hamels is back in the stadium today to collect some belongings and say his goodbyes. he left here for the airport immediately afterwards. hamels will pitch for the rangers tomorrow in their game against the san francisco giants. hamels had a really good run here with the phillies, 114 victories, that's six most in team history. a world series m.v.p. and a no-hitter just last week. he leaves the only professional team he has ever known. >> you know, this is a huge, huge part of who i. and what i've become. this is, you know, it's number one opportunity that i've been able to be given in playing baseball and especially to play for, you know, the historical city of philadelphia. you know, some of the best memories i've ever had. this is where i've had to grow. you guys have been there. you know, you've been there through everything that i've had to learn and endure in not only my baseball career but

even off the field. >> one of the difficulties obviously with trading a guy like cole hamels is what he's meant to our organization over the years. you know, when we have players that are home grown, guys that we drafted, it was a tremendous draft we developed him, he developed himself he made himself the player that he was. >> hamels was certainly one of the best. now hamels is the biggest name move by the phillies but he's not the latest name moved by phillies. we'll talk more about that coming up next hour. we're live at citizens bank park i'm ducis rodgers channel6 "action news." brian and sharrie back to you. >> ducis thank you. >> big departure. >> yeah. >> time for a check of the forecast. >> melissa magee in for adam joseph this afternoon. she's wisely decided to be outside and for good reason. >> yeah, you said it. it's hot pretty warm but the good news is the humidity is low as we close out our work week on this friday. check out the numbers across the delaware and lehigh

valleys. it is 90 here in philadelphia. so heat wave number three continues for a fourth day. 89 in trenton. 80 in the poconos, 85 in beach haven, 86 degrees in lancaster. here's the big difference today in comparison to yesterday. dewpoints a level of moisture in the air, any time you see these numbers below 60 degrees we've got comfortable conditions overhead and that's what we're going to be dealing with for the rest of tonight. here's satellite6 along with action radar its a mostly clear sky from new england across the midatlantic back to the ohio valley with showers and thunderstorms staying away from our region for the rest of the evening. if you're stepping out on the town we've got you covered. 7:00 p.m. partly sunny with a temperature of 86. 84 at 8:00 p.m., 9 p.m. mostly clear skies, 10:00 p.m. 80 degrees underneath the mostly clear skies. we've got a comfortable evening overhead. we'll let you know if the heat continues for our weekend and if the humidity stays in check. the details in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. brian. >> melissa thank you. she was the mother of a

two-year-old daughter until she was murdered inside her port richmond home and police say her child was at home at the time. now they're trying to find out just who would want this woman dead. chad pradelli live at the crime scene this afternoon. chad has the latest on the investigation. chad. >> reporter: brian, we've seen a steady stream of people coming here to the crime scene. they've been placing teddy teddy bears lighting candles laying flowers and paying their respects. they describe a young mother way bright future and police tell me that they don't believe this was a random act but this home was targeted. it was the morning of disbelief and sadness for friends and family of tool-year-old stephanie dzikowski. late last night the killer walked into the aramingo avenue home and shot her once in the head while dzikowski's two-year-old daughter sat on the bed next to her. >> how could it happen? she's never -- she never did anything. she had everything going for her. >> i'm numb. i'm still trying to suck it all in.

i don't believe -- i'm still thinking she's going to walk down the street and say hi, i'll be right back. >> reporter: marie harkins is a friend and long time neighbor. she as well as police say dzikowski's boyfriend was getting groceries when the killing occurred. he found the body and ran next door in a panic. harkins told him to calm down and rushed to the crime scene. >> i got scared first and then i got a sick feeling in my stomach and it was just like nothing but blood. >> reporter: another neighbor saw a man in a gray hoodie run from the home seconds after the gun shot. this is surveillance video that may have captured the killer fleeing down aramingo. neighbors say earlier in the day a man in a gray hoodie kept riding his bicycle up and down the block which seemed odd with temperatures in the 90's. police have no suspects. relatives worry about the little girl left without a mother. >> i know our family, she'll definitely be taken care of, you know what i mean.

>> reporter: and those who knew the victim say there will be a vigil held here tonight at 8:00 p.m. live in port richmond, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." >> it is a disheartening story, chad. thank you. cars and houses were hit with bullets during an early morning shooting in philadelphia's feltonville section around 2:30 this morning on the 300 block of east rockland a police say the bullet holes came from opposite directions leading them to believe al shootout happened on the corner. vernon odom talked to neighbors who were startled out of their sleep by the gun shots. he'll have more at 5 o'clock. >> in new jersey today police announced arrests in an organized retail theft ring dubbed operation pandora. police say these six people you see right here plus another unidentified woman stole more than $800,000 in jewelry from various states including new jersey. state police investigators were tipped off to the ring back in may of last year. that's when the group allegedly followed a vehicle from a jewelry trade show in

mount laurel. then robbed the occupants once they stopped at the clara barton service area on the new jersey turnpike in salem county. police say the ring is also behind two jewelry store thefts in mercer county back in 2013 and 14. at tindal diamonds in robbinsville ring members allegedly stole about $100,000 in loose diamonds by distracting a clerk and then reaching over a display counter to grab the jewels. this ring, by the way has also been linked to thefts in new york, pennsylvania illinois virginia and rhode island and today brian, six of them plus one other arrested. >> all right, alicia thank you very much. a nasty crash involving a dump truck tied up traffic for hours today on the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike. it happened in the southbound lanes in nether providence township. the crash involved three vehicles including that dump truck. police have not said if anyone was hurt but chopper six was overhead as medics took

someone away on a stretcher. the wreck blocked entire highway for hours but all of the lanes are back opened this afternoon. >> we are just 56 days away from the pope's visit to philadelphia but city officials are not the only ones planning for the occasion. some people are looking for places to stay while others are looking to get out of town to avoid the crowds and that has led to a very unique rental market. john rawlins is covering this story for us. he's live at the art museum with the details. >> reporter: what you described right there is that the sound of opportunity knocking. if you're going to get out of town anyway and you have an empty apartment why don't you rent it out maybe for hundreds possibly thousands of dollars. easy money right? well, you better be sure what you're doing. >> i rented on air b and b how much money do you think i could get. >> reporter: the lure of short term rentals modest apartments upscale condos entire homes on craigslist, air b and b. the world meeting of families partner home stay, asking

prices $18,000 a week or more not uncommon. but before you dive in and become a papal visit landlord consider some issues or it could cost. if you're a renter does your landlord allow subleasing. many don't. even if you own a condo you may be in for a shock says chuck homer. he works for a firm that manages condos just blocks from the art museum. he checks online sites looking for offerings in his building to warn owners such rentals violate the rules and for good reason. you think you may be rendering to a pair of quiet pilgrim but a much bigger group arrives and causes damage. >> a lot of the owners aren't even looking at the risk exposure to themselves and most people, i mean, it's a natural 10 desi in human nature to be self interested. they're not even looking at if their insurance doesn't protect them and someone comes and steals their belongings or damages their home. >> reporter: this is a worst case scenario. $75,000 worth of damage to a canadian home. four adults hosted a party of

100. even if you can legally rent out your place attorney jeffrey beard recommends getting a strong contract with and don't assume your normal homeowners will help you if a renter is hurt. >> you need have insurance that's going to protect you should someone get injured on your property. it's not generally covered so you may need speak with your carrier about getting a rider. >> reporter: the collective advice of the pros, if you're not a pro in this you need to talk to a lawyer, you need talk to your insurance agent and if you do manage to rent your house and make several thousand dollars there you'll probably have to talk to your accountant because that's income. >> john thanks. remember you can keep up with all of the news on the world meeting of families with our special twitter account. just follow at 6abc pope for updates on the international conference and of course the visit from pope francis. it's time now for the "action news" traffic report. >> let's do it. matt pelman standing by live

in the "action news" traffic center and it looks like no one is going anywhere quickly. >> you want to say your prayers before you head out on this friday afternoon. it is a mess on the roadways, brian and sharif it's a friday afternoon in the summertime so things are very busy with shore traffic and a bunch of events and a crash on the schuylkill expressway. eastbound side the accident is at south street taking out the left lane. as the sign here by montgomery tells you but that's not where the delay begins. begins the whole way back at city avenue and then it's just a long slow crawl like this on into south side street. that travel time of nearly 50 minutes should be about 15 on the eastbound side. travel times are double, triple even quadruple what they should be in many cases this afternoon. and yes, like i said, several events around the region. a j cole concert at 6:30 in camden a phils game at 7:05 and then weird sal at the mann at 7:30. in addition to the shore traffic people are headed to all those different events. a crash in upper darby along route three west chester pike

at madison. a bad one in perkiomen. fire police helping you around that. newark a crash closing old baltimore pike this afternoon. stick with chestnut hill road or 40 pulaski highway and a long slow crawl northbound 95 and 295 heading towards the work zone at the delaware memorial bridge. let's do the commuter report on this finally friday afternoon. happy friday everybody. headed to the shore you too have plenty of company especially on that ramp from the a.c. expressway eastbound to the garden state parkway southbound with the work there. jammed up pretty much all summer long. and jammed again this afternoon. we'll check it again brian and sharrie coming up in the next half hour. >> matt thanks very much. still ahead here at 4 o'clock today an amber alert for a pennsylvania teenager that police say was abducted today. >> plus cvs is accused of overcharging for its prescriptions. how the lawsuit says the pharmacy has been making people pay as much as four times the actual cost. >> and the eagles report to training camp this weekend.

we've got a preview of what you can expect plus details on when you can see the squad up close and personal.

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>> police in northeastern pennsylvania are looking for a teenager who was abducted from her home. an amber al slower in effect for 16-year-old jena patterson. patterson on the left was taken from her home in wilkes-barre at gun point yesterday according to police. she was last seen wearing gray yoga pants an multi-colored t-shirt. police say the man on the right walter louis was the one who took her. he's accused of -- he's considered armed and dangerous. officials believe lewis is driving a red car. anyone with information is asked to call 911. >> the man accused of gunning down nine people inside a charleston church last month wants to plead guilty to the crimes. during an arraignment in federal court today dylann roof's lawyers said that his client wanted to enter a guilty plea to all 33 charges against him but that he could

not advise him to do so. the judge then entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. roof wore shackles and did not speak other than to say yes to several of the judge's questions today. >> confirmation for a few days now but analysts believe this piece of a wing from a boeing 777 is in fact missing from malaysia airlines flight 370. that wing part washed ashore on a remote island in the indian ocean off the southeastern coast of africa and it's on its way to france to be analyzed by forensic investigators. what experts can say for sure is that it is from a boeing 777 and that there are no other planes like that missing in the world. it's also white the same color as the missing aircraft. the part called the flaperon helps the plane slow down for landings. the fact that it's mostly intact offers some pretty vital clues. >> an indication that the flaps were deployed, that somebody wanted higher lift on

the airplane as if they were trying to land or ditch the air plan on the water. >> the part won't lead crews to the wreckage but it indicates the search area near australia is correct. the same man who spotted wing part also discovered suitcase that washed up on the island. malaysian officials are also looking into a possible connection there. still a lot of unanswered questions, sharrie but possibly a clue. >> possibly so. let's hope so. alicia thank you. cvs accused of intentionally overcharging customers for generic prescription drugs. the lawsuit alleges the pricing scheme has been going on since 2008 and that it involves customers who buy medications through third party plans. that lawsuit claims cvs has been submitting claims to those third parties at inflated prices sometimes three or four times the usual price. that third party plan is called health savings pass. it's a discounter program not insurance. a cvs spokesman said company

not comment on the case but says a similar case was dismissed in massachusetts. now here's a look at today's closing numbers. stocks were down on the day across-the-board but it was a big july on wall street overall. the dow was up for the month the nasdaq rose about 3 percent and the s & p grew 2 percent. also oil was down 20 percent. >> well, it's something eagles fans look forward to all summer long. the birds will report to training camp this weekend. the players report tomorrow then hold their first practice on sunday. most of the camp is closed to the public but the team will hold two open practices at lincoln financial field. the first one is on tuesday and then the second one is sunday august 9th. you don't need a ticket and it's free to get in. the eagles first preseason game, it's august 16th just three weeks from now. beijing china will host the 2022 winter olympics. the international olympic committee made that

announcement today. the decision makes history because beijing will now be the first city to host both the summer and winter games. it hosted the summer games just recently back in 2008. >> no shortage of feeling like summer around here. it's time now for accuweather. >> it's truly a beautiful day out there. melissa magee was outside but for some reason she came inside. >> well, they told me high to so i just follow orders. if i wanted to be a rebel i would definitely stay outdoors because as you said, it is gorgeous outside. yeah, it's hot and yeah it is july 31st so you should expect temperatures like this but the humidity is in check. we'll show you the picture outside. sky6 live in hd down the shore in atlantic city and we've got the beach umbrellas folks enjoying a really nice afternoon and really nice if you're at the shore. check out the numbers along the coast. we have the middle and upper 80's from beach haven down to cape may but as you head inland here in philadelphia we're coming in at 90 degrees which makes our heat wave extended for another day.

this is day four and countering of our heat wave. normal for us this time of year is 87. you can see on tuesday that's when the heat started out across the region with the high of 93. we stayed at 93 wednesday. thursday 91 and so far today in the city coming in at 90 degrees. here's satellite6 along with action radar. really quiet conditions across the region. you can see the showers and storms with that frontal boundary that triggered the activity across our region yesterday. out along the atlantic. it's mostly clear from new england all the way down across the midatlantic region with high pressure staying in control. so the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight it's warm but it's pretty comfortable underneath a moonlit sky. just a touch of humidity overhead. 73 for the overnight low in the city and 63 in allentown along the coast in cape may we'll drop down to 72. you've heard the term once in a blue moon. well, you can catch it later on tonight. it's not exactly blue in color but this is the second full moon this month and this is pretty rare. it only happens once every three years. the next time this will occur

will be in 2018. if you want to check out the moon, you look to the east just after sunset so it is a sight to see but the moon is actually a gray and clear in color, not blue. here's the call from accuweather as we look at future tracker six as we head into our weekend on saturday, 2 o'clock in the afternoon it's mostly clear but there could be a couple showers and thunderstorms that fire up north of the city. the weekend get away, you can see in the city mostly sunny a high of 91. a land breeze at the shore tomorrow and at 88. sunny with an isolated thunderstorm up in the poconos. here is your four day at 4:00. continued heat for sunday with a high temperature of 91 degrees. the peek of the heat on monday and at 94 it's hot and partly sunny as we get into tuesday with a high temperature coming in at 90. so looks like this heat wave is going to continue but the humidity at least for the first weekend of august, guys, will stay in check. >> so, is that why you wore blue today the blue moon tonight? >> i was thinking of that song. >> ♪♪ >> blue moon.

>> you're not going to like following. >> i don't know where you're going here. >> i'll stop singing. i can't. >> in the commercial break alicia i'm going to record it put it on facebook. >> put it on twitter. >> thanks melissa. >> the city of chester will soon have more than a dozen new firefighters. 16 cadets graduated during a special ceremony this morning at chester city hall. three of those cadets are making history as the first female firefighters in chester. city leaders including chester's mayor and instructors from the philadelphia fire academy were on hand to celebrate their achievement. the cadets will be sworn in at a later date. >> dunkin' donuts teaming up with the red cross to offer a sweet incentive for giving blood. the action cam was in marlton new jersey, for the campaign kickoff. starting today anyone who donates blood to the american red cross will get a voucher for, get this a-free medium iced coffee and a free doughnut. dunkin' donuts offered up 20,000 coupons in all. the campaign lasts through the month of august.

>> that ought to get some people through the doors. >> i would imagine. >> boston cream. >> i'm stumped by melissa's song. >> she's a a good singer. >> still ahead at 4:30 it's been a dangerous summer on the water. what local police are asking swimmers to do to make sure they stay safe. >> up next a man caught on camera breaking into a parked car. what police say he took once he got inside. >> and from philly to the food network, meet the two local south philadelphia brothers and grocers about to take the national stage and shine the spotlight on home groan handcrafted culinary gems. you'll meet them coming up.

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>> "action news" continues. >> it's 4:30 and "action news" continues with the final freebie friday of the month. where you can get everything from root beer floats to school supplies for nothing. that's coming up ahead. >> plus, they are the magical mysterious images that have captured the internet's imagination today. photographs that are equal parts dreamy and eerie where sky slips into sea. why so many are obsessed with identifying the beach beauty seen walking in the waivers decades ago. >> what do the words american, rich and senior citizen have in common? well, according to the university of new hampshire's web site, they're all offensive. find out what the school's president is saying about the unofficial language guide today. >> but we're going to begin here at 4:30 with your friday

afternoon forecast from accuweather. >> that sounds good all by itself. and the word going into the weekend is comfortable thanks to a break from the humidity. meteorologist melissa magee is live at the big board with more on this. hi melissa. >> hi sharrie and brian. we have the relief, a nice break from the humidity today in comparison to the oppressive conditions we had across our region just yesterday but it's still pretty hot. 90 in the city. 88 in new york city along that 95 corridor down in our nation's capitol, 91 and 90 as well there in richmond, virginia. here is the big change today. we have high pressure well out to our west out across the ohio valley. the winds are coming in from a westerly direction and that helps to drain in drier air across the region so any time you have dewpoint temperatures at 50 degrees or 54 where they currently are in philadelphia, woo he have got a nice and comfortable air mass overhead. 50's up and down that 95 corridor from new york city all the way down to washington, d.c. so we've got the weekend outlook for you. tomorrow's mostly sunny the humidity still stays in check with a high temperature at 91.

if we hit 91 this would be day five of our heat wave. and on sunday partly sunny it stays hot but not too sticky overhead a temperature coming in at 91 degrees. we'll be tracking some moisture. i'll let you know when that will occur coming up with a full and exclusive accuweather seven day. i'll send it back over you to brian. >> melissa thanks very much. see you sue. the downside to perfect forecasts like that one are scenes like these. from rivers to quarrys to creeks, it seems rescues in the water go hand in hand with nice days. for more on how one local agency is trying to keep people safe for the remainder of the summer we turn now to new jersey correspondent nora muchanic live in lambertville today. hi nora. >> reporter: hi there brian. people love to come to the delaware river when it's hot out but over the last several years more than two dozen people have died drowning in accidents that might have been prevented if the victims had been wearing a life jacket. >> this is my first time. >> reporter: jacqueline

humphries and glen ballard of croydon on a lazy day floating down the delaware river with family. >> with the rain and all concerned about the current but it's beautiful. >> when you're looking at it right now it looks pretty calm and it's flat but there's low spots, there's a lot of rocks hidden branches, trees that are under water. >> it's very deceiving the currents. >> reporter: sergeant carl saturday is the field training officer for the new jersey state police marine unit and served 30 years with the coast guard reserves. after a string of recent drownings inn on the river in mid-july he personally recovered three victims in three days he's reminding everyone who uses the delaware for recreation to put on the life jacket. >> life jacket is the most important piece of equipment you'll have. it's the most important piece of equipment to wear. >> i respect the water and even though it doesn't make sense i am -- drowning is always in the back of my mind so when we feel unsafe we make sure that we have our life jackets on. >> they're not very comfortable and we don't always wear them like we should. >> reporter: the sergeant says in many cases people who

are good swimmers or have experience with the river develop a false senses of security or just don't want to put a life vest on. >> they're hot cumbersome, people don't want to wear them, they're uncomfortable but a life jacket is not something you'll think of immediately when you encounter a situation that you need the life jacket. by the time you realize you need the life jacket it's often too late. >> reporter: if a kayak tips or you fall out of a tube or a boat he says even experienced people panic so his recommendation to zip up, strap in and be safe. association have fun but protect yourself and your family. put those live jackets on. live along the delaware river in lambertville, i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news." brian. >> allall right, only takes a second to do but so important. nora thanks so much. at sung set tonight the coast guard says it will suspend its search efforts for those two teenaged boys who have been missing now for a week. the 14-year-olds perry cohen and austin stephanos were last seen last friday as they set out on a fishing trip from

florida to the bahamas. their boat was found capsized on sunday. their families say they'll continue a private search even after the coast guard's efforts end. >> a senior citizen was seriously injured when his bicycle collided with another in new castle county this afternoon. it happened near the intersection of kirkwood highway in elsmere. police tell "action news" that the 69-year-old man was unresponsive when rushed to christiana hospital. they haven't released information on the other cyclist's condition or details on what caused this collision. >> philadelphia police still have yet to make an arrest in a deadly high speed crash in the city's bustleton section. yvette gonzalez and sabrina rhodes both 17 years old were killed after they were thrown from a car. a third victim 20-year-old felipe hernandez of medford was found trapped inside the wreckage. two others in the car were hurt including the driver. police say they're still trying to track down a seconde

second car which was seen on surveillance video speeding next to the car that crashed. pennsylvania state police are still trying to figure out what led up to a deadly three-car accident in bucks county. chopper 6hd was over the intersection of allentown road and route 663 in milford township. that's where a truck an suv and a car collided right about 7:00 this morning. a person in the suv was killed. but troopers have not yet row leased details on their deaths. the intersection reopened just after 11:30. >> philadelphia police need your help finding the man who stole from a member of the police and fire federal credit union. surveillance cameras captured not one but two men withdraw money from atm's throughout philadelphia's wynnefield section. police say the card which belonged to an 18-year-old member went missing back on july 10th. if you recognize either suspect, give detectives at southwest a call. well having support when fighting an addiction is key to making a full recovery and one psychologist has found a way to provide that any time

anywhere. "action news" anchor rick williams is live in the news room with more on this. hi rick. >> hi, shar regent that's right psychiatrists and computer students from ohio state university created this new app called the squirrel smart recovery app. addicts can use to it rate their mood urges and stress less when temptation occurs and that information can then be shared immediately with friends and family. coming up at 5:00 tonight find out about how other features of the app work and the inspiration to create it. also tonight with products with beats are not necessarily recommended to use on children to protect them from ticks and mosquitos but consumer reports recommends some safer alternatives and we'll have that list on "action news" at 5 o'clock. until then back to the studio and brian we'll see you in a bit. >> rick sounds good. thank you. philadelphia has been named one of the best cities in america to connect kids with the outdoors. it is one of the first visit cities that will take part in a new initiative through the

u.s. department of interior. through the program the philadelphia freedom valley ymca will get funding to create special outdoor programs for young adults on public land all across the city. >> well, we are brimming with pride today because from philly to the food network two local brothers take their passion for finding rare culinary specialties to the national stage. if you ever been to green aisle grocery in the city then you have surely met two home grown stars on the rise. >> really pride ourselves on finding the best of the best. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: andrew and adam south philadelphia born and raised are brothers, grocers foodies and now the stars of the new food network show great american food finds. >> now we're traveling the can you know tree to discover mom and pop purveyors. >> we really like to find those special items. >> reporter: they search the country high and low for little culinary gems, the homemade handcrafted pride and

joy of mom and pop. >> we brought some products into philly. you know, we were the first people to retail blue bottle beans,. >> reporter: like cape may sea salt. >> this is sea salt produced with water from the delaware bay. >> reporter: wow. doesn't get more local than that. >> right. amazing. this locally made korean sauce. >> this is from yong's in center city. >> reporter: this is him right here. >> jacket. >> exactly is. it's made and bottled here in the city. >> reporter: these are treasures they've been stocking on the shelves of green aisle grocery since they opened their first location on east passyunk avenue. they're opening a fishtown snore a few weeks n grays ferry they make and jar their own pickles jams, vinegars you may name it. >> one of the highlights of our product line is the pistachio butter.

>> reporter: not dijon mustard. >> but de john mustard. we have to keep that philly attitude. >> reporter: every item on your staff has a story. >> that's what we do. >> reporter: and that's what you're doing on the show. >> exactly. >> reporter: plus just a lot of fun. great american food finds premieres monday night on the food network and the family will be watching in south philadelphia at mom's house you know, with 90 of their closest friends and family members. they say the show is also funny because they're brothers and you guys know how that goes. [laughter] >> yeah, we do. your mic dropped out for one second. i want to make sure it's clear that it premiers monday night. >> reporter: it did? yes it premiers monday night on the food network. everybody grab something to eat and sit on the couch. go to green aisle grocers. >> food looked great. >> reporter: and they're cool guys. >> thank you very much. still ahead here as the news continues from gym memberships to root beer floats we'll show you all the things you can get for nothing in freebie friday. >> and american, overweight, those are just two words on

one college's web site that they have deemed problematic. we'll explain what's behind the bias-free language guide ahead. >> plus, they are breath takingly beautiful images found buried in a virginia trip store. how these haunting photos were found and why so many are obsessed with finding the woman seen walking into the waivers. >> and meteorologist melissa magee returns with that full forecast from accuweather when "action news" at 4:00 comes right back.

>> in health check at 4:00 choking on food is a leading cause of injury for small children and summer time with its cookouts and backyard parties can ramp up those dangers. doctors say hot dogs, grapes, chunks of meat and cheese and candies are the biggest culprits. parents should cut these unfor kids four and under and cut them about the size avenue child's fingertip because that's about the size of their windpipe but don't cut them into chunks. >> if you're going to give a

younger kids grape i'm not saying you can't have the grapes cut them in slices. if you have hot dogs cut them in prescription. cheese, instead of giving them chunks threat let them have fun with string cheese. >> there's popcorn nuts and raw vegetable pieces are risky too. so watch those party foods and have them sit while eating. kids running around or playing are more likely to choke. >> well, facebook ceo and founder mark zuckerberg is about to be a dad. today zuckerberg announced that he is and his wife priscilla are expecting a baby girl they did it where else but on facebook. he also opened up about their struggle to conceive. in their post zuckerberg said that he and his wife have had three miss carriages in the past couple of years. zuckerberg said he wanted to share his story to give other potential parents hope that they too can start a family. >> very powerful message of hope. now to the big talkers and in an effort to offend no one staff and students at the university of new hampshire

issued what they call a bias free language guide. basically a catalog of talks they call completely inclusive. instead of elders or seniors call them people of advance the age and use people of size rather than calling people overweight. other than rich, how about person of material wealth. one suggestion the school's president and elected officials are offend #ed by though the fact that the guide also considers the word american problematic because it fails to recognize south america. u.s. citizen is preferable by the way. dat school's president calls the guide offensive but he says he won't take it off the web site because that is censorship and he doesn't condone that, either. one woman's very rare and beautiful thrift store find launches a viral social media campaign called #find the girls on the negativity it started when a photographer named megan able developed negatives she found at a secondhand store in richmond,

virginia. the absolutely gorgeous set of prints features two women this is one of them right here and the other she says she can tell they were taken in the 50's and now she has posted them all on facebook to try to find these bathing beauty. look at this incredible progression. this woman wading into the water and eventually getting waste deep. she wants every one to look closely. is this your mother? is it your grandmother? well, one woman responded saying the beach looked a lot like one that they have out in los angeles. so she superimposed one of the pictures over that shot right there and she says looks like a perfect match. so maybe just maybe one little clue to finding those two women. finally there's a summer time hoops shooting in the pool and then there's this. a three person move that involves up flip behind the back pass and it all goes down in the poconos in just one

take. [laughter] >> reporter: here's a replay. first a woman jumps on the trampoline passes the ball across the pool while flipping in midair then to the woman on the deck who throws it behind her back. this is safe stacy perryman a girl's basketball player. down show goes shooting simultaneously and score. by the way she tells 6abc.com i didn't see it because i went under water but when i came up i heard them cheering so i said did it go in? yeah it d by the way that was her first try. >> i know. you were doing such a good job. >> these three women have skills. >> yeah. >> that's the bottom line. >> an great pool, too, by the way. alicia thanks very much. let's get another check on the roads right now. >> let's head over to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center with the upday. hey, matt. >> we know that heading out on a summer time afternoon is always a shot in the dark sharrie and brian. this afternoon we are not winning on any stretch of roadway.

this is the schuylkill expressway, were you ever our major problems right now. eastbound side not moving from 202 into the conshohocken curve where we're getting reports of an accident. clearly there's something up ahead because this traffic is not getting anywhere. want to stick with 23 conshohocken state road, even 30 lancaster or stay on ridge pike instead. the eastbound schuylkill through the conshohocken area this afternoon. farther east we have that crash by south street. that's gone but still a local line from city avenue on in. now there's a wreck on 95 northbound by the walt whitman bridge. extra problematic with people trying to get across the bridge to get to the shore. crash is on the shoulder but you're looking at speeds in the teens coming north side of the airport and in camden watch out for a wreck along 676 southbound at collings avenue. you don't want to head for 295 northbound in gloucester county. all lanes blocked past thorofare because of an accident. single digits speeds there. use kings highway locally or the northbound new jersey turnpike through gloucester county. but in burlington county on the jersey turnpike southbound exit four route 73 there's an overturned truck blocking

multiple lanes. stick with 295 down to 73 butter then bail because the jams get really bad. jersey turnpike by the delaware memorial bridge there's a crash. northbound 95 and 295 in delaware a 10-mile crawl because of construction on that bridge. it is an absolute mess this afternoon. we'll check it again brian and sharrie in the next half hour. >> moral of the story stay home. >> if you can. >> yeah its not a good time. >> thanks, matt. meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast next.

>> so much buzz about that blue moon happening tonight. melissa sunk it for us a little bit earlier. i won't ask you to repeat it. >> no, it's because of that phrase once in a blue moon so the next time we'll see it is three years from now in 2018. so, it's because it's happening again for this month

a second time this month that we will have a full moon. it is rare and something to see up in the sky. we'll show you what else you want to see as we take a look at the action cam in ocean city, new jersey. everyone's on the beach and on the sand with their beach umbrellas. not much of a sea breeze this afternoon with those winds coming in from a westerly direction. still pretty comfortable along the coast today. here's storm tracker6 live double scan radar. you can see it's pretty dry and quiet across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. high pressure dominating our region today and it will stay in control for a good chunk of our weekend. along the coast in surf city 86, 86 in ocean city. cape may also in the upper 80's. as you head inlands however we hit 90 here in philadelphia so this is day four of our heat wave. it will more than likely continue as we head into our weekend. 80 up in the poconos, 86 out to the west in lancaster 85 degrees in dover. here's satellite6 along with action radar. not a whole lot to talk about right now. we had those showers and

storms across our region yesterday. that cold front along the midatlantic. it's mostly clear and quiet from new england down across the midatlantic westward through the ohio valley. the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight a touch of humidity overhead. we'll drop down to 63 in the suburbs and 73 in philadelphia with that west-southwesterly wind. over the weekend yeah it's going to be a hot one but not so humid especially for the first day of august come tomorrow. you have this high pressure, this heat pump overhead so we're tapping into those westerly winds so it will be hot with that moisture and the winds down sloping east of the appalachians, it compresses and warm at the surface. high temps will be in the 90's, it's sunny and dry. it's not until this high shifts to our east on the western periphery of that high that you will tap into that humidity and that's not occurring until we get into the start of next week. so if you're traveling up north of the city in the poconos we've got a good big race weekend going on. saturday is the truck series. high temperature 80 degrees with an isolated thunderstorm

overhead. mostly sunny on sunday with a high temperature inn and at 80. down the shore the water temperature 71 and as we get into saturday it's bright and breezy a high up to 88. 87 sunny and warm as we close out our weekend on sunday. here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. hot but not too humid tomorrow. we're up to 91 degrees. continued heat on sunday and at 91 degrees in the peek of that hot air arrives on monday. high of 94. a shower or a thunderstorm is possible by the afternoon. hot, partly sunny on tuesday and at 90 still a threat of a shower or storm and on wednesday the heat wave will come to an end 87. and showers and storms next thursday 83. 85 on friday. so it's hot tomorrow. but again, the humidity stays in check for this time of year guys. >> sounds good melissa. thanks. >> freebie friday is coming up next. at... the only thing is what? what's the only thing? oh my gosh he's married. he's a kleptomaniac. he's a pyromaniac. he's a total maniac.

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>> it is freebie friday and i have good news and bad news. the bad news is it's almost back to school time. the good, tomorrow verizon stores giving away free back packs with school supplies from noon to three no purchase necessary. you must have a child with you. make sure your local store is participating. keep up that summer fitness routine with a 330 day membership to philadelphia sports club. the offer is good for new visitors over the age of 21. a and w restaurants giving out free root beer floats next thursday august 6th from 2 o'clock until closing. all month long 7-eleven is giving away tons of freebies just download the free 7-eleven app. this week it's a free sannie fan at a slurpee. it's a different treat from star burst gunny good up to snickers butter finger bars. all the details on 6abc.com. brian. >> alicia thank you. finally at 4:00 a story of dedication on the basketball court but none like you've ever seen before. check it out.

this little boy is completely dedicated to staying out of the game. team run back and forth this little conscientious objector stands there from time to time shoveling his feet. unfortunately for the indifferent athlete at that age you still get snacks at the end of the game win or lose no matter how hard you play. clearly not a basketball fan. >> all winners though. >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00 today. now for sharrie williams, alicia vitarelli adam joseph and melissa magee i'm brian taff. hope you'll join me along with adam and ducis tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> "action news" at 5:00 is coming up next.

>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody meteorologist cecily tynan rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> residents in the feltonville section of philadelphia were a wakened overnight to the sound of gun shots. several homes and cars were struck by bullets leaving that entire neighborhood shaken. friday night the big story on "action news" is the latest on the investigation into wild gunfire there overnight. >> "action news" reporter vern

odom is live where it all happened along east washington street and he has the full story tonight. vernon. >> reporter: good evening rick and monica. good evening to you both. neighbors here tell me they believe it is a war over drug turf that is triggering governing that makes these streets so dangerous after dark. >> to just shoot randomly it's crazy. i don't understand that mind-set at all. >> reporter: bullet holes and shattered glass pockmark his neighborhood today in the 300 block of rockland at orem. he's glad the wife and children were all asleep at 2:30. multiple gun shots penetrated the walls of his house. he took us on a tour plague pointing out the bullet holes. the front driver's side and passenger side windows were shot out. police say there has been a lot of wild governor lately in felt you. >> we heard like pop pop. so i sent my girlfriend to