was found near the crispin recreation center. it appears the unidentified woman was strangled while out for a run last night. we'll have more on this story coming up on "action news" at 4:00. a delaware homeowner comes face-to-face with a burglar when she checks with her property under investigation, she fights back and shoots the intruder, chad pradelli joins us in stanton with all the details. >> rick, the suspect is the man

that is now hospitalized it happened at 6:00 a.m. and delaware state police say that the female homeowner and her adult son walked into the home, and they found a man sleeping upstairs in the bedroom. that female homeowner fired a gun and hit the suspect in the lower body. the suspect ran on foot into the surrounding area and spurred a manhunt by authorities. they eventually found the suspect in a nearby trailer park. the helicopter woke neighbor george cox. >> people were breaking in and taking stuff and even partying in the place. >> delaware state police confirmed that the home is the subject of several break-ins, the female homeowner and her adult son are renovating the house after her father passed away. fearing for her safety she came

to the home packing heat. >> better for her. if someone was going to break into my house i would do the same thing. protect yourself and do what you can do. >> the burglar will be charged and they are still investigating the homeowner to see if she had a license to carry, and if she was justified to shoot. delaware state police say that the suspect is okay and expected to be release later on today and will be charged with burglary and other related charges. chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> all right chad thank you. a father from the german town section of philadelphia is charged with murder in the death of his 2-month-old son, 20-year-old brian armstrong brought his son to einstein hospital with severe injuries on friday, the infant was transferred to saint christophers, and he was charged

with aggravated assault and they have now upgraded those charges to murder. a chadds ford home was zried by flames, flames lit up the night sky, and battled the blaze on the unit block of camden lane. the house is located in a wooded area up on a high hill. the home was gutted by the fire. so far no word on what may have sparked the blaze. a man and woman are in a critical condition, after their car slammed into an abandoned house late last night. the car lost control and took down numerous light poles before stopping and the impact caused the house to collapse. investigators are trying to determine what led up to the crash. a trial was underway for a day care provider who is charged with leaving five children alone in a car in philadelphia. karen thompson is charged with

leaving the children in the car on aramingo avenue. the children were unattended with the air conditioning on. one of the children was just 6 months old. all five young sisters were released to their parents. tonight is national night out and all over our area, communities come together with events meant to increase awareness of crime prevention awareness. from cookouts to festivals, it is meant to strengthen relationship with residents and local law enforcement. charles ramsey and his deputy commissioners will join us here in our 6 abc studios to take parts in a live web chat at 6abc.com from 4:00 until 6:30, log on to submit questions about crime prevention and anything you want to ask the top brass, join on the discussion at

6abc.com and on the air tonight from 4:00 until 6:30. city council woman johnson led the cry this morning. they gathered at albert m. greenfield elementary school. they are calling on state workers to get back to work and approve the cigarette tax. school officials warn that without revenue from the cigarette tax, they will start sending off layoff notices to some 1700 employees. a commemorative gold county is going on at the u.s. mint they gather outside of mint in old city, it's a revision of the 1964 jfk half dollar, collectsers are willing to pay $1300 for the county. each one carries an ounce of

pure 24 karat gold. >> how do you get a chance at a keep sake like this, i'm looking forward to getting it. >> if are you lucky enough to get a gold one, can't have too much gold. >> the u.s. mint in old city is just one of four locations making the limited edition county available. a second aid worker with the ebola virus has arrived in atlanta for treatment. the warm out there today, humidity is dropping a bit in the afternoon and a chance of a spotty pop-up thunderstorm. things change a bit tomorrow and we'll have details and all that new stuff coming in the accuweather forecast. >> all right, david, the call to action volunteers are standing by with any issue you may have. there you are the number on your

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the cost of an airline tick ticket keeps going up. it's nearly $14 from last year. now they are out pacing inflation, rising nearly 11% in the last five years. experts say the trend is likely to increase in the future, in april, may and june, the four large of the airlines earned a combined $2.9 billion, pf changs is offering new information about a security breach in june, they said that credit card names

and debit card names were stolen. in you dined in a pf changs from june until now of this year, are you strongly urged to review your financial records. the choice of a hospital could make a huge difference in a woman's health during child birth, they looked at hospitals in the u.s. and those in low performing facilities suffered lower numbers for natural child birth and a higher c-section rate. the "action news" team is out working on news stories beginning at 4:00. here is alicia vitarelli live with a look ahead. >> reporter: there is a new report out that ranks public schools in the nation and one of the state's in our area came in for the bst. we'll tell you which one it is.

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precipitation and we hope it stays that way the rest of the day. stepping outside we have the action cam out earlier this morning. boy everybody is walking around dressed comfortably and now we are into that mix of sun and clouds, and 84 is the current temperature in philadelphia, the dew point is 64 at this point, and still on the humid side and we expect the dew point to dip a bit into the day, winds out of the east at 6 miles per hour. not much of a breeze, 83 in allentown, and 84 in reading and 85 in wilmington and down the shore 81 in wildwood and atlantic city right now. we'll see the sun and clouds mix, every now and then future tracker 6 puts an odd pop-up shower here or there. most action is well to the north and west of area, but you may get caught by something briefly in the afternoon and evening

hours. just a little bit unstable. in allentown i'll put late storm question mark. because it's not a sure thing. 88 and warm and 71 in the water off atlantic city and on the beach getting up to 84 with the mix of sun and clouds, there is an issue in the water with high surf and rip currents and that is because of bertha, and for philadelphia we are going for a high of 89 and sun and clouds and likely dry with a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm. if you see it you are really unlucky. 70 is the overnight low and partly cloudy skies and the humidity drops overnight. marginally muggy at the game tonight, phillies welcoming the houston astros into town and 81 for the first pitch and 79 at ninth inning. partly cloudy for the concert time. moody blues at 8:30 and

hopefully dry. now, bertha became a tropical storm and was a hurricane before down and now it continues to lose its strength, it is only 38 miles south of a.c., it is going off the coast and will split between the new jersey coastline and bermuda. the waves keep coming so look for four to five foot waves and rip currents, don't swim away from lifeguards and listen to them if they tell you to get out. mainly dry. and tomorrow clouds and sun and 86 and a better chance of an afternoon or evening thundershower tomorrow. you will always want to take cover from storms. mostly sunny and comfortable and 83 and partly sunny on friday and the weekend so far so good, the weekend a mix of sun and clouds and 84 and sunday partly sunny and another nice high in the mid-80s, there is one model

that is beginning to suggest more clouds and rain on sunday. for now we go for the dry forecast but stay tuned. okay? >> thank you david. finally this noon surfers got the surprise while hanging 10 off the coast of england. look who hopped one one of the boards, the little guy jumped on the board and attempted to balance with the surfer. the surfer says the seal hung out with them for an hour, they call it a once in a lifetime experience. >> he wanted to ride. >> he did. >> don't forget "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >> for david murphy and rick williams, i'm sara bloomquist have a great afternoon. ♪

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