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investigators are trying to sort out what happened inside of anorth philadelphia apartment late last night. a father shot and killed his daughter's boyfriend when they discovered the man inside of they are home. sara bloomquist is live now with the full story. >> reporter: rick, the father was released by police after being questioned through the overnight hours, the case is now in the hands of the district attorney's office to determine what if any charges should be filed against him after he shot and killed his daughter's boyfriend after discovering the man in her bedroom last night. >> police were called to the home circle apartments on axe factory road at 11:30 last night to a second story apartment with a 43-year-old man lives with his 21-year-old boyfriend. >> they found a male shot in the head. >> he was pronounced dead. >> the initial report was an intruder that had broken into
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the apartment and shot by the homeowner and was shot when he found him in his daughter's bedroom. >> this male probably he climbed into a second floor bedroom, the bedroom of the 20-year-old daughter. >> police tell "action news" that the man did climb in the window but it seems that he was not an intruder. it was the 20-year-old's boyfriend that she invited in the bedroom. he when to the room after hearing a noise, told the man to stay still and called 911, he was on the phone with a dit patcher when the man moved, he fired once shooting him in the head. >> we are investigating it and keeping the district attorney's office updated on the investigation and a decision will be made on whether there is an arrest or not. >> they were surprised to learn
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if there was a gun on their quiet street. >> it's kind of scary but the fact that the -- to me it's a family type of thing. and i don't feel threatened by it at all. >> and again father and daughter were questioned all night and all through the day today by homicide detectives, they were allowed to go home a short time ago, no arrests or charges are filed and the case remains under review by the district attorney, live at police headquarters, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you sara. a philadelphia police officer is under arrest after leaving the scene of an accident and is accused of doing it twice in the same night. investigator says that the officer was off duty and got into a car crash and he fled the scene and was followed by another driver, he stop aid few blocks later and exchanged information with the driver,
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police say he grabbed the cell phone and threw it down an embankment and then fled. moore turned himself into internal affairs and faces charges and is suspended with intent to dismiss. a delaware man is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of copper from his employer, michael clayton is said to have stolen copper wiring from mckee run generating station, the thefts took place over a year and a half and that he sold it at the dover scrap yard. investigators in chester county say a man resembling this sketch assaulted a woman at the chester hollow apartments in east goshen township. a 22-year-old woman got out of her car and groped her and pushed her against the car and took off. investigators think he may live in the area if you know who he is, you are asked to call police. >> prosecutors in germany are
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charging a 93-year-old man who was a guard at auschwitz. investigators say that oscar gro groening took money from lug an and turned it over to ber len. he appeared in this bbc documentary, where he described being haunted by horrors of what he had seen. he said being label add accomplice was an overstatement because he never committed any at rorocit atrocities. now isis, the u.s. has opened up to the possible of troops on the ground. the joint chiefs of staff testified in front of a senate panel telling lawmakers that military exercisers are planning to help iraqi forces with
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planning and logistics but that that might not be enough. the view at this point. is that this coalition is the appropriate way forward and i believe that will be true but it fails to be true and there are threats to the united states and i would go back to the president and make a recommendation that includes it's use of military grown forces. dempsey appeared alongside secretary chuck hagel and maintains that ground forces will not have a mission in iraq. and today's hearing was repeatedly interrupted by anti-war protesters, look at this. several were seated in the audquestions and they were hard to miss, they were wearing pink on their shirts, with the signs that said no war. >> i am asking you nicely to leave the room. we are asking you to please remove this gentlemen. thank you good-bye thank you.
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>> there you can see video of the protesters that were there with their pink signs that was carl levin of michigan, he was chairing the meeting and said the protesters weren't doing anyone any good. and hagel says there will be a rigorous process going along with this and it's set to take place in saudi arabia and will be closely monitored. they want to make sure the weapons don't fall into the hands of extremists. that is developing today and there is more to come on it. >> thank you sharrie. more than a dozen wild fires are burning across california and they are being fueled by powerful winds and triple digit heat. hundreds of acres are charred and hundreds of folks are forced to evacuate already. >> reporter: massive flames have taing enover the northern
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california town of weed. >> this is central weed right now. >> a wall of fire and thick smoke moving so quickly, at least 100 homes and a church is destroyed in the matter of hours. >> last night i was praying it was a dream. >> i opened the door and seen all kinds of smoke. >> leaving 1500 residents in this small time barely enough time to escape. >> we packed our pictures and anything we could never get back. >> it's at least one of 18 wild fires ranging across the northwest. including this one near portland scorching 3600 acres and forcing evacuations. >> i have done everything i can possibly do, what is going to happen is going to happen. >> no area is hit harder than drought strict and california, where in the midst of triple digit heat, 6 thousand firefighters are battingle fires across the state destroying
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everything in their path. >> i screamed jesus help me because it was pretty scary and it's like facing hell on earth. >> and it is a scorcher out here. temperatures are reaching $100s and that is not good for the firefighters on the front lines and the fire warnings extend into this evening. reporting live, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for that report. back here good news for local wine lovers, its wine week in new jersey and even better it lasts ten days, douglas fisher visited the working dog winery to kick off the event. you may not know that the garden state has more than 50 licensed wineries and they offer shipping to consumer in the united states
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where it is legal. time to see how the traffic scene is stacking up for the evening rush. >> that is a given, things are not looking grape, i mean great on 422, eastbound side a crash on trooper road, one vehicle facing the wrong way taking out the right lane, really planting the seeds for big eastbound delays into king of prussia, the westbound travel time is slower though the delays stemming from normal afternoon volume heading towards oaks. the overturned vehicle crash near 401 and bull town road and stay on 23 ridge road as an easy alternate. along york road along meeting house road and voorhees, at summerdale road at town center. we are seeing southbound delays on amtrak, traveling down to
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d.c. because of downed wires from the overnight hours, most trains are running again but with slight delays. >> back over to you. arch bishop charles chaput says they are coming together, they and other leaders of the church are meeting at vatican and still no official word if pope francis will attend. >> a year from today, we'll be in the final countdown for the world meeting for families in philadelphia and we since eerily hope a visit from the holy father, next year's event is becoming more real by every hour. >> the gathering is expected to bring tens of thousands of catholics around the world to philadelphia for five days, beginning september 22nd, 2015. there is much more to come on "action news" tuesday night. the eagles pulled off a win against the colts last night.
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jeff skversky is live with the highlights. >> how about breaks do you take during your workday? a lot for rick, we'll have the ideal amount you are should work and rest. >> nearing the send of summer it's feeling like fall and temperatures are only in the mid-70s across the area today but summer make a come back before it completely exits in the accuweather forecast. >> and from the wolf of wall street to an ambassador to the united nations, we'll tell you about leonardo dicaprio's new job. to keep y
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type 2 diabetes affects millions of us. and for many, it's a struggle to keep your a1c down. so imagine, what if there was a new class of medicine that works differently to lower blood sugar? imagine, loving your numbers. introducing once-daily invokana®. it's the first of a new kind of prescription medicine that's used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. invokana® is a once-daily pill that works around the clock to help lower a1c. here's how: the kidneys allow sugar to be absorbed back into the body.
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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. lower your blood sugar with invokana®. imagine loving your numbers. ask your doctor about invokana®. the key to being more productive at work may be taking more breaks. that is according to research from the dragon group using a productivity app, saying that workers took a 17 minute break for every 52 minutes of work and the most rejuvenating breaks are away from their computers. those that took a walk or talked to their coworkers were more folk used and the employees did
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not work a full eight hour day. you are one of our most productive employees rick. >> keep to the script monica. >> if you turned off the eagles game you missed a great finish. >> we'll stay here with sports, at just 5'6" inches darren sproles is one of the smaller players in nfl history. he reminds them not to judge a man by his size. he is a reason that the eagles are 2-0. nick foles, the short pass to the short guy, he had 152 yards receiving, but as chip kelly pointed out he is a running back not a receiver. he looks like a pinball at the end of third and it sets up the end field goal.
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eagles won 30-27, because of sproles big plays. >> i used to play with him on the video game back in the day, i know what he can do, he got me a lot of points when i played with him. he is a very, very talented guy, and we have to give him the ball to do the things he does. >> without sproles we'll be in trouble. >> he is a special player, we thought how many different ways you can get him the ball, he is a dynamic football player, he is run it and catch and do it all. he is a complete running back. >> lost in the come back, rookie cody parker, the kicker, they tried to call a time-out. parky returns to indy and kicks
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them where it counts on the scoreboard to win it. >> i am prepping for this all week, and we run a clutch situation, and that was the same field goal, whatever yards and it happens to be that in the game and i have seen that kick before. >> more on eagles tonight on game day final after "action news" at 11:00 and we look ahead at desean's return to the linc. baseball now who says san diego is a great place to visit, they have just to hits and no runs out there last night. andrew cashner had a no hitter working into the fifth, they did not have a runner past first base all night. don brown got doubled up after getting on. a.j. burnett on the mound
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tonight. union in action ton with possibly their biggest match in the history of the franchise, playing in the cup final against seattle, the best team in the nls. today the guys are doing team bonding on the golf course in pine hill new jersey, to raise money. defense man is out indefinitely after blood clots were found in his lungs and lower right calf. no word on if or when he may play hockey again. we'll hear from his teammates coming up in sports at 6:00. live in the sports center, jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news" break time now. topping our people scene, actor, leonardo dicaprio is named the united nation's ambassador of peace. they gave the designation to the
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academy award nomination ac terror, he is invited to speak at a climate summit next week. >>g struggles to fine ways to struggle with the anxiety, ways that don't involve eating. >> more to come on tuesday night, the couple that really means it within they say marriage is a roller coaster. means it within they say marriage is a roller coaster. sky 6 hd looking at t to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy
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call the verizon center for customers with dis guess what? the money we need to fund our schools lies right underneath your feet. that's right. down in the ground, pennsylvania has deep deposits of natural gas. but because of governor corbett, we're the only state in the country that doesn't make oil and gas companies pay an extraction tax. as governor, i'll make the gas companies pay up
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to help fund our schools for a change. tom wolf for governor. a fresh start for pennsylvania. meteorologist, adam joseph, here now, it looks like the 70s is here to stay, we have one day in the 80s before fall officially arrives in the seven-day forecast. as we look at double scan live, despite at times it looked threatening this afternoon. the only rain was this morning for the rush hour and we received a quarter inch or less in most spots. the fall feeling has already arrived and it is still late summer and 72 on saturday and 69 on sunday and 72 monday and 74
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today and the normal being 78 degrees, we are on the south side of normal, and that is genally the case over the next week to almost week and a half. 69 in allentown and 69 in trenton, dropping to 60s in the poconos and 63 in wilmington the the cooler air is flooding in from the shore coming in at 73 degrees. the morning shower pushed to the east and the sun quickly returned and the cooler air from the north and cumulous clouds bubbling up and they are fading off the satellite here and that is the general trend to rip the clouds apart to bring the stars back as high pressure comes in from the west and mostly sunny and gorgeous at 75 degrees, that high weakens and fades and allows the front to swing in from canada late on thursday and no moisture with this front.
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coming from canada, moisture starved and 76 on thursday and a monster of a high really dominates a lot of southern canada and the eastern half of the country for the end of week and cools the temperatures off as well. clouds to stars tonight and the fall chill is back and 40s in the suburbs, 67 degrees for seasoner too, the exclusive accuweather forecast, it is sunny and beautiful tomorrow of 75 and equally as nice with a few more clouds on thursday and behind the front from the north it's a cool finish, many areas will struggle to get out of 60s for highs to round out your week and we quickly warm here on saturday and morning clouds and afternoon sunshine and 77 and your last full day of summer, breezy and warm for the eagles and up to 81 degrees, fall otherly arrives at 7:00 p.m. on monday and 77 and a couple of showers, and pleasant for the first full day of fall at 72 degrees, it looks like the fall
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a business manager. and a stickler for homework. i'm john kane running for state senate. dad says the road to a good job starts in the classroom. [ lori ] he's a great dad who sees taxes going up but schools not getting the funding they need. [ john ] so i'd put back the billion dollars corbett cut from education and make sure corporations and natural gas drillers
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paid their fair share. time to close the loopholes for the tax cheats. dad thinks a lot about education. i'm john kane and it's about time harrisburg did too. breaking news right now from northeast philadelphia, chopper 6 over a wreck, a multivehicle accident, one overturned, this happened at bustleton avenue at cotman at 5:00 p.m. one car overturned and three involved all told. two men believed to be in their 40s are rushed to area torresdale hospital. they are expected to survive. but some critical injuries here. and finally one couple in washington state decided to ditch tradition and tied the knot in an unusual way. >> you may kiss your bride! >> yea!
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buck county teacher for having a relationship with a 14-year-old student. and the big story is the search for 31-year-old eric matthew frein. police say he kill aid state trooper friday night and wounded another. he is from pennsylvania and is a survivalist and expressed the desire to commit mass murder. chad pradelli is live at the police state barracks in the winfield heights section of philadelphia where the slain trooper once served. tell us about the drag net for the suspect, eric frein. >> the manhunt is underway and i am told that frein knows the terrain well and likes to play war games but according to a source, the list of men and women searching for him is long. >> he has been described as a survivalist and
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