"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.

good afternoon in the news this noon, a radnor township man is facing child pornography charges, what investigators found on his kpouter and a busy highway interchange is back open after an accident that left trash on the roadway. but the big story is a crime that put airline passengers in danger someone pointed a laser over 11 nights last night. it happened in different parts of the state and marcy gonzales has the full details. >> reporter: a scare for pilots flying over new jersey last night, a bright green light like this filling their cockpits. >> air traffic control getting call after call. >> for information there is someone shooting a laser off our left wing. >> it just happened again, 11

different flights targeted by someone on the ground pointing lasers at someone about to land at liberty airport. we are checking in with you and we got the laser here at 3,000. >> flights ss forced to track down those responsible for this federal crime that authorities take seriously. >> would you not think that a green laser to take down a plane but you could get the pilot at the wrong time and take town a plane full of people. >> just last year a medevac helicopter had to make an emergency landing after the pilot's eye was burned from someone pointing a laser, now officials say this is a growing problem nationwide. >> this is serious and the fbi is treating it as such and law enforcement is aggressively investigating the cases. >> the fbi set up a task force

and anyone convicted of pointing a laser at an airplane could face five years in prison. the man accused of killing five people at a historic black church will stand trial next july. they set the july 16th trial date for dylann roof today. and extended a temporary gag order for next wednesday to give prosecutors of defense attorneys and family members a chance to to -- a radnor man is facing child pornography charges, they announced the arrest of john steele from the 200 block of sprawl road, officials found more than 200 thousand videos showing children engaged in sex acts on their computer he is due back on july 23rd for the

prerimly hearing, from the news rom, the fbi has joined the search for a serial bank robber in wilmington, he struck at the wsf bank, authorities believe he robbed the same bank two other times in may and the same man that robbed a pnc branch on may 14th a reward is offered for information leading to an arrest. and the state fire marshall charged a man for setting a fire that destroyed a home in wilmington. christopher onrue is charged with arson that he ignited the fire at weldon park drive on monday. the family got out but the cat was killed. it caused an estimated $250,000 worth of damage. turning to accuweather now we are getting a big break from the humidity and stormy conditions we felt all week, sky

6 hd checking out cape may new jersey and people are making their way out there it's a beautiful day on the beach meteorologist karen rogers is in for david murphy with your first check of the accuweather forecast. >> a beautiful day wherever you are, maybe we won't have too long to enjoy it. 73 in slatington and need wood and 74 in pottstown and saint davids and 73 degrees currently in center city and 75 in browns mills and 74 in glassboro and 74 in dover delaware a.c. 71 degree as long the beach and an a big change is how it feels because the dew points have dropped from as much as 72 degrees to dropping to the 50s now, that is a huge change in 24 hours, that moans it feels nice and comfortable and the humidity

is down, clear skies and morning clouds and they have since eroded since the area of low pressure has fallen farther to the east and we have concerned because of all the rain we had yesterday, even at this point we have a flood warning in effect for parts of salem and cumberland county it lasts for the morris river i just checked that the flood stage is at 4.28 now, and it's not too bad and it will recede we are watching for that part of new jersey as you head out for evening commute nice and bright and a cool breeze at times by 5:3082 that is our high and 7:00 p.m., 80 degrees, feeling just right and we have changes coming in time for the weekend, if you miss the heat and humidity don't worry it's coming back at you. >> we knew it would be around sometime. a busy highway ramp is back open in montgomery county this noon after this crash tied up traffic right during the morning

rush police say that a truck was going too fast when it overturned and spilled trash on the ramp from the schuylkill expressway to route 202 john rawlins live now in king of prussia with more. >> hi sara it was a mess for commuters and the ramp was reopen at 9:19, and the driver lost control of his rig in pennsauken and it's not clear why it was traveling as fast as it was. there are warning signs advising 25 miles per hour. the incident occurred at 6:00 a.m. on the final portions of ramp where the traffic merges with southbound 202 when the 18 wheeler tipped over debris rained over. and it is used by 13000 vehicle

a day from 2010 to 2015, four rollovers have been reported at various locations along the 1600 foot long ramp, on september 2013 there was what appears to be a similar mishap involving a truck carrying metal debris and a piece of that metal struck a car, trapping the driver. >> reporter: back to today's incident there were no injuries and today's crash is still under investigation and there are early indications that speed was a factor and no charges have been filed. >> john, thank you. two intruders armed with a gun and hammer broke into a home in northern liberties this morning, police say they robbed the victims of a cell phone and tv a 29-year-old man was treated for head injuries and a woman was hurt and police are trying to identify the suspects now.

new jersey governor chris christie, is in camden to talk about reforming the criminal justice system. the action cam is live now, and this is the fifth in a series of policy issues for governor christie and the first as a presidential candidate, christie is pushing to have non-violent drug offenders processed in drug courts instead of prison. >> more low income households in philadelphia and camden will soon have access to high speed internet president obama announced the initiative yesterday, it's called connect home meant to help students living in public and assisted housing stay ahead in school the president says that in today's day and age that it's a necessary not a luxury. connect home begins in 27 cities

and parts of oklahoma. still to come here on "action news" at noon, road rage caught on camera what led one driver to this attack in arizona. and the emotional message from devon stills to his daughter battling cancer.

police are looking into this road rage incident a man got out of car and shoved his female passenger until the biker was able to fight back. >> call the cops right now. help. anyone? >> the victims pleaded for someone to call 911, it turns out the motorcycle cut off the man's car when it changed lanes and that is considered aggressive driving in arizona and what is no cues for this violence. former president george h.w. bush, is doing okay after he broke a bone in his neck, the 91-year-old fell at his summer home in maine yesterday. bush has a form of parkinson's d.c. that forces him to use a

scooter or wheelchair, he is doing fine after the fall and will need to wear a neck brace. if you watch the espy awards here last night you may have seen the most moving award of the evening. devon still accepted the perseverance award on behalf of his 5-year-old daughter aliyah, she is battling cancer at the hospital of philadelphia. he told of his struggle to stay strong for his daughter. >> from the moment you were born you molded me into the man i am today, i always you used to drome about how to show you about life but if the five years of life very been with you time-out me more. >> aliyah made an appearance thanks everyone for support. >> the emotional show was

watched in our area, members here stopped what they were doing to watch this friend last night. little league star, mo'ne davis won the athlete award beating out jones and jordan spieth and new york giants wide receiver beckham jr. coming up at 12:30 we'll see the emotional speech from caitlyn jenner. and why the government says more lyme disease infections are happening this summer.

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health check this noon, the government says that cases of lyme disease are skyrocketing, the center for disease control says it it becomes more rampant in northeastern states and appears in states it has never didn't seen before and the cdc says it's because of climate change. this sunday is national ice-cream day and in this woke's art of aging tamala edwards is meeting a couple that makes the sweet treat the ticket to their golden years. >> we are making chocolate cherry and chocolate peanut butter. >> vincent spent the bulk of his

career working in health care. >> someone gave me an ice-cream maker. >> and he opened his first ice-cream store a decade ago and recruited his fiance jackie to help. >> he drug me in kicking and screaming and i had actually retired. >> and i was retired for about to years when we opened this. >> vincent makes the ice-cream in small batches, 2.5 gallons at a time and is known for his farm fresh flavors. >> blueberry is the most popular. >> it's local. we are on the edge of the pine lands and a lot of blueberry farms are within 5 to 10 miles from here. >> jackie is the book keeper. and they work a lot during the

six months a year that the shops are open, they spend 12 to 14 hour a day seven days a week making and selling their gourmet ice-cream. >> we have a half hour in the morning where we sit on the porch and drifrk our coffee and a half hour at night with a glass of wine before we go to bed. >> but it's a labor of love. >> the star ledger ranked us one of top five in the state. you want to make people happy it's a good feeling when people eat your ice-cream and they say that's good. >> this weekend is fyi phillies annual ice-cream special, a full half hour dedicated to frozen treats, that sounds good, saturday at 7:00 and sunday at midnight. the "action news" team is out working on news for tonight beginning at 4:00. lets check in with alicia vitarelli with a look ahead. i could go for soft serve right

now. >> it was one of my hardest assignments yet eating so much ice-cream. meanwhile, coming up today at 4:00 it's a great day for ice-cream and meteorologist, melissa magee is heading to atlantic city, for another edition of down the shore. a great place to be today. and coming up dangerous and stupid, that is what experts are calling a new trend in body art not stopping people from getting extreme sun burns on purpose. and real women versus real models. buzz feed sets out to see what would happen if they tried out the same bikinis and same poses as victoria's secret angels eye opening results today. take us with you on the go with the free 6 abc news app, i'll see you in the studio sara to talk about caitlyn jenner's big night at the espys.

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karen is here with a check of your accuweather forecast you are not kidding. it's gorgeous. >> why are we in here? >> i wonder how many went to work. >> the golf courses are busy. stormtracker 6 live double scan around the region we have no weather worries today we are locking good and dry and staying dry too. lets go outside, we want to see what it looks like and the action cam is out in center city in love park, look at that shot, beautiful fountain and brought blue skies and the sunshine is in there highlights for your weather, a break in the humidity and feeling it already, we keep that tomorrow too and we are tracking a heat wave and things change in the coming days 76 degrees right now comfortable and the dew point is way down,

and that is a measure of the moisture in the atmosphere and the wins are calm and the pressure is rising satellite 6 along with action radar showing that we have got clear conditions we started this morning with clouds and they pushed off to the east and we can see nothing going on to the west, and bright sunshine in the afternoon, a noise one for you if you head out. by 3:00 p.m., 81 degrees and lots of sunshine mixing with high clouds a beautiful afternoon and nice and comfortable, by 7:00 p.m. 80 and 9:00 p.m. dropping to 73 under clear skies 65 for the low tonight and that is in the city, i think some of the suburbs will drop to the upper 50s, open the windows and shut off the a.c. and get a break. 80 in reading today and 79 in millville and 76 in cape may and 77 inland in pomona and atlantic city here.

moderate rip currents be aware of that. a beautiful day and be careful if are you in the ocean itself. 77 and sunshine and the wins are out of the northeast today and a cool breeze at times. here is your exclusive accuweather forecast a bit of a refreshing breeze low humidity and sunshine and tomorrow mostly sunny skies and another nice one we will see high clouds filtering in and overnight friday into saturday we may start to get a shower or two. and you feel the effects of that over the weekend, you see how the numbers climb from below average to above average temperatures. saturday it's more humid and a thunderstorm and a couple of showers at times 90 for your high and feeling hot sunday you'll feel the heat and we add a couple of degrees and it's both hot and humid and the humidity is really rising and a better chance to see that on

saturday rather than sunday and then heat wave number two 92 for your high ond monday and clouds and sunshine and a chance of a thunderstorm and tuesday stays hot at 90 degrees, under partly sunny skies and dry for tuesday, and wednesday clouds and sunshine and 88 degrees and just a chance for a shower or thunderstorm. today we are talking below average temperatures we keep that tomorrow and then the heat and humidity they come right back. >> and possibly a heat wave. karen thank you. more ahead in the next half hour off "action news" at noon, a bold statement from president obama in the wake of the bill cosby sex assault scandal. what he has to say about the presidential medal of freedom, and the new jersey lottery. the new mark the company hits in the past year.

"action news" continues with rick williams sara bloomquist and david murphy. >> hello again rick is off and here are the story ez we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30 a break from the summer heat and humidity and accuweather says it's a mild day but won't stay that way for long plus a philadelphia hotel and casino is charged with racism. and good grades for teachers in the garden state the new numbers from a report after the

new teacher evaluation system took effect in new jersey. and the details it's shaping up to be a beautiful and refreshing day. city hall is there in the distance and the sun is out and temperatures expected to stay in the low 80s but don't get used to it the humidity is coming back and son. karen rogers is outside with more now from accuweather on this gorgeous day. >> reporter: it really is a gorgeous day brought sunshine and warming up nicely overall temperatures today are below average, 76 degrees right now in philadelphia, but you can see across the board we are locking at temperatures below what we normally see for a high today. normally 87 the dew points today way down from yesterday, 55 degrees and the past few days they are hovering around 70 and that is a dramatic change that means the humidity is way down from