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there is oil all over. >> i looked in and there was a girl in the bottom of the car and i said oh my god and i reached in and another guy got there and we pulled her to the curb. >> when she hit the front steps to the house, it flipped the vehicle and caused it to slice into the house and bedroom. >> it was like a bomb went off. >> the car flew at me and the dog, there was dust and everything all over us. >> the bed was up against this wall. >> and the bed moved back about 2 feet. >> the house was ripped open and you could see her bed and everything. >> the car landed in another neighbor's yard. >> everybody says i'm lucky to just get stitches and my dog, we could have been killed. >> the driver is at cooper
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medical center with and non-life-threatening internal injuries. this is not the first time a driver landed in these yards after missing the curves. they are working on a barrier to keep drivers from crashing into these homes again. jordan is trying to figure out what to do next thankful nobody was hurt. >> trying to get through it and everything will be okay. >> you can see there are trees knocked down and the majority of this greenery here in the front yard, there are bushes at her bedroom window the wrought iron is pushed off and broke off in the front yard. jordan can't stay in the house right now because one of the load bearing walls was damaged, when the car hit her house, she was told it will take two months to fix this damage. she is trying to figure out where to stay temporarily and
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get a rental car in place. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action new new news". turning now to the forecast and the humidity. letted s look live -- a system is on the way that will bring big changes. cecily tynan is at the "action news" big board with the latest. >> hi rick, the clouds that were lingering most of the day are really saving us, when have you a cold front approaching this time of year, the clouds help to stabilize the atmosphere, the cold front is just to our west and notice the thunderstorm activity is well down to the south down along the carolinas and virginias, for the most part this front is moving through dry and there is one little sprinkle right now in chester county, satellite 6 along with action radar shows a sprinkle there and
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clearing along the coast in parts of delaware but with the cloud cover this is helping us with soccer practices this afternoon you should be safe from the storms. temperature-wise, it's warm and humid, washington, d.c., that saw the sunshine, it's currently 90 degrees, you factor into the humidity, it feels like 86 degrees in philadelphia and 95 in washington, and look to pittsburgh, pittsburgh it looks like 63 degrees, more than 30 degrees cooler to the west of this front, this will bring us some dramatic changes in the air mass, what is ahead, it will feel good. the humidity will be low and temperatures in the 70s, and saturday is looking a little bit on the damp side with periods of rain and then fall-like air mass will continue through next week. i'll have all the details including the timing on
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saturday. >> i'll check back in later, as always stay on top of the changing weather situation with 6abc.com. visit 6abc.com/weather for storm tracker 6 radar and the hourly and seven-day forecast and the latest video from our meteorologists and our collection of weather related photos and videos. told marked 13 years since the september 11th terror attacks and the nation paused to remember thousands of people that lost their lives. >> at the world trade center, a bell was rung for each plane that hit the trade center, nearly 3,000 people died in those attacks and we'll have more on the tributes around the country and in our area coming up in our next half hour. the man charged in a violent
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rape and home invasion in center city will go to trial. milton garcia will have his hearing today. he is charged with attacking a penn doctor in the afternoon, arrested at a nearby restaurant where they worked. there is growing criticism tonight the way the nfl new jersey authorities handled the domestic violence incident between ray rice and his then fiance. chad pradelli has the latest from mays landing. >> the nfl launched an independent investigation into ray rice's case and it's headed up by robert mueller. >> the video is -- in law
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enforcement it's the proverbial smoking gun, she concedes domestic violence cases are difficult to prosecute and victims refuse to testify and she is critical of james mcclain, the county prosecutor, to offer this man this kind of evidence a deal with the film that they had was a poor move. >> he was offered pretrial intervention, defendants have to criminal record if completed successfully. mcclain told the press regardless of prosecution rice would not serve jail time, it was probation or pti. he said even if they disagree,
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the decision was made after careful consideration of the facts and the voice of the victim and considering all the parameters. >> that prosecutor ought to go back and look at the way he handles domestic violence cases and if that is what he does he should change the way he approaches it. >> mcclain has not answered questions except to the atlantic city press and abraham things that is a mistake. >> was willing to go out in public and tell the public what i was doing and why. >> so they have a greater understanding to what the issues are. and she doesn't condone domestic violence. >> and steven sweeney has called for the investigation and review of the pti program in general. >> in mays landing, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> in world news tonight, david muir will have more on the investigation at 6:30 directly
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after "action news" at 6:00. >> more than two dozen children at a new jersey day care are recovering after accidentally drinking bleach tainted water. investigators say that a substitute teacher accidentally gave children a drink from a water bottle filled with bleach for cleaning. doctors say the amount of bleach was low and none of the children suffered a serious injury. lets get a check of the "action news" traffic report now. >> live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> trying to get to friday and it's a slow go on the blue route, 476 from the schuylkill to this point at ridge pike to the mid county tolls, the reason? the culprit is the overturned vehicle crash on the eastbound side of the turnpike, a couple of miles approaching fort washington, and the right lane
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is blocked and single digit speeds from valley forge to fort washingt washington. in read hill, montgomery county, a crash involving a pedestrian. an 8.5 million step of it at 29 gravel pike and working their way east, expect restrictions in the made days and overnights. and northbound at cotman look for a crash in the outer drive. we'll watch out for those issues in the next half hour. >> thank you sir. >> more ahead on "action news." former olympic star, oscar pistorius breaks down in court, we'll tell you the decision that prompted his emotional response. >> a new weight loss drug is finding success in helping people shed pounds. ali gorman has that in health check.
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media after he left the court in south africa, he learned he will not be convicted of murder. after a dramatic 6 months long trial. it's now in its final days. it's been cleared of murder and there are charges in play for the judge to rule on. the south african judge reading out her decision saying the prosecution failed to proveon a reasonable doubt that he killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. pistorius said he fired three bullets through his bathroom door killing steenkamp, they said he killed her in a fit of rain and the defense team was trying to paint him as a disabled vulnerable man and they called pistorius a poor witness
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but said he was negligent, that he acted too hastily and it's clear that his conduct was negligent. the court adjourned until tomorrow and manslaughter is still on the table, that carries up to 15 years in prison. >> thank you sharrie. at carries republicans appear to be backing president obama's plan for isis, he told the nation last night he will proceed with air strikes in syria. and send 475 troops to iraq, house speaker, boehner, says republicans should give the president what he is asking for. and they are showing support for training the -- 12 children have been hospitalized with a respiratory virus, they are testing to see
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if it's the same virus that sent hundreds of children to the hospital in 12 states over the past three weeks. health reporter, ali gorman has more details. >> the cdc is tracking this virsz, many cases in other states are confirmed to be inverto virus 68. i spoke with an expert earlier this week, they expect the virus to come our way. if your child has a cold, parents should be on the lookout for symptoms out of the ordinary. children with asthma are especially at risk and samples were sent to see if they were dealing with intro virus. and a drug approved by the fda
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cecily tynan is here with a short-term case of the muggies. >> today a cold front is moving through and this brings us cooler and drier air tomorrow. right now it feels like summer, 83 in philadelphia, millville it's 85 and dover seeing sunshine and the temperature is soaring up to $88s there. the dew points tell the story, when you have dew points around 70 degrees, that is oppressive humidity. dew points in the upper 60s to low 70s so a muggy air mass. it will be swept way tonight, 86 in philadelphia and you can see the areas getting the sunshine in millville and dover, temperatures feel, and the heat index in the low 90s, if are you heading into citizens bank park.
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you can't rule out the possible of an isolated thundershower, first pitch 80 degrees and by the ninth inning, still warm and 85 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing here is that front and the cloud cover we had today helped to stabilize the at atmosphere and the thunderstorms missing us to the south but there is a taste of winter out west. this, you see right here. you know what that is? that is snow and that snow has been falling heavily, this is video from today. in butte, montana where the snow whited things out and rapid city, south dakota, the earliest snowfall on record and they began there in 1888. in some areas the black hills, of south dakota could get up to 8 inches of this very heavy snow. the temperature is 39 there and
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casper 36 degrees and we'll be cooling off but nothing quite that dramatic, as the front pulls through an isolated thundershower and then clearing late and 63 in philadelphia and millville and allentown 56 and future tracker showing temperatures on the cool side and temperatures generally in the 70s and the normal high is 80 degrees and it will feel nice with the low humidity. 76 degrees and saturday though, periods of rain and it could begin as early as midmorning into the afternoon, looking to be a wet day, the sunshine is back on sunday and monday 77, and morning showers, and no days in the 80s, the next five we'll let you know if they return in the accuweather forecast. coming up later. >> thank you. more to come in our next half hour at 5:00. detectives are searching for three thiefs that targeted a washington square home and we'll show you the surveillance video,
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"action news" continues. >> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" thursday night. today we honored the lives of the thousands of people lost in the september 11th terrorist attacks. also, do you recognize the young faces in these sketches, they say they targeted a 12-year-old boy in his wheelchair and eagles running back lesean mccoy is talking about the so-called tip gate at a popular restaurant. four planes hijacked by terrorists crashed into the world trade centers, the pentagon and a field in western pennsylvania. >> through the tragedy americans leaned on each other and stand
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stronger than ever before. sharrie williams joins us with more. >> 13 years ago, we remember the day so visitly, for the thousands of family and friends that lost loved ones in the attacks, today was a day to celebrate their lives and honor their memory. [ reading of names ] >> as it's been done for the past 12 years, relatives read the names of the thousands of people including first responders and airline passengers who died when the world trade center towers fell. the museum now sits on the hallowed ground called one world trade center, visitors put white roses on the plaques showing the names of those that were lost. >> the president and first lady. joined those on the lawn of the white house. and chuck hagel outside of the pentagon. the president says the
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