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it is monday night and the big story is one dead and two wounded, the human toll in the wake of a shooting this afternoon. live at wilmington police tonight, annie mccormick, what are the details there? >> so many questions for the police. was it a random act? or were one of the three in the case targeted? the young woman killed. she has two children, one boy and one girl. and one of those in the hospital also shot was her daughter. gunfire in wilmington in midafternoon, within minutes after the 20k -- 2:00 shooting the police swarmed the home. and a 4-year-old girl shot in her leg and the mother shot in her torso. and her son was inside, running out of the house for help, but his mom later died.

>> he kept saying my mom is going to die. my mom is dead. i said we are not going to talk like that, make sure we pray on it, make sure mommy is ok. >> and a block away another victim discovered. >> and i heard a shot and saw my friend with my mom. and when i got closer somebody was yelling "it's your mom." >> she was shot in her leg and her daughter spoke to us telling us her mom was an innocent bystander and still in the hospital. >> the bullet between her bone and main artery in her leg. >> the police are releasing little information. tonight the friends on the block worked on making signs in honor of the victims, including the young mother killed. and back out here live, we are told by a family friend that 4-year-old was in the i.c.u. and the family tells us she is expected to have surgery. but when she went into the hospital she was conscious and talking. at this point, the police have

not released any information about a suspect. reporting live in wilmington, delaware, annie mccormick channel "action news". we have breaking news from chester where we obtained the surveillance video of a drive-by shooting outside of a corner store. a woman struck by gunfire on the 2000 block of edgemont avenue, happening over two hours ago. running into the store, people rushed to her aid as she checks to see how badly she was wounded. she is transported to the hospital but her condition not released. and the police have not released suspects or what prompted the drive-by shooting. expecting stormy weather tonight and perhaps tomorrow afternoon. live at the big board tonight is cecily tynan. >> we are expecting two rounds ever rain moving in. the most substantial in the

overnight hours. and showing two areas of some heavy rain. one over west virginia, and another other virginia. and that is associated with a warm front. the two areas combine forces and move in after about 1:30 in the morning in the western suburbs, we have one renegade line. no lightning strikes associated with it, but heavy downpours working north and east. really the main focus of the heavy precipitation will be in the overnight hours. and futuretracker showing unfortunate timing for the morning commute. it looks like it will be right over the philadelphia area around 7:00 in the morning with heavy downpours, some rumbles of thunder. that's with a warm front. and after that the warm sector of the storm and a cold front moves through late in the day in the afternoon. bringing more scattered storms and they could contain isolated damage and wind gusts. the morning commute, my advise is allow extra time with downpours and the fact the roads

will be wet. there could be ponding on the roads, localized flooding. it will be a slow morning commute. i will talk more about the system in the afternoon and what to expect behind it in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you, cecily. we want to show you the way it looked last night after a woman drove her car into a house in northeast philadelphia. tonight the police say the driver of the car, 34-year-old katherine ryan has been charged with drunk driving. inside of thes house, 85-year-old carmen adamo suffered only minor injuries, but this capped a brutal week for the 85 year old. his wife died of cancer last week. he described the moment of impact. >> it was like a large explosion behind me. the whole house shook and i shook. >> i was relieved to see he was awake and alert and talking. the cut upset me a little with the stitches but glad he is ok. >> the house in the 8600 block

of bustleton avenue sustained major damage, in large part because the car exploded inside. as for adamo, he is moving into a nursing home. >> and the scene in lansing, michigan, a car crashing into a home erupted into a fireball. the authorities released this video recorded by a fire truck's dash cam. the vehicle apparently was rear-ended by a hit-and-run driver and it careened into the home rupturing the gas line and causing the explosion. fortunately the driver and family inside of the home got out in time. a 12-year-old was rushed to the hospital after he was injured playing in the sand on the beach in surf city, new jersey this afternoon. he was digging a hole when the sand caved in. li lifeguards and bystanders freed him. and he was breathing in stable condition when flow to the hospital, no word on what caused the sand to collapse. this video clip is one of

the most watched on 6abc.com tonight. an "action news" viewer recorded a mishap on the roller costar at dorney park this morning. they were forced to walk down the side of the structure. officials tell us a warning light came on as the coaster approached the hill, causing them to stop the ride for a safety check. because it was raining they decided to evacuate the ride rather than trouble shoot the problem on the tracks and it was a good decision because nobody was hurt. when you see breaking news or weather we invite you to join the action. email photos and videos to jointheaction@6abc.com or use the #6abcaction on social media. kathleen kane holding a news conference to address her legal situation. charges leveled against kane last week, that she leaked secret grand jury information to a reporter and lied about it

underoath. and her preliminary hearing set for august 24. temple university joined the list of schools planning to close on friday before the pope visits. the university official s canceled classes. others plan to close. villanova asked instructors to hold the classes online or reschedule them but the university will remain open. people of concerned about the impact that the pope's visit mr. have for traffic, and especially true for expectant mothers who are wondering what happens if they go in labor that weekend. hospitals inside and outside of the so-called traffic box are putting together plans in the event this happens. >> i want everyone to stay calm. we have been preparing for this for over a month now. we are looking at everyone's his

and where they live. making sure they feel comfortable. >> and other hospitals inside of the traffic zone tell "action news" that similar contingency plans are underway. and those outside of the traffic box say they will be ready to handle more deliveries. with so many angles to cover on the papal visit we established a special pope channel on our website at 6abc.com. you can find all the latest details from traffic and transit restrictions, to how residents and businesses are getting ready at 6abc.com. they are sisters who have finally been brought together by the relations between u.s. and cuba. oh, yes they happen to be prima ballerinas. and walter perez had this story. >> margarita and ramona de saa

are identical twins who from the beginning were inseparable. >> we were so close we did everything together. >> including dance lessons starting at an early age. by the time they turned 20, both achieved the rank of prima ballerina with the cuban national ballet. it was around that time love and politics converged. not long after margarita fell in love and married an american ballerina dancer. and margarita made the choice to flee with her husband, ramona stayed behind. >> where we live it was very hard on me. very, very hard. >> margarita and john opened the renown pennsylvania academy of ballet, and ramona became the master instructor of the national ballet school in cuba. the successes rang hollow,

because the only thing more important to them than ballet was each other. and communicating over the decades was extremely difficult cause of the long-standing u.s. sanctions against the communist island. one month ago the relations with cuba were normalized. and fast forward this evening the students at the academy ballet were taught by the master instructor of the cuba ballet known as margarita's sister. ramona says "for me this is like a dream. i had only seen my sister a hand full of times over the past 50 years and now i am here. it's amazing." i asked the sister it is they are bitter about what happened and the choice these had to make and they both said no, there is no sense in being bitter. the important thing is they are back together and looking for many years of catching up on a lot of lost time. walter perez for channel 6 "action news." still to come tonight, google shakes up its entire

business and now has to report to a higher authority. plus, diet pepsi getting rid of the artificial sweetner that prompted consumer health concerns. what they are using to replace it. and one giant leap. meeting the 85-year-old who is keeping up with his grandchildren. cecily? >> that's the main thing. and double scan live showing heavy rain moving our way. details on the timing and how much to expect where you live in the accuweather forecast. and the phillies are out of the basement looking to keep their winning ways in the second half against the diamondbacks. ♪

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we have developing news now from ferguson, missouri where tonight's peaceful protest at least in a few spots have turned violent. police now are forming a line. they put on riot helmets, at least a number of them have. some demonstrators reportedly

were throwing rocks at the police. protesters have been running. although you see right now the situation looks more stable. but this is clear, ferguson, missouri is under a state of emergency tonight as we now go live on the ground. a nearby highway was shutdown by demonstrators a short time ago. but as you can see, there is a heavy police presence. authorities are hoping to prevent a repeat of last night's violence. during protests to mark the one-year anniversary of michael brown's death, an 18-year-old was shot and critically injured by police. lawmen say they returned fire after the teenager shot at them. earlier today there were dozens of arrests at the federal courthouse in st. louis. but for the most part, those demonstrations remains peaceful.

tonight there was a demonstration in philadelphia. the group met at brood and erie in north philadelphia. the keep up the heat rally was organized to mark the one-year anniversary of michael brown's death. the authorities tonight identified the yellow stone national park employee mauled to death by a grizzly bear and captured two bears who might have attacked. d.n.a. tests done on those bears. the park rangers say they have to be euthanized if they are indeed the killers losing the fear of strangers. lance crosby of montana was hiking alone without bear spray in a frequently-used area, not a dense forest. he is the eighth person to are killed by grizzlies at

yellowstone in many years. and women fled, one taken into custody. nobody hurt, but six turkish security forces were killed elsewhere. the government is cracking down on isis, kurdish rebels. a white whale spotted off the coast of queensland, australia. it was an albino hump back. they say this was smaller and younger and they nicknamed it son of migalou oven though this the not related. goggle shocked people announcing it will become part of alphabet.

it will have more adventures like self-driving cars, drone delivery service, and help research firm northwest and fiber. google gets a new c.e.o. in the restructuring but still in charge of the products like google maps and youtube. i do and target stores getting rid of gender-based distinctions. and stopping saying things like girl's building set and they thought it was convenient they received customer feedback to be neutral. and diet pepsi changing its ingredients. will it be the choice of a new generation? diet pepsi getting rid of aspertame, an artificial sweetner that many consumers have health concerns about.

federal regulators and soda makers insist it is safe, but pepsi says it is reformulating soda without aspertame and it should be hitting the shelves this week. it will have sucralose, known as the brand as splenda. and a bedtime story, new research shows -- all right, this is a bedtime story, but quite an extraordinary one. 85-year-old charles from delran, new jersey went to great heights to achieve a life-long dream. jumping out of a plane at 12,000 feet strapped to an experience diver. the retired engineer says that it was on his bucket list. when his two grandchildren took

the plunge he dove in as well. >> it is great. it is hard to explain. it is a thrill. actually the free fall i thought it was bumpy. a lot of turbulence. after the parachute opens we looked around. >> and he got a little banged up, but has not lost his mind or sense of adventure. 84 years old, not a bad way to celebrate his birthday. >> happy birthday to him. i would rather have cake. [laughter]. the forecast, we could see stormy weather. >> we need the rain, just not all at once. but that's what is happening. the main event is more than two hours away for the western suburbs. we do have some heavy downpours over cape may county. to sea isle city working up the garden state parkway. the actual warm front that will

trigger the heavy downpours, thunder and lightning is still south and west. the temperatures are holding in the 70s. and the high in philadelphia is 7 degrees below normal the coolest day since the 4th of july. 72 in philadelphia same in millville. 71 allentown. wilmington 73. trenton 73. sea isle city currently 75 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you can see the heavy rain to west virginia and virginia. it is intensifying as it moves closer. it will get picked up what is known as the lower level jet. the ribbon of air about 5,000 feet in the atmosphere. what this does, it adds moisture and creates more lift. that can really support the thunderstorms. around 5:00 you can see some of the thunderstorms moving in. at 8:00, intensifying right over philadelphia. we get a bit of the break in the action midday before a cold front moves in. this brings us another round.

it looks like it will be more scattered in variety. it could have gusty winds as it moves through. really, two key times between 2:00 in the morning and 8:00 in the morning. this is when we get the solid line of heavy downpours with thunderstorms. may wake some people up when you hear the rumble of thunder, clap of lightning. between 1:00 and 7:00 in the afternoon, the head of the cold front more scattered thunderstorms. these could contain isolated strong, damaging wind gusts. after that we clear out. futuretracker showing the rain tomorrow looking at any from a half inch of rain to an inch and a half of rain. much-needed rain, but whether it falls that quickly it can cause a lot of run-off and can cause localized flooding. down the shore not a nice beach day. but if you are other than the beach, be aware of moderate risk of rip currents. and clouds and gusty thunderstorms. and the exclusive seven-day forecast tomorrow, very humid with a thunderstorms early in

the day. another round in the afternoon. high of 82 degrees. behind the system though, wednesday will feel great. low humidity with winds out of the northwest. mixture of sun and clouds. 85 degrees. thursday the pick of the week. sunny and comfortable with the low humidity. 83 degrees. we warm things up on friday, 87 degrees. a little bit muggy saturday. and the thunderstorms, i don't think it will be widespread. sunday for the union game and preseason eagles it is warm. and be monday high of 90 degrees and david murphy will be very busy with stormtracker early tomorrow morning. and phillies in san diego trying to keep it going. we will be back in a moment.

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phillies in phoenix playing the diamondbacks. and keep it going. >> i know, this r they are fun to watch. i can't wait to go. but they are fun to watch anyway. 16-5 since the all-star break, the best record in baseball since the second half. no longer in last place and the only thing hotter is the weather in arizona. and the game tied at 1-1, not anymore. the solo home run made it 2-1 arizona. then in the fifth the phills even the score. and chase utley playing for howard. and three doubles and three runs scored. and the debacks scored 3 times

in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead. and the double off the second scored lambe the second time. and caught in the run-down but the damage was done. right now the phillies trail 5-3 in the sixth inning. such a bad break, shepherd's rookie season over before it started. the promising cornerback out of kansas had an m.r.i. revealing a torn acl. he collided with sproles. and he was the leading candidate to play the nickel in place of boykins who they traded to pittsburgh because they thought they had depth at the position. big news to announce here at 6abc. our brand new show ""action news" sports sunday" will debut this weekend right here on channel 6. and check out who is joining our sports team. eagles' linebacker graham not only hoping to shatter the

record this year, he will join us every sunday to co-host with ducis rodgers. i will be there and jeff skversky will be there, and we will cover sports like never before. and kicking off this sunday after the preseason game. graham live in studio at 11:35 here on 6abc. welcome to the team, brandon. more sports when we return. jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans

and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong. a little later we passed some dancing. and who doesn't like dancing? especially when it's followed by fireworks everyone's nola is different. follow yours.

>> we told you the eagles corner back shepherd out. and if he needs a mentor how to bounce back, a perfect one a couple of lockers down. ryan, the man the chip kelly says he is back on the field well before schedule. at the time he wondered if he would play here or anywhere because it is the second time he

had that devastating injury in the past five years. here he is. >> i am where i need to be in my recovery process. >> he is a pro all the way through. great strides, ahead of where most people would be. but still a ways to go. >> good to see him back in the leadership role. "jimmy kimmel live" next followed by night live. for cecily tynan, jamie apody, and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. good night. ♪

>> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- liev schreiber. ufc champion ronda rousey. the world's ugliest dog gets a makeover. and music from vince staples . with cleto and the cletones. and now, not only that, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪