montgomery county, chopper 6 hd is over the scene in white marsh township, it shut down parts of flower town road and thomas town road, it started at 4:20 and the broken main has damaged the roadway. >> that is right, the road closures will stay into effect until the main is repaired and road repairs are complete but we are looking live from chopper 6 from white marsh, shutting down joshua road and thomas road, if you are heading to that area, around this particular intersection you may want to avoid it. and the investigation into a hit and run centers on the driver of a tour bus. the driver left the scene, it happened yesterday in center city, that driver has been questioned by police but he has not been charged. >> david henry is live at north

franklin and ray streets where it happened. >> reporter: yes monica this is where it happeneded, the giant tour bus was here on ray street, he was making a left turn on franklin, joseph herd was in this crosswalk and was hit by the right front of the bus and dragged another 50 feet before he was crushed by the rear wheels. >> the driver is telling us he was on that route, he goes that route every day and he didn't realize anything had happened. >> that driver is identified as 66-year-old walter jefferson of north philadelphia, police say he is cooperating and we tried to ask him what happened. >> mr. jefferson -- can we talk to for a minute. >> police say it's not clear why jefferson did not see jefferson in the crosswalk and should have felt something when the rear wheels of the bus ran over the

victim, they could see it from police headquarters across the street. >> after impact it shows a little lurching on the right hand side, the bus kept going taking a group of 19 chinese tourists to washington, d.c., they say that the driver has a valid drivers license and one violation. >> it was like a fail to yield in 2013, he paid it and took care of it. >> joseph herd was on his way to a kidney dialysis appointment, police found a pair of head phones at the scene and it's possible he never saw or heard the bus coming and that jefferson's view was blocked by the pillar when he made the turn. >> we are getting a search warrant for the phone records that will reveal if there was texting or calling. >> now, at the very least,

jefferson will be charged with negligence but it will take week orz months before it is determined if he will face criminal charges. david henry, channel 6 "action news." pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane is maintaining her innocence after being charged with perjury and obstruction of justice. she claims it's a political ploy spurred by her office finding offensive emails by judges and prosecutors prosecuting the jerry sandusky case. >> my defense is not that i'm a viction tim my defense is that i broke no laws of this commonwealth. >> some of them were pornographic and racially insensitive. and she walked off the stage without answering questions,

"action news" reached out to the prosecutors office but they had no comment gl we brought the commons live today at 6abc.com, and rye now you can watch that entire video and read more about her side of the story and we posted the criminal complaint filed by the montgomery county da. >> newcastle county police are investigating a crash that took down a utility pole in hockessin, a 17-year-old girl was driving within her vehicle when off the road and hit the pole and broke it in half. the road was closed this afternoon so crews could get wired off of it. no word yet on her condition. >> turning to the forecast, what a beautiful day we are having today, lots of sunshine and a break from the humidity, meteorologist, adam joseph is squoining us from outside the place to be with the details from accuweather. >> this is my kind of summer weather, have you the sunshine and warmth but not the humidity, as you look at the numbers in the mid-atlantic, below average,

84 the high in philadelphia, 82 in new york city and 83 in richmond, and cooler in buffalo and binghamton and cloud cover and scattered showers there in the 60s and 70s, everyone feeling the drop in humidity with duponts in the 50s in much of the area, that is punctured down to west virginia, it's very comfortable air for the summer season but it is only temporary. as we look at satellite and radar, we see showers and clouds bubbling north of i-80 out of our viewing area, we could have a splendid evening here for midweek and if you head to p.m. pl park for the union at 7:30, stars upstairs and comfortable and 81 at the start and mid-70s by the 90th minute. and zz top tonight at musikfest,

very comfortable with a temperature of 70. this comfy change we had from yesterday, not going to last long, sharrie will talk about the 90s making a return with the humidity and the heat wave and climbing numbers in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. 6abc.com/weather is your go to source for updated hourly forecast, you can view live sky 6 images before you head out and find social media links to follow all the members of the "action news" weather team. >> we now have developing news to get to. it was announced that former u.s. president jimmy carter is beinged with cancer, his spokesperson released the statement that carter's recentsiver surgery revealed cancer in parts of his body, he is receiving care in atlanta. he is 90 years old. >> pope francis visit to

philadelphia gets closer and septa is offering tickets, they are holding another lottery for those that want to get a special pass during the pope's visit, these are for the norristown high speed line and 101 and 102, you can log on to 6abc.com and find a link to septa's website to enter. >> a seasonal man is preparing for the pope's visit in a special way, he is using his hands to create a special gift for the pontiff one to present to him personally. >> frank cedar junior of depford new jersey is a dedicated catholic that from the time pope francis arrived on the scene he knew he was something special. >> he got out there and wanted to give to the poor and live with the poor, a wonderful thing. >> cedar happens to be a

renowned local sculpture who created this staff for pope benedict and this for pope john paul ii who he had the honor to meet. he is creating a jaw droppingly elaborate staff for the pontiff and includes the use of purple heart wood from south america in hopper of his argentina roots and carved olive wood representing his italian ancestry. >> this work is not commissioned by the catholic church and he hopes to get it in his hands but the process of creating it results in its own reward, different people over the past few months wanted to give me money to help me to create the staff or help me with supplies, cedar has received thousands of dollars over the past few months and decided to donate all of it

to pope francis. >> pope francis would weather see it go to the poor or needy or children or actually going into a staff for him. >> he wondered why he was pouring time into a project where w no promise of a paycheck but now he thinks he knows the answer. >> you realize the talents and gifts and blessing you have been understand where they came from and an act of worship, it's pretty wonderful. >> p.m. beautiful. >> yes. time for a check of our "action news" traffic report midweek, lets take it live to matt pellman in the traffic center. if you use 95 to get home you may want to branch out and try something new, a crash in the work zone on cotman avenue, you never like it when vehicles go crunch especially ben there is two tractor trailers, it takes time to clear up, jam solid coming down from woodhaven, on

the northbound side there is normal construction delays and speeds of miles per hour and another fish concert at the mann music center. in the neighborhood some problems, one a bus accident at roxborough, and stay on helpry to get around that. and mt. airy. and the huge water main break in white marsh that is closing flower town road and stay on german town to get around that onep downs wires on bridge road and 130 is the alternate there, if are you down the shore look for a crash on the garden state bark way pass the a.c. express lane. we'll check it again rick and monica coming up in the next half hour. >> still ahead, the head of the

environmental protection agency travels to the site where the 3 million gallons of mine waste travels into the river. we'll have the latest next. >> meteorologist, cecily tynan, is live from the philadelphia zoo with another outdoor adventure. hey cecily. >> hi monica and rick, we are talking about animals from australia, this is a tree boa, his name is gizmo, they are long and lean unless they had a meal, they can hang out in the trees and strike a bird quickly and they are a constrictor and they wrap around the prey until all their vital organs are lost. and that is how they gets their meal. i'll feed the red kangaroos live from the philadelphia zoo. >> what is she laughing at? i don't get it. it's crawling! >> meteorologist, adam joseph,

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the head of the expa is in colorado looking at the spill of chemicals in the rifr. it turned the river orange, the epa mistakenly spilled millions of gallons of my waste water into the water. >> i am deeply sorry this happened. to folks that are angry we are working as hard as we can. >> most of the sludge settled on the banks and the toxin levels are increasing and there is new concern that rain today could stir it up and move it furnish downstream. held check tonight ali gorman is here at the big board with the action on that in washington. >> reporter: the debate on the device is called flow redistricters but today the food and drug administration endorsed

them today. they have liquid bottles of acetaminophen it helps kids from sucking out too much liquid, it can cause liver damage and death, and they voluntarily are putting them into but the action is a signal to other manufacturers that they want the devices put in. >> coming up tonight in health check at 11:00, a local group of physicians and pediatric returned from a local group that when to haiti, they went with a film maker that showing the need for help in haiti. they brought food and clothing and toys for people at the orphanage. >> you feel like they let you down and you can't go back. there is progress in haiti but still a long way to go. can you see the people and the kids they helped on their trip

and why they say it's vital for people here to continue to help, it's a special report on "action news" tonight at 11:00. rick and monica back over to you. >> thank you. more on "action news" coming up at 5:00 next.

breaking news now, delaware county where authorities are on the scene investigating an accident that involved a car and pedestrian, it happened shortly before 5:00 this evening, in the 1600 block of lawrence road in havertown, a medical helicopter is on route to the scene and the extent of the injuries are not known but a pedestrian was struck and injured. we'll bring you more information from havertown, delaware county as it becomes available to us. food giant, inz is laying off 2200 workers, effected workers will receive six months severance, it's controlled by warren buffett and a private equity firm.

and kids are getting a healthy start, the folks at the johnson medical center gave out school supmys and there are tips for healthy eating and exercising to give people a way to live more healthy. still to come on "action news" at 5:00, we get a check of the accuweather forecast for you with meteorologist adam joseph. and a quick reminder go to facebook and like it's "action news" facebook page and it gives you access to all the top videos, you can also communicate with members of us on the "action news" team.

time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. adam joseph is here giving us a break like you promised. >> low heat and humidity, very nice especially at the shore line, the beaches are still packed in cape may. temperatures no matter where you are low to mid-80s, allentown 81 and 83 in wilmington and 83 in millville, because of the wind comes in from the north-northwest it's equally as mild at the shore between 80 and 84 degrees and the wind continues to drain out of the

northeast of speeds of 14 miles per hour. they will slack enoff here once the sunsets be the winds go 4 to miles per hour overnight tonight, as we look at satellite, not much happening, huge high pressure in control over much of the lower 48 bringing us a break from the summer storms from much of the country however this high underneath it is really hot, it's really building the heat once again in the deep south, we are looking at upper 90s in the state of texas, at the century points, houston at 97, predi predicting houston to hit 100 again, six days of 100 or above, yesterday they hit 106 breaking a new record high temperature for houston. but thankfully that kind of heat is not moving our way, for us tonig

tonight. at the shore between 66 and 67 degrees. a critical clear sky tonight and maybe a couple of high clouds in the lehigh valley and the poconos, but there high temperatures own in the 70s and 81 in philadelphia and upper 70s to near 80 for the shore. as we look at the five-day at 5:00, gorgeous tomorrow, 83 degrees, still low humidity with a decent amount of sun and 88, and hot and humid on saturday at 91 degrees and hot and humid sunday and 93, we mimic the number again on monday which officially will be heat wave number four, if we get the three 90 degree days in a row. cecily tynan is at the zoo with a bran new resident, you talk about the resident and also why not have the red kangaroo teach you how to box. >> i know how to box, adam.

i have got a really interesting animal here, this is a new guinea walking stick, new to the zoo this year's essentially a big bug, what they do their primary means of defense is camouflage, if they are in a tree and look like part of a tree, they have hacks at the end of their legs so they can hold on, if they feel threatened they can emit a foul smelling liquid that makes people go away, hopefully that guy is not feeling threatened. i'll be feeding the red kangaroos. >> it's all about the upper cut thank you cecily. more to come on "action news" at 5:00, a berks county commune center is shuttered by the state after a 3-year-old child is found wandering alone. and a day at the water turn nood a nine hour

. "action news" continues with adam joseph, jaime apody and rick williams and monica malpass. hello again. here is what is happening on

"action news" tonight. more details on a trading scheme allegedly involving a delaware county pastor and a massive explosion rocks an area of china and a plea for help for this neglected young pit bull that had to undergo emergency surgery. we are learning more about the delaware county money manager, guilty of a trading is scheme, authorities say he and eight others hacked into companies and stole stock information before it was released to the public. vernon odom is live from his home in glen mills with more. >> reporter: we are outside of his million dollar estate in delaware county and no one is answering the buzzer at his home to get a statement about the sweeping indictment lodge the

against him and several others here and on the other side of the atlantic. >> this is pictures of the suspect, federal prosecutors say he is a major player in an international global cyber crime and ring that netted over $100 million, the fbi arrested him at his glen hills mansion yesterday and charged him and eight alleged cohorts with hacking some of the business's largest news wires and trading on the information. often in a gap lasting only minutes after the news it contained was widely released and then they posted the news on private servers for those that could trade on the announceme announcements. >> it includes companies in france, russia and cyprus, he

ran his own hedge fund from his home in glen mills. >> there was no answer here today even though gor chef sky ci . >> reporter: monica he is due back in court in philadelphia on friday. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. in other news, the suspect wanted in the stabbing death of a wanted man is now in police custody. he is facing a number of charges including murder for the saturday morning attack. thom thomas ewing was trying to tell him he was going down the wrong

street instead he got out of hi truck and stabbed in the chest and torso and he later died at the hospital. from our new jersey bureau, three cars collided at 347 in cumberland county off south route 47, authorities say that a pickup truck veered into on coming traffic and hit a minivan and burst into flames, both drivers were killed and route 347 was closed for several hours for the investigation. authorities are looking for a pair of women that shoplifted thousands of dollars worth of merchandise in delaware county. detectives say that this woman and a female accomplice took more than 3700 dollars in gonzalez and left the area in a tan ford focus, nip with information on the women or their identities are asking to

call police. and police are looking for the crook that targeted a grocery store. police say that the suspect broke into the torres grocery store and tried to break into the atm and when that didn't work the suspect stole $600 worth of deoderant and rig receipts and ran off. casey talked to a group at the university school of medicine in north philadelphia this afternoon, he says his bipartisan plan would stop the school's prison cycle and wants to focus on mentoring young people and the investment to communities will pay off. >> if you spend a buck on quality invention programs you get it back. >> he has support from 300 groups from across the country

and it could be included in the major justice reform bill now makes its way through congress. officials have shuttered a berks county ymca after workers admitted to leaving a toddler outside alone. they reported last month's incident to the department of human services, officials say that two people were playing with 20 children in an unfenced area and when they went back inside a 3-year-old was missing and other staffers found the boy 20 minutes later with a dirty diaper, the center has fired the worker and notified parents but the state decided to shut the center after finding several other violations. from our delaware newsroom, an abused pit bull is recovering after doctors were forced to amputate one of his legs yesterday. he was dropped off aresponsible rescue in stanton, he had a

chevy chain around his neck and a completely shattered left leg, he was rushed to the hop and is now asking for help paying for his surgery. >> quite a surgery, unexpected major medical expense, we are a nonprofit organization and we are based solely on donations. brutous is friendly and happy despite what happened to him. and the rescue is looking for someone to adopt him once he heals up. a teenager is home now after spending an entire evening stranded at sea, he was coming from brooklyn to his home in highlands county on his jet ski, when disaster struck, he hit something in the water, and his jet ski sunk, he swam to a buoy, and his parents said it was an

enormous relief to see him. >> i ran to the ambulance. it was very good. i was very fortunate. >> the teenger said he could see the search boats looking for them throughout the night and started to swim towards shore towards dawn and that allowed rescuers to find him, he had signs of hyperthermia but is otherwise okay. >> a lucky teenager. lets see it traffic is going along swimmingly. >> we are drowning in delays, barely moving at this point, approaching woodhaven to this point from cotman avenue, still the tractor trailer accident taking out the center lane in the work zone, just the left lane and right lane is getting by causing the massive slow-downs, just volume and construction zones there, still the water main break, closing down flower town road, staying

up on strenton avenue, and roxborough close to the apartments, there is a bus accident this afternoon. and a tree closing west airy, and on the garden state parkway, northbound two separate accidents by the a.c. expressway, that too is a spot you don't want to find yourself this afternoon. >> thanks matt. still ahead on "action news," one of china's biggest port cities is rocked by this powerful explosion, injures thousands of people. what officials think caused it. and cecily tynan is back at the zoo. >> reporter: hi rick and monica, we are talking about animals from australia, this is addy, a

blue tongue skink. they open up their mouth wide if they feel threatened. that could frighten off predators and they hiss loudly, and they give birth to live babies. i'll be feeding the red kangaroos live from the philadelphia zoo. we are talking about heat wave number three coming our way if you like that kind of weather. eagles training camp is live in philadelphia. we'll talk about the upcoming preseason game against the coals. hey, mom and dad! hey, kiddo!

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at least seven people are dead and hundreds injured after these explosioned in china, it happened after a container port it's 90 miles you side of beijing, the shipping container was at a warehouse for hazardous materials, between 300 and 400 people were hospitalized. according to scientists two of these blasts were strong enough

to register as earthquakes. hillary clinton's team is trying to calm supporters after the frontrunner turned over her private server to the feds, she sent out an email, it stresses that clinton did not send classified information while she was secretary of state and cln is not facing a criminal investigation and all the attacks against the candidate are quote, nonsense. the eagles are getting fired up for their first preseason match-up this sunday. jaime apody is here. >> we are excited, don't read anything into demarco murray's training camp. and remarkable things to say about sam bradford today. >> everybody wants to know how

much they will see sam bradford sunday against the colts and pat shermer says they have not even discussed the topic and then followed up, with are you excited and do you expect to see bradford out there, yes, maybe, expect bradford to play at least the series come sunday afternoon at the linc. and we can expect to see tim tebow, eagles fans will get the first look at the new quarterback fighting for the third string job with matt barkley, he is working on his throwing motions and accuracy, that is a huge problem, is he leaning on his old roommate in florida, reilly cooper, for help. >> he is a help whenever he can be, not always in the same meetings, but if we are talking through it, this is what it's like.

>> there are things different, his throwing motion is different and his release is quicker, even it's decision making and how fast he picked up this offense. i definitely think he improved for sure. >> tebow is trying to go the extra mile, one of the first in building and the last to leave,p he takes the play book home with him and studies it on his ipad. >> thank you jeff. don't forget this sunday we'll debut our brand new show, "action news" sports sunday and welcome the new member, brandon graham will be here to cohost with ducis rogers, sunday night at 11:35 after "action news" at 11:00. the deflate-gate scandal has taken on a life of its own and everybody is talking about the creepy courtroom stretch of tom brady and ducis will show it to you next half hour.

>> and they asked what evidence do they have, they say there is considerable evidence according to them. snool it was a bad break but the good news, there is no break for franco, x-rays on his wrist were negative after being hit by a pitch last night. today he was in practice with a brace on his left hand and feels better. phils trying to avoid a sweep and franco playing third in place of franco, up in the fifth but not anymore. that is a triple, it ties the game back up and they get another run and right now they are up 4-3 in the sixth, lets hope it doesn't stay that way, a sweep would not be good. folks in center city had the

chance to get their pictures taken with the pope today. well sort of. this pop up cutout version was in three locations, we caught up with him at rittenhouse square, they are hoppering the pontiff's upcoming visit and to shine a light on the support of pope francis's appeal for mercy and just fis for the less fortunate and oppressed. "action news" is going to pope francis' home town, jim gardner will be in argentina to see the places that helped to form his opinions. on "action news" at 6:00 and 11:00.

all right back we go to meteorologist, cecily tynan, live at the philadelphia zoo with this week's outdoor adventure. >> hi there cecily. >> hi there, during the commercial break i was feeding this guy hunter, she has now run away. erin is here from the zoo. tell us about them. >> these are our seven girls, red kangaroos. >> all in australia.

that is our theme this week, they live in the hot, dry areas of australia, kind of in the center of australia, as you can tell they are eating apples, they eat only vegetation and in the wild they eat a lot of grasses and also munch on shrubbery as well. we are watching them hop around and hopping is efficient for these guys, to cover all the terrain in the outback, they can actually move at a speed of 30 miles per hour, faster than you would drive through the city in your car. and if you will notice when they move around they can't move their legs independently, they actually can't walk, they are hopping. >> they can't move backyards that is interesting. >> and a lot of people know that the joeys, the babies grow up in the mother's pouch, but they are not born there. >> the kangaroos can actually have three at one time, one baby that is developing and one that

is in the pouch hanging out and one hopping around on the ground, they are very efficient mothers in that sense. >> swe have all the females out because the males can get aggressive. >> they get excited and they can be 200 pounds and stand six feet tall. >> before i go to the weather, i want to talk about something exciting at the zoo, the concert. >> they are coming to the zoo august 24th on mon, we are doing festival style seating and you get really close, a nice small venue, bring your beach chair and enjoy the zoo for the day. >> you can register online. i'll talk about the weather, as i try to get hunter closer to me. the high in philadelphia 84

degrees, comfortable and low humidity. wilmington 81 and temperatures warm at the shore with the land breeze, temperatures in the low to mid-80s. satellite 6 along with action radar show that there are some clouds and showers bubbling up north of i-80, they will be weaken and tonight they are looking great, clear skies and comfortable and low 66, a spectacular viewing for the perseid meteor shower, they peak in the morning and get away from city lights and we could be looking at 100 meteors per hour. plenty of sunshine and comfortable again a high of 83 degrees, the high stretches into the mid-atlantic, still low humidity 88, and the heat returns, the exclusive

accuweather forecast, show that we are looking at a heat wave moving in for the weekend, comfortable the next two days and temperatures in the are the for the weekend and a slight chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon on saturday and but the best chance is monday afternoon. these guys like the heat coming. come on hunter, do it. do it. >> when i was doing it's weather this guy was eating from my hand have that one. >> animals got to love it, they are always smarter than we are. >> i swearer was actually eating from my hand. >> you cooked it cecily that explains it. go to 6abc.com for live sky 6 images and social media links to

follow all the members of "action news" weather team, all right there now at 6abc.com/weather.

that's it for us, jim gardner is standing by with these stories at 6:00. kathleen kane addresses the charges against her. and a positive twist in the death of a delaware man, the gift he gave his daughter. and for the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass have a good night "action news" is at 6:00 is next.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. wednesday night, police arrest three people accused of stealing a new jersey councilwoman's car, and a vote is set on whether to raise tolls on a pair of bridges, but the big story is pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane, charged with perjury and obstruction but proclaiming her innocence to the media today. >> i neither conspired with anyone or directed anyone to do anything illegal or unlawful. >> kane insists she was a victim

of retaliation after she discovered porn gate. >> the attorney general came out swinging saying the indictment filed last week by minneapolis county d.a. is incomplete and inaccurate. >> it's not a story about sting investigations, proposed personal vendettas or press leaks, it's a story that begins with pornography and racial insensitivity and religious bigotry. kane says the emails shared among judges and lawyers who doctor. >> tried desperately to make sure that the emails and their attachment to it never saw the light of day. >> they buried the porn gate emails.