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good evening. >> reporter: monica, grief counselors, faculty, caring parents in the community have all come here to council rock south high school really just to listen to classmates that knew and loved the three young victims as we were granted opportunity to listen to one of the victim's family members tell us what a special kid he was. >> frank says his nephew ryan lesher was a kid that had charm and magnetism well beyond his 15 years. >> he was a gift to all us. all the uncles and family members adopted him like he was our own. if you knew him you loved him. >> tragically ryan was one of three incoming sophomore from council rock south high school killed during a rollover vehicle crash this past saturday in the poconos. the other two were identified shamus digney and cullen keffer. they were described as close friends with shared interest in anything athletic. ryan lesher's family members say
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what defined him was his generous heart. >> he loved anything to do with sports and he found the community helping kids with special olympics he was a caring kid. >> grief counsellers were brought in before 1 and 4 p.m.. the district's primary responsibility today to s to listen to every student that came in. >> grieving process can be unique and individualized it's difficult and and and. >> while council rock superintendent mark kline says whatever they tell the students has to be the truth. >> they will not tell kids it will be all right. it's not going to be all right. the first thing we let them do is be together. we found unfortunately in situations like this before it's strength and community that
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binds the kids and helps them through this. >> reporter: back out live, now there were three other teenagers inside that chevy suburban injured. but they survived. one of the injured was also a council rock student. we have confirmed that. his identity is not being released yet. meantime the investigation into what led up to the crash is still underway. reporting live from holland, bubz county, walter perez, "channel 6 action news." thank you the multi-billion dollar revel casino hotel started to close today. the action cam was there as the workers started to remove the sign outside the hotel that is the biggest failure in atlantic city gambling history. it will close early tomorrow morning officially and they hope to find a operator after they stop operating as a casino. we'll have more at 6:00 on closure and reaction. this labor day marks unofficial day of summer. a lot of folks spent the day enjoying summer.
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they were on the boardwalk doing shopping and having fun in the water, too, many beachgoers say the labor day holiday is bittersweet occasion. >> we are having a lot of fun. it's a good day and been a good weekend of memories. but you know to the same extent we will not be down until next summer again. so we'll make it. >> summer officially ends september 2 in three weeks and there's time left to enjoy the shore. penn's landing the philadelphia council afl-cio hosted a family festival today. it is the 27th year of the celebration of union members and their families. and this year there were face painters and games to be had. switching live to penn's landing and popup thunderstorms are around this evening. so be aware of it. meteorologist cecily tynan at the "action news" big board with the latest now from accuweather. hi, cecily. >> hi, monica on this labor day stormtracker 6 is showing
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pop-ups but not nearly as widespread as this time last night. right now strongest storms not severe in cape may atlantic county one cell on the tip of cape may and another north of atlantic city expressway and north and east of mays landing both headed east. a lot of folks getting off the beaches at cape may. also you can see the one cell moving towards jackson mills and noing lightning strikes associated with this see that red that's heavy downpours and there's one little area of showers that have developed in delaware county. it doesn't look like much right now and it really will be fizzling out. you can see aston now showers garden variety. really the main deal with the weather today is heat and humidity. currently in philadelphia, 9 degrees. bovr it's 85. allentown 86. millville 86. little cooler at the shore, sea isle city 79.
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dew points are high. when you get dew points in 70s that's tropical air mass. you step outside and feel moisture in the air immediately. philadelphia 70. wilmington typical of new orleans weather. dew point 74. you factor that in heat index makes it feel like 94 in philadelphia and 96 dover and i'll talk about even more intense heat and humidity on the way tomorrow. and then eventual cool down you have to wait for a while. details in the full accuweather forecast. monica. >> thank you, cecily. stay on top of changing weather situation with the new 6abc.com. visit 6abc.com/weather for stormtracker 6 weather hourly and 7 day and latest video from "action news" meteorologists and collection of weather-related photos and videos. well this was no holiday today for residents of a street in philadelphia's olney section. they woke up to find some cars vandalized. about ten vehicles x street near
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garland hit. most were on wind shields and canvas on one truck was cut. someone reported what sounded like a chain. vandalism happens too often. police are checking surveillance for clues. >> phillies provided fans with a holiday treat this lane or day they pulled off a combined no mit hitter in franchise history. jamie apody joins us with the details of this thrilling victory. >> this is cool. >> pretty aty ironic too. >> and way more lows than eyes and a day hard work is celebrated and many feel look the phillies have not worked hard this year they go down in the history books with quite the combined pitching performance. this won a team effort all around. watch in the third inning fly ball up. marlin bird going to make the graph. kohl's control was off today despite he didn't let a single hit he was pulled after throwing
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108 pitches struck out 7 walked five and hit a batter. in comes jake and he would throw a scoreless 7th and in comes ken giles and he struck out the side. so it would be up to jonathan papelbon to close it out. he comes in on the ninth and that! what happened? and that was that! the first ever combined no hitter for the phils. twelfth no-no in franchise history. last place team with a reason to celebrate. they win 7-0. we'll have more with reaction in the phillies combined no hitter in sports. >> give the fans a chance to cheer. >> absolutely. >> the music is over and crowds are gone and cleanup should be winding up soon from the made in america festival. crews started work overnight and moved into high gear this morning and disassembled stage and took down signs and barriers and kleendz up streets. during the two day run we're told 0,000 people came to made
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america hearing from wide variety of artist including kanye west and kings of leon. >> malls are crowded this labor day as parents and students rush to finish the last minute back to school shopping. live at the cherry hill mall with the crowds and deals. hi, nydia. >> if you head here to the cherry hill mall you bet pack your patience. finding a parking spot is not easy. good news once you head inside there's deals aplenty. a lot of stores are offering additional mark down on clearance items and some offering 60% off or more on big selection of misdemeanor and then my favorite deal, by one get one free. >> it's an annual tradition for families and the big back to school shopping trip. >> we're looking for back packs, hoodies, sweat shirts. >> shirts, jacket. >> and shoes. adrian and jadeen holder are already sporting the matching sneaks they bought this afternoon. >> i like getting new shoes. that's my first things getting
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new shoes. >> why do so many families wait to shop labor day weekend. >> busy, work. >> most of my summer i'm doing sports and stuff. this is my only free time. >> it turns out at least when it comes to btf good things come to those who wait. >> i think so. yeah. it was not really my plan to wait. it turned out that way. and it worked out in our favor because i think i ended up spending less. >> retailers are not surprised by the last minute push and they expect back to school shopping to continue for a few weeks. >> back to school is second busiest selling season behind holiday and it runs july, august and september and national retail federation says people this year will spend 75 billion dollars on back to school. >> and most families will head out for bts needs. national retail federation says fewer than 25% will shop on-line. >> it's hard to buy on-line for them i don't know what they like and don't like especially shoes it's hard to find shoes that fit
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them well. >> bad news for folks like tyler cudaro. >> not fun. >> you have better things to do hu? >> uh-huh. >> i'm sure a lot of kids and probably parents feel the same way. before you head out or if you shop on-line check the save ising with 6abc page for the latest promotion and coupon code. live in cherry hill. nydia han, "channel 6 action news." >> time for a check of the "action news" traffic report this holiday monday. >> let's go live to matt pellman and see where the trouble spots are. >> we may have gridlock in mall parking lots luckily not on highways this labor day monday afternoon rick an monica. here's schuylkill, i-76 moving well. but here along spring garden street we have restrictions as you head toward the art museum seem. they continue to cleanup from made in america. respect the barricades. you can not get on from spring garden don't keep going like that guy did towards the art
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museum. restrictions in roxboro fire location ridge avenue near sheers lane. stick with henery or main or manayunk. despite the holiday we have construction on good buddy ben, ben franklin bridge westbound to center city giving delays time to time as you travel to 8th and vine. no huge delays believe it or not at this point on the garden state parkway and ac express way and pockets of volume and speeds at this point are in the 60s. we don't have awful lot to complain about. we'll see if we can find complaints in the next half hour. >> it's labor of love today. >> thank you sir. >> much more to come tonight this a change underway at the missouri police department. coming up new addition adds extra set of eyes and ears to a crime scene. >> and how to make sure your child has the right backpack. >> and checking in with meteorologist cecily tynan with "action news" at 5 comes right meteorologist cecily tynan with "action news" at 5 comes right back
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>> well ukranian and russian diplomats met in bella ruth today. they backed off of demand for full independence. meantime rebels continue to gain ground near the military. european union is ready to slap sanctions orr's are youian for involvement in the rebels. and back in rubel is money there
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and hit a new low on financial markets. police in furgeson, missouri, started wearing body cameras. suburb of st. louis has been in the international spotlight following shooting of unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. in the wake of shooting police started wearing body cameras on saturday after a company donated them. each officer will get a camera to wear on their uniform. they record video and audio.ra "healthcheck" now. you can call them spare tires. love handles, fattah round the middle. not good to you. >> tied to heart disease and cancer and, doctors say it's a big contributor to high blood pressure as well. in fact, belly fat or fattah round the middle makes a iing bigger difference in high blood pressure than obese overall and risky around your kidneys that regulate blood pressure. we should pay as much attention to location of extra pounds as to how man write we're carrying. around the area many children have nice new back
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packs for the school year. to make sure they use them safely. they're better than shoulder bags because they use the body's strongest muscles back and abdomen. however they should not have more than 10 to 15% of child's weight inside and heaviest item should be closest to the body so they don't pull the child off balance. backpack should rest right down there in the middle of the back and not further down. and be careful about putting your child's name on it. >> if their name is spelled out on their backpack someone that doesn't know your child can say hey, joey, come this way with me or something like that. so they may use that name on the backpack and be able to convince your child they know them when they really don't. >> they should use both shoulders straps to distribute weight evenly and don't carry backpack around all day unless it's necessary. >> dv munching patterns. in experiment student volunteers
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ate almost twice as much while watching action shows compared to talk show. and male students ate even more. study's author says if watching weight don't eat while tv is on or set a predetermined amount of food. >> now they tell me. >> labor day is official day we celebrate labor workers and union as cross the country. laborers staged king street to pay tribute to men and women that work hard. tradition andle and fun way to commorate the holiday and sounding great. >> and still to come on "action news" tonight, craft is recalling a common staple at home for barbeque
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including dehydration, which may cause some people to have loss of body water and salt. this may also cause you to feel dizzy, faint, lightheaded, or weak especially when you stand up. other side effects may include kidney problems, genital yeast infections, urinary tract infections, changes in urination, high potassium in the blood, or increases in cholesterol. do not take invokana® if you have severe kidney problems or are on dialysis or if allergic to invokana® or its ingredients. symptoms of allergic reaction may include rash, swelling, difficulty breathing or swallowing. if you experience any of these symptoms, stop taking invokana® and call your doctor right away or go to the nearest hospital. tell your doctor about any medical conditions, medications you are taking, and if you have kidney or liver problems. using invokana® with a sulfonylurea or insulin may increase risk of low blood sugar. it's time.
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lower your blood sugar with invokana®. imagine loving your numbers. ask your doctor about invokana®. >> there is word of recall tonight that could impact your holiday grilling plans. kraft foods is pulling thousands of cases of cheese from stores. 7,000 cases of craft american singles are being recalled. there's concern about the way one of the ingredients ever the cheese slices was stored. cheese has best when used by date of february 20, 2015 and february 21, 2015. you can return the cheese for a full refund. >> star-studded fundraiser brought in tens of millions of
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dollars for a debilitating disease. mda telethon aired last night. celebrities joined forces to raise money for treatment of the disease organizeers said it brought in $55 million and they're still accepting donations. >> trenton, new jersey a local barbershop was once again doing its part to help the community. and barbres were raise or sharp and not only giving out hair cuts but razor shorp as well. plenty of customers young and old were on happened. shop owners say they want to be sure kids in the community look and feel their best as they begin a new school year.
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>> time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. meteorologist cecily tynan keeping up with the storms. >> they're limitedment stormtracker 6 double scan showing a few showers in delaware and cape may county. they're beginning to fizzle out. the one really intense thunderstorm is over jackson mills and right over great adventure. six lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes along 159 you can see it's generally moving
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east and should be moving offshore within about the next hour. this does have very heavy downpours and part of the reason why, it's just so warm and humid. currently in philadelphia, 89 degrees. it's still summer in wilmington 86. allentown 86. millville 86. at the shore cooler with a seabreeze temperatures in upper 70s. you factor in the dew points. dew points generally in 70s. tremendous humidity. heat index the way it feels 94 in philadelphia and 96 in dover and 91 in reading. certainly uncomfortable day for a lot of people. satellite 6 and action radar showing a cold front across the midwest and this moves through tomorrow night. and this will drop the humidity for the middle of the week. future tracker showing tomorrow morning good amount of sunshine. few clouds. generally west of philadelphia as we head into tomorrow night. we'll see showers and thunderstorms braeinging out. but future tracker showing bulk
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of activity will be far north and west suburbs and moves out quickly in overnight hours. future tracker showing ahead of the system heat index in upper 90s tomorrow 'lot of kids starting school. hopefully there's classes that have air conditioning and drank a lot of water. dew point showing for middle of week they will drop especially thursday when we have still warm, comfortably dry air mass before they begin to shoot back up as we head towards the weekend. just a little break. tropical depression number five formed in bay of campeche this is when it gets active. this is moving west to mexico so this fortunately is no threat for us. the call for accuweather tonight. warm and muggy. stray thunderstorm possible this evening. 73 in philadelphia. millville 67. allentown 68. dover 71.
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and five-day at five shows tomorrow hot and humid. 92 degrees. some evening thunderstorms on wednesday humidity will be dropping through the day. still a warm day. 8 degrees. thursday warm and low humidity. feeling better and 88. back to 90 friday and heading to weekend thunderstorms on saturday and 88. how about sunday eagles home-opener will we get rain. adam talks about that in the full accuweather 7-day forecast. heat is on tomorrow. >> yes, it is.
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>> a fixture in roxboro is destroyed by a early morning fire. and some of hollywood's hottest actresses is exposed after someone sends nudes photos across the internet. >> details of a roxboro business that took decades to build took hours to destroy. flames tore through the award winner dry cleaning store. despite the firefighters best
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efforts the store could not be saved. david henery live in roxboro with the story, david. >> this is newman's ford dealership and for 45 years it will be award custom dry cleaners family owned institution that will be missed especially by those that work here. >> that place is family. a piece of me is burst up. >> lamar has been the. it ailor here. he was stunned. the business wentz newspaper flames this morning and gutted the building. they were concerned that a spark could ignite volatile chemicals stored inside. they kept an eye on this oil tank outside the building. as word got out around the neighborhood loyal customers and friends came by to see the damage firsthand. so terrible. there's a lot of women that

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