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this noon, a local volunteer firefighter faces arson charges. we'll have edales in a live report. >> and more troubles for atlantic city, its newest casino announced it will be closing its doors. >> but the big story this after floon is rain and the oh pension for flooding around the region today. sky 6 hd looking at a cloudy, dreary center city skyline. the sunny skies we have enjoyed are now gone. lets head down to the jersey shore and look at cape may, you can see rain drops on the camera, the shore will get on and off precipitation throughout the day. you'll need the rain gear because you can encounter drenching downpours any time during this tuesday. meteorologist, karen rogers is here for david at the "action news" big board. >> hi rick, you know we were looking at that camera shot in cape may, and people are still on the beach but now is the time to pack it in.

we have rain there in cape may, as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we have nothing more than a sprinkle or two in the city itself but areas of yellow indicate heavier rain and we see that west of philadelphia, we go in tighter and take a look at that. it's lifting to the northeast and moving slowly as we zoom into some of these areas, near coatesville, you are getting wet in malvern and norristown and quakertown and this particular area, we have quite a bit of rain already this morning. although little in the city of philadelphia, this shows the 24 hour precipitation rates, over the past few hours this shows an inch to inch and a half near pottstown and 0 near norristown, and philadelphia. this little bull's-eye we had training of heavier cells going in the same area over of over. some spots we have already seen

a decent amount of rain and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing more on the way, this storm to the west is pulling in. washington, d.c. they have flash flood warning popping up and they already have over 2 inches of rain and the front is well off to the west, it's a while before we deal with this and it comes in the form of periods of rain. according to the storm prediction center becoming strong to severe. we'll talk more about that and the rainfall we are going to get, and when it wraps out of here. >> thank you karen. remember can you keep track of the accuweather forecast any time by downloading our free 6 abc storm tracker app, you can get weather alerts posted for your area. police in gloucester county are looking for a man that opened fire on the police station overnight. it happened at the westchester

police station the grove street. that is where katherine scott joins us live. >> reporter: sara, police believe that a high caliber handgun was used in this shooting and four officers were on duty at the time and only one was inside of the station, a 19-year veteran that just walked in and heard the shots and took cover. most of the shots hit the door and another ricochetted through the office and the search is now on for the person responsible. >> this morning investigators were digging bullets out of the side door of the west depford police station, the door used mainly by their officers, seven shots hit the station this morning. the mayor was notified immediately. >> an attack on the police department is an attack on the community. >> one through this drain pipe

and one through the deputy chief's office. >> this one went through the window. >> surveillance cameras shows this dark sedan making two passes. you can't see the shots being fired from the vehicle but this is the vehicle that police are looking for. >> we have concerned that there was two passes made. they were comfortable enough, whether they fired on the first pass or not, they were comfortable enough to go through another pass. >> one corporal heard the shots. >> we have no threats that led up to this incident. nothing that was out of ordinary last night over the overnight shift but we'll look back over the previous couple of weeks. >> back live, you are looking at the bullet holes in the door, the police benevolent association is offering a $3,000

reward for information on an arrest and conviction. >> we are live in west depford, katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the gambling market in atlantic city continues to crumb crumble, the revel casino hotel, will shut down. the more than $2 billion casino opened just over two years ago and never turned a profit. trump plaza and show boat are closing within weeks. now the sudden and tragic death of comedian, robin williams, we may learn more today about his apparent suicide. the entire world is mourning his death including president barack obama. he released a statement saying quote, his incredible talent and commitment to the american troops. kirk hawkins joins us from

hollywood with more. >> williams's star here on the hollywood walk of fame is a testament to his more than $6 million impact on the global market. people are stopping by to pay their respects. >> outside of home of comic robin williams, mourners are paying their respects. investigators are calling it a suspected suicide. his spokesperson says the actor was batting the severe depression. last month he checked himself into rehab and spoke about the grip of addiction with diane sawyer. >> you wait for the time where you say i'm fine now and i'm okay, and the next thing you know it's not okay. >> williams's wife susan snyder says i lost my husband and best friend and the world lost one of

their best artists and human beings. >> people stopped by the star on the walk of fame and left flowers and notes. >> i'm not the only one, everybody in america tonight i'm sure, it's like you got punched in the stomach. >> the show mork and mindy became a showcase for his witt. >> and his incredible ability to ad lib as the genie in aladin. >> 10,000 years give you such a crick in the neck. >> and a nanny in mrs. doubtfire. >> and he was more than a funny man performing many times for the u.s. troops. >> thank you very, very much. >> as you mentioned we could learn more about the death investigation at a news conference later today. live in hollywood, kick hawkins,

6 abc. >> thank you kirk for that report. abc news will have a special 20/20 program honoring the life of robin williams, it's called remembering robin williams, hosted by david muir. and 6abc.com has extensive coverage of the death of robin williams as well, a slideshow spanning the comedian's career and we gather reaction from other celebrities. back here in delaware county, a volunteer firefighter is accused of setting fire to homes that he was suppose to help save. the firefighter appeared in court on arson charges. "action news" reporter, walter perez, joins us from forcroft with the details. >> this is john corcoran, this is him leaving the judge's office after his hearing today. he is a volunteer firefighter

with the goodwill fire department and today he stands accused of setting three fires in the past several months and responding with his fire department to put them out and the worst alligation is that he enlisted a minor to help him. what makes this particularly sad is when corcoran was a little boy he would hang around the police department and the fire department, he would hang around saying he wanted to grow up and be a public servanservant. >> this is surprising we knew this guy since he was a kid and to be part of the force that fights those fires it's kind of sad to see someone go that route. >> corcoran faces charges of risking a catastrophe and

corruption of a minor and his next hearing is set for august 20th. >> thank you walter, more to come on "action news" at noon, a spanish missionary infected with the ebola virus has now died. and experimental medication is sent to liberia. our call to action volunteers are standing by to help you with any consumerish you you may ♪

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the new school year, we have a bit of a warning, investigative reporter, wendy saltzman has a preview. >> our investigation found a local school district hiring known felons and allowing criminals to work hand and hand with your kids. >> it's not a matter of doing the background checks, they do the checks and see the felonies and still hire these people. >> now we have one senators push to stop this from happening in your school district and our investigation found other conviktss working in our schools. i'll the investigation coming up tonight at 11:00 on "action news." the fda has a new way to screen for colon cancer, it can find dangerous growth and tumors with dna. it detects regular mutations in

stool samples, they should undergo a colon. french researchers studied nearly 60,000 middle aged women and those that exercised regularly for the past four years were less likely to have an a breast cancer diagnosis. but those that exercised earlier, but stopped did not see a reduction. the "action news" team is working on news stories for tonight at 4:00. >> coming up at 4:00, from bags, deli meats, find ways to save. and a baby's stroller is blown on to the tracks, the baby is fine but the police want to talk to the parents. plus, forget trojan horses, the

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to say. >> she had a great time. >> we need the rain, at least it's happening during the work week. >> lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan, around the region right now, and you can see with our double scan radar, we do have some heavy rain in spots, if philadelphia and much of new jersey we are dry, we have heavier areas, can you tell by the areas of yellow we are seeing, you got it in chadds ford, and route 1, in malvern, areas that are getting hit harder, and up near pottstown, near 422 getting particularly wet there. and most of the city is blanketed in with light rain mixing in. this is just the beginning of it. lets head outside, chopper 6 was flying up above, as we look in hd, a considerable amount of rainfall so far, but in

philadelphia, our area is getting hit pretty good. 79 degrees, cooler than it would normally be, the dew point is up there and you feel the humidity and moisture in the atmosphere associated with this. the winds out of the south-southeast sustained at so miles per hour, the pressure is dropping 29.97 and the wind in philadelphia sustained, at 10 to 15 miles per hour and philadelphia you are warmer and philadelphia 82 and 73 in allentown and 72 right now in reading. >> lets look at the wind gusts in the region, while it's just sustained in philadelphia, 26 miles per hour wind gusts in millville, how about dover, 28 miles per hour wind gusts with the rain they are getting, feeling nasty, gusts at the shore at 20 miles per hour. here is the rain, on satellite 6 along with action radar showing it's coming in and blanketing

the region, heavier rain, they have flash flood warnings, they have a couple of inches of rain, the edge of the front out to the west, we are dealing with this for a while and future tracker 6 showing the heightened activity later on, and at 3:00 you see downpours in the region, especially south of the city, this is your drive time at 5:30, the periods of rain going through the nighttime and this is 6:00 in the morning, tomorrow morning's commute we'll be watching this rain exit at that point. as periods of rain, some of it heavy at times, watching that through the day, here is a look at your exclusive accuweather forecast, periods of rain and 79 for your high and tomorrow could start off wet with clouds and 83 and the rest of the forecast is great, thursday less humid and 80 and friday mostly sunny skies and 79th saturday beautiful and

terrific and 82. and very warm and 88 degrees, on monday more humid and a chance for a thunderstorm. today is your wet day. >> thanks for working that out for me. >> i need a couple of day tooz. >> finally this noon, they say that everything is bigger in texas. this swimming pool is no different, mike mosley is the owner of the biggest backyard swimming pool, it's a whopping 40,000 square feet. a 500 foot lazy river and outdoor kifrp and water fall. and the price tag for that pool, $3 million. >> it doesn't have a jacuzzi, i don't want it. don't information get "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >> for david murphy and karen rogers and rick williams and the entire "action news" team i'm sara bloomquist, have a great afternoon.

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