"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >> good afternoon sara is off and alicia vitarelli is joining us and we begin with breaking news this hour. the supreme court has declared that same sex couples have a right to marry in all 50 states, supporters cheered and cried when they heard the news, the landmark ruling was 5-4, with anthony kennedy casting the deciding vote. the ruling means no state can enforce a ban on same sex marriage and reaction is pouring in from all across the the country including from

president obama who just spoke at the white house. our live kofrm coverage begins in washington. >> reporter: in a historic decision, the united states is now a nation where gay people can get married. the supreme court ruled that gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to marry and the 5-4 decision is the end to an extensive and combative battle that some call the defining civil rights challenge of our time. it's a moment for history in a 5-4 decision the supreme court said that same sex couples have a constitutional right to marry in all 50 states. >> they confirm that all americans are entitled to equal protection of the law and all people are treated equally regardless of who they are or who they love. >> outside of the court

jubilation. >> this is about human dignity and equal ilt. >> with this decision same sex couples in the remain, 13 states have the same right as we have seen in many close decisions, justice anthony kennedy was the deciding vote. >> we'll continue to stand for the reality that marriage is between a man and woman. >> an abc news "washington post" poll found that in april 51% of gay americans should be allowed to marry the highest level ever. >> and they ruled that same sex couples must have the same federal benefits as married couples and they did not address if gay marriage was a constitutional right as of

today it is. live at the supreme court abc news back to you. >> lets switch live now to a rally underway in center city philadelphia. david henry joins us from the national constitution certain for what is going on there. >> reporter: hi they are starting to gather now for what amounts to a victory celebration here on the lawn of the national constitution center the rally taking place here shortly coincides with the center's exhibit on gay rights and the supreme court. >> i am obviously overjoyed. the local lgbt association is converging to celebrate that now it's the law of the land. >> they are in town for think son patrick's wedding to another man. >> i have great friends, a high school teacher of mine and i

tell him all the time he and his partner paved the way they have been together for 40 plus years and they are great guys. >> i have great examples of love in my life and i can pursue that to the fullest just like everybody else. >> the rally and decision comes just days away from the gay rights movement it began on july 4th 1964, when a group of gay rights activists held a demonstration that is where the 50th annual sell brings will take place this july 4th. >> 50 years later we should be at a point in time where we are treated as full first class american citizens with the right to marry a person of our choice is just monumental. >> reporter: they are celebrating here today but advocates say that the fight is not yet over, we have joint statements from two pennsylvania

legislators and a montgomery county commissioner and jim kenny, all calling for new laws, new an eye discrimination laws here in pennsylvania. live at the constitution center, back to you. >> thank you. the coverage of this historic ruling continues and you'll find more about the decision and reaction from around the country, it's all right there right now at 6abc.com. >> also breaking now three terror investigations underway at this hour after three different attacks today overseas and one has ties to our region. >> that one happened at france at an american gas factory based into lehigh county a man with suspected ties to islamic radicals and went in and a businessman was beheaded in the attack. it is based in upper macungie township. the main suspect is in custody.

>> and two gunmen opened fire on touristed in tunisia killing 27 people that followed an explosion at a mosque in could you wait 16 people are date and isis is claiming responsibility. a pennsylvania state trooper was injured in delaware county chopper 6 hd was over the scene of the southbound lanes of i-95 near new bartram avenue the cruiser was hit from behind trapping the officer inside of the vehicle for a short time and he was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. the cleanup continues in several area communities following tuesday's powerful storms camden county did not get the brunt of the storms but the worst damage they have seen there in years they are waiting a disaster proclamation to get extra funding. a backup generator running on gas is providing limited

electricity. there are tens of thousands of resident without power this noon pseg is reporting 2600 customers without service and delmarva is reporting 139 customers in the dark. atlantic city electric says 83,000 homes and businesses remain without service. and peco is reporting more than 16,000 customers without power this noon. accuweather is tracking more rain in the weekend forecast looking live outside on this friday afternoon in atlantic city it's mostly dry for now but lots of clouds in store and a soggy saturday. meteorologist, melissa magee is in for meteorologist david murphy at the big board and melissa playing the bearer of bad news this friday afternoon. >> we are tracking moisture in time for the start of our weekend tomorrow might be a good read a book day or go to the movies we are tracking the moisture overhead, 35 in

philadelphia and 70 in the poconos and along the coast in sea isle city, 72 7 degrees cooler in the city than the same time 24 hours ago satellite 6 along with action radar you see lots of clouds along the region you may find a few sunny breaks as this wave of low pressure passes to the north and east we'll talk about what to expect for the rest of our friday, partly cloudy with a temperature of 80 83 at 5:00 this evening 7:00 p.m. tonight 79 and a mostly cloudy skies and temperature of 75, it's a drier afternoon but it will turn soggy for saturday with the flood watch posted for lancaster county and with that comes cooler temperatures we'll look at the details in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> meanwhile, the tall ship festival continues after yesterday's grand entrance and there was a couple of casualties that occurred during the parade

of sails namely to the giant rubber ducky that seemed in somewhat of a foul mood and now we know why. he eva pilgram is live along the delaware with more on that. >> reporter: hey rick, oh the jokes the duck jokes can go on and on it's a beautiful day here along the delaware check out the tall ships here, one major attraction that huge bright yellow duck, she is in recovery right now after her ride had a little mishap. the banks of the delaware are bustling and crowds of people all here for different reasons to see the tall ship zplz we are here on a field trip to see all the ships and the aquarium. one thing missing is the world's largest rubber ducky. >> i am upset about that, that is one of the thicks we were talking about the whole time down here. >> she was camera shy yesterday, it looks like the duck was

hiding her head, turns out she had a bit of a wardrobe malfunction, the pontoon she rides on ripped. >> the pontoon will be repaired. no damage to her. >> duck or no duck, plenty of of tall boats to see and explore and experience. >> now the tall ships will be here all weekend and if you want to keep track of the rubber duck and find out where she will be organizers say they will send out social media alerts as for her status on the water but if she pops up on the water we are not going to miss her, in bright yellow. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> i wonder who will foot the bill -- >> let us know where to send get well soon cards and flowers and balloons in the meantime. >> the search for the man that shot into a family's car on a

freeway, what sparked the road rage attack in texas coming up. >> and one student's ride to prom ended with a $2200 ticket. the reason her uncle was fined for driving her to the big dance.

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folks were out in a packed arena in south carolina to mourn the reverend clementa pinckney. nine people were killed in the episcopal church last wednesday. president obama will deliver the eulogy this afternoon. and a fundraiser tonight in philadelphia was canceled for hillary clinton to attend the funeral. and questions are raised for hillary clinton and the soifber, they are unable to find 15 clinton emails from a group investigating the benghazi attack. she maintains she turned over all emails to the action. and police are looking for

someone that fired shotted into a family cars during a road rage the car is riddled with bullet holes they were driving to lunch when the lexus cut them off and they tailgated them and pulled up next to them and opened fire. >> i yelled to my son get on the floor, get on the floor. >> luckily nobody was hurt. the woman and her family helped police make a sketch of the gunman. >> and a veteran was denied a ride on a bus because of his service dog, he tried to board a bus but was refused because of his pit bull tank. he was not let on even though the dog was marked with a tag and a vest. he suffers from ptsd, and needs

the dog for many reasons. >> he wakes me up from night terrors and to take medication. >> another bus came through and allowed them to board new jersey transit says they are now investigating the complaint. prom night went from an unforgettable experience to one a new york teenager would rather forget. samira clark's uncle was on pickup duty. >> they said he was a for hire chauffeur, and i said this is my uncle. >> city officials were intended to keep students safe but these teens say they are humiliated and they miss two hours of their

prom a night they will never get back and uncle marvin fought the ticketp won. >> good for him. still ahead the pope weighs in on a touchy suspect his surprising comments on divorce. >> plus an 89-year-old veteran gets something he is waiting for for 70 years the diploma decades in the making.

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freebie friday. including hoagies and concerts. >> and a mom loves the name she picked for her daughter until it got her ran off the road. >> what happens when they see her little girl's moniker and why she chose the name in the first place. meteorologist, melissa magee, will have the seven-day forecast coming up when "action news" continues.

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meteorologist, melissa magee, is back with nice colors by the way. >> it's fuscia friday. >> it's a purple kind of day. >> it's a good day. stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see that it's dry right now after some early morning showers we had and those are all moving offshore, we have a mostly cloudy skies outside. we'll show you the picture outside, sky 6 hd looking at the center city skyline on this friday it's mostly cloudy and a few peeks of sun later on this afternoon we'll show you temperatures and what we are tracking later today it's a flood watch posted for lancaster

county, lasting through saturday evening, we are anticipating heavy rainfall the national weather service issued this flood watch and i would not be surprised if we got closer and closer as flood watches pop up in our region and the dew point is at 60 and the pressure is 29.99 and rising in the wake of showers this morning. 75 in philadelphia and 78 in allentown and the leehigh valley and 73 in wilmington here is satellite 6 along with action radar you can see the showers we dealt with along with moderate rainfall in south jersey and delaware that is offshore and we are tracking a system moving out of the midwest and getting closer to the ohio valley and that is our weather maker as we get into saturday in the near term enjoy the rest of tonight, the phils are at home taking on the washington nationals, humid

as well, first pitch 76 degrees as they get ready to play at 7:05 and we drop down to 70 by the ninth. and we had early showers and now we track a few peeks of sunshine today with a high temperature of coming in at 83 degrees and then another piece of energy that rides up along the stalled frontal boundary that is why the flood watch is posted for lancaster county an afternoon and evening soak on the way a cool day with a high of only 73 degrees, we could find 1 to 2 inches of rainfall. a few breaks in the clouds this afternoon it's warm and humid and we drop down to 83. tonight mostly cloudy and overnight hour closer to dawn. dropping down to 66 in philadelphia, here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, mostly cloudy today and high temperature it of 83 cooler tomorrow and 73 degrees,

a wet afternoon as well. on sunday, some improve. a mostly cloudy skies and clouds breaking for sun and a high temperature of 77 degrees, and just a pop-up shower likely by sunday afternoon and up to 84 degrees the upper 80s return on tuesday and it's humid with a high of 87 and a shower or storm likely and 87 on wednesday and 88 as we get into next thursday. the start of the weekend is not so great but the finish is a nice improvement. >> i refuse to let the soggy weather get in the way of nice weather. >> he is on fire a real comedian. >> a world war ii veteran received an honor he was wanting for 70 years a high school diploma william left high school to go into the army and he always felt he missed out and now he got what he is waiting

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"action news" continues at 12:30 now with the landmark decision from same sex marriage, in a split decision the highist court ruled that same sex couples can marry legally in all 50 states president obama spoke about the historic ruling less than two hours ago. >> those countless anonymous heroes deserve our thanks. they should be very proud. america should be very proud. >> and now celebrations have broken outs across the country including here in philadelphia. hello again sara is off and alicia vitarelli is joining us as we follow this developing news out of washington. >> today's decision is a culmination of gay rights activist that has roots right here in philadelphia. david henry is live at the national constitution cent