>> good morning 5:30, saturday july 18. here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." new overnight a center city book store is targeted by a gunman. we'll have the details. a man is hospitalized after he pulls out a gun and shot by police. plus the heat is on, get ready for the sweat factor to crank it up this weekend meteorologist joins us with a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.

it's been so nice. >> reporter: sweat factor, do we have that? >> i think it is the level of the amount of deodorant you wear. >> reporter: eva will be happy. it's going to be hot and muggy this weekend. there's the view of the ben franklin bridge. we have a thick overcast, but the clouds will give way to sunshine this afternoon. and the temperatures start to soar. we're sitting at 75. allentown, 72. trenton, 72. poconos 65. millville, 74. all the numbers are where they should fob this time. year but when you factor in the humidity it feels lousy out there. it will be the trend over the next several days. a cluster of showers and thunderstorms pushing through central pennsylvania. numerous cloud to ground lightning strikes being reported out here.

the good news there is stable air over the delaware valley. as that marches east it will fizzle out. otherwise it's a combination of sun and clouds throughout the day. temperatures skyrocketing. afternoon thunderstorms possible after 5:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m., 88 degrees, opening a high of 90. heat advisory in effect tomorrow dangerous heat on the way i'll talk about that coming up in just a few minutes. >> before you head out this weekend check out 6abc.com/weather. you can get the current temperatures wherever you are and what's to come in the hourly forecast. follow our meteorologists on facebook and twitter for status updates. a gunman shot a clerk at a center city book store. sure -- surveillance video shows

the gunman casing the store. around 3:45 the gunman returned he shot a worker in the back that person is critical critically wounded. he did not demand anything before shooting. detectives are talking to the other work are for any clues. a man shot called 911 when police arrived to help. they got into a standoff on the 1200 block of north 26th street. a woman answered the door and screamed at police and slammed the door. officers regrouped and entered the home a short time later they found a 41-year-old man shot in the neck. authorities are questioning the woman and teenage girl in the home. so far nobody is charged. a camden county metro police officer was taken to the hospital for a shoulder injury. philadelphia police are

trying to identify a man who shot officers after he pulled a gun from his waistband. the suspect is in critical condition with no i.d. >> reporter: this is the loaded gun police fear was about to be used against them. this is the bullet casing that may have been prevented. shooting scene at 8th and fairmont where hours earlier officers responded to a call of a man walking around with a gun. >> the officers ordered the male to show his hands. the male refused. the male grabbed his weapon and started pulling it from his waistband. one officer fired a shot and hit the suspect in the chest. they point out there officers showed restraint. >> this appeared like a justify i'll

justify -- just justifiable shooting. >> it's a better neighborhood because the police are doing their job. inaudible. >> reporter: the officer who shot the suspect was transported to internal affairs and being questioned, police say that's protocol in these situations. jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> philadelphia homicide detectives are investigating two separate shootings the latest was a half-hour ago in southwest philadelphia. authorities have not identified the victim or a suspect in this case. an overbrook playground is steps from the screen of a deadly double shooting, gunfire broke out on north 60th street. a 42-year-old man was shot 13

times in a barrage of bullets. a second man was hit in the hand and treated at the hospital nobody has been arrested so far. another protest is planned following the arrest of a man in germantown. a recall was held outside the police department. the police union said the officers acted appropriately that he bit them during the struggle. an internal affairs investigation is on going. police in upper merion is you justing female shoppers about pick pocketers. once wallets are taken they rack up charges on high ticket items. >> this is my neighborhood,

this is my shopping center, nothing bad is going to happen here or to me. >> the gang usually targets woman, one thief distracts the victim while the other steals the wallets. police urge women to keep their purses closed at all times. >> members of unite local 54 which represents nearly 1,000 service workers have voted to allow the union to call a strike. strike authorization comes as billionaire carl icon is on the verge ever taking ownership of the taj. he said he would close down the casino if the appeals court restored pensions and health insurance for the union workers. there's a costly trend leaving their mark on jersey farms, vandals are using the

fields as their personal palate. >> reporter: farmers of tuckahoe turf farm are trust -- frustrated. vandals in trucks tore through the green grass. >> it was almost a foot deep with the truck dug in. >> a lot of money and time to repair it. >> we're not sure if it's going to be harvested. >> reporter: tuckahoe provides turf throughout the northeast including citizens bank park and lincoln financial field. the area where the damage occurred is for the national football league 2016 season. this farm backs up to the wharton state forest where there are people in trucks and atvs to

come on the property to joyride. >> they come on the grass and spinout, it's our livelihood. >> reporter: tuckahoe farm posted pictures on of the damage on facebook. it's been shared 2,000 times. >> we feel we'll catch the person who did this. hammonton police is working the case and the bets family is offering a reward. when they are caught james and phil said they will press charges hoping to put a stop to this on going problem. >> coming up next on "action news" saturday morning inside look at the new park from disney inside shanghai china. >> reporter: we're in the 70s

and 80s now look what's moving in tomorrow, dangersous heat indices for parts of the area of over 105.

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3 days after the first ever fly by of pluto nasa showed off a landscape of that frozen plain spreading hundreds of miles.

now the plains are located in the prominent heart-shaped area of pluto in the bottom part of the photo. to the north of the many plain there are mountain rangeses 11,000 feet tall similar to the height of the rockies. >> reporter: interesting, i am sure it's colder there than it's going to be here this weekend. let's go live on sky 6. let's get you started with the view in cape may. it's going to be a nice weekend down there. there's the slightest chance of a pop-up thunderstorm this afternoon. it will be cooler on the water than what we'll experience inland. double scan live cluster of showers and thunderstorms off to the northwest harrisburg, pottstown area, but it is encountering more stable air but it is weakening. western suburbs don't be surprised if you see a passing shower in the next couple of hours. after that the skies brighten up

and the temperatures will soar. sitting at 75. actually the entire area is sitting in the mid 70s. dewpoints have skyrocketed into the mid upper 60s we'll be hanging out in the 70s later today. tomorrow it will be oppressive out there all weekend long. you combine that with the high temperatures we're forecasting it makes for dangerous conditions in parts of the area. the cluster pushing through central pennsylvania that's weakening, it will keep the clouds in place over the next several hours. probably in the until 11:00 or lunchtime before we see the clouds thin out later this afternoon as the warm front passes through isolated thunderstorms develop in the heat of the day. not anticipating severe weather but we can't rule that out. these will be the gully washers type of storms. sunday afternoon the front

swells to the north. and temperatures in the mid 90s. heat indices sunday afternoon will be in the upper 90s low triple digits. make sure you take it easy today and tomorrow during the daylight hours, take frequent breaks and stay hydrated. spotty thunderstorm possible the poconos 79 degrees, it will feel sticky, warm and mucky tomorrow high of 86 degrees, jersey shore ocean temperature 74 degrees, that's mild, pretty warm stuff if you're doing boating later on. saturday breezy, humid # 0 degrees, sun and passing clouds, 84 sunday. seas two to four feet on the the oceanfront. high tide occurs shy of 10:00 a.m. winds out of the south at 10 to 20 miles per hour. philadelphia, hazy, hot and

humid, late-day thunderstorm possible wind out of the west at 5 to 15 miles per hour. as for the time of the storm everybody is fair game after 5:00 p.m. or so. humid today afternoon thunderstorm possible. heat indices over 100 degrees sunday. that 95 it will feel like 100 or 105 in plates places. monday, hot thunderstorms, 92. if we get three consecutive days of heat, that will go down officially as a heat wave. wednesday, thursday, and friday humidity will make it feel like the 90s tuesday # 9 wednesday, 89. thursday, friday, sun and clouds. >> fyi philly has a full hour devoted to frozen treats including a water ice stand that's a south philadelphia

institution in the summer. ducis rogers has this week's fyi. >> john's water ice has been in the family for 7 years. the third generation has been serving water ice since he was ten years old. >> how did it start. >> my grandfather came over from sicily in the early 20s and opened this place. >> he still sticks to his grandfather's recipe. >> reporter: what is that recipe? >> it's fresh fruit sugar and water. we don't use anything artificial. >> you say wooder ice i say water ice. i want to see if i can do it faster than you do it. >> reporter: it's water ice topped with ice cream and water

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welcome back, sky6 live hd taking a live look for us out over center city. a little gray out there but it's going to heat up quickly today, so be prepared. "healthcheck" has new concerns about lyme disease the risk is expanding beyond the most common area where the disease is usually found. most cases are in the northeast and midwest. now, more areas in the regions are considered high risk. more than 20,000 cases are reported each year, but the reality could be as many as ten times as many people are affected. scientists think how our

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celebration handle. disney lands will give $60,000 to a selected charity. disney is the parent company of 6abc. disney is creating a magical world in mainland china the new park is being built in shanghai. >> reporter: for the first time the world is getting a glimpse of disney's newest work, almost 1,000 acres of handle, 12,000 employees, painting, sculpting final details and raising some of disney's most impressive structures of today. i am at the center of the resort. it will be the tallest and biggest castle in all of disney. to put in in prospective within the three provinces there are 300 million people bigger than the united states. looking out from here it's stunning.

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zan. >> the music will be heard in mandrin. that will look like the real castle in less than a year. >> indeed it is. >> reporter: this is the 4th disney resort he's helped to build. down the road he showed me the new pirates of caribbean ride which will debut in shanghai combined with the newest technology and art. >> when you're in the boat, you've got cannon fire going up on either side of you cannon across fighting on the decks above. >> reporter: for disney it's their 6th resort. this one about $5.5 billion to complete. >> in the biggest investment disney has ever done? >> we've never built a park

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>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this saturday july 18. here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." philadelphia police search for suspects after a woman is shot in the head. a charred mess, two dozen cars are destroyed after a wildfire jumped a highway in california. how a drone held firefighters at bay. >> you want to head to the jersey shore to seek relief from the soaring heat. meteorologist chris sowers joins us to look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day