afternoon of gusty thunderstorms in the tri-state area, this is the way it looked in center city philadelphia, as it's line of storms moved through at 3:30, and while you may not want the rain and lightning, you may like what comes after the storm lets get to the big board and cecily tynan. that is exactly right jim, this line of storms brings welcome relief double scan live showing we have heavy rain and lightning right now with this line racing towards the shore the heaviest in burlington and ocean county we have 22 lightning strikes associated with this line, chads worth crossing over 422 and it should be to love ladies at of 6:31 and barnegat light and ship bottom around 6:30 this evening, and once this line moves outs

we'll be seeing and feeling a break in the humidity in the meantime a flood advisory is posted where the heavy rain is falling now it's dropping anywhere from a half inch to an inch and a half of rain in a short period of time and that could cause localized flooding? >> the difference behind this front is the dew points, dew points now are in the 70s, it feels tropical out there and by tomorrow morning it will still be warm. dew points are dropping down into the 60s, it will feel a lot better. today we hit 91 degrees, officially heat wave number three, we have more days in the 90s, stick around for the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> if you are looking to stay ahead of the storms check in with 6abc.com/weather, you'll find the hour by hour forecast

along with storm tracker six images. >> and philadelphia police are vest gating the savage beating of a 5-year-old little girl who appears to have been snatched from her own home on hutchinson street. john rawlins is live now. >> reporter: well, one theory is that this may have been a burglary gone bad but that is just speculation, but we can say that the folks at sbu as well as the victim's family want whoever is responsible or the street asap the mother told us she became frantic on tuesday morning when they could not fine the little girl, one looked in the backyard of the little girl's house and shouted. >> oh my god i found her. >> she could see into the weeds? >> yes. >> what did she see? >> my daughter laid out unconscious. >> we thought she was dead the way she was laying.

>> anecka along with a family friend recalled the horrifying moments when they discovered her lying in this weed filled backyard, the girl was alive but covered in blood the little girl in icu has stress fractures after being beaten and kicked. >> the level of violence is beyond the pale. >> police believe that monday into tuesday a stranger broke into the hopkins home through a first floor window and the intruder possibly a thief came across the little girl. >> the man came and grabbed my hand and made me go outside. >> i said is it a little boy or a someone you play with? >> and she said no i have never seen him before. >> residents are going

door-to-door looking for possible leads to give to police. >> look if you don't want to talk to cops, come talk to me uncle hank or one of the elders of the block talk to them. >> the little girl's mother says she is improving and has a swollen eye and she is talking, miss hopkins is worried that whoever is out there could do this to another child and police are worried about that and they hope that people will start talking and one tip is all it takes to make an arrest in this case. >> he hopes people will start talking if they know anything about what happened monday night into tuesday. >> thank you john. an assistance boy scout troop master is behind bars at the cape may courthouse center frank sandy thompson luring and two counts of endangering the

welfare of a child. police say thompson bought an 11-year-old expensive gifts to groom the boy for sex and sexually assaulted another boy some seven years ago. in the bustleton section of philadelphia off red lion road, a speeding car slammed into a tree and three people were killed and one person was critically injured but lawmen say that a second car also speeding left the scene. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live at the police accidents investigation division chad what is the lightest there? >> an arrest will happen soon but detectives are still gathering evidence and conducting interviews to nail down why the two cars were going so fast. >> basically disbelieve, it doesn't feel real to me.

>> karen lee struggled to fight back the tears where her niece sabrina rose died last night. this is what is left of the 2007 accura that left the road at a high rate of speed and smashed foo this tree. >> she was a good person who loved her sisters and nieces and i just don't want anyone to think the worst or judge. >> police are looking at racing as the possible cause of the accident. >> investigators say that it shows another car going upwards of 75 miles per hour where the crash happened. >> i am told that they drag race here but i don't know if that was the case. >> rose and two others died and another man is critical and the police says the driver walked away with non-life-threatening injuries, he ended up at the

local hospital. rhodes was a senior at george washington high school and leaves behind her parents and seven siblings remember that smile and her amazingly gorgeous eyes and the love she had for absolutely everybody. >> the names of those other victims have not been released. police have a message for the occupants of the other vehicle, come forward to police and tell us what you know. chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. newcastle county police are looking for the person who slashed the tires of at least six vehicles early this morning. officers responded to the fair way falls community in pike creek the majority of the victims lived in the 3200 block of champions drive police are seeking out anybody that had surveillance video in the area, and an employee is testing positive for legionaires disease

and found high levels of bacteria that caused the disease in eight campus buildings legionaires a serious form of pneumonia that is found in water supplies, they are treated the cooling systems to try and tackle the problem. coming up tonight, how the indictment of chaka fattah will effect the city of philadelphia and what is next for the congressman in the legal process xg. and ducis rogers has details of the trade of cole hamels to the texas rangers. our line of gusty thunderstorms is heading to the coast behind it a break from the hupt but not from the heat. i'll explain in the full exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> those stories and more.

this is the day after for congressman chaka fattah he and four others were named in a 29 count of racketeer and corruption charges. what are fattah's legal prospect prospects that is what vernon odom tried to find out today. >> chaka fattah is in a weak position. >> reporter: lloyd perry worked both sides of federal court as a prosecutor and defense attorney he says the charges against chaka fattah are detailed and come after a decade of the fbi investigation of the congressman he believes that the prosecutors have the stronger position. >> certainly with the u.s. attorneys office and review of the possible options that would be on the table and i'm sure they would be able to work out

some kind of arrangement. >> with multiple fattah confidants they could probably flip some to testify against them to save themselveses. >> there is a possibility that the lesser figures in the alleged conspiracy could cut a deal with the government and become witnesses again congressman, fattah. >> fattah says he will stay in congress as he fights the charges but already surrendered his seat on the powerful subcommittee where hes have delivered federal dollars for the west side and lovely dillworth park and more. >> we are losing a ranking member and subcommittee chairman and losing clout and finances and a lot of money that should come to philadelphia. >> his activist has resulted in millions of dollars coming to the city of philadelphia and you know in that regard down the

road, could potentially be a loss for us. >> congressman fattah's arrangement date is not yet set but it will mark the beginning of what promises to be a long, grim process. in dillworth park, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news" it will now be easier to see who is contributing to campaigns in philadelphia mayor michael nutter sign aid bill into law that requires organizations to show what they raise for campaigns, including nonprofits, corporations and political action committees, the entities have to file campaign finance reports starting six weeks before an election. >> supporters of the legislation says that it will ensure the public is informed who is spending money to influence city elections. before signing the law mayor michael nutter was on hand to break ground on the refurbished

canoe house on kelly drive. it will be home to the marine unit and was closed in 80s because of structural issues, it's set to open again in a few months.

we are waiting for the trade to be announced by either team, the rangers or the phillies it could be physical or something like that but all indications this deal will go down. ruben amaro had one chip to play and he will play it. cole hamels is in the process of being traded to the texas rangers. as of this afternoon hamels has not emptied out his locker his ten-year run with the phillies is coming to an end and going out in style. hamels tossed a no-hitter in his last start against chicago. hamels was their present and their past.

>> cole has done a great job for the city and the organization i hate to lose him, he is a great pitcher top notch s they got to this point because players get older and some things don't pan out the way you want them to pan out. that being said, it happens to everyone at some point. >> to fans it will be a big deal, some broken hearted people but i hope they understand the business side of it, and that you do kind of have to take a step back to move forward, and from what i hear, these prospects we are getting are some big time guys. >> lets take a look at the prospects. hamel and deekman will be headed there, and a top catching prospect and that is a serious need and matt harrison a lefty, an all start back in 2012 however he is dealing with back

issues the past few seasons, this deal is not yet official but we expect it to be soon. the trade line is 19 hours away and a lot more could still happen. i think i did the math wrong 20 hours away. ben revere is on the chopping block and is batting .29 8 and reef ear knows he could be gone in the matter of hours. >> it comes down to it and say my good-byes but not for right now, i'm trying to help this team win and stay in philly and help the phillies and do whatever i can to help this team win. >> 21 hours and how many minutes. >> 41. >> now voracek may need a bigger jim bag, eight years and $66 million contract signed today.

phillies are stealing the headlines but that will change with the opening of eagles training camp. demarco murray was productive with the cowboys last year and murray is excited about the options in chip kelly's offense. >> there are ways to give different guys the ball, so many different guys that you can possibly get the ball you knts just match up on one guy it's a fast paced offense and a lot of weapons across the board. >> once again eagles training camp begins on sunday and what a coincidence our live coverage starts then too. students from the university of sciences teamed up to give a powerful message to cancer patients and survivors, keep fighting and keep living they

are hosting camp discovery this week in southwest philadelphia it includes dance lesson crafts and poetry writing and cooking demonstrations, the goal is to encourage the women to continue healthy habits.

years ago we did not talk about dew points but they are the big thing xg the relative humidity drops when the temperature drops, because it's relative to how much moisture air can hold, as it warmer it can hold less, 40% humidity doesn't mean anything in the afternoon but dew points in the 70s means humid and that is what

we are getting and tomorrow dew points in the 50s. >> and that is more comfortable. >> good job jim stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have a line of storms reaching the coast right now ahead of a cold front that yes will bring a big drop to our dew points, if you have friends on the beach of lbi tell them to get indoors, this line is heading to the garden state parkway only to lightning strikes with this, but you see a bowing out there are gusty winds with these storms and they are heading off the coast in the next 20 minutes and then a big break in the humidity i see a lot of skins like this, this is on my facebook page, a shelf cloud, at the millville soccer sports complex and you see no kids playing soccer what this is a boundary between a down draft and an up draft it looks

menacing but as it's storms rolled through it did not cause damaging winds but brought rainfall. rainfall is running an inch below normal this month so it's welcome, allentown 1.3 and trenton and wilmington a half inch of rain. today it felt oppressive that is why we have the heat warning until 6:00, the heat index in philadelphia 100 the same in millville and 98 in wilmington and trenton, feeling like 78 in millville and philadelphia but allentown and reading the rain moved through and it's sunshine is back in the 90s, so it's still hot and the actual cold front is yet to move through, satellite 6 along with action radar showing this line of thunderstorms ahead of the cold front moving through centsral

pennsylvania, that crosses through at 10:00 tonight and behind that a huge drop in the dew points like jim was saying due points in the 70s and friday saturday and sun in the 50s before they start to go up next week and it gets humid again, tomorrow the high if we hit 90 we are still in heat wave number three that would be the fourth day but it won't feel as bad as today with winds out of the northwest it won't be oppressive. if you are heading to the poconos, it's nascar race weekend and looking fantastic for the qualifier, 80 degrees and 80 for saturday and 78 on sunday. looking good this weekend, down the shore meteorologist, melissa magee you are learning tricks from the harlem globetrotters. i'm impressed. >> i have bull and hacksaw, are

you guys having a good time. >> yeah! >> the globetrotters have a game in t-minus 30 minutes. >> we have to get in and warm up for the fans. >> i have to give you the forecast. down the shore looking good a high of 87 degrees and sunny and breezy and not much of a sea breeze to contend with tomorrow and the humidity will start to break as well. saturday sunshine and a few afternoon clouds and high of 87 degrees, a mostly sunny day and not bad with a high temperature of 85 the water temperature in at 73 we are having fun cecily hack saw say something nice. >> i love wildwood new jersey. >> good for you. that is awesome. >> i believed you. >> he is good under pressure. >> thank you so much, don't let them draft you melissa. >> the accuweather forecast sunny and hot but not humid tomorrow, 90 and 92 on saturday and 90 on sunday and monit gets

more humid with afternoon thunderstorms, and tuesday again 90 before finally a very strong cold front brings us a round of showers and thunderstorms and breaks the heat wave on wednesday and thursday. this do go on for eight straight days. >> forever. >> abc's world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff adam joseph and ducis rogers. and join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan ducis rogers and it's entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

breaking tonight, flight 370, what we now know about that piece of wing. the new clues washing ashore the number on the wing, and the crucial information it reveals. the positioning of the flap how the jet might have gone down and now the suitcase. the other plane emergencies today here at home. the smoke, the chutes deployed and a second plane, a fire as it touches down. we have just learned two more officers put on leave tonight after that routine stop shooting a driver dead rolling away in the car. the new video coming in tonight. our joint investigation from orphans to children locked in cages. we're with the team trying to help them and tonight a major development. and an urgent plea from the fbi, the bank bandit with an ak-47 on the move