>> good morning here's what's happening on this friday, june 19. >> the man accused of gunning down nine people in a church in south carolina is set to appear before a judge today. >> cruise spring into action after a massive water main break in hunting park. >> police are trying to get the man in a brutal sexual assault robbery in south philadelphia. >> let's go over to karen rogers with weather and matt pellman that is traffic.

>> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we not only have rain, but in some areas torrential downpours. this is moving on the garden state parkway and atlantic city, surf city, lightning associated with this, one live strike when it moved through the region of philadelphia and i-95 there were torrential downpours you'll be dealing with that leftover rain this morning. i've got a wider view on storm tracker 6 live. we've got a chance for a shower or thunderstorm at any point. the torrential downpours that tore through the area are moving off the coastline right now. in its wake it's 70 degrees, feeling muggy. much of the day, 69 in allentown, 70 in millville. we have a front that comes through but not until later afternoon. we have areas of fog, 1.5 in reading. 3 miles in millville. that was less than a mile a minute ago.

that's changing as we speak. sunshine and clouds, a chance of a shower or thunderstorm at any point. 87 degrees, it's warm like yesterday we're bumping the temperatures up, matt. >> reporter: yesterday's wet morning commute went so well we thought why not try another. good morning, everybody we're looking at wet roads to kick off the friday morning ride. despite the wet conditions we have construction along the vine street expressway. closed westbound, a car or two are getting by eastbound. it will wrap up in the next half-hour, but the vine was closed last night for work. this is the roosevelt boulevard extension by ridge avenue in east falls also wet there's work north between rhawn and strahle blocked for the next hour or so. i-95 the ramp to the blue was supposed to be one night they closed the ramp last night but

it's reopened for the morning commute. wet in delco but traffic is moving okay. watch out for a crash in montgomery at horsham road at doylestown pike. >> now to the latest on the church massacre in charleston, south carolina. the man accused of opening fire on people as they sat in bible study will appear in court. dylann roof gunned down nine people at the historical ame church captured outside of charlotte north carolina. a friend of roof who tipped off the fbi claimed that blacks were overtaking the world. he was a record that includes drugs abbey trespass charges. a facebook page shows him wearing a flag for south africa or rhodesia. meantime, friends and family of the victims are trying to copy

with the tragedy. former "action news" reporter, kenneth moten is live in charleston with more on the victims and how they are being remembered. good morning kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, tam yes, 21-year-old dylan roof is waking up in the local jail under suicide watch. the church he is accused of terrorizing is a place of vigil. >> reporter: a memorial flowers outside the ame church. >> we'll get through it, it's tough times but we'll press on. >> reporter: chris singleton's mother was one of nine targeted and killed by suspected dylann roof. it happened at the bible study at the historic black church. >> my mom was a god-fearing woman. >> reporter: roof was captured

outside south carolina after the shooting that killed clemente pinkney. >> he was a cousin, but like a cousin, as a young boy my father took him under his wings my father worked with him and taught him. >> reporter: law enforcement officers are investigating the shooting as a possible hate crime. his friends said he pursued hate. >> intoed hate. the meanwhile, the woman who spotted the man while she is being called a his or her because she noticed that unique

haircut she called her husband and called 911. reporting live in charleston, south carolina kenneth moten channel 6 "action news." matt my friend back to you. >> thanks kenneth. we'll see you later in this newscast. people of all faith come together to condemned the tragedy. dozens visited mother bethel ame church in society hill and to pray. dann cuellar was there. ♪ >> reporter: they sang songs of praise prayers seeking comfort in the wake of the charleston massacre. >> we're here tonight as a grieving community fighting and struggling to keep on our faith. >> reporter: they were joined by people of all faith condemn eming the violence. today we mourn together terror is terror, hate is hate. we must unite against such hatred.

>> if we don't say that now we'll let the terrorists win. >> i'm not going to let them win. ♪ >> reporter: rabbi shawn sang palm 23 in hebrew said even though i walk in the darkest valley i will fear no evil. >> he must be sick to come into a church and sit down and say to someone i'm going to let you live so you can tell the story. >> we're so touched by this, it is devastating. >> as a historian it makes me sad we're here years later an fighting the same fights for social justice. >> reporter: the time for rhetoric is over the time to act is now. >> our determination to bring peace and forgiveness in a wicked world. >> reporter: in the end

reverend mark tyler was moved to say that people reached out if you hurt, we all hurt, what can we do to help. outside the mother bethel ame church in society hill, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> the coverage of the church shooting continues at 6abc.com, you'll find the latest information swells collection of photos and reactions at 6abc.com. >> other news, philadelphia firefighters had to rescue several people always many got stranded at a hunting park shopping center causing a geyser to flood the parking lot. firefighters carried the children out of the shop rite and helped elderly customers out of the water. >> we had to leave other groceries and evacuate. >> others evacuated on portable boats. the shop rite is back open, but

it could days or weeks before the other stores reopen. a separate water main broke here last year and damaged five storms. the water main was installed in 1895. official say it's not common for breaks to happen in the warmer months. >> police are searching for the man who raped and robbed a woman in southwest philadelphia early yesterday morning. the victim was on her way to work and waiting for the bus in the 2600 block of 55th street. the man came up from behind and put something to her head and dragged her into the alley, he took off with her wallet and debit cart i had. police say a driver was trying to make a turn when he hit the fence. a piece of the fence hit the boy who suffered minor injuries. witnesses say the driver had a 6

pack of beer in his hand when he got out of the van. it's not confirmed if alcohol was a factor. >> 4:40. "action news" will be right back. revitalization plan will bring jobs and restaurants to the city of philadelphia. firefighters are working to contain this massive fire that's ravaging a national forest. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we have not only rain in spots, we have heavy rain in atlantic city and surf city right now. details on the forecast coming up.

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>> firefighters in calum california are trying to get a handle on the so-called lake fire burning 7500 acres as i understand wednesday. it's only five% contained. several other fires are being fought across the state. >> karen the jersey shore is getting hammered right now. >> reporter: i was driving in the heavy rain when it was west of the city. it's hard to see it's blinding if you're driving through. be careful if you're heading out along the jersey shoreline.

storm tracker 6 live double scan that's the area that's getting hit the hardest currently. let's glow in colors to that -- closer to that. we're getting heavy rain through mays landing atlantic city and about to hit you in surf city, although not as hard as it was when it was near the city. be careful as you head out. let's go outside and see when it looks like, sky showing a wet atlantic city. 70 degrees, warmer today than yesterday. the dewpoint 68 degrees, way up there, the wind out of the south/southwest. barometer holding steady. # 0 degrees in the city and allentown, satellite and radar showing the rain as it tore through the area. you can see beyond it we have showers and that's the way it's going to be today a chance for a

shower or thunderstorm. future tracker 6 showing this model showing not a whole lot happening. maybe a shower or thunderstorm popping up. we see it in the afternoon. be prepared for that this is a look at 6:00. we're seeing more breaks in the clouds that will allow the temperatures to climb up today at 8:30 you're looking dry. after today's batch of shower or thunderstorm. what we're watching are the remnants from tropical storm bill. we'll have heavy downpours moving through the area on sunday. it's father's day the gary pappa run be prepared for it to be humid and with the high humidity you could see the downpours spark, so you need dress in the rain gear if you're running, humid with downpours, 7:00 a.m., 74. 10:00 a.m. 78 degrees, it's really a timing that we'll have to track as it gets closer. looks like the best chance for the heavy rain will be saturday night into the first half of

sunday, not so much the second half of sunday. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast warmer today, a thunderstorm around in spots 87 degrees for the high, we'll see sunshine break through the clouds, tomorrow mostly cloudy skies, 83. chance for a shower at the end of the day. tomorrow dry sunday is the day we have a chance for downpours especially the first half of the day. i wouldn't be surprise to his the second half, sunshine and 89 degrees, we'll see the temperatures to spike at the last minute. monday hot and 90. tuesday, a spotty thunderstorm, 87. wednesday, partly sunny, 83 and then it's looking quiet on thursday, a nice pattern with clouds and sunshine and 82 degrees and looking good for you, so for today i think the worst is over. the torrential downpours moved through early. >> rock and roll royalty will be hitting the stage at firefly music festival. sir paul mccartney will take the

stage at 8:00 a.m. it takes place at the dover international speedway in delaware. it is sold out. organizers expect 90,000 people to attend. matt pellman has been warning you of heavy traffic on southbound route 1. crews had to rescue people on the stalled skyline of the indianapolis zoo, 7 adults and three children were trapped for two hours. firefighters used a lift to lower them to the ground. zoo foicials say the a stopped breaker -- officials say a stopped breaker switch caused the function. gallery east we're talking new shops and eateries and entertainment spaces. this will mean 2,000 construction jobs and a lot more in retail. "action news" got a sneak peek of the new cheese cake factory that opens in center

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meet one today. visit theshelterpetproject.org. adopt. >> reporter: it's a long time coming, but friday is here, congratulations you made it. good news on the vine suppress expressway. -- vine street expressway. you're good to go, if you're heading 676 the vine street expressway. overnight construction on i-95 northbound side close to the betsy ross bridge. they have the right lane blocked, as you can see volume is light we're not seeing any delays. the road is starting to dry out but still a little spray coming off the vehicle heading southbound. on the busy picture -- on the

big picture it's going to be a busy night and weekend. there will be closures along main street. and phils game tonight. it's going to be a busy evening as well. in montgomeryville watch out for a crash doylestown pike planet fitness and home depot. a man accused of shooting at george zimmerman during a confrontation last month is facing new charges upgraded to second attempted degree murder. he is charged with assault and battery for firing a gun into zimmerman's car near orlando. prosecutors say he had a fixation of zimmerman. the u.s. marshal service added escaped killer david sweat and richard matt to the 15 most warranted list. they broke out of a maximum

security prison two weeks ago. it is reserved for the worst of the worst. sweat was serving a life sentence for murdering a sheriff's deputy, matt is guilty of killing and dismembering his boss. >> a woman spun out and crashed head on who was chasing her husband after spotting him in the car with another woman. the husband and other women were not hurt. >> 4:53, more news is still ahead. local churches taking steps to protect their parishners and congrants.

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they didn't have cameras glad they didn't do that kind of stuff, i was a teenager, too. >> at least they have a good attitude about it. but there's no word yet if the hot tub hoppers will be charged. the valedictorian said he cannot speak at his graduation. he said he was previously disciplined for speaking out against two teachers and using a cell phone. a new a new policy or graduation speeches who prevent him from speaking. he asked his guidance counselor if the matter could be resolved peacefully, that was determined as threat. the school ordered him to undergo a psychiatric valuation. >> even though i was cleared by a doctor i was suspended for five days.

school officials told reporter, they cannot comment because this is a personal matter. >> it is 4:58. remnants of tropical storm bill took a deadly toll on the midwest. it could impact our area this weekend. >> pope francis i should a warning about global warming and said every single person needs to help. we'll be right back ment

>> good morning, it is 5:00 a.m. on this friday, june 19 here's what's happening. >> memories continue to grow as the nation comes to grips with the horrific attack at a south carolina church. >> firefighters battle a house fire in philadelphia overnight. >> everybody in the pool, today marks the start of the summer swimming season in the city of philadelphia. >> that looks like fun, looks like summer, but doesn't look like you would do it right now with all the rain outside. >> reporter: no, but i'm so excited about the thought of