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>> good morning, it is 5:30, saturday june 27 here's some of the stories we're working on on "action news." breaking news, smoke and flames shoot from a corner grocery store in philadelphia's wynnewood section, we have the latest. weeks after a truck driver is gunned down in yeadon, a reward is on the table to help catch his killer. get ready for a soaker, a flood watch has been issued for parts of our area and last night we had flash flooding. i had trouble getting in there
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were areas that were blocked off, you couldn't drive. >> reporter: it was a small area, it was a couple of miles wide most of us us didn't see anything at all. we had a couple of cells develop in the overnight hours around 11:00, it salt over the same area for an hour or two and produced flooding. we'll have more rain over the ben franklin bridge. the rain will be heavy at times because of all the rain we've seen over the last few days, the national weather service issued a flood watch the far western suburbs where areas could see inasmuch as 2 inches of rain, we're seeing the leading edge push into the western suburbs now. this is a patchy drizzle or brief 0 shower. as we go to the south you can see the heavy stuff move in here course of the day and produce
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drenching downpours cloudy and cooler and windy 72 degrees that's the forecasted high. winds out of the east at 15 to 25 miles per hour. it will get worse as the day wears on. 3:00 p.m., # -- 72. 6:00 p.m., # -- 70 degrees. there's chance of gusty thunderstorms, a mess this afternoon, i'll break it down for you with the timing and when it pulls out when i see you again in just a few minutes. >> the flash flooding overnight caused a mudslide in west conshohocken. the water dumped rocky debris on balligomingo road. police tried to block traffic but some cars got through the muck. the action cam found a foot of
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water on the the road at 2:00, police were diverting drivers. breaking news, firefighters were or not scene of a massive fire that heavily damage a corner grocery store and apartment in philadelphia's wynfield section. the action cam on the scene of the 1800 block of north 54th street. this is a grocery store with apartments above. you can see flames shooting out of the windows, crews called for a second alarm to bring in more manpower, they brought the fire under control at 4:30, a firefighter suffered a minor injury but expected to be okay. by air and ground police police are intensifying the search for david sweat a killer on the run from an upstate new york prison. richard matt another murderer who fled with sweat is dead. a border patrol agent shot him after he spotted him with a gun
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him the tip came from a driver who found a bullet hole in his camper. >> we have no sighting of sweat, but we have no indication that sweat wasn't accompanying matt at the time he was shot and killed. the police are following up on leads, 2400 since the prison break, we'll bring you more on the search, a report from abc news in the next half-hour. # -- six people are recovering from a fire at the graterford prison. investigators are looking into whether it was started by an inmate. 6 were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation, it is believed they are corrections officers. police want -- have identified the suspects in a shooting who opened fire along the 4100 block on monday, 11 people were hurt including
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children. >> one victim was a 1-year-old child who has three pellets e pellets, one in her neck and two in her chest. >> police are urging witnesses to call them with information. a delaware county woman a making a plea for help. she searching for the man who killed her only brother, "action news" reporter dann cuellar reports this is no the first time violence devastated their family. >> reporter: we met sharon conroy at the memorial garden for the families of victims of violence, her brother is memorialized as a big eagles fan and fisherman and truck driver. she wanted people to know what kind of of person her brother was. >> he would stick up for anybody he met on the street. he was gunned down during a
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robbery as he was loading up his delivery truck on baltimore avenue 3:48 a.m. a description was provide to the police, but he has not been captured. >> i don't want this guy to get away with this deed. i don't want this guy out on the street hurting somebody else else. sharon conroy lost her only son to violence back in 2008 the starbucks manager at the marriott was randomly attacked and killed by five simon gratts high school students. >> this is my way of honoring my brother. and hopefully catching his killer. through the citizens crime commission, the family is offering a ten thousand dollar reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, if
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you know anything anything at all call the crime commission at 215-546-tips. in upper chichester, i'm dann cuellar. >> the phillies are in the market for a new manager. ryan sandberg abruptly resign catching everybody off guard including the front office. annie mccormick has reaction. >> reporter: ryan sandberg said he's been thinking about this for several weeks he came to the decision on his own. >> i said i was going to the phillies game, they said they will be playing without a manager. i said is he sick. >> reporter: sick of losing. the former phillies second baseman came aboard as an interim manager before his promotion as manager in 2013 replacing charlie manuel. sand burger merchandise was pulled off the racks and discounted. fans had mixed opinions.
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>> i was disappointed to see him go, he doesn't have a lot to work with. >> i think they should have catch charlie. >> reuben has got to be next. since 2008 world champion it has declined since there. sandberg got choked up and addressed people. >> hear in philadelphia, i have met some of the most passionate baseball fans on a daily basis that always gave me encouragement and they love their baseball team and that's something i will never forget. >> reporter: many thinking maybe a change in management they might make it back to the world series, again, one day tonight they did fall to the nationals 5-2. reporting in south philadelphia, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news."
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>> the white house is lit up in rainbow colors to commemorate the supreme court's ruling to legalize same-sex marriages. president obama said the decision made our union a little more perfect. in new hope, bucks county, rainbow flags lined the street, residents threw a town wide party. supporters gathered on the lawn of the national constitution center to celebrate. mayor nutter joined those festivities. >> none of us can be free until we're all free. none of us rights until all of us have rights. let's end discrimination of all kinds. archbishop charles chaput issued a statement the task for believers is to form our own families even more deeply in the love of god and rebuild a healthy marriage culture one marriage at a time from the debris of the decision. our coverage of the historic
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ruling is at 6abc.com, there you will find more details about the decision, swells reaction from across the country. secretary of state john kerry is in and you say tree -- austria for talks about iran's nuclear program. iran britain germany russia and china are negotiating. the leader is resisting a long term hat in nuclear production. what the sanctions will be if that doesn't happen are being hammered out. a new warning about skinny jeans, the popular pants landed a woman in the hospital. plus, americans spend billions of dollars on pet care each year. but a few simple stems could save you big bucks. >> reporter: coming up in weather, if you're down the
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shore, periods of rain today heavy stuff moving in later this afternoon, i'll have the timing and the seven-day forecast when we come right back.
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two more people were attacked by sharks this weekend by then over the outer banks of north carolina. another person was bitten near hilton head, south carolina, all six people have been injured in shark attacks in recent weeks
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most of us them are along the carolina coast there. lifeguards and swimmers are on alert. a montana family have the video of a vacation to yellowstone national park. they have a grisly bear grabbing a hold of their vehicle. >> there's a bear on my car. >> it wasn't scary for my wife and i we've had experience with bears before, they were curious more than anything else. >> wasn't scary in what? there are still scratch marks and muddy paw prints on the family's car they don't to wash away the evidence yet of their wild encounter. holy cow. >> it's like six flags great adventure, go through the is is a a -- safari all the time.
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there's a beautiful shot of atlantic city, all the sunshine down there we'll have clouds rolling in, and rain quickly following. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're clear, but if you look at the left-hand side of the screen, the green is starting to spread in that's the drizzle. heavy rain started falling around 10:00 11:00. some of them were heavy producing flash flooding near radnor 3 inches. bryn mawr, two inches, norristown again a lot of this falling between 10:00 and 1:00 a.m. producing all kinds of flooding problems up and down the schuylkill expressway that was from one lone thunderstorm cell, it didn't have anything to push it along its way so it salt over this area right here -- sat over this area right here, rainfall totals 3 inches. we'll see another 2 3 inches of
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rain with today's system. up here we're talking about a drought, this month it's the opposite, a good mairnlgtd of area is -- majority of the area is seeing a surplus. 68 for philadelphia. 70 on the boards in atlantic city. washington, d.c. to richmond, heavy rain, flash flooding in this part of the mid atlantic. we have two areas of low pressure, this is something you would see during the winter months these are called synoptic storms. anything like this is up in canada, we're getting these features developing during the middle of june. the this pushes to the north and brings a slug of moisture into the area. hopefully by sunday morning we clear out and we'll see the return of sunshine during the day. 5:30, we're looking at clouds
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right now, and i think this will be a little under done right now. we're expecting more in the way of coverage as the rain moves in. it will be heavy heavier by 5:30 and last into the overnight and by sunday morning homefully this is -- hopefully this is pulling way we'll see sun and clouds. rainfall totals range anywhere from 1 to 2-inch inches throughout the entire viewing area. gusty thunderstorms are possible for areas south of philadelphia. south jersey, and delaware, where we are under a slight risk of severe weather poconos a lot of rain up there today 62 degrees sunday, mostly cloudy, 66. throes a chance of an isolated shower or two sunday promises to be much better than what we'll see today. jersey shore no beach time,
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74 degrees, breezy and rainy. 78 degrees is the forecasted high. the poconos jersey shore has a chance of an isolated shower, sunday being the better day by far. philadelphia, periods of rain, breezy 73 degrees, more rain overnight tonight, some of it heavy be on the look out for a gusty thunderstorm. 62 degrees outlying suburbs 67 for center city. the return of sunshine sunday, warmer day both days will be breezy. an instability shower is possible during the afternoon on sunday. monday, 82 we dry out, 86 tuesday, becoming humid again we have showers and thunderstorms, one or two storms producing drenching downpours saturday partly sunny 86.
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-- friday, partly sunny 86 degrees. with the threat of severe weather come back to 6abc.com/weather our live storm tracker 6 live images, we'll let you know what's coming and when, and the accuweather team keeps you up to date with the latest information.
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>> good saturday morning to you, it is officially the weekend. sky6 live hd taking a live look for us there over the camden waterfront. that's the ferris wheel that are the tall ships that's going on right now. chris sowers says we could have sprinkles this morning, but the heavier rain won't roll in until later in the morning. as you head out there, you want to go early this morning. people suffering from peanut allergies may get relief in the form of a new drug. a french pharmaceutical company
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is working on a product to help early sufferers increase their tolerance. fda approved fast-track testing for the drug. the company hopes to sell it early in 2018 if all goes well. doctors in australia have i should a new warning about the dangers of skinny jeans. it comes after a woman was hospitalized after four days because of muscle damage and nerve blockage while wearing them while packing boxes. >> she would have trip over. >> the woman did trip and fall because her feet was numb. she was stranded before going to the hospital. her jeans had to be cut off. millions of americans have small wire cages implanted in
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heart arteries after chest pain, but there's never been any study to show whether they prevent heart attacks. federal health experts are launching a trial to find out just that. they want to find out if the stents help people recover from chest pain or whether a combination of drugs can do the same thing. i'm whoopi goldberg and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world and no better place to lean about the people who shaped who we are today. hear about the lives of slaves in colonial new york and about the fight to abolish slavery.
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>> data breaches are becoming more and more common but there are ways consumers can protect themselves. change your passwords often and make them complicated. find out whether your bank and credit card companies have multifactor authentication, a multistep process that offers more protection than a password alone. pet care can add up. americans are expected to spend 60 billion-dollar on their pets alone. but there are simple ways to
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slash the bills. we have the details. >> reporter: beat five-year-old kinsy and camden. >> we worry about the dynamic between the dogs like we would if we had two children. >> reporter: as most pet parents know our friends could be costly. >> she is in medical school so it's tough having one income. >> reporter: their annual spending over $4,000. we brought in the big guns, animal expert and veterinarian. >> your pets medicines don't have to buy at your doctor's office. the markup is marked up 100%. use apps, good rx or lowest medicine. it let's you compare prices in the neighborhood.
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we found the same metaphor $103, tip number two instead of a professional groomer consider self service pet washes and for grooming supplies use pet edge and chewy.com. you spent $704, we can get that down 70%. for food and treats consider amazon prime you'll pay a description fee but the the discounts add up. and a bonus tip next time your family leaves town consider rover.com, dog lovers sign up to care for your pup in their home and it can cost 40% less than a
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kennel. all in all our insiders saving this couple over $1,500. >> that was -- we've got much more coming up on "action news" saturday morning penn state speaking out after not one but two cyber attacks on their computer system. changes are coming to lego iconic building blocks, we have the details we'll ebb right back. hey, honey. day dreaming? [laughing] sorry. about being at the beach? uh... yeah. in the caribbean? that's odd... at our very own beach house? how do you know? you've got the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. oh, yeah! $1,000,000 big money with top prizes of a million dollars.
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>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m., saturday, june 27 here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." philadelphia police are investigating a pedestrian accident that sent a teenager to the hospital. one of the two inmates who escaped from an upstate new york prison is dead. the hunt for the second escapee is intensifying. a warning for americans one day after a deadly terror attack in three countries. let get a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast first, chris sowers. we have seen flash flooding overnight. >> reporter: if you have a plan b. today will be a miserable day

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