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>> good morning here's what's happening on this thursday the search is on for a group of men caught on surveillance video trying to force their way into a philadelphia home. >> former president george h.w.bush is in the hospital after falling at home. >> caitlyn jenner gives an emotional speech after receiving an award at espe. >> we have leftover clouds
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wednesday, after heavy rain and flooding concerns we're getting a day off. we have a flood warning in cumberland county until 81:58 for the maurice and cohancy rivers. 66 degrees, comfortable even a little cool. 59 in allentown and reading. 68 in millville. 68 on the boardwalk in ac. yesterday the dewpoints were way up there. in the past few days, it dropped down to 54. it makes the slow climb up for the weekend. enjoy it while you can. high of 82. nights and breezy and most importantly dry. matt pellman the roads are dry at least. >> >> reporter: that's a welcome changed. just a few puddles. good morning karen, good morning everybody. the main problems on the roads has been construction.
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had some in the southbound lanes of i-95 by cottman avenue. crews have cleared off to the center in the on going zones. this is the vine by the schuylkill also open, the overnight closures wrapped up for the month of july, they will resume in calling when they set up the beams for the pedestrian bridge at the family court along the vine street expressway. overnight, egypt road was closed in upper providence. that will close one more time at 7:00 p.m. use black rock roads as the alternate. woodford road is reopened that will open at 5:00 a.m. new closure on constowing ima road. we'll -- congoing on ga -- conostoga road. police are looking for
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suspects who were trying to break into a home. >> reporter: the tips coming in. there is very clear surveillance video of four brazen chris. let's get to the video of that home-invasion robbery that happened on tuesday night. that surveillance system caught clear images of the heavily armed men. this happened around 10:30 on the 500 block of personham road. the first suspect knocked don't door the homeowner answered and and he pulled up a shotgun. they were joined by two men and one of those men was wearing a mask. investigators were later able to pick up some from time to time. police don't know why they picked this house but believe they may have had an -- a wrong
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address. >> it's danger individuals we want to get them off the street. >> reporter: surveillance video is key for the investigators. police are urging people to sign up. last year 1,000 systems were registered by businesses and homeowners those 6,000 cameras that is on the grid. it's a big piece of investigation and to learn about how to register for the program log onto our website at 6abc.com. we're live at police headquarters, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> from our delaware newsroom, state police were called to the 1800 block of faulk road in north women -- women ton to investigate a home in-- wilmington to investigate a home invasion. the victims were tied up. both victims are okay. >> police are searching for a man who held i happen -- held up
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a center city bank. this td bank was targeted by the robber last night. the suspect is described as having long blonde hair and wearing a flyers cap. fbi has been called in to investigate, nobody was hurt. >> new this morning a south jersey moon was arrested for what neighbors say he was doing in front of his home. police arrested 19-year-old ryan smith on at home in voorhees monday night. they say a woman called to complain he was committing a lewd act while sitting on the hood of his car. when police arrived he admitted to the act and taken into custody. former president george hw bush is in the hospital falling at home breaking a vertibrae in his back. >> reporter: former president george h.w.bush is recovering at
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this hospital in portland maine suffering from a fractured vertibrae in his neck after falling at home. it is not known how he fell at his summer home in ken -- kenny bunkport maine. diagnosed with with thyroid condition in 1991. two years ago he spent two months in a houston hospital for a bronchitis related illness. bush 41, the nation's oldest living president has hardly let the health challenges slow him down just last summer marking
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his 90th birthday with a thrilling skydive in maine. this morning the spokesman for the family said president obama is optimistic about his recovery fully expected to be back in texas by the start of football season. because of fractured vertibrae, president president bush will have to wear a neck brace for a couple of months. >> now to the espys, caitlyn jenner received an award before her speech a video detailed her transition from a man to a woman. earlier this year she was known as bruce jenner. caitlin jenner gave an emotional ten minute speech during last night's award urging acceptance. if you want to call me names
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make jokes, go ahead because the reality is i can take it, but for the thousands of kids coming to terms to being true with who they are they should not have to take it. caitlin jenner received a standing ovation from the sporting world's biggest stars at the end of her speech. "good morning america" will have more on the inspiring speech at 7:00 a.m. coming up at 7:00 a.m. more inspiring moments from mo'ne davis and so many more. >> police in connecticut making a grizzly discovery. >> uber has become an uber disrupter on how people are getting around. >> reporter: 66 degrees in philadelphia. a cool 59 in allentown reading and lancaster details in the
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seven-day forecast coming up.
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action was in margate yesterday morning. two to four inches of rain caused flash flooding in many communities. action cam was on long beach island where the boulevard looked like long beach river. >> today is the day we're waiting for. today is a gorgeous day we'll get a break with sunshine and low humidity. let's look at storm tracker 6 live radar we're dry through the area, let's go outside and show you what it's going to look like. we started with patchy clouds we'll see bright sunshine through the day as sky6 live hd looks live over the ben franklin bridge. the temperature 66 degrees. the dewpoint is down there. yesterday the dewpoint is 68. this morning 65. dewpoint dropped we have low humidity because of winds out of the north at 12 miles per hour. satellite and radar showing a
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few leftover clouds as the area of low pressure spins off the coast. a gorgeous day. if you're heading to the shore we have a moderate risk of rip currents. be careful of that. you want to heed the lifeguards advice sunshine and clouds and very nice down the shore. 82 degrees today in the region. nice and breezy and dry in philadelphia. how about the overnight hours nice and comfortable. you can shut off the air and open the windows, it will get in the upper 50s in the suburbs. 65 in the city with mainly clear skies in the overnight hours. we have high pressure that move in nicely 82 degrees, tomorrow we watch this warm front approach the region and with that warm air invehicles we could trigger a -- inction.
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the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 82 is the high, tomorrow sunny nice, high clouds later in the day. maybe in the overnight hours a brief shower, saturday, humid shot, chance of a thunderstorm. sunday, hot and humid 92. by monday we would have a heat wave if we stick to the numbers it would be heat wave number two. stays hot on tuesday 90 degrees for the high. wednesday, clouds and sunshine, 88 degrees and just a chance for a thunderstorm. summertime weather coming our way, but today and tomorrow temperatures below average very low humidity so a little bit of a break in the summertime pattern. >> i like having the windows open. >> reporter: as long as you're not allergic i go to --
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the grass like me. >> a human legs were found on the train tracks, police are investigating whether the discovery is linked to reports of a missing person. joe biden will miss with democratic leaders to support the nuclear deal with iran. biden tried to reassure lawmakers yesterday saying there's nothing in the agreement in a removes the option of military action. president obama insists that members of congress should read the accord before expressing any objections. law make errs -- lawmakers in athens approved the bill.
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the 3 year bailout is worth $98 billion. banks in the country have been closed since june 29. >> at the big board a first look at business. taxi are taking more of a hit from uber. traffic company found that 50% have come from uber rides in the last 3 months. taxi cabs 43%. at the start of the year, taxi were on top the uber act is having an impact. 5th avenue location of foa schwartz is closed. the company said rent at the 45,000 square foot store got to be too high. they are looking to reopen in time square. taking a look at markets the three major indices were down slightly.
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this morning futures point to a higher open. apple is updating the ipod the new version will have a faster processor and better camera and music service that has unlimited play back of millions of songs. it hadn't had a makeover in three years. >> saying goodbye to a tv pioneer in journeyism who lost her -- in journalism who lost her battle with cancer.
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use parental controls or the v-chip. learn how at thetvboss.org >> reporter: morning half way through the week more than half way through the month we're making progress. as you progress through the city not too bad. spring garden, we have construction restrictions for another ten minutes. mlk drive was closed near eakens oval that's happening again this week. south street on i-95 there's a disabled vehicle taking out the right lane. we've with watching a crash in horsham by automotive concepts.
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all the overnight construction is out of the way with speeds in the 60s. on northeast extension they are doing work blocking lanes past land daily -- lansdale. and two right lanes on the westbound ben franklin bridge they are opening one of the two open, but the far right lane remains closed and cause delays again. >> a veteran tv journalist has died. marlene sanders passed away from cancer. she made history when she anchored a network evening newscast in 1964. sanders is the mother of cnn new yorker journalist, jeffrey tuben. she was 8 # years old. u.s. attorney general loretta lynch gave the final speech of the naacp.
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lynch said the criminal justice system must begin with ending discrimination wherever it might curse. >> we have to look in the classrooms and the voting booth right? we have to look into the board rooms and the border areas. >> early in the day former president bill clinton addressed the group he spoke about his regrets signing the 1994 crime bill that led to the imprisonment of low-level offenders. >> this is a meeting about the future, but everyday to get to the future you got to bury your demons, seems like you have to bury them everyday of your life, doesn't it. >> the convention comes to a close with a prayer breakfast. >> an atlantic county family is upset that thieves stole flowers
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in memory of their son. someone took planters from with wabash avenue in northfield. his father said this is a special place for him he just wants the flowers returned. >> i don't like go to the cemetary, this is where i come, this is casey hung out his christmas tree is here, it kind of breaks my heart. >> brenner said his was not the only bench targeted. the thieves stole planters from another in nearby linwood. >> next and all new on "action news," the investigation reports of lasers being pointed at aircraft near newark, liberty international airport. the story is coming up at 5:00 a.m. a chicago girl has her brother to thank you for saving her from a kidnapper.
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in chicago. a man in a van jumped out and grabbed her sister. she was halfway in the van when he grabbed her legs and pulled her as hard as he could. the man gave up the fight and released her. police are looking for the would-be kidnapper. >> we're getting pictures of pluto and they are something else. nasa released the pictures last night. they show ice mountains that are as high as 11,000 feet. >> this means this is very young because it's being bombarded by objects in the counter belt. we think it has to be less than 100 million years old which is a small fractions of the age of the solar system.
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>> the new horizon spacecraft flew win 7700 miles of pluto. it shows 150-mile section of planet. >> spacecraft flew within a minute of the predicted time to fly by pluto. >> a texas firefighter is hail for putting out a different kind of fire. >> president obama is trying to get free internet for those in low income house, we'll tell you how when we come right back.
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