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>> good morning, it is 5:30, saturday june 020. here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." the man accused of gunning down nine people in a church in south carolina appears in court. the pastor who was killed has family ties in philadelphia. he was planning visiting this summer. father's forecast not looking so good. >> reporter: no, but not as bad
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as we thought either. let's go outside and show you what's going on. we have clouds out there this morning and we are expecting clouds throughout the duration of the weekend. it's not a weekend where you're laying out and working on your tan. father's day not looking like a complete washout. 73 degrees it's warm and sticky, we have tropical air moving in south of the mason dixon line. 66 in philadelphia. south of the turnpike is where all the muggy air is rolling in. trenton, 69 degrees, sea isle city, 72. double scan live, this is the remnants of tropical storm bill coming in around houston texas made the right hand turn and pushing toward the east, cincinnati and indiana you're
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seeing downpours, this will controls the mountains overnight tonight and the downpours will move in. mostly cloudy skies, warm and sticky, 84 degrees is the forecasted high in the city. with the humidity it will feel warmer than that. the flood watch goes into effect overnight tonight and lasts until sunday, one to two inches of rain expected, some of the outlying areas could see 3 inches. i'll have more on on this and when it clears out. >> thousands gathered for a prayer vigil in honor of nine people gunned down at the emanuel african methodist episcopal church monday night. the evening was filled with many powerful moments. charleston mayor talked about
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his friendship with reverend clementa pinkney who was killed. riley said he took for granted that pinkney would always be there. he said first we need to pray and help. riley announced that a new museum on african-american history will be dedicated to reverend pinkney arena all the victims of the shootings. dylan roof showed no emotions from the county jail where's being held in isolation. he appeared on video before a judge. he is charged with nine counts of murder one for each of the nine people gunned down during a bible study monday night. roof's family sailed they are devastated and saddened and praying for the victim's families. the nine victims of the tragedy were ministers coaches
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and teachers, librarian and counselors and choir singer, among the murdered, clementa pinkney who had family ties to our area. dann cuellar talked to his grief-stricken family members. >> reporter: it turns out that the slain pastor was to come here to speak to the congress congregant congregants. >> you can't give up, we still love, you want to be love, no hate, we don't want to hate nobody. >> reporter: flue her grief a heartbroken louise pink knee spoke about the devastation that took the life of clementa pinkney. >> i know him since he was a small kid since i came from
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philadelphia, we stay in touch. we come from a strong family. >> reporter: she said she never imagined that her nephew would lose his life in the house of god and the killer would sit with them through an hour of bible study before pulling the trigger. >> you freeze up inside, just to see this happen to our people. >> reporter: reverend pinckney was to visit the church in philadelphia. >> when you talk about some of the things that have taken place throughout our community and across the country this cannot be ignored. >> reporter: in the wake of the tragedy, reverend pinckney will
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be remembered during the services at mt enon. we have more at 6abc.com so you can get the latest on the victims, shooter and want investigation at any time. a young boy was taken to the hospital after he was hit by a ball at the phillies game. he was sitting on the first baseline when he was hit with the dominic brown ballot. the boy was conscious and holding an ice pack on his upper chest when he was taken away. one person was injured in a crash on the boulevard that damaged a fire truck. that began when a car and motorcycle collided in the southbound lanes of the boulevard near the ridge avenue exit around 3:00. a fire truck positioned itself sideways to protect crews on the
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scene. the driver of the tractor-trailer was not able to stop in time and hit the side of the fire truck nobody was hurt. the woman a passenger in the car in the initial crash was taken to temple university hospital with minor injuries. it was a terrifying morning when a roof collapsed around him. a howard james was in his second floor bedroom yesterday when he heard creeking. all of a sudden a wall came crash be down. >> i rolled to the side when i came to, i was in the yard. >> james lived in the home for 47 years. last week there was a smaller collapse in the wall and contractor was scheduled to repair. james believes the rain thursday night may have loosened the bricks. pennsylvania's job growth reached a record level. the state department of level
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said the jobless rate roles 5.4% up. a percent. the biggest gains were in health and education. hershey is cutting it's revenue outlook for the year and that means job cuts. hershey announced it will eliminate 300 diswrobs by the end of the year. they expect sales to grow 4 to 5%. but that's lower than the perceives vows estimate of 6 to 7%. amazon is celebrating it's success at the newest distribution centers in mercer, new jersey.
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nora muchanic saw how it works. >> reporter: this is the amazon fulfillment center in robinsville. inside this building the size of 59 football fields is a maze of moving parts that work around the clock to pick and buy items once you click the buy button online. >> it's the busiest facility that amazon has in the world which we are excited about. >> reporter: amazon pays over a million dollars a year in property taxes. 2500 people are employed, but in addition to the people power here this giant warehouse is extremely hitech. 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
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them. the robots drive the she was so the workers can pick the items. >> reporter: it looks like ballet, but it's good business. >> from where we're standing we can we'll 130 million people on a tank of gas. >> reporter: employees work ten hour shifts four days a week. >> they give college education dollars and there's a tremendous room in the company for promotions. >> reporter: the bulls route called the z-line was created to give job opportunities to inner city residents. the company plans to open another fulfillment center like this in north jersey. >> there's much more to come on "action news" saturday morning. still waiting on your philadelphia wage tax refund. you're not alone we'll have more on what the holdup might
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be. firefighters in southern california continue to work to get a handle on the wildfire that burns out of control. >> reporter: rain is on the way localized flooding is likely on the way i'll tell you how this will impact your father's day when we come right back.
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san bernadino national forest. more than 1,000 firefighters are working to protect homes. hundreds of homes are at risk. campgrounds evacuated hiking trails are shut down while crews try to get the upper hand. goodness gracious, they have all kinds of problems out there this year. >> reporter: we have nothing like that. we're dealing with wet weather. let's go live on sky 6. down in atlantic city. lots of clouds, high humidity levels rolling in, the possibility of showers throughout the day. let's go over to double scan live we'll show you what's going on. there's a warm front that's slicing the viewing area right in half. that moisture is running the front west to east. we'll zoom into the immediate philadelphia area. nothing too heavy for the most partly, it's a quick-passing shower. every now and then we'll see a speck of yellow showing up, it's indicates showers in part parts
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of the area. 70 degrees dewpoint, 63. of low 70s to the south, mid to upper 60s to the north. reading, 69. allentown, 66, poconos 61. 72 degrees in philadelphia. trenton shy of 70. there's the may not feature what we're watching over the next 24 hours. this is the remnants of tropical storm bill. be you can seem the counter clockwise swirl pushing into the ohio river. this will slide over the mountains this afternoon and push into our neck of the woods overnight. we'll watch the slow, but steady progress of bill throughout the next 24 to 36 hours. stays to the west, slides over top of us tonight into tomorrow. for the most part this will be a morning system for us, by afternoon tomorrow actually looks already. with the sun coming back out and the temperatures soaring into the upper 80s. mostly cloudy day humidity levels increase just about every single hour are it will be
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uncomfortable later on. showers and thunderstorms may develop by 3:30, the model starting to hint toward that idea. that will be the trend. not going to be a wash, these will be pop-up showers. overnight tonight, some of the steadier moisture from bill moves in. i think you'll see more in terms of coverage of what the model is showing. there will be drenching downpours that develop from time to time. 7:00 we'll see the drenching downpours, by 9:30 you can see we're clear we're mainly clouds and we break out into sunshine by afternoon and here comes another chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the day. all in all father's day does not look all that bad. we'll see heavy thunderstorms and localized flooding. from that point on you saw on the modeling, midday sunshine returns and late afternoon we'll see thunderstorms flaring up with all that increased humidity. rainfall total also generally in
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the line of one to two inches. philadelphia about an inch and a half, same thing with wilmington, dover and trenton. looks like a good soaking is on the way. jersey shore not a beach day for you, it's not going to be miserable. atlantic city, 74, beach haven 74 degrees, ocean city, 73. ocean temperature believe it or not around 70. cape may 75. rehoboth beach and bethany beaches, 77. philadelphia, shower thunderstorm around 84 degrees, that's the forecasted high. with all the humidity it will feel warmer than that. heavy, drenching downpours sticky out there, 70 outlying suburbs, 73 center city. for now we'll post morning rain sunday, afternoon sun and late in the day there could be a pop-up shower or thunderstorm.
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88 degrees sunday, feeling like the 90s with all the humidity. monday hotter, but less humid as a cold front swings through. tuesday, 92, wednesday okay, 86. thursday afternoon thunderstorm friday, periods of rain, 83. the good news most of rainfalls while all of us are sound asleep. >> perfect. >> reporter: tomorrow, father's day not as bad as we thought a couple of days ago. here's a preview of melissa magee's day trip to lancaster. >> we want everyone to discover everything there is in lang. >> reporter: intercourse bike work has rentals and guided tours geared to you. what makes the experience so unique. >> there's a cultural difference here, we try to plan
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the routes where you won't see anything else. >> there's plenty to see on the 8-mile route. >> people can come here and enjoy the lancaster experience. >> if you're going on a bike, you're going slow. it's beautiful. >> reporter: and the perfect end to your tour, homemade ice cream. >> when folks come into the visitor center i've got three or four routes. >> ice cream cheer in lancaster county!
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>> good saturday morning to you, sky6 live hd taking a live look for us now over wilmington, delaware, 72 degrees outside 5:51. another warning about cigarette smoking nearly all
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the deaths from cancer can be attributed to smoking. most of the cancers are in the lungs and throat. but a significant number of smokers die of bladder liver and mouth cancer. the number could be higher because it doesn't include none smockers -- nonsmokers whose cancer came from secondhand smoke. researchers found middle aged or orderly people who ate 3 1/2 ounces of chocolate a day seemed to have received heart health benefits this includes milk chocolate. researchers found assigned to low fat or low carb diet plan they followed it better an lost more weight. people tend to choose diets with
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foods they like which could lead to overeating and makes it harder to make the changes they need. >> it might be better to base it on their genetic profile or other factors. >> if trying to lose weight you might ask your healthcare provider to pick a diet plan for you. let's mobile. same plan. new phone. or a new plan. and a just in case. add a new line.
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good saturday morning to you, it is 5:55, 71 degrees outside, sky6 live hd taking a live look for us, now through our temple university camera. these are one of the bridges there, i'm not sure which one it is. ben franklin bridge it is. honda is recalling more than a million cars for the second time. first it was to fix the drivers side air bags, now the passenger side needs replacing 2001, to 05 civics and accords.
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30 million cars need to be repaired because of faulty air bags. if you noticed the internet slowing down, a new study reveals that the average time to download a website is up, because the average size of the website is 3 times what it was three years ago. embedded pictures and security is to blame. online traffic is up thanks to mobile devices and that's slowing things down, as well. if you have not received your tax refund from the city of philadelphia, you're not alone what else the deal with the checks? our nydia han got toll bottom of the delay. >> reporter: when we file our taxes we want our refund checks asap. a number of people contacted me and asked what's the deal with the wage tax refund. take a look at this one, we have
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not received our philly one and we filed in march. what's going on? here's francis says i filed early april the city claimed the check will be mailed june 11, i talked to francis this week and no check. i contacted the city's revenue department. officials confirmed the city is running behind. why? the delay is due to additional refund requests, a change in the business income tax generated increase in refund requests. the city promises me it has allocated additional staff and expects individuals to receive refunds in the next several weeks, that's the deal on the delay, keep me updated on facebook when you get your check or when whether the wait continues.
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>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m., saturday, june 20 here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." new overnight philadelphia police look for a gunman after a man is shot and killed near his home. the picture of a teenager hangs high on a billboard over the city of camden. his mother tells us why she put it there. it's going to be a soggy father's weekend, chris sowers joins us with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast it's not as bad as we were thinking. >> reporter: soggy father's day a lot of it will happen when all of us are sound asleep. when we're up, we'll see a few showers, but the brunt of it moves in the nighttime hours. live on sky 6. we're down in cape may. you'll see lots of clouds, this will not be a beach weekend in terms of

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