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>> l ever >> the big story on "action news" is frustration mounting and anger over being "kept in the dark" days after our big storm.
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annie mccormick is live in voorhees with the latest from there. tough times for them, annie. >> reporter: monica, that's right. some parts of camden county that's the case. here in voorhees you can see debris lining the streets. which is actually a sign of progress because that debris made its way from front and back lawns on to the streets here eventually hoping to get it cleaned up. but not every part of camden county now has power back on like here in voorhees. some people are still in the dark. >> it's been a little more than 48 hours season the storm. >> what we're getting from atlantic electric it could be saturday or sunday. >> dark apartments are part to have plame for four seniors with breathing problems and were hurt due to falls. >> i have to go to my doctor tomorrow he may tell me to go to the hospital and because i'm
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having a hard time breathing now. >> camden county emergency management officials are working with volunteers of america who run the hud facility a backup generator is providing limited electricity camden count question did not get bankrupts of the storm like other parts of south jersey but it's only of the worst damage they've seen in recent years and they're waiting for he proclamation. rain is hindering cleanup process. >> tonight we can't so wor on told until we see what the weather rings home weather rings home well where are they they got picked up those items actually existed.
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>> and keep emotions aside when you're making claims and if you feel like you're not getting everything you should out of your insurance company you should call a public adjuster. for now reporting live in voorhees annie mccormick "channel 6 action news" monica. >> thank you andy. new cellphone video shows violent minutes as storm swept through brook haven delaware county sparking wires and shearing off tree stops and today residents without power are waiting for hands-outs of ice trying to keep food from spoiling others when to ppl park in chester where they could get a meal, water ice shelter. peco energy and out of state contractors are working around the clock to restore power. for tens of thousands of people the lights may not be back on until the weekend. >> they are making progress though and here are the latest numbers. down to 31500 customers from several hundreds thousand and in the immediate aftermath and atlantic city electric remains hardest hit with 107000 out annuals remaining and pse&g and
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delmarva down to150 0. "action news" team will be tracking overnight updates for you and they'll be back beginning 4:30 a.m. and melissa magee will be long later in the newscast with the rainy forecast from accuweather. >> and politics another victory for obamacare courtsey of supreme court for second time the high court upheld the affordable care act this time a volt of 6-3 pivotal decision allows federal tax credits that subsidize health credits for mills yonz of american. they delivered the opinion on a case that hinged on four words saying the court was following what it believes congress intended president obama called it a vick toringy saying our grand kids will be incred ulus some day that poor used to be denied healthcare. another momentous decision
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from high court could come as early as tomorrow on gay marriage and weighing rights of same-sex couples versus states with enacted bans. >> a violent video went viral a group of teenagers mercilessly beating a philadelphia high school student and what sickened people was not just the brutality but kids were laughing and bragging about. it we want to warn you this is tough to watch however dann cuellar reports police and public are refusing to let this one slide. >> police say the video of attack on the 17-year-old martin luther king high school students was posted all over social immediate with and assailants were branging about it people can be heard laughing in the background and then somebody wakz him again hard in the mouth and knocks out some of his teeth. >> this kid was innocent person he did nothing to anybody. >> police state incident
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happened two weeks ago june 4 as teenager was walking home in 6500 block of wister three blocks from the high school. >> you can see he right here the victim is down on knees covered up curled up defensive position and not trying to attack and he's being attacked simultaneously at times. onlookers and nobody is assisting or rendering aid. >> the teenager suffered major dental injuries i, concussion and required a number of stitches to his head. >> it breaks my heart, breaks my heart. >> residents were outraged after seeing the video themselves. >> it made my stomach turn it's ridiculous somebody would beat somebody else's child -- anybody like that. >> defenseless and you have five guys i'm glad they found all five of them. >> someone brought the video to school's attention and together with police they were able to identify the five men involved. four 16 years and an 18-year-old male. >> the adult is jerome batson
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and four juveniles were not just forced from school but facing serious charges. they could also see some serious jail time. >> north west detectives i'm dann cuellar "channel 6 action news." >> on a lighter note a spectacular display sailed down the delaware river as crowd of thousands gathered along the banks to watch. this was the sales. sailing vessels from creeky wood edge ships to big boats are close-up. one of the most popular attractions so far has no master sales in fact it's rocky record size ruby duck yich the tall ship festival by the way runs through sunday. >> just three months until pope francis comes to philadelphia. security of course is the city's top priority not just keeping holy father safe among expected cout of 2 million but also
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keeping faithful safe too. while still giving them the experience of family events. brian taff is wrapping up rome, italy with a look at both issues. >> we have heard the world meeting of families described as huge and historic. but today we got a sense of scope and specific challenges that come along with hosting an event of that magnitude. not least of which is keeping pope safe rome's mayor iing naisho is versed with dealing with the crowds the pope's presence can inspire. today, his team gave philadelphia a kind of play book for how to handle it. >> with an event like this it has samesh use these are issue now got problem. >> mayor malino should know good a transplant surgeon by trade he
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lived in philadelphia from 2000 to 2007 practicing jefferson university hospital and living at second and spruce. >> it makes it very, very easy for us to communicate and get things done. >> samantha phillips is director of emergency management and shee and city police are here toe dot i's and cross t's of security. >> it's a complex event and planning structure is equally or more complex. >> in addition to the potentially million person crowd that will come to see the pope there's four days of events prior to his arrival that will draw visitors from 150 countries. it is lodge is tucks of dealing with that kind of crowd that brought the price tag to $45 million all to be privately raised. >> we've been very blessed we have more than 30 million. >> beyond cost and security this is all about the family and when
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asked what the point was of all of this vatican organized put it like this the world is like one house and all the people should be like one family. >> we're in vatican city tonight brian taff channel "action news". >> and the trip to rome may be over but you can always get the latest on the plans for the pope's visit for philadelphia in september by following dedicated fwiter account at 6abc pope. still to come on "action news," new jersey passes a rescue plan for atlantic city and sources say chris christie has something big to announce next week and uber prompted riots and fiery protests across france today. melissa. >> monica we're tracking moderate rainfall to the south is of philadelphia and this continues through the overnight hours and we'll let you know when it clears up for friday. details in the accuweather >> i'm health reporter ali gorman a young boy battling cancer has a wish come true he's
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home with his families and puppies thanks to the again rossty of stranger. the story is coming up. >> also jamie apody with sirmz number three pick in nba draft today they did not take the person everyone thought they were going for we'll explain
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sxwrv new jersey lawmakers passed a rescue plan today for most important piece of bells and would not let casinos in lieu of taxes for 15 years and how much they owe the state instead of facing increases every year. the others would create new stated occasions aid for atlantic city and mandate health insurance and retirement men bits for casino workers and divert
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divert chris christie declared candidacy in new hampshire to campaign for first primary it's vital for him to do well there so mar are far he's not starting off strong. cnn poll finds him way back among new hampshire voters tied for 7th place with neurosurgeon ben car season and more people find him unfavorable so far than like him. >> meanwhile donald trump it poling second place behind jeb bush it's lerl and i most are not kit committed to any candidate yet. >> trump had different troubles of hisen spanish uniinvestigation isp droing
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usome a pageant from what he said about immigrants and that a wall should be built to keep them out. trump's words. trulp says criticism is directed to u.s. policy makers and he will sue uni vision if they don't air miss usa. >> tomorrow president obama will travel to charleston south carolina to gift eulogy at clementa pinkney's funeral. today, hundreds paid their respects to victims at the lance and coleman singleton the family of dylann roof released a statement adds well today saying they know people are asking questions about their 21-year-old but they didn't want to any anything yet while victims families are grieving. >> violent protests worked out over uber taxi drivers wept on strike nation wide setting fires and flipping cars.
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the sharing service was ruled illegal last year and private drivers are still picking up passengers. regular cabbyes are saying it is putting them out of business. >> "healthcheck" at 11 we have an update to a story we first brought you two weeks ago thanks to the again rossty of strangers a little boy battling cancer is getting his dying wish. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman with the story. he wanted to westbound his little brother and his four puppies. >> i wanted to fulfill his wishes. >> i spoke with his parents two weeks going outside the children's hospital they were happy with the hospital care and with no more openings to treat his cancer stage four neuroblast home ajulianne wanted to go home. but hos pits care where they live in upstate new york could not take him. even that's when his story went
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viral on social media. and with the help of a post from cincinnati bengals player devon still what daughter also battled neoblast home a. card heir of wigs and wishes went to work. ceo of kennedy health led to samaritan healthcare and hospice their nurses are trained to care for terminal kids and still need a local home for julianne. that is where mary gabrielley and her daughter brenda come in. marry lost her husband frank to als a few years ago. and she can relate to how julianne's parents feel so she welcomed them. >> i have this big house and i want to do something to make somebody happy. >> upon leaving the hospital julianne was even escorted by police and wounded war jurors. >> it's beautiful to know you can post something an say hey guys whoever is listening i need to help this kid and then just heaven's gates on up. >> he's happier.
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it rally put a lot of life back into him the love people have it's incredible. >> the little boy. >> they deposit know. >> the home setting for julianne will give him more space, more fresh air and he can have his entire family there. but his story shines the spotlight on a nationwide problem that we need more resources in more areas to offer home hospice care to kids who need. it ali gorman, "channel 6 action news." >> glad to see that happen for him. >> talking about the weather the last thing we needed was rain that's what we're geting. we're getting it monica. in south jersey it's picking up a little bit. we'll show you that on stormtracker 6 double scan radar along the 95 corridor trenton to philadelphia and wilmington and light moisture and you can see the pocket of heavier raib fall for delaware, even south jerz write and we'll go in tighter on street-level with storm tracker 6 in atlantic county came may
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and cumberland we're dealing with moisture in millville east of mays landsing town to sea isle sit and cape may to fortescue and also around route 1 kent county delaware in dover we have that moisture overhead and that continues for the rest of the overnight hours and first half of the morning on friday. temperatures otherwise with that easterly wind north easterly wind cool in philadelphia 69, 62 poconos and dover 70 along the coast in sea isle is they 73. 67 trenton. here's satellite 6 along with action radar we're tracking weak level of moisture. it's weak ripple of energy currently moving on through. severe weather south of us you can see severe thunderstorm watch boxes popping up across virginias and north carolina and that's where the heaviest moisture will stay for our region and stay south of us for rest of tonight. for the call for accuweather morning rush mostly cloudy and allow for wet weather for the
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commute tomorrow morning. 6 a.m. temperature 67 and 8:00 in the morning we'll still be holding in the upper 6 0s. here's setup as we close out the workweek friday again tracking area of low pressure that moves offshore. so allow for early morning showers afterwards peeks of sunshine and high temperature 80. clouds mixing with sun by the afternoon and little instability in the atmosphere leetding to popup shower or thunderstorm liver in the average. and saturday ridge of high pressure moves offshore and we're tracking another wave of energy that moves in as we get to saturday afternoon into saturday evening and a good soaking on the way for the start of our weekend. we can find anywhere from inch to 2 inches of rainfall cooler day in philadelphia 74. if you travel up north of city tomorrow to get weekend started on friday it's mostly cloudy, high temperature in poconos at 71 and it turns wet on saturday. cool day too clouds and sunshine
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as moisture departs sunday high of 66. down the shore the ocean temperature coming in at 71. on the beach and sand tomorrow tracking those morning showers otherwise high of 75. breezy and unsettled. it's not best beach day by day. high of 74. clouds and sunshine on sunday and in at 78. here's exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast damp start tomorrow high temperature 80. however by the afternoon soaking on saturday. it's cool day high of just 74. 78 sunday with improvement and 82 monday and upper 80s as we get to next tuesday, wednesday and thursday monday kaxt so watch out for a bit of damp commute tomorrow morning. >> thank you so much melissa another group of graduates celebrated commencement tonight philadelphia opportunities industrial relations septemberer said fair well to 63 students from opportunities in the hospitality training institute program dedicated to elimination of poverty, unemployment and i
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will literacy within the philadelphia community congratulations to them. >> the godfather came alive in a new way tonight for a packed house. >> the iconic score live while you can see recent movie plague on start of the art sound system video screen sure to make experience a powerful one for the audience. >> rush has been recognized with
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>> the town center revitalization center today back in 198 a huge fire destroyed two-thirds of the downtown business district and some buildings were there since early 1900s this new three-story 10,000 square foot, mixed-use building will be built and hopefully begin a rebirth. jamie is here with sports and sixers here tonight and lot of pressure. >> we knew that would happen every mock draft had ohio state deangelo russel after all they need a point guard and lakeers pulled a fast one and got russel at number two. anyone's ge to what sam hinkey's move would be.
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>> philadelphia 76ers select jalil okafor. >> some pegged him as top overall pick. 6' 10" big man led duke to khap peeming shn 17.3 point and 8.5 repounds bounds for blue devils interesting pick because they have noel and embib. >> sixers fans had this reaction to the team's official draft party at dill rorj plaza and mixed emotions and most celebrating and some upset that the lakeers took russel. there were die hard in attendance at the barkley center as well we find jeff skversky there. jeff, when was reaction in the building when okafor's name was called. >> jamie sixers fans erupted with excitement and many even surprised but jalil oak for says he's not surprised at all duke center knows this this is a possibility to fall to sixers at
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3 even though he didn't work out for this team. you know who else is not surprised joel embib perhaps the other sixes's center knewing this he texted okafor and said i'll see new philly tomorrow. how will this work? with all the big guys, noel, embib and now okafor. >> there's a lot of big guys and it's my job to figure it out. they both want to win and so do i. we'll figure it out. >> when you see the sixers jersey knowing you will put it on what does that mean to you. >> legacy with a lot of great players to have worn the jersey and big shoes to fill. but i'm excited about it. >> you were the number one post up scorer in college basketball. what you can bring this philadelphia 76ers team. >> definitely don't have trouble scoring i am confident and can score and when i'm with one man
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i'm a great passer and teammate and all about winning. so i'm excited. >> and so should sixers fans than guy can score and sixers needed they were second worst scoring team in nba last year look he helped duke within a national cham paneship as a freshman and sixers of course starving for a title too and hopefully he can bring one to philadelphia. jeff skversky "channel 6 action news." >> sixers ready for more big men coming up sixers third round pick and i'll tell you who they
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>> sixers had five more picks in second round i'm officially
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confused they ekt are selected another big man willie from spain and court mate of one that went fourth to knicks and 37 wow believe another big man? 6' 9" rashawn holmes out of bowling green he was mac defensive player of the year. somebody has to differ them a ball. they need a guard somewhere. dar hiliard picked by pistons second round as well. >> "jimmy kimmel live" followed by "nightline". jim a yes, sir guest jada pinket smith and "action news" continues at 4:30 with karen rogers and david murphy and for adam cecily, ducis, jim gardner and the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass make it a great night.
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