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>> and now the latest the gang members. david henr live. >> reporter: police say that this is not a random robbery an of them kills and a bruta. it's frie silriver. men w abductedin ea overnight throats and dmpem i u rate t climb appears to be dr and involving an asian gang.
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police say that the survivor has ee arrest record, and thisaf sck k. n werealed crazy.n isedar ounde of tnhe an >>yh tey s hmiecigo hore from suivorrece thank you. in south jersey the investigation continues into a shooting at kennedy hospital in stratford this morning. the shooter is in critical condition and late today authorities found a body inside of a home in glendora. john rawlins live with more. >> reporter: rick, the authorities here have now identified the second victim as the couple's son, 35-year-old
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ryan. his body was found in the red brick house here. his death did not come to light until after the fatal attack at itlic called toy h dst ty aysdeniom' then atal t then shot himself. >> no evidence of an altercation prior to the shooting nor did the husband appear agitated as he entered the hospital. >> we had to provide access to care, he was visiting his loved one and that is normal process, signs in and goes to the patient room. >> laterl went to the couple's gl tdh couple share with their> det anr individual with gunshot wounds and that individual has been pronounced. >> dead, the couple's 35-year-old son, ryan. residents of quiet price avenue
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baffled the by the turn of events describing the family as reclusive. >> they keep to themselves, the only time i saw him was when he took the trash out or got in his car to go somewhere. >> they didn't cause trouble? >> no, no police calls, it was all quiet. >> reporter: well, as of this afternoon, authority said they did not have an idea behind a motive here and they did not find a message or anything else that will clarify the situation here. neighbors say that the wife in this case has chronic health issues and was recently hospitalized. at this point nobody can quite explain what sparked all of this to happen today. live in glendora, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. in montgomery county, police say that a 45-year-old man found dead in lower providence
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township, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police responded this afternoon and is it happened at the township building at the 1,000 block of township drive. a 7-year-old girl that was abducted from her school and sexually assaulted gave brave testimony, she left the school with a woman in muslim garb because she thought it was her mother. she was 5 at the time and then stuffed in a bag and put under a bag, she did not remember how she sustained the injuries resulted from a sexual assault. those injuries required extensive surgery. authorities are investigating a suspicious fire in camden overnight and it started in the house of the 2200 block of north second street just after 2:00 a.m. when firefighters arrived the second floor of the home had collapsed to the lower level.
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no one was hurt and officials say that the house was vacant and was in disrepair prior to the blaze. the parade may be over but the city wide celebrations continues for the taney dragons little league team, 's pon and old came out for a special parade and ceremony at fdr park. chad pradelli is here with more on all the day's festivities. >> reporter: rick, what a wonderful celebration, we followed the procession through the streets of philadelphia and the kids enjoyed it and it's a great final tre taneyd woast today. hundreds of fans lined market and broad say than u for the fn
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in the little league world serieses. >> what do you think about the numbers? >> they turned out, i didn't think a lot of people would be here but it was nice. >> it was nice seeing all the people and it was fun. >> it was hot at the end, the shadows started to go away and the sun crept out and it was hot. >> the team took the stage with mayor michael nutter at fdr park and at one time the mayor got choked up after talking about mo'ne davis talking about her accomplishment to be the first african-american girl to play in the little league world serieses. >> he quickly regained his composure. >> he claimd this. >> i declare august 27th to be taney dragons day in ph. he tanerag the fee noutovd athe festivities co
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>> wa psark on a hig,a to bck for more. >> i'm happy th dehadelspi his heart. n ag th c chad pradelli, channel 6 newsyot fewhi nd m b warm gett thcitin line up on 10th street to see the taney dragons and their families make their way into the ballpark with the philly fanatic leading the way. >> it's the little leaguers
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hanging out with the big leaders as they get ready for a big celebration. >> it's a good idea to support them. the kids look to the fillies as a role model. fans are in their streets to see the mid-atlantic champs make a trip to this field. one of their biggest major league supporters, ryan howard, is there to support them in front of their hom crowd. >> they did a lot for the community and them being back they get to see the impact they had here on everybody in philadelphia. >> the dragons will take a victory lap around the field before all 12 players throw out the first pitch and have 12 catchers, all phillies. >> we are friends of them and to get a chance to talk to them and congratulate them on what they
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accomplished is a good feeling. >> they will not be at the game but they came time-out to tane playing baseball, and when i'm that baseball player. ballpark tonig get t this free taney baseballt,om th thanks to our model debbie from the phillies there. she does good, after this special trip we'll get a chance to speak with the taney dragons about this amazing day. we'll have the sights and sounds tonight. kenneth moton, channel 6 "action news." >> of course visit 6abc.com for complete coverage of the taney dragons parade, you can see a slideshow of the players and fans and floats from the parade route. the dragons are celebrating down
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broad street. and hurricane cristobal is churning hundreds of miles off the coast. and a historic landmark gets in on the als ice bucket challenge. if you don't get that you get a cold front from the west to drop the temperatures, the changes are coming in accuweather. we go back live to the celebrations in philadelphia. that ahead in sports when "action news" comes right back.
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philadelphia police say that surveillance cam resident picked up clear pictures of men that robbed a distribution center while posing at police officers. it happened on delaware avenue in fishtown, the men knocked on the door and identified themselves as police and came in with guns drawn, one even had a badge and they got away with $100,000. the school bus caught fire from the first student bus company caught fire just before 11:00 at dekalb pike in lower gwinnett. there was no students on the bus at the time and crews put out the fire in 10 minutes. it was back to school today for students at belmont hills elementary in ben salem, the kids streamed off the bus and gave a final hug and then it was time to sharpen the pencils and hit the books and then take inventory of the new school supplies inside of the desk.
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decisions, decisions, lucky kids chose the all important backpack today in camden, from spider-man to teenage mutant ninja turtles to dora the explorer. it had everything the kids needs to get back into the classroom.
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ducis rogers is here with sports. which baseball team will you talk about first. >> we'll start with the feel good team, the taney dragons, they gave philadelphia something to cheer about. they said thank you, thank you was in the form of a parade through center city. hundreds showed up to greet the players. they had fun despite the warm weather. >> was really hot towards the
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end, at beginning it was pretty fun and at the middle it was hot because there was so many people in the float. >> the parade was part of the festivities, the next stop is citizens bank park, where we fine our jaime apody. >> miss mo'ne is hot, everybody wants to see her today. the celebration begins tonight where the city will honor the little leaguers and they will do a victory lap around the field and they will be introduced individually and each member of the team will throw out the ceremonial first pitch. 12 different pitchers throwing to 12 different phillies. >> what will it be like to have these kids throw out 12 pitches and you get to catch one of them. >> it should be fun and interesting. it should just be that.
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i have never seen that. >> it's a great hon toward come here and be recognized and they will excited to see our players and our players will be excited to sigh them. it will be a good ceremony. >> ryan sandberg says they were watching all the taney games and he wants to see mo'ne davis. and fans will get this free taney t-shirt. taney night at the phillies and the phils won three straight series and the first time in over a year and kyle kendrick is on hill tonight. jaime apody, back to you. one last tune up for the eagles before the season begin a week from sunday. that is right. a week from sunday, the birds host the jets, the regular starters get backups for a job and prove their worth, matt barkley starts as quarterback, barkley is not focused on that. i don't have an agenda for that.
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i want to be consistent and i am not changing this strategy for this game because i am starting or having more reps, we'll score points. eagles-jets coming up on 6 abc. kickoff is set for 7:00. >> seeing a lot of michael vick tomorrow, he is starting for the jets. >> meteorologist, adam joseph with the accuweather forecast when we come right back.
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red flags were flying today along the jersey shore, hurricane cristobal is off the coast and creating treacherous rip currents. in seaside heights they
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restricted swimmers to knee high water. lifeguards say that the rip currents will increase through tomorrow. meteorologist adam joseph is here now and are you echoing that sentiment. >> it peaks tonight early tomorrow morning and then it diminishes friday and into the weekend, good news for beach goers, friday, saturday and sunday. live on double scan live, it's muggy and sunny, quiet and hot and tracking a front north and west of pottsville, as we look at highlights over the next 24 do 48 hours, it's feeling like summer out there. relief comes tomorrow and it's short lived before it returns over the weekend. right now the heat index in allentown, feeling like 92 in reading and at the shore a little bit better but muggy in the low 80s but the relief coming first thing tomorrow
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morning and not only thursday but into friday, the dew points completely drop off the scale below 60 degrees, meaning it will feel comfort out and more fall like before the summer returns saturday and especially sunday and monday. is the light and radar, the front to the north and west and not much in the way of energy, the thunderstorms are in southern new england right now and as it pushes in from the north and west. if you live in the lehigh valley, there could be a stray downpour or thunderstorm around and as it pushes in from the north and west. it really falls apart and a few clouds pass through as the cold front arrives past midnight. high pressure is to the west and the hurricane off the coast to the east, in between the two we get the two draining in from the north, a gusty wind tomorrow 18 miles per hour and full sunshine, that is what is going to help drop the humidity and high pressure wedges in on friday and mostly sunny and
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gorgeous and low humidity and a temperature of 81 degrees. the shore affects because of the rip concerns over the next 24 hours, it peaks tonight and the waves between 4 and 6 feet when the lifeguards are off duty, stay out of the water, it does improve with the wave heights and the currents follow suit. here is the forecast for sand, sunny and breezy and 79 at 11:00 and 3:00, 82 degrees and the uv index stays high and the water temperature is mild right now at 77 degrees. tonight patchy clouds and warm and muggy and 62 to 68 for the overnight low, your day planner for tomorrow, a lot of sunshine just a few clouds in the afternoon. the beautiful breeze from the north, 76 at 11:00 and 82 at 2:00 and 84 degrees late in the day. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, a nice
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breeze tomorrow and 84 and sunny and beautiful come friday, 82 degrees, with high cloud cover and on saturday, the muggies quickly return here and 86 degrees, saturday looks like the day where there won't be a chance of a downpour or thunderstorm. sunday is hot, humid and hazy and uncomfortable at 91 degrees, not a houtunsettled at times, warm and muggy and 89 degrees, we stay in the low 90s with the summer swelter on tuesday, that is into september now. and then on wednesday, clouds and sun 88 degrees, overall the summer feeling is back to the seven day. >> thank you adam. >> finally tonight. one of jersey shore's favorite lan marks introduced to social media, lucy the elephant became
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the latest to join the effort known as the als ice bucket challenge, in honor of a volunteer firefighter that lost her battle with lou gehrigs disease, it pulled in $88 million from donors across the country. stay tuned for diane sawyer's final broadcast on world news coming up here on channel 6, we continue on phl 17 with shirleen allicot and ducis rogers and join us for "action news" at 11:00 on channel 6. for jim gardner and meteorologist, cecily tynan, and adam joseph and ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team. i'm rick williams and have a nice evening, we'll see you here at 11:00. krchbl
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welcome to "world news." tonight, an appeal to the terrorists, an american mother's plea to isis for the life of her son held hostage. hurricane watch, a monster wave bowls over a crowd gathered on the beach. tonight, two powerful storms on the move. a made in america investigation. david muir revealing products that say they're made in america when actually they're made in china. tonight american workers who want their jobs back. >> made in america! and also tonight, a personal note, a thank you to all of you as i leave the anchor desk at "world news."
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