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sentencing day for a doctor that told people they had cancer. and how the soak receipt service is getting ready for the big challenge this fall. but the big news is the cleanup from normal possible tornado in pennsylvania, chopper 6 hd gave us a better look at the instruction this morning. it left an elementary school in ruins and most of the roof is gone and class roms are torn apart. lets go live to john rawlin has as the national weather is arriving to survey the damage. >> they say it may take them an hour to two hours to assess the situation to determine the cause of all the damage. could it have been a tornado, whatever the case, it was an intense storm it happened while

a staffer was still inside. this cell phone video of the early morning storm that could be a tornado forming, taken west of the school as neighbors ss hunkered down in the school as the intense winds tore the flat roof apart. >> we don't have a ceiling light in this school, why am i seeing daylight. >> she dug herself out of the building and kindergarten teacher who lives nearby ran to the school knowing her colleague was working there. >> her angels were working overtight last night. she is fine, a little sore. but she is fine. doing well. >> first thing i did, was i saw rash eland went over to her and gave her a hug, i said rachel

thank god you are alive i cannot believe you walked out of that building. well, are you looking at a live picture now of the stars and stripes there a few volunteers in a mobile lift went to that very bent flag pole and attached the u.s. flag to it. it's a point that they too will survive here and no matter what has happened nobody was badly hurt at all in this storm. bits of debris is still scattered around the country side in the soy bean fields. there are plenty of volunteers to do it as the weather service does their job. >> thanks john. the weather service is heading to check out the aftermath in delaware today the roof collapsed at a mobile home park and trees came down and

falling debris smashed through the windshield of a car parked outside. the car is destroyed and the whole outside is destroyed and our roof is down there on the trailer. >> anyone that need its can go to the red cross shelter at the william penn high school in newcastle. annie mccormick will show us more of the damage in delaware coming up at 12:30. time for a check with accuweather, the calm after the storm, sky 6 hd is looking at the jersey shore, and lots of sunshine on the beach in cape may and we are finally getting row leaf from the humid conditions we saw all week we'll go to melissa magee in for david murphy. >> we have a nice break today from the showers and storms we are dealing with last night. philadelphia 79 and 72 in the poconos and sea isle city coming in at 77. but here is the big difference

today, you look at the dew point, the level of how much moisture is in the atmosphere, any time you have are dew points at 60 or below we have comfortable conditions. it will become less humid at the shore and dover delaware through the afternoon and into tonight especially as we tap into a northwesterly wind. so stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you high pressure continues to dominate sliding out of the eastern great lakes and gets winds around the high that are clockwise and tap into the northwesterly winds and they stay suppressed to the south we have you covered with the day planner and day board 3:00 it's mostly sunny and temperature of 34 degrees, 5:00 tonight 86 and 81 is the number at 9:00 this evening. here is the good news today less humid for us on our friday a good and much needed quiet weekend on the way with warmer temperatures. we'll have the details in the

full and exclusionive accuweather forecast. stay ahead of the weather by heading to 6abc.com you'll find live radar images and the hourly forecast and get a look at the accuweather team by following our immediate gifts on facebook and twitter. now to breaking news from delaware a jury has convicted a family chargeded in connection with the deadly courthouse shooting they were found guilty on a charge of federal cyber stalking resulting in death. they say they harassed david's ex-wife during a bitter custody battle and david's father matusiewicz killed her in 2010 along with a friend. they denied knowing about his deadly plan, but they were just convicted and could face life in prison. thousands chanted as an

honor guard removed the confederate flag from the grounds of the state house in south carolina. a highway patrol guard removed the flag during the ceremony this morning and it will we housed in a nearby museum the move comes weeks after nine black parishioners were gunned down in a charleston church. >> it puts an end to segregation and that era. it was raised at the capitol dome to protest immigration and was moved in 2000 to a flag pole in front of the state house and that flag pole will also be torn down and no time table is set. new jersey native carly lloyd and the rest of the world cup champs are set celebrating their big win in new york city with a massive parade and some local fans even travelled to cheer them on. nora muchanic is there and she

joins us there now live. >> reporter: broadway in new york city was lined with thousands of well-wishers here to cheer on the womens soccer team for their decisive victory over japan in the world cup. they traveled through the canyon of heroes on a series of floats waiving to the crowd that is clearly having a good time. of the members from new jersey carly lloyd from del rain and the first woman ever to score three goals and christie rampoen of point pleasant, age 40 is a soccer icon. the entire team is an inspiration, especially to young female athletes that came to the city in droves to cheer the world champions on. >> an amazing team and amazing time. yes we had to be here.

>> a once in a lifetime opportunity to be in new york and show this to my kids that the u.s. team took it all and it's a great celebration. >> reporter: well, i am surrounded now by soccer fans from the new york, new jersey and pennsylvania area that traveled all the way up here from our area they are happy they made it here today right? [ cheers and applause ] >> right now the womens team are having lunch at city hall and then at 1:00 there is a big ceremony and they get keys to the city each and everyone of the teammates and if this couldn't top it they will light up the empire state building red white and blue in their honor. i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> fun thanks nora. the head of the secret service says all hands will be on deck when the pope visits pennsylvania in september. having the pope here will be a

tremendous challenge one that the secret service and law enforcement are ready for. >> he loves to be out with the people and you have seen some video of him in fact we sent some of our people out to rome, a couple of weeks ago and i went out to rome to see firsthand how their detail works and what he likes to do and how he travels within the crowds. >> clancy says the secret service is meeting with local police, fbi and federal partners since january. you can see the latest on the pope's upcoming visit on our twitter account, we are posting the latest tips and pictures as we prepare for his arrival. >> still to come, three sisters lost in the wilderness are finally home safe, the hunt that led to their rescue in wyoming. plus a mother gets a big surprise when a police officer catches her steal what the

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we are following breaking news in south philadelphia, at this hour. police are investigating the report of a person with a gun in the area of 2700 sears and 2700

earth the call came in at 11:25, so far no reports of shots fired or injuries but we know that medics transported a child to childrens hospital. it's not clear at this time what the connection is between the child and the person with the gun on the ground, we'll continue to follow the story and bring you the latest on 6abc.com. >> a plane bound for philadelphia had to abort takeoff this morning at midway airport in chicago, the southwest airlines crew reported problems as the engine as the flight moved do you the runway, 3600 passengers had to return to the gate so far. the aircraft is being checked out by maintenance this is the second time this week a southwest flight had problems at midway airport, on wednesday a plane headed for boston had to turn around when an engine caught fire. six teenagers are facing child pornography charges after

a sexting incident at their high school. they circulated a photo of an underaged girl, one student blackmailed the student saying she had to have sex with him online in the high school. >> they would expose her to everybody in school and she has just lived the last five-months in fear. i don't think they will see the realm of the damage that is done until they become adults. >> police filed criminal clients against the teens yesterday and the school district did not comment. a doctor that told healthy patients they had cancer. he told the judge that power and greed was at the root of his

crimes, he gave 500 patients unnecessary treatments so he could pocket millions from insurers. he plead guilty to money laundering and fraud and conspiracy. and three sisters missing for days in the wilderness were reunited with their father they were missing days after getting lost while camping, two guys were clearing trails in the area and spotted someone that seemed out of place and the guides called authorities who found the throw yo 20 minutes later. >> i was relieved i started to cry. losing all of your kids at once is not easy. >> the sisters were cold and hungry but otherwise they were all right. >> they did the right thing by staying together after getting lost. a police officer caught a mother stealing from a kansas wal-mart but what he did next caught the shoplifter by

surprise. he noticed that sara robinson was crying and her children's feet were covered in dirt. she was living in her car with her six children since her husband died suddenly six years ago. >> he went in and bought diapers wipes and shoes for each of robinson's kids. >> we were all in tears it was a mutual understanding, the look on her children's face with the shoes and everything is all that had to be said. >> he did something that will never be forgotten he helped us when nobody else will. >> he did give robinson for breaking the law and is grateful that he did not arrest her and take her children away from her. >> the reason some common pain leavers are getting warning

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>> cleaning up from the storm damage we are feeling a significant different today. >> we could use a break after the severe weather last night. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan it's dry and quiet and no issues with precipitation, we have high pressure in control for a good chunk of our friday we'll show you the picture outside, sky 6 hd, looking at the ben franklin bridge, a mostly sunny skies and the humidity is starting to drop and will continue to do so as we go through the rest of our afternoon, currently in philadelphia 79 degrees the dow point the level of the moisture in the atmosphere in the 50s, things are drying out because you have the winds from the north northwest at 13 miles

per hour. 77 along the coast in sea isle city and 79 in reading. here is satellite 6 along with action radar showing moisture is long gone and high pressure is dominating out of eastern great lakes and there is a severe thunderstorm watch box in effect for the areas of the ohio valley and west virginia but a lot of this moisture will stay suppressed to our south, here is the setup high pressure make its comfortable and the humidity will drop and continues to lower if it doesn't already in your location, a refreshing breeze out of the north-northwest. comfortable at 87 degrees, and the model concensensus is that it stays to the south and some rain

in southern delaware but other wise breaks of sunshine and a temperature it of 89. up to the poconos, saturday sunny and gorgeous, in at 80 degrees and warm and bright for the second half of the weekend with a high of 82. down the shore the ocean temperature it in the middle and lower 70s, on the beach and the sand, roly nice weekend on the way we could ceus it lots of sunshine and 82 and still nice on sun with a high of 81. partly sunny today and not as humid, gorgeous after none, 87 for the high temperature and mainly clear and comfortable tonight and dropping down to 70 in the city. warm and less humid today high up to 87 and sunny and warm and 89 degrees on saturday and hotter on sunday with a mix of sun and cloud and staying dry, things change into mon, turning more humid a warm one at 88 and

bring back the threat of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm by monday afternoon showers and storms on tuesday and 89 and sticky and unsettled on wednesday and 88 but eva the weekend is looking roly nice. >> that is what matters. >> thank you. >> up next, a major volcanic eruption in indonesia a, the air travel that is halted because of all the ash and lava being sent into the air. and quarterback tom brady could learn his fate after his appeal to the nfl. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement

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"action news" continues. hello again rick and sara are off. here are the stories we are following for you at 12:30 cleanup efforts are underway in berks and newcastle counties after severe weather slammed the tri-state area for a third straight week, the national weather service is surveying two areas for possible tornadoes. >> and a historic moment in south carolina hundreds cheered when the confederate flag was removed from the state house signalling the end of a decades long debate. >> and a party in the city for our soccer team and our home town hero, carly lloyd. >> for the third week in a row

people in our region are cleaning up after heavy storms swept through the area, just two weeks ago, storms damaged delaware county, a week later mother nature delivered another blow and now cleanup efforts are focused on berks county and delaware, both slammed from last night's storm. a team is headed to hamburg to investigate a possible tornado there, chopper 6 hd flew over the scene to get a birds eye view of the damage an elementary school was destroyed and its roof was torn off and it was left in shambled and in newcastle delaware another area hit hard by storms. that is where annie mccormick is live. >> reporter: cloneup croups are working hard at this mobile home park intel wear, it suffered a lot of damage in last night's storm, look at this