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hamels an out away to a no hitter. everybody holding their breath, what a catch. hamles hangs often fore his first no hitter in his brilliant career. nobody in baseball has more no hitters than your phillies. >> nothing tops winning a world series but this is on that top list. the second time, outstanding for him to do that go all out. you know a surreal moment. how about this moment, outside, wrigley field by the phils team bus hamles signing autographs and taking pictures of phils encubs fans. hamles making history, he could be history, we'll see the
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deadline is friday. at the big board, jeff skeverski channel 6 "action news." >> our website 6abc.com has more on cole hamels no hitter, we'll bring you reaction from phillies fans in the next half-hour. verizon wireless workers in pennsylvania and new jersey and delaware have authorized a strike. the potential walkout relates to the wire line business union. the odds over health care, 40,000 workers in washington d.c. are at the center of the showdown. federal regulators could hit fiat chrysler with 100 million-dollar fine relating to safety recalls. as part of the settlement the company will make payments to
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owners of more than one half orderly model jeeps. the record penalty is not related to the recent cyber security problems which involves hackers taking over the controls of the a move be jeep. president obama has given a speech to several thousand kenyans, it became a spirited defense of democracy it's a messy form of government but the best way that people need to be heard. >> democracy means that somebody is complaining about something, nobody is ever happy in a democracy about your government. if you make one person happy somebody else is unhappy. and sometimes somebody you made happy now they are not happy. they say what have you done for
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me lately? that's why it works because it's constantly challenging leaders to up their game. and to be better. >> obama under the government to attack corruption and get healthcare. gop presidential runners took center stage in iowa the home of the caucus. >> reporter: donald trump took his bare knuckle campaign to iowa. his target was his rival for the republican nomination scott walker. >> wisconsin is doing terribly. it's in turmoil. the roads are a disaster because they don't have any money to rebuild them. >> trump took a shot at hillary
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clinton and accusations over her use of private e-mail while secretary of state. >> what she did is very criminal and very serious. >> reporter: intelligence investigators in washington said secret government information may have been compromised in clinton's private serve. people are working hard, but it's not reflected in their paychecks. >> she denied any wrong doing in the e-mails. >> i did not send or receive anything that was classified at the time. >> reporter: clinton's campaign said she would testify on october 22 before a house committee on the deaths of four americans killed at the consulate in benefits gaze, libya. >> new jersey governor chris christie had a confrontation
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with a voter over gun rights. the governor took issue with the voters command of the facts. >> independent if you have a point of view. what are your facts to back up that i am antiguns? >> reporter: the republican governor is in iowa to drum up support for his presidential bid. the love park fount is flowing with blue water to mark one year until the dnc some buildings are lit up in blue, as wells for democrats. >> wildfire is on the move this morning in california that's ahead on "action news" this sunday morning. >> ahead flames erupt in a las vegas hotel what fueled it all coming up.
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>> scare at the shore a swimmer in trouble in the water. jeff chirico tells us about the rescue. >> jeff skeverski has more with cole hamels no hitter. >> reporter: what a game that was. remember the sunscreen today cool drinks, too i'll have the shore forecast this afternoon and we'll get you set for the workweek that's all ahead in the accuweather seven day.
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>> good sunday morning to you sky6 live hd taking a live look for us now philadelphia international airport. looking clear it's going to be hot, though, 73 degrees, 6:13. going on days of summer. >> reporter: no kidding. let's get to it, we'll be more humid today as we look outside on sky6 live hd in wilmington, you can see there's a fairly bright start to the day although there might be cloud cover over wilmington, generally speaking i think we'll start out fairly bright and transition to a clouds and sun mix as the day goes on. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you there's a shower up in new york state. this is pushing away from us, for now we're looking dry. most of the activity rain wise will be north and west today. 72 degrees is currently the temperature. the dewpoint is back up to 60. it feels a tad humid out there
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and the suburbs are starting to push toward the mid 60s. winds out of the south at 6 bringing in a humid quality of air as we go through the day. satellite and rave the car showing a significant cloud cover. we'll see a transition of clouds and sun mix. we'll see shower activity to the west that is small that will filter into the northern and western suburbs as we go into the afternoon and evening. future tracker 6 will show that to you between now and 6:00 a.m. every now and then a blip coming through, doesn't look like a lot. wherewhere there is a thunderstorm you'll want to take cover. there's more popping in from the west. this is mainly an issue north and west, and mainly late today and tonight. 73 degrees in philadelphia. by 8:00. 87 by 2:00.
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the high will be 89 degrees striking around 3:00 p.m. and 87 by 5:00 p.m. it will be warm ascertain -- and humid. 89 in allentown. 90 in reading and really anybody philadelphia and north 90 degrees. down the shore, low to mid 80s. a thunderstorm north and west of philadelphia. down the shore more humid and be careful to swim only near the lifeguards. that's a good idea because there's a moderate risk of rip currents. 76 in the ocean water. inviting temperature-wise, but definitely listen to the lifeguards. 85 at bethany beach and 73 at the mouth of the delaware bay.
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it will be warm and muggy. in the afternoon 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 p.m. there's a chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we're going for a high of 89 degrees today. more humid than the last several days. there's a chance of a thunderstorm later today and tonight. tomorrow, more humid better chance of thunderstorms. tuesday, hot and humid 91 degrees the high another chance of a thunderstorm. we're off to the races with temperatures. wednesday, hazy sunshine, 94. hot with another thunderstorm on thursday, if we get these three days in the 90s that will be the third heat wave and friday and saturday we're back in the # 0s and not quite as humid. for today definitely cool drinks and sunscreen that's the two words to the wise i would
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>> we have breaking news from tokyo, japan a small plane crashed into a quiet neighborhood in the city, killing a pilot and passenger and woman on the ground. three people in the plane survive the crash. the slammed into a row of houses a few minutes after taking off. there's no word on the conditions of the passengers that survived. two people on the ground were taken to the hospital for undisclosed injuries. >> hundreds of firefighters are battling a wildfire in northern california. it's forcing people from their homes scorching 4,000 acres of handle. it's difficult for firefighters to get the upper hand. police are looking for a person of interest in driving a jeep in connection with sparking the
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massive blaze. flames and thick black smoke bellowed from a las vegas pool deck. pictures were taken of the blaze on the 14th floor yesterday afternoon. the smoke is rising up along the entire height of the hotel. the cabanas and artificial palm trees went up. >> the plastic from the palm was burning and dripping down on the furniture the cabana chairs and roofs and with the winds that was going on at that time, it took off like a rocket. >> now all floors above the pool area were evacuated after smoke got inside. some of the hotel guests had their windows open which allowed the smoke to get into the hotel. two people were treated for minor injuries. >> several people were hurt after a children's ride toppled
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>> reporter: good morning, everyone, we are at the big board with the pool forecast, by 11:00, we'll be in the # 0s, it will be more humid and 4:00 p.m., 88 dropping down from a high of 89. sunscreen essential and cool drinks if you're by the water or elsewhere or playing baseball or whatever you're doing today. if you're traveling out of town
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fairly limited chance of precipitation. other than saint louis missouri , south dakota and eastern colorado. heading out to our most traveled destinations, everybody dry from philadelphia to chicago and orlando and atlanta. eva. >> cole hamels is making headlines nationwide it's for a no hitter. jeff skeverski has more on his great game. >> reporter: cole hamels was in one of the worst stretches fs career, he had not won in over two months. allowed 14 earned runs in his previous two starts. he is in such a rut he called himself out. cole hamels making history no hitting the cubs. with the trade deadline coming
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up, cole hamels took the mound and worked at his final phillies start. 1 strikeout ever by a phils pitcher in a no hitter. the phils scoring runs. ryan howard, a three run shot. hamles all smiles. strikes out in the 6 in the 6th, the again in the 7th. how about this in the 8th, a little defensive help. >> what a catch. hamles up with out away from his first career no hitter. with two outs. 3-2 pitch to chris bryant. going back toward the wall, does he have it, he made the catch.
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13 no hitter in philadelphia if it is phillies franchise history. hamles and the phils hang on for his first no, no, phillies no hitter. he said nothing tops winning a world series, but this is right under it. it takes him back to when roy halladay did it twice in 20 so. >> being here for roy's perfect game and no hitter. you're trying to put yourself in the same scenario, but it's nothing what you prepare for. getting the plays keep the guys off us, and guys were making huge plays behind me. >> reporter: what a show the trade deadline is friday, he said that was not on his mind during the no-no yesterday. he expects to pitch again for the phillies next friday after the trade deadline passes. >> it's out of my control.
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i think i try to wake up everyday and drive to citizens bank park and play with the big p on my chest that's what i've done since the moment i got drafted by them i'll continue to do that until someone says no. >> how do you follow that up they will attempted to that today in chicago. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski.
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new on "action news," sunday morning, philadelphia police are investigating an overnight shooting. >> joy and heartbreak, a philadelphia community commits to a serious cause after a tragedy. >> sky6 live hd watch out for strong rip currents and it is about to get hotter, maybe we should say more humid and sticky. nydia han is off, alicia vitarelli is here, and david murphy is here. >> reporter: nice conditions it's not too hot. it's been a nice stretch of weather you can feel in some neighborhoods a little bit of a rise in humidity. unfortunately we'll transition into stickier conditions as we roll through the day and into the earlier part of the workweek. satellite showing you there's a
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significant lack of cloud cover so we'll start off with sunshine. there are showers north an east of philadelphia. that will miss philadelphia. that will crews into the northern and western suburbs best chance in the poconos. 72 in the poconos. 64 in allentown. 64 in sea isle city. 6 # in wilmington. the dewpoints which have been in the 50s for the entire week, well, not the entire week, but since tuesday night are starting to pop back up, you see a lot of 60s it's feeling humid along the boardwalks in ac and atlantic city. the 60-degree mark on the borderline of what we consider humid air in philadelphia. 76 by 9:00. 84 by noon, 89 is the high of 3:00 p.m. before we dip to 83 by 6:00 p.m. there's a chance of pop-up shower or thunderstorm in the western suburbs later today. i'll be back with the workweek
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and let you know how long the warm and humid conditions lasts ladies. >> a man is in critical condition after he was shot three times on a philadelphia street. the action cam was on the scene in the somerdale section of the city. a gunman opened fire on the man hitting him in the hip. the wounded man drove himself to the hospital. there are no arrests. turning to the investigation into the deadly movie theater in louisiana. authorities are digging into the past of the gunman, john houser to see what could have prompted him to do the shooting. >> reporter: a silent somber scene in louisiana two flower bouquets one for each of the women killed. the theater is off limits. inside the concession stand in the lobby, had the
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>> we believe he visited a theater in town. >> reporter: as the investigators continue the pains taking process to catalogue all the evidence, we are learning about houser, he fired a dozen rounds using a gun he legally purchased. he kicked up controversy for hanging a swastika outside a bar he owned. he expressed antiamerican views. one post read america is so sick i believe it to be the enemy of the world. >> we've been contacted by numerous agencies that feel they have had a contact or run in with the individual. in 2008 his wife and family act for a perfective order.
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she become so worried she removed all the guns from their home. >> we're trying to get on from this whole situation right now. >> reporter: investigators know that he spent the last few weeks living at this hotel 6 leaving behind wigs and glasses in the room. his motive remains a mystery. >> a chester county family is homeless this morning after losing everything including their beloved pet to a fire. an "action news" viewer sent this video of a flames pouring from the roof of the home along the 100 block of brittle lane. firefighters attacked the flames from all sides and at one point called in for back up. two women were inside the house sadly, the family dog was killed, by the time the flames was out everything inside was destroyed. no word on how the fire started.
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e-mail for photos and videos to join the action at 6abc.com, use the ash tag 6 eowe #6abc join the action. people were caught in a dangerous rip current. the local beach patrol saved the day. >> reporter: the day ends with the fun on the wildwood boardwalk, but it began with scary moments on the beach, a family of four caught in a rip current and the lifeguards were not on duty. >> i saw a woman screaming for help. >> beachgoers were swimming as lifeguards were taking their stands before 10:00 a.m. i turned around and blew my whistle and notified the other lifeguards. guards rushed into the water and rescued one female and three mail swimmers. all members of one family.
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one was unconscious. >> wecy as he ised the situation and --e assessed the situation and there were no signs of life, so we started cpr. >> reporter: he got a hero's welcome from his fellow guards for saving the man's life. >> a lot of training kicked in everyday, we go over it everyday. . the headle patrol said the family was lucky and points out the dangers of swimming in the ocean when not only duty. >> the lifeguards use preventive measures to keep people save and in safe areas. >> reporter: the family was taken to the cape medical center, they have not released their words. even if the water looks calm there are rip currents out there. reporting in wildwood, cape may
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county, jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> cole hamels has been in the world series hero, but he has never thrown a no hitter in the big lesion until yesterday. -- big leagues until yesterday. phillies fans saying if ham hamles gets trade i had it was a great way to cap off his career. >> cole hamels had a a perfect end as a philly. great job, they will trade it -- trade him i love him. >> i love. man i saw him in 2008. >> the phillies also are on role they have won seven of the
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last 8. it's a rare high point in what has been a dreadful season. >> there were much-needed smiles for a family devastated by a car crashing one year ago. the community honored her the memory of kiesha williams and her children with a memorial and a cookout where they were killed. >> food, music and activities. all a distraction from a family tragedy. >> it's one anniversary we're having fun, a fun day for the kids. >> reporter: it's one year since kiesha williams and her children were struck and killed in a carjacking in 252014, the scene
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at germantown and allegheny avenues, now the site of a memory picnic. >> she was funny and protected me. >> reporter: now sharmaine williams has the task of protecting her two daughters. >> i miss her so much. >> reporter: the girls say they miss their siblings, but the past year brought them closer. >> it's hard growing up without them, you only have one sister, you're like wow what's going on right now. >> reporter: all the fun stuff the bounce houses, the food, the music, was donated. the one year anniversary grew closer they knew they wanted to do something fun rather than something somber. one thing we know kiesha would not want us sitting around crying and mourning and being all sad.
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>> reporter: organizers hope to make this a yearly event keeping her passion for community service alive. >> a look at an iconic sculpture rodin. peeking inside the place making movie magic george lucas aides special effects -- lucas' special effects studio is impacting real life. >> taking a live look at camden waterfront. david murphy has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast next.
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>> well the nice weather is over. >> reporter: we had four agreed days today will not be bad but it will be more humid. looking live toward broad street later today it will be more humid later on this week we have a couple of hazy humid days on the way, as well. as we look at radar there's nothing going on locally, we have shower activity in new york state. it's pushing off into the ocean and off toward connecticut and away from us. the humidity returns gradually as we go through today. later this week we can be in for
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heat wave number 3. and fairly high numbers. we'll talk about that in a couple of minutes. 69 in women. low 70s in millville. 7 on the nose in dover and 60s along the boardwalk in atlantic city. satellite and radar shows you not a whole lot widespread cloud cover. if you have plans to get you on the roads early it's sunshine and shades weather. later today we'll have more clouds and possible thunderstorms in the poconos and some of that could dip into the northern and western suburbs. it's not all that much and should not last all that long. if you hear a rumble of thunder head indoors. later on tonight, some of this could be closer to us, but it's hard to fire up a thunderstorm late at night. in the lehigh valley, a thunderstorm can't be ruled out. mainly dry 89 degrees, the big
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issue it's stickier today. high of 83 on the beach. in ac. we are looking at a moderate risk of rip currents up and down the coastline today. swim near the lifeguards and look for the red flags on the beach and listen to the whistles too and react county lifeguards tell you about stuff. more humid in philadelphia. spotty thunderstorm not out of the question north and west, most of you miss out on that. 6 to 12-mile an hour winds out of the south/southwest. 73 by 8 can mean. 82 by 11:00. 83 by 2:00 p.m. tomorrow it's warm and muggy there's a chance of showers popping up after 2:00. we could transition to thunderstorms later in the day and evening. 7:00 most of this on the model north and west we'll allow for afternoon showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, more humid
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today, 89 is your high. any thunderstorm is possibly well to the north and west, later today and tonight, and then tomorrow warm and humid a better chance of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. 86 is the high, after that we're expecting southerly winds to raise our temperatures. 91 tuesday hot and humid thunderstorm possible there if we can manage to get over 90 tuesday, i think we're in for a heat wave, number 3. wednesday and thursday are looking like we'll get into the mid 90s hazy sunshine wednesday, 95, hot and humid on thursday another thunderstorm possible. friday, 88 is the high, a funnel boundary coming in triggering another thunderstorm. behind the front, sunny and warm, high of 88. a nice evening for union soccer at ppl park. 90s on there. it's going to be a hot one. while you're out enjoying nice summertime, hit the weather
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page at 6abc.com, you can see the weather report and the accuweather forecaster. and follow the "action news" team of meteorologists on social media for updates throughout the day. turning a lot in north philadelphia into a community garden the hope partnership for education cleaned up the 6,000 square foot space at 11th and huntington street. there's a moon bounce, performances and foods served off the grill. the partnership commission is use education to break the cycle of poverty.
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crossing an intersection causing the ambulance to flip over. patel was killed. the other two suffered non-life threatening injuries. a woman grieving her son's untimely death is making a plea for help. here's rick williams with crime fighters report. >> reporter: nadra allen said the pain of losing her son and the reality that his son will grew up without him is killing her. in 2009. he was out with two of his friends in hunting park. at quarter past 7:00. police were called for the reports of shots fired on the 4300 block of north marshall street. >> i got a call saying i hate
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to tell you but your son is no longer here with us. >> reporter: police say two men approached the trio and demanded money. arerasheen was approached and shot in the head and killed. the two others were injured and put in the hospital. neither survivor gave the police any leads. the citizens crimes commission is issuing a 1,500-dollar reward while the city of philadelphia is offering up to $20,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. make a call to the citizens crime commission at 215-546-tips. all calls will remain anonymous. >> i don't want them to get away with what they did. they turned our life upside down
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balloon animal. the guinness book of world record made it official this week. it's a weiner dog it's 65 feet long and 3 # feet wide. all miles during a homecoming in phoenixville, chester county. the town welcomed home a local marine. now that's home, corporal brian walters got to meet his 4-month-old daughter for the first time. >> they put the magic in the movies, for 40 years industrial light and magic has been making the impossible possible on the big screen. dan harris has a look at how it's done and the impact the studio has. >> reporter: it is the big blockbuster of the summer devouring more than $500 million in profits since it premiered in
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june. the next huge hit on the horizon star wars fans in a frenzy for the release of the force awakens. now we take a sneak peek behind the scenes where the movie magic is made. this is the special effects studio founded by george lucas called industrial light and magic where i nmplet -- indy escaped from the temple of doom and yoda evolved from a puppet to a 3djedhi. coming up with a new way to do has been the studio's approach for the past four decades. >> indiana jones wassen inspiration for me not only to
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stud this, but create new technologies. >> reporter: it changed human life with star wars influencing the invention of a bionic arm. they were so inspired by star wars they named the arm the luke. they hope the movie magic will spark a new generation of creators. >> who knows what ten-years-old will be inspired. >> cool stuff. a man from canada got much needed luck after a terrible streak of events. he is the latest winner in the canadian lottery. he was hit by lightning as a teenager. his daughter was injured in a lightning strike a couple of years after that. the chances of that happening in
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the same family is one in 2.6 trillion. mccaffery played the lottery for a year, but figured he would get hit by lightning again before he won. he said he is planning on pay off debt and take his wife on a second honeymoon. >> he better save that in case he gets hit by lightning again. another hour of "action news" straight ahead. >> a plane crashes into homes near tokyo japan. we've gathered the overnight details and video for you. glasses with a camera. they are helping the visually impaired read and get a new view around town. >> plus another complete update from meteorologist david murphy with accuweather. we'll be right back.
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