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spot. so they don't have to travel multiple times to different agencies. >> volunteers in orange shirts helped people get help with their health care and paying their bills. >> making it a lot easier than me being on the phone. >> while the resource centers offered some answers, many have a lot of questions that will take some time to answer. >> where will i go? i have kids in the school system. >> on top of the resource center, there is a job fair here on september 10th, the resource center is open monday through from now until that job fair. >> each athank you. time for a check of accuweather forecast. we have the heat today but not so much the humidity. adam joseph is tracking the changes on the balcony. >> it's like a breath of fresh
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air, it's a big improvement in the temperature department as well. as we look at yesterday's high, 93 degrees, with the oppressive humidity, and the front came through with storms and 84 degrees. 2 degrees above normal. it's warm and we drop the humidity and in fact, look at the numbers. 83 in allentown in lancaster 83. and a sea breeze keeping temperatures in the upper 70s along the shore. as we look at the dew points, upper 60s to low 70s, we have dropped back into the 50s area wide with the exception of the shore. that drier air is quieting a nice evening, temperature is 80 degrees at 7:00, with full sunshine, 75 at 9:00 and a couple of clouds and stars at 73 degrees. this very comfortable air is not going to last very long, we'll talk about the return of the
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oppressive humidity and the 90s coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you adam. a man is fighting for his life this afternoon. after he was shot in the head in chester. it happened around noon in the 1100 block of concord avenue. police say they found the victim lying on the ground and he was rushed to crozier medical center in critical condition. temple students are back in class for the new school year and they are noticing expanded security. they are taking new steps to keep people safe. david henry is live in north philadelphia with more on the school's plan. david? >> reporter: brian, temple university has 13,000 students living on or near the campus and that number is growing so the university is responding by expanding the safety zone adding 18 square blocks to the campus
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police patrols. >> police and medics responded quickly to the report of a woman screaming on main street four blocks from temple's main campus. including philadelphia police and temple police and armed guards on bicycles. normally it would be handled by campus police alone. kaitlyn christian lives on the block. >> we were curious if they were going to do that, there was a robbery right in this area, people wanted them to start patrolling the area to make us safer. >> a group of mar auding teenage girls attack aid student smashing her face with a brick just blocks from campus. >> we talked about how far we should go and we had the
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incident and we turned up the timeline quickly. >> officials and parents are concerned as a construction boom pushes student housing deeper and deeper into neighborhoods. the people that live in the neighborhoods welcome the police presence. even though they feel relatively secure. >> very been here for two years, they have people on the bikes all times of the night. if i want to go to the student center and go home, i feel pretty safe. >> reporter: temple police investigated 103 incidents over the past two weeks, many were thefts like stolen iphones, just three incidents over crimes against persons, but the first related to a college issue, underaged drinking. >> david thank you. over at drexel university a dorm was evacuated today after a
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chemical leak, after 8:30 this morning at millennial hall. the people inside of the building did have to get out and crews fixed the problem in an hour and a half. nobody was hurt. the man was hit by a car while trying to fix his own broken down vehicle on the roosevelt boulevard. a car smashed into his infinity while he was looking under the hood in the northbound lanes. the woman that was driving the vehicle was taken to the hospital with a broken leg, she had a baby in the vehicle but the child was not hurt. a school bus was involved in a three vehicle pileup this morning with a student on board. chopper 6 hd was over the intersection of winfield avenue in the winfield section of philadelphia, a school bus and a
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pickup truck and a third vehicle collided. it's not clear how it happened. there was one student on the bus at the time who was in the hurt. federal investigators say that no rules were broken when governor chris christie starred in commercials promoting the -- for hurricane sandy. a new reporting by the housing and urban development has cleared him but the audit found that the state made mistakes by awarding the contract to the company that made the ads. football fever is taking over in philadelphia as the eagles goat ready to start their season. the action cam in love park, the fountain has gone green. they opened up against the jacksonville jaguars, most
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well, president obama's mess able to isis militants today is clear, we will not be intimidated. he offered stern words for the beheading of a second american journalist by islamic militants. >> those that make the mistake of hafrming americans will learn that we will not forget and our reach is long and justice will be served. >> for the second time in two
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weeks president obama offered condolences for a journalist killed by isis. also called -- steve's life stood in sharp contrast to those that murdered him so brutally. >> the president says that these horrific acts unite us as a country and stiffen the resolve to fight these mill tans. >> our mission is clear, to destroy and degrade ice is. >> president obama says that the hooded executioner appears to be the same man that executed foley. >> now they are working to match the voices from the two videos, his eyes and left hand that he uses to hold the knife and the scenery behind him. >> we will follow them to the
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gates of hell until they are brought to justice. >> the president still did not give a timeline or strategy to go against the militants in syria. he says it could take while to come up with a ground plan for syria. very interesting to see what comes out that meeting tomorrow. >> we'll be watching thank you. meanwhile the crisis in ukraine continues to escalate. vladimir putin issue aid peace plan for the region, he says that rebels have to stop advancing and for ukraine to pull its troops out of the eastern part of the country. ukraine's country issued a statement agreeing to a cease fire with putin and rebels rejected the plan. russia says they are not involved in the conflict so they cannot be part of any peace
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plan. to business, it's a mixed day for stocks, the dow was up 10 points but the nasdaq dropped 25 and the s&p dropped a point and a half. cvs will no longer sell tobacco products in stores and the company will be called cvs health but stores go by cvs pharmacy. eliminating the sales can help make a difference in americans. the company announced a decision eshlier this your and said this would sell tobacco until october 1st. the move is expected to cost the company $2 billion in annual sales, but that is a fraction of revenue, the company brought in $126 billion last your. home depot is trying to reassure its customers that the store may be the victim of a recent hacking. they are working to investigate
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what they call unusual activity. the news was reported by a website that focuses on cyber security, reporting that hackers may have stolen debit and credit card information. home depot has not confirmed that but will notify customers if any breach is found. lets go live now to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> for those headed home on this hump day afternoon, this is not the way you want to go. 42 northbound stacked at this point. as you can see on the live camera, on to route 130, there is a crash taking out the two right lanes to the walt whitman bridge and speeds in the 20s, and less in the live camera shot. stay on the black horse pike and route 30 are some alternates, at this point you don't want to head to the north-south freeway. a building fire shutting down bay avenue, burr street a
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possible alternate around that. woodborn road is blocked, and langhorne road. in paulings township, a crash at paulings road at 23. not bad as you head home on westbound 422, but the schuylkill expressway, we had a disabled vehicle at king of prussia and 202, they just towed it away. watching heavy traffic into gulf mills. >> lets grap the ipad on this hump day afternoon. mom of matt, not my mom, says there is a pothole on state line road. she has good taste in names, we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you mat. >> some stories of hope and courage are flooding the airwaves in delaware, the fourth
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annual help our kids radio-thon can help at the dupont hospital for children. they are helping their opinions along with hospital staff. they inspire donations from listeners from the area and helps the kids in the hospital's care. a philadelphia man is paralyzed after a corner store confrontation led to gun fire. rick williams is in the newsroom with this story. >> thank you, that is right. police say that the suspect fired half a dozen bullets into the victim all because the victim accidentally brushed up against him inside a tiny corner store, detectives hope that this surveillance video will hopefully lead them to the gunman and they are asking for the public's help. we'll show you more of the video and hear from the loved one on "action news" at 5:00. also, a commune is celebrating after they got one controversial item pulled from
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their neighborhood store. we'll explain what it is coming up tonight on "action news" at 5:00. we'll see you in just a little bit. >> all right rick thank you. a new era of abc world news began with david muir taking over the lead anchor seat, he says walking down the hallway to the desk and charlie sawyer. and peter jennings is not lost on him. >> i walked to the mailbox waiting for the letter back, i still have the letter to this day. he wrote that news is keen and there is always room for the right prn and it could be you within weeks i was interning at 3 years old and carrying the tripods into the newsroom. that was a gift and that is why i respond to the young people that reach out to me. it's the quiver lent of jim gardner in philadelphia, letting
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me know that some day it could be you. >> you can watch world news tonight with david muir every night here on 6 abc. it airs at 6:30 right after "action news." go ahead and tweet him, even during the show, he answers the tweets sometimes during commercial breaks. >> love how he gave jim a shout-out. we are all proud of david, happy to see him take the next step. coming up breaking the retail code, there is a way to tell when the items will be on sale at popular stores. how to use it to find the best deals. can you take the new 6abc.com wherever you go, the new smart design changes the layout for any device no matter how long or
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a said earlier, we can all take a deep breath out and there no humidity out there. adam is at the big board. >> i'm people watching right now. cape may, live on sky 6, i tell you the folks are enjoying this afternoon as we zoomed our lens in and this guy has his arms behind his head. a nice place to be this afternoon and the water temperature sitting in the 70s presently. talk about the change in the air mass, temperatures run 6 degrees cooler this afternoon spared to this time yesterday. 10 degrees cooler in dover and allentown 7 degrees cooler. and we are still run ago above average for this time of year. warrington 81 and martins creek 80 degrees and chester and center city 86 degrees, and to the south and east, buena 83 and 83 in dover and a little bit of a sea breeze with temperatures in the upper 70s to near 80.
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satellite and radar, high pressure has pushed in to the north and west. the front that passed through with the storms is now down to the south, that sends in a northerly wind temporarily. this pushes to the east and the wind direction shifts to the south. a great night for union at ppl park this evening, mostly clear and nice, starting temperature 80 drlg degrees and -- beyond that things change, as we look at the dew point scale, we stay in the 50s and it's comfortable. the oppressive humidity. it comes back here for two days. we were in the 70s, we drop back no the 60s and it's comfortable again. to what is more summer like compared to fall-like. a clean slate, a few clouds
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bubbling up and a warm front arrives on friday. that could spark a downpour or thunderstorm down friday afternoon, in sports a washout and an introduction to the extreme humidity yet again. mostly clear and comfortable as we go back into the 50s in the northwestern suburbs, 67 cape may and 65 in dover, your four day at 4:00, another beauty of a day, 88 degrees and relatively low humidity and the humidity comes back with the heat on friday, 89 degrees and watch for isolated thunderstorms on the day on friday. and then hot saturday, 92 and oppressive humidity and stormy by the afternoon on saturday and it looks like rain should exit first thing now on sunday. and looks good for the eagles, lowering humidity as well. ups and downs and overall not so bad. >> a big drop coming. >> thanks. the next time you visit the barnes foundation, it may feel
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like a video game rather than an art gallery, a new app allows visitors to unlock the mysteries of that incredible collection. by finding a gold key, can you find that for free at a launch party this sunday at noon. >> alicia here now with what is buzzing next. there are a lot of you out there. you'll like to hear what i am telling you and miss america was in the 6 abc studios today. we'll talk to her. [ gecko ] what a lovely night in philadelphia. look at all these people. imagine a world where they all switch to geico. a world full of savings.
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it is name fow for the buzz, and frozen fans are far from being able to let it go when it comes to their obsession with the hit. walt disney is working on an encore edition. they are back to star in a film called frozen fever. the story line, they do something special for anna's birthday but elsa's powers get in the way. disney is the parent company of 6 abc and as we get ready to crown a new miss america, the
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current title holder visited us here in the studios. in just a few minutes from now, the 50 new contestants vying for the crown will be on the boardwalk and she spoke to melissa magee, the first indian america ever. >> that is such the beauty of why i went into this organization, and i finally won, this year miss america looks like me. >> the miss america 2015 competition airs on sunday at 8:00. but join us first at 7:00 with a countdown to the crown, with karen rogers, matt o'donnell and melissa. the women have descended upon atlantic city and they are getting ready for the competition in the place where it was born.
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>> she is beautiful. >> lovely. and a great tradition. straight ahead here, if you feel off in a workout, experts identify some of the reasons why. >> and this is not how a bride is suppose to look like after their wedding, what the groom is accused of doing on their big day. two questions, who parents george washington's hands red on this historic marble statue, and if it's a
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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, shirleen with allicot, and brian taff. >> hello again, 4:30 and "action news" continues with a savings investigation. let me show you how to unlock discounts by cracking the retail codes. a snake scare in the suburbs how experts know how a venomous cobra is on the loose in california. >> and a father will never walk his little girl down the aisle it sounds heart breaking but it's just the opposite. stick around and we'll explain. >> but first the mystery involving one of the the nation's founding fathers, from afar this statue of george washington looks normal and even noble. someone painted the president's
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hand bright red. nora muchanic is live now in trenton with the details. >>. >> reporter: this is a bizarre case and whether it's a prank or a political statement, police want to catch the people responsible for this. >> john is with a group of artists with the seize corporation and he is reacting to the statue in millville park. someone climbed the 25 foot marble statue and painted the likeness of our first president's hands blood red. >> the nice thing is you can communicate them, you don't have to go around destroying public property. >> i think it's disgusting, i think it's vanlism and i don't think anyone has a right to do that sort of thing. the statue was carved in italy
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in the 1870s and was in philadelphia until trenton bought it in 1896. the civic center raised money to restore the statue and fix his broken nose. >> for me it's somewhat disturbing just to see the statue has been messed with again. the statue is surrounded by homes in an apartment building and no one saw the vandalism happening and locals are speculating about the meaning of the red hands. >> he is a general in the war and it depends on whose blood he has on his hands. you can't just wash it away, it has to be carefully removed. they have contacted the expert that worked on the statue last time to ask advice and in the meantime the question of what that symbolizes continues. >> the expression red handed.
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if someone is making a political statement it's not clear enough to be useful. >> whatever the point was suppose to be, the goal now is to remove the red paint as best they can without damaging the aging statue. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a south jersey high school student injured in a car accident this weekend has died of her injuries. she had been on life support since the crash on saturday. cook was one of five main land regional high school soccer players that was hit. the accident is still under investigation today. a cape may county man will spend up to 18 years behind bars for killing two brothers while driving drunk. joshua malmgren plead guilty. he admitted to being drunk and
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texting when he hit the two girls as they walked along the middle township road. the judge is expected to sentence him to two nine year terms. he must serve ten years before being eligible for parole. police tell "action news" that the victim fell out a dumb of truck after it was hit about a tractor trailer. it happened in the eastbound lanes in upper merion just aft 11:00 a.m. the man is treated for minor injuries at paoli memorial hospital. he may be charged with a traffic violation and cleared by 1:30 this afternoon. two delaware teenagers were charged after breaking into a home in newcastle. someone saw the young intruders yesterday and they were led out in handcuffs after a police k-9 team found them hiding in the basement and attic.
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they have each been charged with burglary and resifrting arrest. officials in east mt. airy, are determining what sparked a fire in a child care center, flames spread along the 1500 block of wads worth avenue just after 3:00 a.m. crews were able to knock the flames down in 30 minutes and the building was empty at the time. >> there is new protections for breast feeding mothers in the city of philadelphia, mayor michael nutter signed the legislation into law and the businesses must give women the time and space to breast feed or pump in the first place. philadelphia was the first place to protect a woman's right to breast feedback in 1997. >> now to meteorologist, adam joseph, feeling a whole lot more comfortable today. >> and normal today as well. but that normalcy will not last long, we jump the temperatures in the middle of the week.
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and look at the present picture here on sky 6 philadelphia. we have clouds upstairs, 2 degrees above normal. with the dew point of 56 and a calm wind and the heat index is in the upper 90s today and 84 degrees, matching the air temperature, a beautiful shot here at lake wall-with the north-northwesterly wind at 10 miles per hour. as you with that comes the chance of more downpours and storms and we'll let you know what it means in the exclusive accuweather forecast. can you stay on top of the changing weather situation with the new 6abc.com. visit 6abc.com/weather for storm
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tracker 6 radar and the latest video from our "action news" meteorologists and our collection of weather related photos and videos. well, the first day of school began on a prayerful note in delaware county while students at modern day catholic got underway. the boys and girls dressed in crisp white uniforms filled the pews in landsdale. kindergarteners and first graders took part after the school was formed in the state school. and st. marie schools. >> and upper darby was also filled with excitement, after getting dropped off the youngsters lined up with their teachers before heading in to start the day. we encourage you to share your back to school photos, use the
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hashtag, 6 abc bts. >> still ahead, cracking the retail code, we'll spot the best deals at major retailers. and tiny and cute are not words associated with nfl line backers, how one glitch put a player down to size. and a man refuses to walk his daughter down the aisle. why the reason may leave you in tears. >> and adam joseph is back with the full accuweather forecast. when "action news" at 4:00 continues on a wednesday afte
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cope ra. the animal was taken to the vet in critical condition and albino cope cobras are illegal to own and nobody has come forward yet. they can grow to four feet long. didn't take long for a new groom to test the strength of his wedding vow, it took 60 minutes, 43-year-old mark williams and two of his grooms men got arrested at his pittsburgh reception. police say that williams started to grope a 19-year-old pregnant waitress and pour alcohol down her throat. the teen called her boyfriend and when he showed up the fight broke out between the bride and groom and the wedding party. it ends up with williams and his groomsman being handcuffed in front of his unpleased bride. they were bailed out later but
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not by his new wife. the word planking is about to send the biggest fitness enthusiasts from the gym. darien mansfield just set a new rorld record for planking, supporting herself for 1:14. the gymnast proved she is still just a kid by the way she passed the time. cheering her on and talking to her and then mom came over and put the phone in front of her and she played scooby-doo episodes. she is still a little girl. just 10, i was exciting because i was not hurting a lot and i tried to go for the rorld record. the fifth grade phenom wants to shatter her own record in the future and when she does, she
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has plans to do it for charity. 60 seconds, i'm done. that is all i got. >> on health check at 4:00, the association of pediatriced say they want to let teens get more sleep. at the nexus academy in royal oak, they can start classes at 12:30, yes 12:30 p.m. those in afternoon continues their lessons online and out of school. hormonal shirts make it hard for teens to go to sleep before 11:00 p.m. and get up before 11:00 a.m. i told my parents that for years. don't expect your workout to feel the same from day to day, even if you do the exact same routine, exercise experts find more and more evidence that what we eat, drink and how much we sleep can make it different.
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a simple change from drinking wine to beer could make a change. but the big of the zapper is not giving your body enough recovery time between workouts. don't give up, because tough days are normal. here is the big talkers, the story of a katd that got a forever home near philadelphia, one that would forever be free of pain. this is zander, he was saved from his former life as a lab test subject. here he is with another rescue cat, his besty, sheera. he was legally rescued from the lab in new york on the condition of anonymity, and she says is he sweet and loving and learned to snuggle. he has learned to trust and love as you can see. rachel hopes their story will inspire others to help minimize animal suffering. >> to this, a video so powerful
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and beautiful, it's going viral for all the right reasons, the story of chloe is told in the words of dr. alex levy, this is why chloe fathers will not walk her down the aisle. she was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor when she was just 5 years old. dr. levy says she is still? admission. but dad will not walk her down the aisle, this is why. >> he was telling me that he was planning to have me walk her. when that dad gives me a call and tells me to walk chloe down the aisle for her wedding, i'll probably retire or -- >> because dr. levy says as an
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oncologist there couldn't be a greater high or sense of fulfillment after that moment. >> just incredible. alicia thank you. lets get another check of the roads rights now. matt pellman is in the traffic center with an update. >> we are getting over the hump on this wednesday afternoon and heading home as been a little rough on the northbound side of the 42 freeway because of a crash on 130, just blocking the right lane, things are getting better and some speeds as you head northbound on the walt whitman bridge, some speeds are in the 20s, a little bit ago you want to use the black horse pike, there is a crash in haddon township. by the black horse auto plex. that may not be the best bet anymore, watching a crash in pemberton near davis court. the fire-police are helping you around that. just a normal half noon around 90 and the schuylkill, speeds there on 95 and the 20s, a crash
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on the southbound side of the roosevelt boulevard at f street on the inner drive by prestige sales. on the westbound side a disabled vehicle pushed off to the side on trooper road, it's a crawl coming away from 202 on the westbound side of 422, it's a big day on 422 in lower pottsgrove, unfortunately we lost some ramps, those connecting the eastbound lanes of 422, closed today through mid-november and detours are sending you over to the san -- as a possible alternate. we'll check it again coming up in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you. an nfl linebacker is getting all kinds of fans because of a mini me. this is the newly released
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madden 2014, he was turned into a 14-inch tennessee titan, he moves down the field with the big guys and check out how he launches into the air to give the teammate a high 5. the full size curtsy is a good sport about this. >> honey i shrunk the line backer. he sent out a tweet, no matter how small you are have big dreams and live big. >> team usa did not know what to make of the new zealand's dance at the world cup. check it out. >> it's called the hocka, a traditional dance done during pregame. one look at james harden, you know he hasn't seen anything like this. this did not throw them off
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but nothing threatening the sky. double scan live, looking at the temperatures and the dew points that have dropped to more comfortable levels and sitting back today and not finding anything in the sky. 83 in trenton and 83 in millville and sea breeze at the shore upper 70s and we match the 70s with the poconos and the lehigh valley, 83 and some 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. there are the dew points, we were in the 70s across the board, the oppressive humidity, a bunch of water vapor, water molecules in the air that give weight in the atmosphere. it's drier and more pleasant with high pressure in control. the high continues to push the clouds to the south and high cloud cover in philadelphia to the south and east and thin enough of a veil of clouds so the sun can penetrate through
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and the high stays in control tomorrow and 88 degrees and another beauty with low humidity and sun and clouds, and a warm front lifts through on friday. sending a southwesterly wind and hazy sunshine and more humid and can spark an isolated thunderstorm as the front passes through as temperatures climb close to 90 degrees, 56 in the suburbs and pleasant and 67 in center city with the low humidity and the day planner tomorrow, we could have a little patchy fog in spots in the morning and it will be very isolated, 74 for 8:00 and 11:00, 80 degrees, bumping into the upper 80s and the humidity remains on the low side. as we look on the exclusive accuweather forecast, the humidity is oppressive on friday and saturday, on friday, future tracker in the afternoon could be scattered storms and thunderstorms popping with the warm front coming through and the best chance for storms would
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be saturday afternoon, or saturday evening, breaking the extreme heat and humidity again on saturday at 92, the rain pushes out quickly on sunday and the models are trying to speed it up. returning sun and dropping humidity and upper 70s on sunday for the eagles, we stay in the upper 70s through the middle of next week, with low humidity and more sept like, and a big difference. sunday 79. pick one you like better and enjoy. >> a mix of both. saving with coming up next. (postal worker) hey! millers!
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most of the clues you need are embedded in price tags with the popular retailers. at home depot, a yellow tag means it's a clearance item. usually it's found in the last two digits in the price strks prices ending in 06 means six weeks until the next mark down. target ending in 98 and 88 and 04 indicate clearance items and have you to look at the teeny number in the upper right hand corner to see how much is marked off. at costco, 99 is full price and 97 it's a mark down and an asterisk involved it's a clearance item. we'll break that down at our
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website. and sometimes the price is adjustable if there is some type of customer service issue, meaning have you to go to the desk and if you get someone nice they may take something off the price. >> we have to watch that online, thank you alicia. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00. for shirleen allicot, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. we are back for "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17.
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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. a brief encounter inside of a west philadelphia store led to a tragic shooting, these photos show a man shooting him after he brushed past him in the store. shirleen allicot is joining us and the big story on "action news" is the search for the man that gunned down another man leaving him paralyzed. tonight the victim is still receiving treatment at the hospital at the university of pennsylvania. that is where "action news" reporter, chad pradelli is live with more on this shocking
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crime. >> reporter: rick, the victim remains in critical but stable condition, this is a senseless shooting caught on video. but the victim's family is hopeful it will lead to the gunman. the suspect fired away with little regard for human life. when he stopped and ran off, william lynn was sprawled on the road with a half dozen bullet wounds in him. he remains paralyzed from the waist down. >> this is my husband, i love him, we have to stop with this not wanting to tell. lynn's wife, a police dispatcher, says he was simply going for a sandwich when he was shot. he unknowingly brushed against the gunman inside of this tiny corner store. after lynn walked to his car the
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