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>> hello, everyone, here's what's happening on this friday, august 8., everyone, here's fire in a suburban apartment building leaves one person injured overnight and many others displaced. we're live at the scene. >> president obama said the u.s. military will return to iraq to rescue tens of thousands of refugees, hear how he plans to deal with the terrorists trying to take over the country. how residents anticipate tourists are getting ready for
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not one, but two hurricanes this morning. >> good morning, let's find out what to expect today and go over to david murphy. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, we have sunshine to the south and the skies might be hazy, because we have forest fires up in canada, might be an explanation why the skies are whiter than blue at times today. 60 in wilmington, 57 in allentown, 57 in millville. 57 in sea isle city. 8:00 a.m., 68 mainly clear skies and comfortable much the way it was yesterday morning. as we roll through the day, 71 by 9:00 a.m., 78 by noon, 84 by 3:00 p.m. that's the high exactly where we wound up yesterday. 81 by 6:00 p.m. programs a few clouds digging in as the day
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goes on. it will be a nice night up at musikfest, alan jackson takes the stage, 72 at concert time, could be in the upper 60s by the time the show is over, keep that in mind if you're dressing up for the concert tonight. we'll have the weekend call, guys. >> a massive fire forced residents out of an apartment building in montgomery county overnight. >> that fire injured one person, before 2:00 a.m., katherine scott is in upper dublin with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, tam we're told one person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. firefighters remain on the scene in upper dublin township. a lot of them have cleared away, but they are wetting down hot spots and finishing up precisions. the fire broke out on the 700 block of west lincoln drive in
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upper dublin township. one apartment was on fire, they could see the flames from the outside of building, they looked heavy. the resident was on the balcony, eventually that person went back into the apartment and rescued by firefighters. the fire was concentrated in that end unit, firefighters were able to minimize it from spreading. >> it was any one apartment, this complex is prone to fire spread. so we had to get in there fast, and get into the apartment anticipate confine the fire to the main apartment with minimal and he thinks. >> the fire was placed under control in 35 minutes, most of the damage is in the end unit there is smoke damage in other apartments. in all, 8 units are affected up to 25 people, but the red cross is trying to determine exactly how many people will require their assistance, live in upper dublin township, katherine scott channel 6 "action news."
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>> another story developing this morning, a pair of had hurricanes are bearing down on the hawaiian islands. hadhurricane iselle is lashing e big island. >> reporter: this morning, trouble in par dials, two hurricanes threatening hawaii, iselle packing powerful winds and high surf and heavy rains. >> roof damage, fly debris for windows. >> reporter: julio now a category 3 hurricane is not far hind. on the big island, schools are shut down, and national guard is standing by. >> we're at the beginning stage of this, we're like in the first quarter, let's be sensible, let's stay calm. >> reporter: before iselle moved in, tourists and residents
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scrambled. hawaiians are not used to hurricanes, the last one was in 1992. >> this is my first time boarding up a store front. >> reporter: the lines are long for gas and bottled water is flying off the shelves. more than 200,000 visits are on the island in any given day, so warmings were issued in multiple languages. >> we're getting married saturday evening at 6:00 p.m., plan is to get married on the beach at sunset. >> reporter: tourists and residents hoping the one-two punch passes without landing a knockout blow. >> america is coming to help, those words came from president obama late last night is he announced he authorized targeted airstrikes and and i would for tens of thousands of refugees, the action is necessary to prevent a possible again side.
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they are in desperately in need of food and water. meantime iraqi firefighters ceased -- seized a dam in bagged controlling the water to the middle east cities. hamas fired a barrage of 18 rockets at southern israel, two interpreted the others hit open areas. israeli officials are blaming gaza militants for breaking the cease-fire. >> a quiet delaware community is stunned about the burst of violence that left two young boys without a mother or father. neighbors along abbey terrace in drexel hill said there was no hint of trouble at the home of keith and christine belajonas. keith belajonas mured his wife -- murdered in wife in front of the children yesterday
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morning. >> i heard a commotion that didn't sowmed right, it sounded serious. >> he stabbed and shot his wife and took off to staten island with the boys robbing a cvs where his brother works and left the brothers at the store. the children were picked up by relatives of christine in a belajonas they live in delaware county. action cam was at love park last night where organizers outlined steps residents can take to protect the youngest in their neighborhoods. they urged everyone to speak up for kids. >> the pennsylvania spca raided a berks county farm that it said was organizing cockfights. they removed 60 birds a goat, a horse and four dogs from the
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farm on plumb road. ment spca said the animals were kept in cramped unsanitary conditions. they found a cockfighting ring and other related material. police in pemberton, new jersey, have confirmed to "action news" that the home they raided on wednesday night was running a meth lab. they arrested a man and woman at the house on the 200 block of norcroft lane. they confiscated a sawed off shotgun that was obtained i illegally. incredible discovery inside a shuttered funeral home in delaware. the remains of 9 victims of the jones town massacre. the new property owners found containers of unclaimed remains and contacted authority. 900 people killed themselves that day, many were forced to drink a cyanide grape punch.
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atlantic city casino problems are blamed for a steep property tax hike that city city council approved. 29% has been slapped on businesses and homeowners. the city will have to borrow $140 million to pay tax appeal settlements to several casinos whose property values have dropped because of klineing business. >> time for a look at business. struggling malaysian airline will be removed from malaysian stock exchanged and become state owned. they plan to buy out a minority stake owners and carry out a complete overhaul. it has handled two disasters this year. a first-ever report by the
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federal reserve finds a quarter of american households are just getting by financially. the survey which was conducted last year in september and october paints a bleak picture, one in three people said they were somewhat or much worse off than before the great recession hit. another concern one in five people nearing retirement age say they have no retirement savings or pension. wall street could be in for another big drop. stock futures are in the red right now. all the major indices were off slightly. on going turmoil in the ukraine and middle east have investor insist a caution and selling mood. a tulsa oklahoma restaurant is offering a bacon milk shake. the recipe, milk, ice cream, maple syrup, they strips of bacon and throw it in a blender, presto. customers say it's pretty good,
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now back to you. >> okay, matt, i'll take your word for it. there was a british invasion in cherry hill, 100 athletes from abroad and the u.s. will compete in olympic style competition. off the field they will take part in the community project also. the biting case from the world cup goes to international court today, hear what the soccer player will get from the judge. we have a politician who reflects his time in office, his adorable recollection. w.we have a nice one on tap, can we keep it going through the weekend? that call is coming up, and i'll have the phillies
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>> this is one of california's largest fire in recent memory, the rim fire scorched a quart million acrers started by a hunter who starting pointed a camp fire.rers started by a he has been charged with two felonies. this was the third largest blaze in california's history. >> friday, pick of the week, great timing. >> reporter: i think so, it's a great day, low humidity, fair amount of sunshine like we had yesterday, clouding up a little bit in the after, but decent overall. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you there's no early morning precipitation. as we look outside, we have clear skies for the most part
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over philadelphia international airport, tranquil conditions, the breeze is not as strong always yesterday, taking a look at the temperature, 65 degrees, pretty comfortable. the dewpoint lower than yesterday, definitely not feeling humid that's because of the north/northwest wind at 7 miles per hour drawing in dry air from the northwest today. satellite and radar shows you how cloud cover continues to hang to the south. we might have hazing look to things as we go through the day, there's a forest fire in canada that may streak high clouds overhead. 68 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 11, 76. a comfortable morning throughout. 82 by 2:00 p.m., we'll hit that high of 84 around 3:00 or so. him still in the low 80s by 5:00 p.m. my temperatures 82 in allentown, not much different than the i-95 corridor. down the shore we'll shave a couple of degrees off that high with the cool ocean water next-door to you.
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as we look at the phillies they are on a roll as they just swept the astros. mainly clear and pleasant, 75 in the 9th inning, not much wind, a pleasant night at the ballpark. le for the weekend, in the poconos, 77. 75 on saturday, mix of sun and clouds on sun, 77 there, as well. in the ocean, to start out your three day weekend. today spectacular sun, 80. partly sunny, 78 on saturday, sunday, 80 partly sun, there may be a few clouds along the coast on sunday, can't rule out a sprinkle well south, but that will probably be outside of our area. checking the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, beautiful today, 84 degrees fairly bright. tomorrow, sun and clouds, 85 in philadelphia, nights weather for the -- nice weather for the union on saturday, phillies
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playing day baseball on sunday, 86. the next feature arrives on tuesday, we could see increasing clouds and pop-up shower or storm in the afternoon or evening. some of the rain associate with that may linking into parts of wednesday. that's what's looking good for the next week. good morning outlines for the next several days. >> uniform this scene from the world cup, louie swarez taking a bite out of a fell player. today an international court will hear his appeal. his legal team said he should be allowed to practice, a verdict is due in about a week. one of the world's top soccer players is calling it quits, donovan said he doesn't have the passion for the game any more. he played for the lrntle a. galaxy and team u.s.a.
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>> if fish sg your sport -- if fishing is your sport, the best anglers in the world are fishing the delaware river this weekend, on sunday, the winner will take home $100,000. r&b filled the air last night at the dell east. ♪ the band condition was on the bill as part of the summer long essence of entertainment concert series. >> pretty funky. >> coming up the crowning politician talking about his time in office and hear what he said the best of the part job was. >> take 6abc.com with you, the new smart design facilities any device you have whether it's your tab let or smart phone no
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expressway, look out for a downed traffic light on the ramp from montgomery to the web lanes of the schuylkill expressway. without that traffic light treat that as a stop sign. the commodor barry bridge, while there's not much happening here, there's construction further north on 95 around 420, while there are no issues on the commodor barry bridge, we are just finishing an open on the burlington bristol bridge. you'll want to avoid that for the next 15 minutes. >> it's a busy week for flights, we're talking about the hawaiian islands right now. hurricane iselle is impacting it right now. you can see all the live pictures of the airplanes and the path they take. there were 50 cancellations of flights due to the storm. there will be a lot more today. picking up these flights this is
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heading to chicago at 11:20. look out if you have a flight hawaii today, sunny that had your dane -- as you know that hurricane is coming in and another one in behind it. there are thundershowers in florida and houston. look in the midwest and upper northeast, everything looking clear and fine. no weather-related delays expected. out in denver, you could see thundershowers there and salt lake city later today. >> to the wisdom of a veteran politician and the reflexes of a recently ousted mayor that can only from experience. meet tommy toughs he lost his third consecutive bid. he was 3 when he was first elected the mayor of the town which has a population of 9 to 28 people.
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this year he was beaten by a 6 years old. >> i have to look at the camera so much, i can't make goo goo eyes and nonsense. >> people can vote as many times as they want in these elections it's a buck a vote. it goes to organizing a festival. >> a county fair is capitalizing on another youngster whose fame spreads across the delaware and lehigh valleys and the internal. five-year-old noelle ritter became famous for his use of the word apparently. profits from the shirts will ♪
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>> welcome back, you're taking a live look here out across the ben franklin bridge.u're taking 4:57, the high today will get up to 84. by tonight you'll want to take a sweater if you go out, it will be down in the 60s, 65. >> it is 4:57 and still ahead in the next half-hour of "action news," new developments in the ebola outbreak. the world health organization releases its finding overnight
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we'll break it down. >> a massive fire rips through an apartment building in suburban philadelphia in the middle of night, forcing residents out, we'll have
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>> good morning, everyone, 5:00 a.m. on this friday, august 8. developing right now. >> one person is recovering after a massive fire scorched an apartment building in montgomery county. we have a live report coming up. >> police are upping the ante in the hopes of finding the killer of a mother of two. she was last seen in the park in philadelphia. >> fly eagles fly, we have a preview of the eagles and bears contest tonight in philadelphia. >> let's go over to david murphy. >> reporter: we have cloud cover out to the west of us, temperatures are

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