ssacre. >> dylann roof faces nine counts of murder and was ordered today to be held on a 1 million-dollar bond. roof appeared by video from the county jail looking somber in a striped jump suit and speaking only briefly in response to the judge's questions. relatives of the nine people shot and killed during a bible study session were also in the courtroom. they spoke to roof and talked about their pain, love and forgiveness. >> we must find it in our heart at some point in time not only to help those that are victims but to also help his family as well. >> the justice department has launched a federal hate crime investigation and south carolina governor nicky haley is calling for the death penalty and our coverage of the deadly church shooting continues on 6abc.com. you'll find the latest information on the case as well as collection of photos and also reaction. it's all there right now on 6abc.com. >> turning to the forecast, the weekend is almost here.

starting off on a nice note. lots of sunshine out there. it was a perfect day today to be down at the shore. folks packed the beaches here in sea isle city. the ocean is still cold but that didn't keep folks from taking a bit of a swim. accuweather, though, says a bit of bad news. we're going get a lot of rain during the second half of the weekend right in time for father's day unfortunately. meteorologist melissa magee here to talk about a flood watch as a matter of fact. melissa. >> yeah, that's right, monica. as we get into the second half of our weekend we are tracking what will be the remnants of bill working their way eastward but outside currently it's not too bad. in fact its a warmer afternoon than it was the same time yesterday. the heat index currently in philadelphia coming in at 88. 92 in washington d.c. and 93 in richmond, virginia but cooler air off to the north and west. here's storm tracker6 live double scan raid darn you are noticing some spotty showers just to the north of philadelphia. starting to press on through and this will be the case for the rest of the evening hours. but i want to widen out the picture here because what we are tracking is what will be

what's left of bill. you can see showers and storms currently across the midwest and the ohio valley. all of this tropical moisture will be working its way eastward just in time for the second half of our weekend. so, future tracker six showing you it's really late saturday night overnight into the first half of the day on sunday that we will be tracking those tropical downpours overhead. so, with that said the national weather service has issued a flood watch. it goes up at saturday evening lasting right through sunday evening, possible flooding. that's a big concern as we head into sunday especially for dad on father's day. we're going have more details on that, monica, coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast and let you know how much rain is on the way when i come back inside. >> sounds good. thank you so much. school is out and now the pools are opening. these kids were busy splashing around. the pool is the first of four parks and recreation pools opening just in time for the start of summer. all 70 city pools will be opened by july 1st. >> looks like the place to be.

the 2015 fire fly musikfest value is well under way and for the first time ever the four day event is sold out. 90,000 people are expected to film the campgrounds in dover, delaware. "action news" reporter chad pradelli was there for all of the action. >> reporter: fire fly is in full effect. people of all ages are having a great time enjoying some good music and praying mother nature will be kind. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: the fire fly festival is rocking dover. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: 90,000 people packed the woodlands to catch their favorite band on more than a half dozen stages. this year fire fly did not allow single day passes. you had to buy a four day pass. many began camping out on wednesday night and during the rain but still having a good time. >> i've never camped out at an event before. that makes it just that it's so many days and so many cool people here that's what makes it so much fun. >> a lot of space out here. in the camps we're compacted.

we're getting together. it's been a lot of fun hanging out with everyone. you make close friends and get out in the open fields and see who you want to see. >> it's nice 'cause each stage has its own like sound space so you don't have overlap between stages for each set. >> reporter: the list of bands is impressive. the headliners are paul mccartney tonight the killers, kings of leon and snoop dogg but for hard core music fans, there is so much more. >> i'm looking forward to paul mccarter knee, the killers on sunday will be awesome. all the bands that they choose are real good live and you know you're going to get a good show and it's a real well planned event. >> reporter: the festival wraps up on sunday at midnight. organizers and festival goers say there have been few problems. again, paul mccartney is the headliner tonight. in dover delaware, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." >> a lot of great acts and whether are you at fire fly or anywhere else outdoors this weekend check the storm tracker six app on your mobile device. there you will find the latest

weather conditions for your exact location plus the hourly forecast to help you plan out your day and be sure to follow our team of meteorologists on facebook and twitter. >> 30 people were injured when a cruise ship crashed into a wall in upstate new york t it happened last night as the ship was entering a lock in the saint lawrence sea way. more than 270 passengers and crew were on board headed from montreal to toronto. 30 were injured many taken to the hospital. they are all expected to be okay. crews are now trying to figure out what to do with the ship which is still sitting stuck and damaged in that lock. well, the search for two convicted murderers who escaped from a prison in upstate new york is about to reach its third week. david sweat and richard matt have been put on the u.s. marshals most wanted list. officials are checking camp sites and abandoned buildings asking anyone who lives in that area to please check surveillance footage. wanted posters are being handled out at the canadian

and mexican borders. >> philadelphia police made an arrest after a break in this morning in mantua. police were called to the 3200 block of wallace street before 4 a.m. investigators say there was an altercation on the street after the break in and that left a woman hurt. she was taken to the hospital to be checked out. police in north philadelphia are looking for the man who broke into a market by pulling an air conditioner out of the window. it happened one week ago at the carolina market on the 2600 block of west lehigh avenue. well, once inside, the thief grabbed $2,000 in cash as well as 10 car tons of cigarettes. police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. >> amazon is selling celebrating its continuing success at one of its newest fulfillment centers in mercer county, new jersey. the company uses innovative technologies including robotics to run its huge operation. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic saw firsthand today how it works. >> reporter: this is the amazon fulfillment center in

rob onesville. inside this cavernous building the size of 59 football fields is a maze of moving parts that work almost around the clock to pick and pack items once you click the buy button online. >> ship thousands of products a day through 14 miles of conveyers over one points 2 million square feet and just as you can see behind me just a great operation. >> the facility that amazon has in the world and we're really excited about that. it's been a great ratable. >> reporter: amazon pays over a million dollars a year in property taxes. over 2500 people are employed at this facility and amazon is still hiring. but in addition to the people power here, this giant warehouse is extremely high tech. in an intricate dance and without crashing into each other hundreds of these orange robots are constantly moving sets of tall yellow shelves throughout the warehouse delivering orders to the workers who sort and pack them. >> the robots drive the shelves to the associates so the associates can pick the items.

when our system knows the proper item has been picked that robot drives away and the next shelf drives up. >> reporter: it's almost looks like ballet. >> you can reach 130 million people on a tank of gas. i think that's why amazon is here andy. >> reporter: employees work 10 hour shifts four days a week. >> they get decent benefits, they give them college education dollars and there's also tremendous room in the inn a company like this for promotions. >> reporter: a bus route called the z line was created to give job opportunities to inner city residents. after almost a year of operations here amazon is clearly happy with how things are going. the company plans to open another fulfillment center like this in north jersey. in robbinsville, i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news"." >> pretty cool. >> time now for the "action news" traffic report. >> all right, let's swing it over to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center and see where the trouble spots are. >> hey, matt. >> speaking of amazon a little bit of a jungle on the roadways as you head home or maybe down the shore. we're seeing lots of traffic in south philadelphia headed towards the walt whitman bridge. the traffic remains slow across the bridge onto 42 and

then southbound starts to break up here by creek road but a little slow again as you pass 55 headed do you know towards the a.c. expressway. 295 southbound basically heavy from 73 on down to 42 with a crash in the mix near warwick road. you can get by it but speeds are in the 20's. closer to the shore points on the garden state parkway southbound you still have a 4-mile parking lot headed towards an accident scene approaching wildwood. that crash hours later is still taking out the right lane. back here in center city, accident involving a new jersey transit bus trying to make the turn from broad street to the eastbound local vine. you can see the restrictions resulting from the bus accident. on the schuylkill expressway just a really busy summer time friday afternoon in both directions. no accidents no lane restrictions, everything is opened but it's crowded. still have that crash in east norriton closing germantown pike. use main street or ridge pike as an alternate around that. let's end with good news. lower southampton bucks county today they opened the brand new shiny round about at 213

and bridgetown pike. so, for the 14,000 of you that use that intersection each day, that's definitely some good news. we'll check it again monica and sharrie, in the next half hour. >> absolutely. >> all right, matt thanks. today president obama's administration announced major climate change regulations. the environmental protection agency issued new fuel efficiency standards for heavy duty trucks like 18 wheelers and buses. the new rules will lower carbon dioxide emissions from trucks 24 percent by 2027. a final version of the regulations is expected to be released come next year. >> and there is much more still ahead on "action news" at 5:00. doing burps gives you a good workout. ali gorman tells us about a local fitness challenge that's also used to raise money for athletes. >> a mother's love can go a long way. the store behind this one of a kind billboard in camden that's coming up. >> those stories and much more and melissa magee returns with the full weekend forecast. get ready for a father's day washout that we are hearing.

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for blaine. >> it's not only a way to get fit but also a way to help app great cause and honor a local star athlete who lost her life. health reporter registered nurse ali gorman is at the big board with the story. hi ali. >> lie, guys. this is a story about turning tragedy into something positive. blaine's parents tell me she was all about fitness and living healthy so she would have loved this challenge. >> blaine was just full of life and full of energy. >> blaine steinberg was also a tremendous athlete and a leader on and off the field. she played soccer and lacrosse at penn charter and was recruited for lacrosse to dartmouth. >> she was tremendously into fitness and worked at it. >> but her work was cut short. her parents tell me 15 months ago when blaine was 20, she died suddenly from an undetected rare autoimmune illness. >> it's pretty much a parent's worst nightmare to get the call that we got that night. >> thanks to a friend's idea blaine's spirit lives on.

her family started the foundation live librarian. >> 11 burps, i'm sorry guys. >> and with the help of the cross fit community they issued a challenge burps for blaine. >> we wanted to turn this into something positive. we honor her as we do that. >> videos are pouring in, burps for blaine has been done in 30 states and 10 countries. >> that includes blaine's sister doing burpees in spain. her parents and other die hard are doing the 100 day burpee challenge. day 100 is june 28th. and inside across fit main line they'll have an 11 hour burpee on that. 11 for the number blaine wore and her idol u.s. soccer stair julie fouty also wore. donations go for scholarships to attend the judy foudy sports leadership academy camp. the goal is to inspire and empower young women through

athletics. >> because we really feel that embodies exactly what blaine was all about. >> as for what blaine would think of all of this. >> she just would have absolutely loved it both the community aspect and the burpee aspect. >> and it is an open invitation to the burpee this afternoon it is on june 28. it starts at 2:00 p.m. at cross fit main line. you can come and do one burpee, 11 burps or you can join in to do many more burps. any amount of donation is welcome. we have all that information on 6abc.com. cecily and i also got in on the action doing burps for blaine right here in the "action news" studio. you can check that out on my facebook page. guys, we were dangerously close to ripping our dresses. >> wow. >> i'm impressed. >> it is impressive. >> support and the cause. >> one person makes a difference. >> very sweet idea. >> ali thank you. >> first lady michelle obama surprised expectant mothers today at a u.s. army base in italy with the help of

operation shower mrs. obama gave the military moms to be all the baby essentials and the organization glam for goods also gave the moms a mini shopping spree that included clothes from liz lang tommy hill figure h and m. >> a high school graduate got a big message today. the action cam in camden where aj's senior picture sits high over seventh and cooper streets. he'll graduate from leap academy next week it's right across the street from this billboard. his mom paid for a sign that reads in part we have the total package. how sweet is that. >> that is very cool. "action news" at 5:00 continues next t and a reminder when you see breaking news or severe weather we want you to join the action. >> absolutely. you can e-mail us your photos, your videos joining the action at 6abc.com or you can use the #6abcaction on social media it's how you can be part of us at "action news." we'll be right back.

>> ♪♪ >> hershey is cutting its revenue outlook for the year and that means job cuts. the pennsylvania based candy company has about 13,000 employees globally. today hershey officials

announced it will eliminate 300 jobs by the end of the year. the company says it still expects sales to grow between four and 5 percent but that's lower than its previous estimate of six to 7 percent. >> well, it was an early father's day gift in marlton new jersey today. four generation jeweler angelo brew junior gave his dad a hands crafted necklace with a medallion at the store on east route 70. the two have worked side by side for years. he secretly made the medallion. he didn't tell his wife and two sisters but what a nice way to keep the family ties going strong. happy early father's day. >> yes beautiful. to help kick off summer the largest shopping mall in hong kong has transformed into a 3-d illustrated swimming pool. it features six very realistic sculptures. you can see that they are all in a bathing suit all around the swimming pool installation is how it's set up. the life like sculptures were created by american hyper

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showers and storms across the region. you do notice a little bit of activity to the north and west also moisture pressing into dover. i want to focus your attention on the shower just to the north of philadelphia. so storm tracker6 live double scan street level showing you a moderate pocket of some heavy rainfall across this region mainly across areas in new jersey so in palmyra along route 130, also as you travel eastbound into rancocas also along route 38 here that rain looks to be picking up in intensity especially if you're north of mount laurel. now we'll swing you out across our northern and western suburbs down across berks and lancaster counties, we're dealing with that moisture right along 322 or 222, i should say and right along i176 as well. it's passing to the south and east womelsdorf. allow for a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. pretty sticky today. 87 in philadelphia. 83 in allentown along the coast in sea isle city.

western lancaster 83. satellite6 along with action radar shows you it's pretty quiet with the exception of pop-up showers and storms but this will be the focus of our weather as we head into our weekend, this counterclockwise wrote taillights this will be the remnants of bill as we get into late saturday and into sunday and all of this moisture coming out of the ohio valley in the midwest will be tracking eastward just in time for the second half of our weekend. so as you notice those clouds are starting to stream in in advance of the moisture off across the midwest so the weekend kickoff tomorrow, the city to the shore, the poconos, 83 turning cloudy early in the day tomorrow in philadelphia. at the shore an afternoon shower is likely with a high temperature of 76. and 70 at the poconos with a scattered shower or a storm. here's future tracker six. we'll time out the precipitation store you. it's mostly cloudily during the day and as we get into the afternoon hours we'll track that moisture west of philadelphia and some of these showers and storms could be on the strong side. by tomorrow but we'll have to wait for the majority of that rain to come in overnight

saturday and into the day on sunday and it looks to be a soaking at that time which is why we have that flood watch that has been issued across the region. so overall what we are expecting here anywhere from an inch in wildwood to close to 3-inches in a lancaster. your five day tomorrow 83, 89, rain to some improvement as we get into sunday. we'll have more details guys, coming up in the next half hour. >> all right, thank you so much. and much more ahead in in our next half hour of "action news" at 5:00. philadelphia investigators make a tragic discovery hours after firefighters battled this blaze at a germantown home. >> an all-out search tonight for the professional chef who held one of the mostest prestigious jobs in the country. >> fierce fire fight out west as crews try to contain this massive wildfire t it has scorched thousands of acres of land and is threatening homes right now. >> we'll have those stories and much more when "action news" comes right back.

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>> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again. rick is off tonight. sharrie williams joins us. here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. a big cleanup effort continues

in one philadelphia neighborhood after a massive water main break flooded several stores and vehicles. and an accused thief suspect in there a delaware robbery is behind bars now and summer season officially under way in philadelphia and area communities have opened their public pools. >> now the details. the cleanup continues at a philadelphia shopping center hit hard when a water main ruptured underground. it flooded the parking lot and several surrounding streets. it happened in the hunting park section. it happened at fox street and roberts avenue yesterday afternoon and it's deja vu for the business there is as a different water main flooded the same area last year. >> we came in, towed clean up, wewe had to pick up boxes and stuff. >> the push to get back to normal is under way for businesses overpowered by fast moving waters. a 48-inch water main break in this hunting park shopping plaza thursday sent customers and employees running for higher ground.

>> it was crazy. it was real hectic. >> firefighters were even called in to rescue people trapped by the rising waters. taylor is an employee at hair buzz. they came in early to clean up and get the store opened today. >> we just had to wipe -- like use windex and stuff and wipe stuff off use paper towels and mop the floors. >> they were able to reopen and so was the shop rite but many of the other businesses like the wine and spirit store, the dollar store and the ross are all still closed. got the look clothing store took a significant hit. it has now hired professionals to come in and soak up the water. air moves and dehumidifiers are all over the building. customers showing up in hopes of shopping unfortunately were turned away. >> that's what we came for. >> yeah, i guess it did affect a lot of them because we were coming for here and the new store, the got the look that was here. >> they'reed. >> they're closed, yeah. so that kind of put a damper

on our plans. >> no word yet on when the businesses will reopen and yesterday's water main break in hunting park is just one in a string of incidents that has plagued philadelphia neighborhoods in recent weeks. coming up in the next half hour, john rawlins will take a look at the aging infrastructure underneath the city and what's being done to preventer costly water main breaks in the future. >> a woman's body was found in the rubble of an early morning fire in that philadelphia's germantown section this the scene in the 5600 block of lloyd street about 1 a.m. smoke and fire poured from the windows and roof. officials say the entire house was filled with debris making it extremely difficult to fight the flames and even walk through the home. it took them about 45 minutes to get a handle on this situation. then this afternoon a female victim between the ages of 30 and 50 was also found in the home. it's not clear if she died because of the fire or from some other cause and the cause of the fire is under investigation. the sister of a philadelphia police officer

killed by an intellectually disabled man says the decision not to execute him for that killing is excruciating to her. daniel boil's sister told a north dakota newspaper that the pennsylvania supreme court ruling is unfair and injust. on tuesday the high court upheld a lower court decision that 52-year-old edward bracey's iq of only 74 makes him ineligible for the death penalty. bracey did shoot 21-year-old boyle eight times back in 1991. he is now serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. from our delaware news room police say they've caught the florida and who robbed a mexican restaurant in bear delaware. they say 21-year-old marco medina acosta held up the restaurant on pulaski highway in bear last month. they say they also searched his apartment and ailed let mely found evidence linking him to the crime. he's in jail after he could not post $55,000 bail. rehoboth city commissioners are expected to vote friday on whether to ban

the use of pools and who the tubs at rental properties in the city. if approved it would require owners of the rental properties to cover and lock pools and hot tubs while the property is occupied by vacationers. the proposal stems from an increase of noise complaints around the popular beach community. however, those who oppose the ban say it will drive away visitors and greatly impact businesses who depend on the summer season's big profits. one place where swimming is absolutely encouraged is at the dozens of area public pools. they started welcoming visitors today. "action news" reporter eva pilgrim has more from the recreation center in fairmount park tonight. >> reporter: school is officially out and that means it's go time for the city's pools. these kids wasted no time jumping right in. the wait is over at the rec center in fairmount park. >> three two one. >> i like swimming.

i can have fun with my friends and all that. >> i'm glad it's cold 'cause it is like a hundred degrees here. >> i like to put my head under the water. >> reporter: today the first four philadelphia city pools opened up. by july 1st, all 70's pools will be opened. the summer programs and pools create about 800 jobs. while it's mostly fun, there are some rules. >> you have to wear bathing suits. that's our requirement. that's a sanitary thing for our pools. >> reporter: in norristown at the george washington carver community center. >> they've had to culley actually jackhammer the fiberglass off of the pool. >> reporter: the final preparations are being made. >> it was closed last year because the repairs were so dramatic that it could not be repaired. >> reporter: tomorrow this historic pool will reopen thanks to an anonymous $80,000 donation. the fun f-the laughs and the water, this is what the kids look forward to.

>> go swimming. >> like every day. >> 'cause it's hot outside and i can't take it no more: i'm just burning up. >> reporter: the city has made a few changes and updates to the pool this year. they're using liquid chlorine and after a few kids were shocked last year they inspected and improved the electrical systems at every pool in the city to ensure that doesn't happen again. in fairmount park, eva pilgrim, channel6 "action news." >> new funding means some more summer jobs for teens in the keystone state. today in center city state senator vincent hughes and the governor's chief of staff katie mcginty announced seven and a half million dollars in new money to create 3,700 new summer jobs statewide. now, half the monies from the federal government, half from the workforce investment board. the pilot program is focusing on low income high poverty neighborhoods. >> new jobs always good news. let's see if there's any good news on the roads. >> well, we'd like that. >> we know to keep the expectations nice and low in the summer time friday

afternoon, right. as long as you do that you're going to be fine as you head home. it has been problematic in a lot of spots like right here on the vine street expressway westbound side camera is a little shaky i know but right here by the ben franklin parkway there was a crash until just a minute ago. it just cleared out but still heavy as you come away from 95. this is the local vine in the same neck of the woods eastbound side, this bus got stuck here on the median barrier so the ramp from the eastbound side of the local vine to the eastbound side of the expressway is blocked because of this accident and the rain is coming down here, too as you can see. earlier accidents on 95 are both gone but it's still heavy especially through south philadelphia headed to the new kids on the block concert and the phils game this evening. and of course the arts festival in manayunk is going to close main street all weekend long. this is 422, nice and sunny out here but slow westbound as it always is and on the eastbound side of 422 in pottstown, watch out tonight into tomorrow, they're setting up a new traffic pattern. meanwhile down the shore a 4-mile jam on the southbound garden state parkway still has

that crash by wildwood taking out the right lane so if you're down the shore you have to contend with that. but after all that, have a good weekend mon can sharrie. >> despite that good news. >> yeah, exactly. >> thanks for nothing. [laughter] >> see you matt. >> still to come on "action news" tonight, hundreds of firefighters are working around the clock to stop a massive wildfire. >> a trip down memory lane for a local couple whose love story actually began decades ago at sesame place when they were children. we'll explain. and melissa is in for adam tonight. >> weekend flood watch has been issued across the region, possible flooding is a concern. we'll talk about the reason why coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> all right, we'll have those stories, also jaime apody with phillies eagles and flyers coming up in sports. all that when "action news" comes right back.

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>> police in london are investigating whether a body found on a rooftop is linked to a stowaway discovered in the undercarriage avenue british airlines plane much the flight was from south africa. the stowaway who survived is listed in serious condition at the hospital. there is no link yet between the stowaway and the person found on the roof.

but police say the rooftop where the man was found is in the flight path of the plane. a vigil will be held tonight to honor the police officer shot and killed in cincinnati ohio. the police chief says officer sunny kim was shot after responding to a 911 call this morning. there were reports of someone acting erratically with a gun. the suspect and the responding officers then were involved in a shootout. both the suspect and kim were killed. kim is a 27 year veteran and the faster three boys. >> the search for a former white house executive chef is in its sixth day. walter shine was reported missing on saturday after he did not return from a hiking trip. police have found his vehicle but they say recent bad weather could be washing away other clues. the largest wildfire california has seen this year

has burned more than 10,000 acres in la many it is near an area of a forest that has not had a wildfire in more than a hundred years. in central california another wildfire sparked evacuations now. officials say the state's drought has made for a dire situation. >> these case conditions as they are just with the drought and the tree mortality yeah, every spark is basically starting a fire. >> and a third wildfire burned 300 acres near sacramento. the flames have jumped over a river and burned multiple home. firefighters have yet to get a handle on that one as well. world news tonight with david muir will have much more on the spiers that are being fought out west. you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. >> turning to sports, the needs are hoping for a fresh start against the cardinals today. >> jaime apody live in the "action news" sports center with the latest. >> cole hamels gave everyone a scare yesterday when he cleaned out his locker and removed his nameplate to look like he had been traded. some practical joke.

the phillies play as of late has been far from funny. they get a fresh start welcoming the cardinals to town after snapping that nine game losing streak. hamels says he'll not need to go on the dl. not a big deal. he talked about the morale of this team given the fact they just came off their worst road trip in 132 years. >> none of us have ever been it. it's probably showed in the history or whatever the statistics are whatever the phillies have done in the past. it's nothing that i'm familiar with and i don't think a lot of us are so we're just trying to get back to a way that we can come in here every day and create some sort of enjoyment and change the focus. >> phillippe omont will start. we've talked a lot about the progress of sam bradford but not much about the man that if the season started today would be behind center

mark sanchez started eight games last year completed a career high 64 percent of his passes. coach kelly says he's a lot sharper now because of the knowledge of the system and sanchez admits he feels more comfortable and would be ready to go if needed. >> whoever starts the year might not finish it. who knows what's going to happen. we have to be ready at all times and like i said there's no substitute for experience but i didn't have all of it last year so you go with what you know and try and make the best with what you got. >> ron hextall says if kimmo timonen wants a job with the flyers there will be one waiting for him. and the flyers gm held a press conference today. they have these seventh pick in the draft one week from today. it's an important one for the future of this team. hextall says this disappointing season cannot be the norm isn't we don't want to accept mediocrity. we don't want to accept missing the playoffs. that's not what we're about so we're going to continue that philosophy of trying to win every year but the big change

will probably be just that we're going to also -- you know, we got to be patient as well. >> the nba draft on thursday the sixers hold that third overall pick its a big one for the sixers. it will likely be a long time before the sixers can celebrate like steph curry and his daughter reilly. the golden state warriors celebrate their nba championship. fans start at the lining up as early as 3 a.m. officials estimated only 500,000 people were on hand for a party that was 40 years in the making. golf tiger woods will miss the cut at a major for the fifth time in his career. he's 16 over after two rounds tied for 154th place, second to last. he's now missed the cut in two of his last three majors. master its winner jordan spieth is the clubhouse leader at five under. sharrie back to you. >> jamie thank you. hundreds of west philadelphia students and their fathers got an early start to father's day. the action cam was at the west philadelphia achievement charter elementary school this morning for their annual

doughnuts with dads event. students showed up to school early with their fathers to enjoy a special breakfast as well as other fun activities. happy early father's day. >> ♪♪

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>> ♪♪ >> the return of the humidity and heat certainly didn't seem to bother folks on the jersey shore today. our sky6 hd camera looking live at the atlantic city boardwalk and the beaches. looks like plenty of folks getting an early start to their weekend enjoying the sun and surf as much as possible before the rain moves in

toward the latter half of the weekend. good for them. >> yeah, meteorologist melissa magee joining us and we're always looking for a tron get outside but the weekend it will be a bit. >> i think it will be unsettled as we get into father's day for dad. doesn't look to be a washout but a bit wetter. storm tracker six double scan radar showing you we have some spotty activity. there is some moisture moving just to the south of dover but i do want to focus in on this cluster to the north of philadelphia. storm tracker six live double scan street level showing you some showers moving into jersey heavy pockets into medford lakes along jackson road also along stokes road as well. now, you move to the north and east of medford lakes into red lion and we still have some moisture that we're tracking. so allow for a pop-up and isolated shower or thunderstorm as we go throughout the rest of the early evening hours. otherwise the heat and the humidity, it's building today. it's 88, that's wait feels like currently in philadelphia. a heat index in dover of 89.

it feels like 84 in allentown. 90 degrees the current heat index there in beach haven. here's satellite6 along with action radar. lots of clouds streaming across much of the midatlantic region with this front dipping to our south. now you focus your attention off to the west because we're tracking this counterclockwise rotation here. this is what's left or what will be left of tropical storm bill, the remnants of bill now currently moving into the midwest and the ohio valley. and this moisture will be working its way eastward as we get into the second half of our weekend. so, future tracker six has you covered. saturday 8 o'clock in the morning it's a mostly cloudy start to the day and with so much building moisture, there could be a pop-up shower or thunderstorm overhead. it does look like by saturday afternoon 4 o'clock west of philadelphia there could be some strong showers and storms setting up across allentown on south and westward into lancaster. but we'll await the arrival that tropical moisture overnight saturday and into sunday. future tracker six showing you a good soaking on the way by then which is why we have that

flood watch that has been posted locally we can find anywhere from one to 3 inches of rainfall when this is all said and done and higher amounts possible in some localized spots so a big concern with flooding with that. we'll talk about the key timing here with the moisture. 2:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on sunday is when we'll be tracking that rain. one to 3 inches of rainfall likely, an aisles lated 4-inches not out of the question. stronger storms to the south by then on sunday and again that flood watch has been posted as a result of the moisture on the way. something to keep in mind for sunday. we are celebrate our dads and getting ready for the gary papa run as well. very humid with those downpours overhead. 7:00 a.m. that temperature is 74 degrees for the race and 10:00 a.m. that temperature coming in at 78. down the shore as we head into our weekend on saturday not the best beach day. it's mostly cloudy with a high temperature of 76. and on sunday a soaking start pretty humid a tropical feel overhead with a high temperature coming in at 82. here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast.

clouds tomorrow, afternoon showers likely, again stronger to the south of the city as we get into saturday afternoon a high of 83. but the bulk of that tropical moisture moves in overnight saturday and into sunday. so by sunday rain to start. it's a drenching starter to the day. then some sunshine so some afternoon improvement on the way with a high temperature coming in at 89. by the way summer officially begins the summer solstice on sunday at 12:38 in the afternoon. a lot going on for the second half of our weekend. on monday hot and less humid a high up to 90 degrees. on tuesday unsettled with showers an pop-up shower or storm and at 89. on wednesday not as warm, 83 degrees and on thursday, clouds and sun. the tall ships and sharrie you're going to be out there hosting that event ready to sail 82 degrees by then and 83 as we get into friday, guys so watching out for those drenchers as we get into sunday. >> thank you so much. of course before heading outdoors you should check our storm tracker six app on your mobile device. there you'll find the latest

weather conditions for your exact location, also the hourly forecast. it will help you plan out your day so you don't get wet and for more insight be sure to follow our team of meteorologists on both facebook and twitter. >> a local couple brought their family to sesame place in langhorne bucks county today so that their children could see the place that they first crossed paths. the catch is the couple didn't even know that they were at the park at the same time until they were watching a home video. here's jordan and ryan spencer back in 1988 as kids both at sesame place. that's 16 years before they officially met. well today the spencers are married with three kids and they brought their family to sesame place today to celebrate. the spencers say they also attended the same rolling stones concert before they met proving, of course, that they were meant to be. >> ♪♪

>> this video out of indonesia

shows an avalanche of ash coming down from an active volcano more than 10,000 people had to evacuate as that vole cano no, sir continuesvolcano erupts. it has erupted off and on since 2010 but before that it was dormant for 400 years. it's making up for lost time now. >> it is. right now jim gardner the "action news" team are standing by with these stories and much more next at 6:00. the suspect in the south carolina church massacre goes before a judge as family members of the victims speak out. >> plus, recent water main breaks highlight the need to replace the aging infrastructure. we'll have that story. >> and thousands jamming to the beat at the fire fly musikfest value in delaware. for rick williams adam joseph sharrie williams the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass. have a good night and nice weekend.

>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪♪ >> friday night the local boy scouts council makes a historic change to its employment policy. and a north philadelphia man survives a house collapse without serious injury. but the big story on "action news" tonight is a remarkable statement of forgiveness in charleston, south carolina. confessed mass killer dylann roof appeared at his first court hearing by way of video conference today and some of the relatives of his nine alleged victims spoke words like this, i forgive you my family for gives you. we would like you to take this opportunity to repent, do that

and you'll be better off than you are right now. and then this from the mother of taiwan today zapped sanders. >> we welcomed you with open arms. have you killed some of the most beautifulest people that i know. every fiber in my body hurts. and i'll never be the same. but as we said in bible study we enjoyed you. may god have mercy on you. >> roof has been tagged with $1 million bail for a gun charge as families sobbed in court roof stood there stone faced at the county jail. outside a memorial is growing at the emmanuel ame