resist. authorities say that groups that track white supremacists were not aware of roof this was the scene last night after shots rang out at the historic african-american church nine people were killed including the pastor, clementa pinckney who was also a senator. president obama had this to say this morning. >> i have had to make statements like this too many times, communities like this have had to endure tragedies like this too many times. we don't have all the facts and we do know that once again that innocent people were killed in part because someone that wanted to inflict harm had to trouble getting their hands on a gun.

>> vernon odom is live now. the carnage in charleston obviously strikes very close to home, strikes at the soul of the members of mother bethel. >> reporter: very much so jim, mother bethel inspired the creation of ema in charleston, many people here new reverend pinckney but first we hear from the cousin of reverend pinckney who lives here in the metro area. >> he was always trying to fine a common ground among people. he is the cousin of the slain reverend pinckney and just visited with him two weeks ago on a trip to south carolina. he was the paster of the historic black church and was a senator. he talked about his cousin's

humanity. >> i would imagine that when this guy walked in he was the first person to it welcome him into the church and then if there was a sense of concern he would be the first one to try to defuse the situation. >> mother bethel ame church was spawned in the 1930s, he knew reverend pinckney well sfwh i have known him as least the last nine or ten years just a great person state senator and outstanding person. >> mother bethel is holding an inter faith service to honor the victims tonight here at historic mother bethel at 7:00. >> the outpouring from christian churches and jewish brothers and sisters and muslim brothers and sisters have said we can't keep this to ourselves.

all are coming out. >> all are invited to come here tonight at 7:00 at 6th and lombard. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. mown zion ame church in in our ris town opened at noon today, parishioners are still shocked about the shooting in charleston. >> to think that people could be in the middle of prayer meeting or bible study and just worshipping their god and not hurting anyone and not doing anything to anybody and that someone would sit for an hour and think and do something as horrible as that is unthinkable. david muir will be reporting live from charleston tonight. that is next at 6:30 and our coverage continues on the shootings at 6abc.com. you'll fine the latest and a collection of photos and

reaction, it's all there now at 6abc.com. >> in other news tonight, it's north major water main break in philadelphia. another ancient main eruptd this after none, it happened in hunting park and turned the street into a river david henry is live at the scene what is the situation there right now. >> well jim from the river to a sea of mud the water stopped flowing an hour ago and what you see behind me is a huge expansion of mud covering this parking lot and shopping center. the only brought stop is that the shop-rite supermarket is able to reopen. shoppers say there was a lot of panic when the water started flowing into the stores. >> it was chaos people were trying to figure out what she was saying and then i thought the store was being robbed and i

look up and all the water is rushing in the front door. >> the water came on fast with no warning. >> a teeny trickle right there and by the time i when into the dollar store it locks like it does now a flood water he where good it was pouring through the store and we couldn't get through the store you had to swim almost to get to the store shoppers and workers ran to the stores, and some had to be carried and helped to safety and some used inflatable boats and many when to rescue their cars in the parking lot. >> it kept rising and i took off my shoes and socks and rolled my pants up and that is how deep the water was and i when and got in my car. those that managed to get their cars to higher grown found them full of water. >> this is my daughter. >> some were too late and their

cars sat there surrounded by a muddy lake, the water fwushed for well over an hour before the water department cut off the flow, a 48 inch main one of several that run through the area. >> there is no visual on the main we'll have no idea how the main is broken until we can extricate and see it. it may be a few day before we know how it broke. >> as the cleanup gets underway more damage is discovered. the water flowed behind these stores and undermined railroad tracks. and this is where another 48 inch main ruptured a year and a half ago and it took four months to fix that one. david henry channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. "action news" has learned that montgomery county investigators delivered additional search warrants to the harrisburg office of attorney general, kathleen kane,

they are seeking more emails as they investigate a grand jury leak, they want her charged for leaking information to a newspaper. the describe attorney will decide if kane will be charged. from our delaware newsroom, the bill to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana faces its last hurdle in the legislature, it would eliminate criminal penalties and jail time for possession of one ounce of marijuana or less and instead a civil fine of $100, governor jack markell supports the measure. a former university of delaware student is suing the school who says she lost her scholarship because she would not attend their pen costal

church of her coach. she put church and a study meeting on the team calendar after she raised objections she says she lost her scholarship and the coach has since left the school and the school has no comment. and there is an effort to distribute aid to school districts, governor tom wolf along with the panel made the announcement in harrisburg, it would give more money to districts with rising enrollment and higher levels of poverty, the state legislature needs to approve the plan. and 70 million there's for recurring funning for the school district, the district asked for $105 million william hite says the package will go a long way to closing the deficit for the

school district for 2016. they are paving the way for the redevelopment of the galleria market east. it cost 325 million there's and is expected to create thousands of jobs, the gallery will undergo a complete resign with new restaurants and entertainment venue it is expected to take two years and will be called fashion outlets of philadelphia. coming up local teens take flight for the 39th annual air race classic. and the phillies win. ducis rogers with highlights from the turn around game today. >> well, sunny warmer weather returns tomorrow but i am tracking tropical downpours moving in over the weekend, all thanks to bill. melissa? >> reporter: yes, we had our fill of food and now showing you gorgeous views of the back bays

of atlantic city we'll have the accuweather forecast for the shore.

a couple of local pilots took off today for an epic cross country race made up entirely of women pilots. they will be flying in the air race classic next week. the race is more than 2500 miles and it begins in virginia and stops in eight cities before ending in alabama. there is a $10,000 prize but the

event is about more than just money. >> only about 6% of the pilot population is women and only 1% of the working population is women. we get to hang out with 110 pilots for the race. >> the air race classic traces back to 1929 with a derby featuring 20 women pilots and among them none other than amelia earhardt. it happened on independence mall 48 people became american citizens reporter, katherine scott was there. >> reporter: i don't have the words to say how much this means to me. she came to the united states back in 2000 and today she can call herself a u.s. citizen, when she arrived here 15 years ago it was with the promise of

opportunity. >> we definitely need a peace to feel safe. >> 47 candidates from 28 different countries took the oath of allegiance at the national museum of jewish history in old city recognizing world refugee day on saturday several refugees were naturalized here today. not that they are just here getting away from something bad they are able to join something good. these citizens will have the rights of all american citizens it's something she has wanted to do for years. >> it's loyalty to the country that has been so good to me. >> it's the ceremony that many here have been waiting quite sometime for. it's a great sense of relief and joy. >> i can vote now and everybody can hear my voice that means a

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>> i guess if you play enough games you are you bound to win one here or there. >> but phillies got bad news anything that can go wrong it will. cole hamels is expected to mishis next start tomorrow because of a hamstring strain. phils and o's this. sullivan not a good start manny leads off with a homer, 1-0 orioles, and ryan howard with a man on his 12th of the season puts the phillies on top, his first rbi in 10 days. and nice work in the field as

well. jonathan papelbon pitches a one, two three safe in the ninth to end the nine game skid. >> nobody comes to the field every day to lose, everybody comes with a positive attitude and trying to do what we need to do to win. we have been been able to come through but today we'll take it and savor it and try to do it again tomorrow. we got a last good look at the eagles before the august training camp, jeff skversky is with them. >> a lot of people here and they are fired up to get in one last time. >> the eagles are putting in one final day of work, this is chip kelly's final practice before training camp kicks off in august. >> being apart for this six weeks doesn't mean it's completely off have you to work. >> there is still plenty of work

to do that is why coach kelly is not ready to name starters or judge the newly constructed roster. we don't make real solid evaluations, it's about getting better and seeing the weaknesses while we put the pads on. >> expect sam bradford and that surgecly repaired knee back on the field. but mark sanchez is also competing for the job that moans moving the team down the field and i know i can do it again. there is competition at nearly every position that is how chip wants it his theory competition will bring out the best in his players. the 115th u.s. open is underway at chambers bay, the

course is tough but the score is low. this is the first time they are hosting the open. dustin johnson hits a blistering 25. and 15-year-old cole hammer brought to tears he is the third youngest amateur to qualify for the open. check out this nice approach and hammer pars the hole and shoots a seven over for the first round. coming up cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast.

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one of the dank drizzly days, here is cecily tynan and accuweather. >> tomorrow is a light broughter and warmer. not a lot of rain going on here there are storms north of baltimore but as they move to the east they encounter cooler air. here is fairmount park, everything is really grown we received 4 inches of rain and we are making up for a very dry may. temperatures show the story. the warm front is down to the sound and west and that is keeping us on the cool side. 73 so far and our kusht temperature and high for the day is 11 degrees below normal. sea isle city 71 degrees.

the warm front will lift north of our region overnight and you'll notice scattered shower activity and most of it is dying out, i can't rule out the possibility of rain this evening, temperatures are dropping down into the 60s, the big focus on our weather for the next several days is this, this is what is left of tropical storm bill, in northeastern oklahoma and this is definitely going to have a major impact on our weekend. i want to show you something we as meteorologists look at all the time, the 500 millibar analysis, 18000 feet up this is where the magic happens and that shows the energy of bill it will take a while to get here, the energy stays together in the form of tropical downpours, we'll deal with very heavy rain on sun especially early in the day the potential for 1 to 3 inches of rain and

could cause localized flooding and this will be arriving right in time for father's day and the first half of the weekend is looking better than the second when we get the very heavy rain moving in especially early in the day if you are headed to the poconos, sun mixing with clouds and 76 degrees and mostly cloudy and 72 degrees and rain and thunderstorms with a high of 75 degrees, today was not the great beach day but melissa magee is down in atlantic city. you have a nice view there. >> it's a gorgeous view of the atlantic city and the back bays. and you can see that we have got a pretty cool conditions but it will get better for part of our weekend, we have the shore covers for you on friday we are tracking a spotty shower until the cold front moves on through and after that a nice mixture of

sunshine and clouds and high temperature of 84 and then on saturday turning cloudy especially if the afternoon it's a cooler day with a high of 76 and the remnants of bill is making its way down the coastline, a wet day with rain storms around and a tropical feel too with a high on sunday of 82 degrees, think about doing something indoors for dad for father's day. >> thank you i like that. >> so the exclusive accuweather forecast, sunshine is back in the afternoon and in the morning with a cold front could have an isolate the shower and the human is dropping through the day, on saturday becoming mostly cloudy and 83 degrees and saturday night through the first half of the day on sunday for father's day, we are looking for the potential of tropical downpours and 86 degrees and summer

arrives at 12:38 if the afternoon and monday is hot but not all that humid, and tuesday in scattered thunderstorms ss 87 degrees and thursday back to normal and 87 degrees, we talking about it all week in about an hour tune in to our accuweather special, summer storms keeping you safe, that begins at 7:30. hope you like it. >> abc's world news tonight is david muir is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and adam joseph and please join us for "action news" at channel 6 at 11:00. i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

an "world news tonight," from charleston we take you inside the church during the moment of horror the grandmother and her granddaughter who played dead to survive here the gunman in that bible study class for an hour before opening fire. who he asked for and what he said when the shooting was over. tonight here the major arrests. we're in the town where they found him. we have team coverage. also developing the flooding that's turning life threatening, the child swept away in the current. 50 million americans bracing for extreme weather tonight, and the two giant fires exploding overnight. the hunt for the escaped killers tonight and the new twist. the gift for the prison workers, a woman who worked in the taylor shop, what she took home with her. and what are the number one complaints for consumers in america, those robo calls, telemarketers and now text