the taste could only be baileys. the experience could only be yours. baileys coffee creamers. this is the one. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon in the news a new jersey home is burned to

the ground what happened just before the fire sparked here this morning, and thieves target a store and how they got off with the atm. and the supreme court just made a decision on president obama's health care law, it preserves health care for nearly 9 million americans. and the tax subsidies to make it affordable do not depend on where they live. the president addressed the ruling just moments ago. >> nearly 1 in 3 americans who was uninsured a few years ago is insured today. the uninsured rate in america is the lowest since we have begun to keep records that is something we can all be proud of it. >> abc news will have a live report from the supreme court

coming up at 12:30. our other big story is the massive effort to restore power after tuesday night's storms more than 190,000 customers are without electricity and atlantic city is in the worst shape with more than 100,000 outages, but peco has 52000 customers without power the most being in delaware county that is where "action news" reporter david henry is standing by live. he is live in brookhaven with cleanup efforts there. >> reporter: they are making progress, this house behind me yesterday was barely visible and today the oak tree is mostly gone and the damage has a temporary patch but there is still a lot of recovery work to be done here. many neighborhoods do not have power. still 26000 customers without

electricity in delaware county alone. many have found shelter with friends and family and a number of shelters are open in the county. this morning they opened up ppl park for people that need to cool off and get a shower and get water. brook hafehaven hall remains open as a place to get ice and charge electronic electronics. delaware county remains under an emergency declaration that allows them to get federal and state aid. and this block is back online but it doesn't do much for this homeowner because the house is condemned. >> i can't go in there and my refrigerator and freezer will still run so i can get the food out and get it somewhere else so i can store it. >> the county is bringing in dry

ice for others trying to save their food and things are improving as we speak and i have gotten an update that it's down to 24000 customers now that are wourt power in delaware county. we are inform that all septa regional rail and services are back up and fully running here in delaware county. david henry channel 6 "action news." >> thank you david. an early morning fire destroyed a home in burlington county, on friendship road of southhampton township the house and garage burned down and fortunately nobody was inside at the time. the homeowner was staying with a friend after monday night's storm, the fire sparked shortly after electricity was restored. the state fire marshall will work to determine the cause another prison employee is charged with helping two killers in northern new york, the

correction officer is aaccused of delivering the tools that the men used to break out. marcy gonzales has more on the allegations. >> search teams are out trying to track these men down as we learn more about the help that investigators said they had in plotting and carrying out their prison break. >> another prison worker charged accused of helping the two inmates that escaped from the prison a few weeks ago corrections officer, gene palmer seen leaving court overnight delivered frozen hamburger meat with tools hidden inside if theal dwags is that he provided needle nose expires and a screwdriverer to the inmate. he would take sweat or matt in the cat walks behind their cells. they believe that palmer accepted gifts including paintings like these in exchange for their help.

>> palmer burned some of the painting to avoid the investigators from locating them. he was cooperating with investigators. >> i am here on my own free will to help and assist. he is out on bond his attorney denying his involvement. >> he had no knowledge that joyce mitchell hid contraband inside of the meat. >> a former inmate detailing the special relationship she had with one of funltives. >> she would bring him food and art supplies we used to call her his boo. >> and the search is 20 miles from the prison where they found the killer's dna in a hunting cabin and warn the men may now be armed. philadelphia police are looking for an intruder near rittenhouse square this is new surveillance video of the

suspect, he got into the window of a home, on the 1700 block of lombard street on june 13th investigators say he got away with stolen items worth an estimated $3000 and. a funeral is underway for ethel language and a viewing for sharonda coleman singleton services follow today. they were among the nine killed when a gunman opened fire at the ame church last wednesday and it will be the scene of a wake and service for reverend pinckney. and this is surveillance video from two men stealing an atm of the palm tree market on crescent street they pried the atm from a wall and rolled it out with a handtruck and put it

in that white work van and drove off, anybody that recognizes the men should contact philadelphia police. new jersey lawmakers are expecteded to vote on a 33.3$33.3 billion budget it puts a tax on earners and businesses, if passed the budget will go to chris christie who is expected to use his line item veto to cut out the tax hikes. and the tall ships parade of sail kicks off on the delaware waterfront. meteorologist, adam joseph and sharrie williams, joins us from the battleship new jersey. hey guys it looks like a lot of fun. >> it's absolutely beautiful. a light breeze and we are on the uss new jersey, overlooking a beautiful skyline. >> it doesn't get any better perfect. >> 15 years since the tall ships

ported in philadelphia and camden and we'll have a parade of ships all coming in at the same time, this is a four day festival. there are is a tall ships coming along the river and a fire boat coming down here and everybody is talking about the world's largest rubber ducky. >> he will be magnificent to see our own karen rogers got a behind the scenes look at one of them. >> reporter: getting on is not easy. we are here on the elgalon, the only replica of a galon still sailing today. and you live here this is your life. on the ship from china to spain to hear. all over. >> it's a replica of a 16th century spanish galon it allowed spain to become an

empire. they were bringing all the gold back from cyprus back to spain, we allow people to come on board and see how they lived and sailed back in the days. when we are sailing, in these four hours you are on watch you have to do anything the captain says you have to do. >> so everyone has to pull their weight. >> the yard, that holds the sail, this one is 5,000 pounds that is why we need some many people to work the ships. >> so if something needs to be fixed or done, it's volunteers and it makes the ship still run. >> once you do it it hooks you up and you never leave. >> are you excited for everyone in philadelphia to see this beautiful ship. >> it's our first time here in philadelphia and we are excited to come here and i hope everyone gets a nice experience when they come on board. >> yes come on and come down

and get on board we are so excited about it the tall ships parade of sail. we hope you'll join us live here at 2:00 on channel 6, it should be exciting and a fun show, just seeing the parade of sail with all the tall ships. >> some of them are so big rick and sara, they have to wait until low tide after 3:00, they only have 6 inches of room to get under the ben franklin and walt whitman bridge that shows how massive they are. >> to see them here in the delaware river is so cool and we have not seen them here in 15 years. >> a beautiful sight. a lot of people will be lineded up along the waterfront. >> they are already here. >> thank you. >> more to come on "action news" at noon, advise from one mayor to another. we have a report from rome as philadelphia mayor michael nutter gets ready to host the pope. and an investgation into whole

foods. >> and we are are gathering team to the west of us and some showers as well. will that hinder our parade of sail we'll talk about that and another chance of steadier rain over the weekend. >> those stories and much more when "action news" at noon continues in just a moment.

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philadelphia mayor michael nutter met with the mayor of rome today for advice on happenedling the crowds that follow the pope. brian taff is there. >> reporter: good afternoon once again from rome we are standing right now outside of rome's city hall where just a few minutes ago mayor michael nutter and the philadelphia delegation met with rome's mayor talking about the crowds that typically follow the pope wherever he goes, here in rome that is an every day occurrence, and he had practice experience and advice to offer philadelphia's mayor. for the mayor philadelphia is also a second home, he was a transplant surgeon for years at jefferson hospital and talked about his fondness for the city of brotherly love. >> wonderful city and wonderful

people and love to go back any time i can and this time will be wonderful. >> mayor marino will join the pope and come back for that weekend after the papal mass he says it's much like a homecoming we intend to learn more about hard facts expected attendance and money raised so far and the numbers needed to take part in this event. >> can you get updates on the pope's visit in september by following our dedicated twitter account at 6 abc pope. >> still ahead here on "action news" at noon, the secret of the centenarian club the keys to living a healthier and happier life. >> someone tells me it's dancing.

whole foods is accused of ripping off customers at some locations in new york eight stores routinely overstated the weight of certain products so they could charge people more. like a package of chicken tenders overpriced by $4 and a package of shrimp overpriced by

$15 whole foods paid penalty to settle similar claims in california in 2002. the company disagrees with the new allegations. they are the fastest growing group of americans people that live to be 100. in the art of the aging report tamala edwards gets the secret from those that know. >> hardly a week goes by on "action news" for a birthday party for someone that passes the century mark, 104 and 106 now the annual centenarian lunch hosted by mayor michael nutter is too large to hold it where it was. the three other major factors are squarely in our hans. >> maintaining weight in an

ideal range and never being overweight that means healthy eating through life and shaking bad habits early online smoking or drinking. and be active, like martin fisher he swims and volunteers at the hospital. >> that is not a complete exaggeration he started here at the age of 96 the retired businessman is master of the records room. >> i get all of their folders ready for the people that are coming in the next day. and when they leave, they put the folders back in my room and i file them all the way. >> and then stay connected to other people. >> people that are engaged in life with family and friend networks tend to live longer and happier lives.

>> fisher dines out with friends regularly and have a close relationship with a widow in another apartment complex. fisher says don't think about what you have done but about what you want to do. >> all right there you go. the "action news" team is out working on news teams for tonight beginning at 4:00. after all the speculation we have concrete details about chris christie's presidential plans. what we are learning about the governor's white house bid. >> the water drain big enough to swallow a boat. >> and accuweather is next at noon meteorologist, david murphy, will have the seven-day forecast, as we wait for the tall ships to sail in. "action news" continues in a moment.

meteorologist david murphy is hire now with a somewhat changing forecast as far as precipitation is concerned. >> we could get showers in the evening and later tonight. for now stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we are high and dry across the region and still waiting for the clouds to come in from the west as we look outside, it's a fairly sunny morning, the action cam was out at one of the public parks there and the capital of knowledge plenty of sunshine earlier today as clouds filtered in through the rest of the afternoon, the dew point is down there in the 50s and it doesn't feel all that humid and winds are calm currently at the airport and we are looking at a generally light 6 to 12 miles per hour breeze and 78 in read and and 80 in wilmington and 80 in millville, if you are strolling the boards in sea isle city, your current temperature is 80. and east greenwich township

determined that the straight line wind damage was indeed straight line winds and not a tornado and instead they are blaming a macro burst a form of straight line winds that comes when a storm is dumping a lot of rain on the surface and moving along at a strong speed. and in fact we had wind gusts up to 85 miles per hour. that is the estimate based on the damage on the ground and that happened tuesday evening, and it lasted between 5 and 20 minutes, i often tell you it only takes 30 seconds of a gust to grab something and knock it over. looking ahead we have the clouds continuing to build now through the rest of afternoon, not a lot of precipitation and can't rule out spotty shower moving through and it looks like most of the time we are dry and later on in the evening and nighttime hours after 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 we have a better

chance of showers building in and could be thunderstorms embedded in this that could be on the gusty side, take cover if you hear thunder or get a sense that the winds are picking up. 83 is today's high in the lehigh valley and can't rule out a spotty shower and at the shore increasing clouds a late day or evening thunderstorm, the likelihood at the shore is an increase in cloud cover and 86 degrees and increasing clouds and late day thunderstorm possible and winds out of the southwest at 6 to 12 68 is the overnight low and after midnight another round of rain arrives, sun giving way to clouds today and hopefully dry for the parade of sail this afternoon and 79 tomorrow with rain in the morning and starting after midnight and continuing into the early part of the morning and it stops pretty quickly and sun is

back in play and friday evening is looking good, we have the change on tap for saturday and a high of only 74 and cooler conditions and during the afternoon there could be sprinkles and showers developing and we expect a soaking rain to arrive and that may not be until later saturday night and mainly dry and 78 and warmer next week.

knew "action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. hello again, here are the stories we are following for you at 12:30 now. a major decision from the supreme court on federal health care, the victory for the obama administration and what is next for the affordable care act and cleanup in the tri-state area, after tuesday's storms ripped across the region, the help pouring in from across the country and tall ships coming down the delaware for the first time in 15 years. now the details on a big decision today on a u.s. supreme court. they up held a key element of the affordable care act. >> at the supreme court another big victory for president obama's health care