. this is as i said a nightmare for the city of chattanooga. >> a police officer and some other individuals were also wounded in the gun fire today and the fbi is now in charge of that investigation. again four u.s. marines shot and killed by a gunman at two separate military facilities in chattanooga tennessee and the gunman is also dead now. well follow this on air and online as 6abc.com and a special world news with david muir will have prehencive coverage after "action news" at 6:00. a radnor township man is out on bail after officials say they found tens of thousands of videos and images of child pornography on his computer. sara bloomquist talk to the delaware county d.a. about the case. and joins us live with the details. >> reporter: 68-year-old john

francis steele lives here on the 1200 block. what are you about to see his house is terribly yegted and falling down and inside of that house they found all kinds of computers containing tens of thousands of images of child porn. 68-year-old john francis steele is charged with all kinds of offenses. authorities raided his home in villanova after a task force uncovered the possibility he may be possessing and trading explicit images of children and they left with handfuls of kpouters and analyzed their contents. >> we were able to retrieve thousands of images of child pornography. >> they depicted children in sex

acts and 8,000 images to see if they meet the legal definition of child porn. >> he was the only one living there and had access to the computers and the only one that had the ability the opportunity to share in that type of behavior. >> steele was arrested earlier in month and arraigned and released on bail, we got no answer at his overgrown and delipidated home, neighbors say it was overgrown after the death of steele's wife and they rarely see him and are shocked by the alligations. >> it comes as a complete surprise i don't talk to him often, goes to work in the morning and comes back at night. >> we have three boys under the age of 13 and he has lived here for 12 years and he has been here the whole entire time. >> we are told that steele is

self employed. he operates his own energy renewal business he posted so% of $50,000 bail with some conditions no can't with minors and no internet use and has a preliminary hearing set for july 23rd. live in villanova i'm sara bloomquist channel 6 "action news." armed men broke into a home and assaulted a man here in the fishtown section of philadelphia early this morning. it happened at 4:00 a.m., one suspect had a gun and the other had a hammer when they came in the front door, a 29-year-old man in the home suffered head injuries injuries and he is in stable condition, the thieves got away with an iphone. and now a major inchange in montgomery county the driver was going to fast and that site is the site of several crashes now and penndot is looking into possible changes john rawlins

live now at 202 in king of prussia. >> it was a mess this morning, police say that the driver of the truck hauling trash at the time lost control of the truck because of speed and it's a busy ramp and carries millions of vehicles in a year's time, that between westbound 76 and southbound 202, the police say that the 18 wheeler was traveling too fast and was about to merge with southbound 202, the metal and other debris fell out and there were no injuries. >> that ramp carries 13,000 vehicles a day. >> as traffic enters the first curve, the ascending roadway departs to the right and then the roadway curves again and

lines up with 202 the dark portion of the pavement is where the truck cab came to rest this morning. in the wake of today's crash the agency will consider if there needs to be more speed advisory signs on the ramp, the location of today's incident says there is possibly a need as you approach the second curve of the ramp, maybe additional signage to it reinforce the 25 miles per hour speed limit. >> there were four rollovers on the ramp in five years time, this one in 2013 similar to today's a truck carrying scrap tipped over within yards of today's location it struck a car on 202 trapping a driver inside and firefighters had to extricate her. >> reporter: well, back to today's crash nobody was injured this time, but the 50-year-old driver from pennsauken lost control because the vehicle was moving to fast for the

conditions on that rod, but at this point no charges are filed. john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. salem county police have launched a new tool to put police at your fipger tips called tip 411. it allows a tip to a smart phone app completely anonymously. officers can respond instantly it's a tool to get tip its and feedback from the community. >> a well known philadelphia chef is on the road to recovery from injuries he sustained from the amtrak derailment back in may. eli suffered severe injuries and is expecting high medical bills. and now erin o'hearn is live outside of the restaurant where

he is a partner. >> it's hard to believe this was an empty lot and now it's transformed into a premier culinary event more than 500 people are expected tonight to taste the wonderful dishes of 20 area restaurants. they are volunteering their time and talents and everybody here is excited to put this on and their main focus is to raise money for eli so he can recover and get back in the kitchen. >> he is an important part of our team and we want him back. a rising culinary star to help give fork a facelift he suffered spinal injuries in the amtrak train derailment. >> he is a really kind, thoughtful individual, he cares about people and he cares about all of his team members and how

they grow. >> we won be here if it wasn't for him. it's an opportunity for taos show what he has built and what he has given to us and a way for taos give back. >> tonight's event falls on a day when michael nutter declared it eli culp day. >> thought what a great oh occasion how much oh lie contributed to the culinary community, with an event that would help him out. >> culp is working hard in rehab but has a long road ahead tonight's event has already raised $100,000 a testament to the philadelphia restaurant community and go fund me page has raised $14,000 to help with medical bills that are not covered by insurance. >> they put a cap on insurance so he needs all the help we can

give him. >> there is cause for a chef of this caliber, everyone in the city pulls out all the stops and does something special for him. >> that money is so important too because eli is the father of a young son, they thought of everything for this event, people that come tonight can take a picture here and post it on instagram and they get two copies themselves and tag eli at this table so he knows that people are thinking of him and the community has pulled together. former governor, ed rendell is expected to speak at 7:30 tonight but this money is so important for him and his family so he can focus on his recovery. back to you. >> thank you. a new simulator in wilmington is showing folks how dangerous distracting driving can be at&t and downtown visions set up a virtual simulator in rodney square to

let people experience the dangers of distract distracted driving firsthand. it asks people to pledge to keep their eyes on the road. >> got to check one of those things out it's incredible you don't realize how distracted you are are. time for the "action news" traffic report lets check out what matt pellman knows. >> you will wait if you are headed only on one of these highways, like 95 northbound side backs up to pens landing to the work zone in girard. a fender bender off to the side in the work zone. the northbound traffic moves in the center of the roadway here at girard and the same is the case northbound by cotman, starting this weekend, they shift the traffic northbound to the center of the roadway and change is coming this weekend on 95, right now speeds of 8 miles per hour, heading to the walt

whitman bridge heading to get out of town and go down the shore. buck county an accident at 33 near king road, and another along 611 easton road, and in newark watch for a crash at welsh track road by the christiana mall. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> coming up next at 5:00 we have an update on the condition of former president george h.w. bush after a fall. >> and we look at falls like that and what is being done nationally to keep elderly from getting hurt in their homes. >> a break from the heat and humidity and it comes back with a vengeance.

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doctors now say former president, george h.w. bush suffers no neuro logical damage when he fell and injures his neck. he fell in his home in

kennebunkport, maine yesterday they didn't say how he fell but is in good spirits today. bush at 91 is the oldest living former president. and turning to health check now the former president's injury highlights the dangers of falls and the alarming rise in their numbers. ali gorman is at the big board with more for us. >> reporter: hi guys, this was something we were always on the lookout for at the hospital. nurses take extra precautions for patients at risk of this. every 16 seconds an older adult is rushed to the hospital due to a fall. there are reasons such as vision problems and reaction to medication or medical conditions like diabetes or low blood pressure and that could lead to broken bones or worse traumatic brain injuries are growing among the elderly and a host of fall

prevention measures are coming up across the country. and a team of specialists take a look at the person from head to toe. >> we do a vision exam, and a cognitive exam and we look at their flexibility and their string and ambulance. >> a lot of patients don't recognize a risk of falls they get a home inspection and are not aware of specific dangers, they get specific therapy in the hospital and at home. it helps them physically and gives them confidence so that they can be independent. also today we have a reminder for parents for children with asthma, for many kids they get a break from symptoms and there are fewer viruses going around and the humid air for some can make breathing easier and for some don't be complacent because

allergies and molds can spark it. make sure even if are you on vacation, you have the emergency medicine on hand and an action plan, of course if your kids go away to camp, just like scolhool and everyone is aware of what to do in case of an asthma attack. >> thanks ali. the center for neurological health opened its facility in voorhees today and they have treatment for adults including epilepsy and dyslexia row places the kusht facility in gibbs bro.

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>> residents across philadelphia had a chance to safely dispose of hazardous waste they held a hazardous waste collection event and the free event gave them a chance to recycle unwanted items like pesticides and flammable liquids, those enrolled got extra points. >> terrific. >> volunteers are helping

immigrants get their citizenship tonight. they are joining other volunteers with part of the step up to citizenship project, they work with immigrants and people from all different backgrounds as they go through the application process. up next a look at the accuweather forecast here is a look at drone 6, what a pretty picture that is. melissa magee is at the shore and she will join us next live. and we'll get the accuweather forecast from adam joseph.

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time for accuweather atting "action news" big board adam joseph is here and as promised a magnificent day today. and notice your typical counter part not sitting next to you. >> he is no dummy. >> by the way here he is right there. sitting on the beach in cape may right now. wish we could zoom in closer no it's not him just playing around. a great day to hit the sand or the backyard we have comfortably low temperatures 80 in allentown and 80 for reading and wilmington and millville. and a wind coming in from the east-northeast a bit of a sea breeze holding temperatures in

the lower to mid-70s. right now the dew points are in the 50s, and it's comfortable out but the due points rise into the 70s over the 6abc.com and that is when it will feel sticky once again saturday and sunday high pressure is to the north and that high is providing a north-northeastly wind and avoiding the area of clouds and that slowly changes tomorrow afternoon and until then 50s for the overnight lows, and a star lit sky and comfortable and on the chilly side in the northwestern suburbs, 60 millville and 60 in dover 85 degrees and sun and evening clouds push in before the next front and sun giving way to clouds quickly in the poconos with the temperature still pleasant at 75 degrees, a good time to remind you with the peak of the shore season starting to take full force here, when you head to the shore rip currents always a risk even if it's a low

risk, swim near jetties or piers and you'll notice the water discolored when it heads out to sea and if you get caught let it take you out and then swim parallel to shore and ride the waves in. evening clouds are developing and showers on friday night and then humid and hot saturday 92 with afternoon storms and then blistering here, we'll be toasting on sunday 100 is what it feels like even above that in the city of philadelphia and then downpours and thunderstorms on monday 92 and then we start to back it off here tomorrow on tuesday, not as muggy at 98 degrees, melissa magee is saying she is tired of being outside in this horrible weather and now she is inside at t street. you getting a bracelet where

you going? clubbing? >> you have to be 21 or old toward hang out in t street all a part of the play grown it's cool inside of here, it's 90000 square feet of live entertainment and dueling piano bars and more on the hot happenings down at the shore and the important accuweather forecast. >> looks like fun. thank you. still ahead more to come someone targeted a northampton judge's office and it nearly ended in tragedy, what staffers found in the office. >> and now they are making easier to drive environmentally friendly vehicles. and jeff skversky has the first round of the british open and an emotional tribute to his daughter on the says byes last night.

"action news" continues. >> hello again rick is off tonight it and brian taff is joining us. here is what is happening on "action news," two con men are

preying upon reads in delaware county convincing them to hand over thousands of dollars. and gun fire in a philadelphia neighborhood sends a young man to the hospital. and people in philadelphia will have more incentive to buy and drive environmentally friendly cars. and the search is on for a pair of scammers to convince people in montgomery county to give large sums of cash. eva pilgram is live at the big board with details on this. >> hi brian take a look at these two here, police say they are preying on religious elderly women and taking their good christian spirit to the bank, literally. they are worried that based on their previous acts what could happen with the next. >> always the same thing religious need money giving money to the church give you some money if you help us out.

>> monday afternoon in broad daylight, two men with african accents approached a woman on upper darby with a sob story the two men walked to the bank and prayed with her and then left. >> there was newspaper cut up to what looked like money. >> they believe the same pair took advantage of a woman in glenolden and those men got into the car with their victim and took them to lunch before taking their money. >> they are not just predators but slime balls and they know what they are doing and my fear is, they get someone alone who know what's to happen murder rape, robbery and anything can happen. >> if it sounds too good to be true it's probably not true, don't get in the car with somebody you don't know it

applies to us as adults no matter the circumstances. >> thank you eva. a 23-year-old man was the victim of gun violence in the west oak section of the philadelphia today someone shot him in north 32nd street a half hour ago the victim was rushed to the medical center but could not be saved. detectives did recover more than a dozen shell casings at the scene. the fbi is investigating an attempted fire bombing at the office of a district judge courtroom staffer called 911 when they smelled gasoline yesterday, police did arrive and they found shattered glass and material that was consist ants with a homemade device fortunately nobody was hurt. >> a philadelphia police officer was hurt while breaking up a fight at a north philadelphia bar, the officer responded to

the reported fight at the set it off bar at second and cambria streets. a man punched a woman in the face and that is when he stepped in. the man punched the officer in the face and ran off. the officer suffered cuts and bruises in that scuffle. the search continues this evening with four armed men caught on the home security video, trying to break into a west mt. airy home the resident at the home heard a knock on the door tuesday night and checked his surveillance camera on his steps and four men tries to push their way inside but the resident shut and locked the door and the men took off. the fbi is now working with wilmington police to find a man that they say is behind as many as four bank robberies, the most recent is yesterday at the wfsf on union street they believe the robber hit two other times in may at the same bank and the

same man that robbed a pnc bank on may 18th authorities are offering a reward for information. >> and this is 25-year-old calvin wynn, newcastle police arrest ared him for allegedly selling drugs in edgemoore they found heroin hidden in a contain 586 bags worth. and now he is behind bars with 45,000 cash bail. delaware state officials launched a program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they announced clean initiative and program today. market says the program could have a positive financial impact on the entire state. >> the reinvestment getting

generated to the program, go into energy efficiency. and the greenhouse gas reduction programs we argued it spurs the economy and creates jobs. the program consists of three rebate options. >> now a look down at the shore this weekend. why not? melissa magee is live from atlantic city with more. >> hi brian my monica we are inside of t street, inside of the playground a big play grown for adults have you to be 21 years or older to have some fun. here is something cool, i'm showing you my shoes right there is a method to my madness this is the show us your shoes bar a throw back to 1921, when the shoe parade started for miss

america you can liken it to nashville or 6th street in austin, texas. follow me this way there is live music and entertainment and so much fun here, hopefully you can check it out this weekend down at the shore. >> looking for something for the entire family, head out to ocean city tonight for family night you can watch live and free entertainment up and down the boardwalk from 6th to 14th street, if you can't make it out you this thursday family nights are every thursday night from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. it's time for kid friendly competition at the beach in wildwood ride the waves during the boogie board races this saturday, and boys and girls ages 5 to 18 can participate in the day of fun at 15th street and the beach. the contest starts at 8:00 a.m. and prizes will be awarded.

hope to see you this weekend down at the shore. >> reporter: all right so we have live music from tommy inside of 1921, t street is like a.c.'s version of what goes on in different cities check out this we have great food we want you guys to share. this is jose garsis he has a fantastic spread of wings and hummus. guys you have to make it down here it's so cool, there is nothing you won't find that you won't want to do. i'm showing you my shoes. >> oh your shoes. how cute. she is ready. >> she is having too much fun down there. >> grew honey. before you step outside be sure to check 6abc.com is it weather and you'll fine street level radar for where you live and the hourly forecast from accuweather and don't forget to follow our

team of meteorologists, on social mode yeah for the late of on the shoes she is wearing. >> matt pellman is standing by at the traffic center conveniently we can't see your shoes. >> it's a slow go brian and monica, people are headed down the shore and we are backing up from this point from the airport to the walt whitman and traffic remains heavy across the span of the bridge into the garden state, accidents on 95 northbound by broad street and girard and they are both gone, a couple of fun things, giving us traffic issues, like the neil young concert, and edina manziel is at the mann center that could spill back on to the schuylkill expressway and may fair it's the third thursday

fair. and cotman gets you around that and the lady of mt. carmel fest festival is closing that area. >> not a heel by the way. >> thank you. still to come this vacant historic home is giving hope to hundreds of homeless people in one delaware community. we'll explain how. >> and not a dry eye in the house as devon stills pays tribute to his young daughter and her courageous battle with cancer. and jeff skversky has the first round of the british open. and melissa magee is live down at the shore.

a delaware charity is trying to sell off a grand house to have a grand donation. they are working to shore up this 5600 square foot mansion in

newcastle considered the first grand mansion ever built in delaware a new jersey couple donated it to the mission they figured they could sell it and use the proceeds instead. the house will be listed for about $675,000. pretty. >> peco is making it easier to access access them on their phones it includes an enhanced outage map allowing users to get more information on specific problems on their smart phone and shows the strategy of crews and when they will be to your home to restore power. and the first round of the british open got underway today. jeff skversky is here with more on that. >> hi guys, the hottest golfer on the planet now has deep routes in the lehigh valley you know who they are rooting for in the open, jordan spieth's family

from bethlehem there is a lot of people watching closely. the fans are not the only ones out here tiger woods the only one with four bogies on the front nine, on the very first hole into the water, he has his worst opening round score in 39th place and as far as spieth on 18 for birdie get in the hole sinks it within two of the lead and tied for eighth, and the rest of the field is trailing this guy dustin johnson his best round ever at the open 7 under and under control with spieth and johnson, will they go head to head at this major as well. now baseball phillies have lost more games this season already than they did all of 2011 and we are still at the all start break like it or not the break is almost over as well. jonathan papelbon and the phils

return tomorrow. the phils are expected to have a fire sale they have yet to make a move. things are heading up with papelbon and the front office he asked to be traded again and gary maddox feels for both sides. >> when your team is not gelling and everybody doesn't have a role to play, you start to get that type of guys want to do what is in their best interest. you know i understand that part. but people that are making the calls for the phillies have to look at the situation and do what is in their best interest but it's no fun when you are on a team that loses 100 ball games there is no question. >> we quaut caught up with the secretary of defense elected to the hall-of-fame maddox among those inducted if the fall. >> and michael delzato agreed on

a contract extension he writes on his twitter account couldn't be more thrilled to be part of the flyers organization for another two years, he goes into his second season with the flyers last year he led all flyers defense man with ten goals and what a night last night here on 6 abc lots of laughs and even some tears as well. thanks to an emotional moment from devon still and his little girl at the espys former football star, devon still along with his courageous 5-year-old daughter battling cancer. during his daughter's treatment he would cry and pray for his little girl. >> if i could be anybody thank you for supporting me while i have cancer. i love daddy. >> want to thank you from the molt you were born you molded me into the man i am today i

always dreamed about how i could show you so much about life but if the five year i am with you you taught me more about life than i could ever do i am proud of the way you handle yourself this past year. >> such a tough moment everybody pulling for leah who is in remission. >> a wonderful story thank you. we are reporting the shootings in chattanooga tennessee four dead at two military installations, president obama just weighed. >> my main message right now is the deepest sympathy of the american people and the four marines just killed and it's a heart breaking circumstance for these individuals who served our country with great valor to be killed in this fashion. >> more on this coming up on

world news tonight after "action news" and well be right back.

time to head back to the shore, melissa magee in atlantic city. >> i hope you are not eating the buffalo wing,s they look good. >> wait, i will devour those in

just a minute brian and monica. are you goes having a good time? yeah! >> we are having a good time. this is all part of t street, it opened in june and a big playground for adult its and great things and cool weather to enjoy it as well. it's nice all around the delaware and lehigh valleys, the high in philadelphia climbed up to just 82 degrees, 5 degrees below where we normally should be for this time of year and temperatures across the area, in the city right now, coming in at 80 degrees and at the shore the temperature coming in at 75 with an ocean temperature of 4-allentown 80 degrees and reading coming in at 80 and wilmington 77. satellite 6 along with action radar showing this ridge of high pressure over ontario, canada so from maine to baltimore, we have beautiful sky conditions and not a cloud in the sky,

really comfortable with this dominating high pressure overhead. here is the call from accuweather, star lit and comfortable and 67 in the suburbs to 65 in philadelphia. here is the big weather story as we go through the rest of our weekend here, we have this big ridge of high pressure a large area over eastern texas and just to the north of that, you have the jet stream migrating to the north, north of chicago and north of the canadian border as well. and across central united states to the eastern half of the u.s., hazy, hot and humid over the weekend and keep in mine heat indexes 100 to 105 degrees so the heat is on. traveling north to the poconos friday a nice mixture of sunshine and clouds and high of 75 degrees and on saturday, a pop-up shower or thunderstorm is likely, a high of 80 degrees, and sunday warm and bright and

high of 74 the shore is the place to be to get relief from that heat and humidity that will be baking inland sunny and nice and 78 on saturday turning humid with an isolated shower or thunderstorm and high of 80 a nice on shore flow through the weekend sunday it's warm and muggy and high of 83 degrees, here is the exclusive accuweather forecast on friday, we have a nice mixture of sunshine and clouds and afternoon thunderstorm is likely high of 85 and saturday in the wake of the warm front that comes on through, it turns humid, high up to 92 degrees and afternoon thunderstorm is likely by then. on sunday we are calling for heat indexes close to 100 degrees if not higher with an actual air temperature of 95 with the humidity overhead and the building heat i would not be surprised if we had a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. on monday the showers return with a high of 92 and if we hit

92 on monday we have three consecutive days of temperatures in the 90s and that could be the second heat wave of the season here in philadelphia tuesday it's not as muggy and high up to 89 degrees and wednesday it's partly sunny and high to 88 and thursday it's seasonably warm with a high temperature of 88 degrees, really things are heating up over the next several days, and if you need a place to cool off, you need to head down to the playground on t street. check out this spread, it's fantastic, all the food you see here at the playground is brought to you by chef jose garsis, and wings and hummus and mexican pizza with a tortilla shell. are you having a great time? >> yes we are. >> this opened in june and has quoit the crowd a place to check out if you are down here in a.c. i'll save you a wing or two. back to you inside.

>> you better but i'm not buying that. >> the burgers look delicious.

right now jim gardner and the "action news" team is standing by with stories at 6:00. we have more on the shootings at two military centers in tennessee that left four marines dead. >> at a speech in camden governor christie called for changes to it's the justice system. >> for rick williams and adam joseph, sharrie williams, brian taff, the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass have a great night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. it is thursday night the big story on "action news" tonight is a gunman opening fire at two millitary facilities in chattanooga, tennessee killing to marines, they identified the gunman, and officials say he was born in kuwait but it's not clear if he was a citizen of this country. there were two shooting scenes first a military recruiting center 30 to 50 shots were fired here and nobody was killed at this location but shortly

thereafter, several miles away shots rang out at a marine corps training center four marines were killed and the gunman was also killed and five people were injured including a police officer, president obama reacted in just the past half hour. >> it's a heart breaking circumstance for these individuals who served our country with great valor to be kill in this fashion. >> world news tonight with david muir will have more from chattanooga next here on channel 6. here at home, police continue to investigate a home invasion in the long crest section of philadelphia lawmen responded to a call from a teenage girl in the 6200 block of tabor