manifesto the shooter sent to abc news after the shooting. >> wdbj reporter allison apartmenter in front of the camera and photographer, adam ward behind it when a gunman opened fire. 24-year-old parker and 27-year-old ward were killed as their colleagues and viewers watched on tv. they -- the 47-year-old man later died at the hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, flannigan had called abc news and sent a letter that the charleston church shooting was the tipping points. >> it was used and the course of this investgation will be continuing. >> parker's boyfriend, a wdbj

tweeted, we were very much in love and we just moved in together. she was in the newsroom when the shooting happened. kenneth moton, abc news. >> today through the connecting power of social media, we are learning more about the victims and the loved ones they leave behind, first to the reporter shot and killed. allison parker, she had just moved in with her co-worker, chris hurst, a philadelphia native, saying we did not share this publically but allison and i were very much in love and i am numb. they were together almost nine months and we wanted to get married and they just celebrated her 24th birthday. he says she was the most radiant woman i had ever met, for some reason she loved me back and she

loved her family and loved her parents and brother and we are comforted by everybody at the station, we were a team and i am heart broken for adam's fiance. >> and adam was shot and killed and he was engaged to be married. melissa ott was from bridgetown, new jersey, and today was the last day on the job in virginia. ward graduated from virginia tech and as you can see, ward be parker was a close team, working for the morning show in all kinds of conditions in the early morning hours, and they were work together this morning simply doing their jobs. parker even smiling during the feature story seconds before the incredible tragedy. >> just unbelievable.

"action news" anchor, monica malpass was at the white house to interests view president obama, and she asked him about the shooting in virginia and he offered his condolences and called for more gun control. we are following the updates of this tragic shooting all day long, we have a look at the lives and careers of the victims and reaction from their colleagues and loved one. other news, pennsylvania court officials released 1,000 pages of records connected to kathleen kane investigation. she plans to make them part of the defense against charges that she leaked confidential information to the media and lied about it under oath, they include pornographic emails distributed between prosecutors and others and some had racial jokes, she says the court case is revenge after she reveal the

the emails, the judge ruled there is enough evidence against kane for her to stand trial. it's time now for a check of the accuweather forecast, meteorologist, adam joseph is live along city avenue. clouds are moving in but they should not be a problem. >> they are just fair weather cumulous clouds, a decent amount of sun and low humidity, look at the temperatures, they are comfy right now. especially north and west in the upper 70s and lancaster, just 73 degrees and philadelphia 81 and 82 in millville and upper 70s at the shore. all of these numbers below average for this time of year. the dew points below 60 degrees area wide and that means we have dry air in place and that makes it very comfortable even when are you in the sunshine, and when you are in the shade, it feels a little fall like, to the north and west, there are the fair weather cumulous clouds

that bubbled up with the cooler air, but again that sunshine is in control philadelphia to the shore and the entire state of delaware. as we look at your evening planner, temperatures falling and will collapse after sunset. >> in the seven day we are r that will return, we'll let you know in a bit. many of us are watching the markets closely with bated breath and there was good news out of the gate, despite china's impact on the global economy, the dow soared after the opening bell, a similar story yesterday but tuesday's rally did not last and they closed sharply lower, but 619 points up on the dow, and 191 points up on the nasdaq and the s&p 500 up 72 points.

european markets held steady after the big gains. lets hope that the trend continues. as of today we are just one month away from the pope's visit to philadelphia and city leaders gave us their update. this was trying to get everyone excited for the event. annie mccormick is live in fairmount. have you the details just released today. >> brian, that is right. it felt like a papal pep rally, a lot of businesses in fair mown will remain open, and today's press conference was about city leaders urging businesses and people to participate in the papal weekend. >> pope francis' arrival in philadelphia is just one month from today. >> one month! >> world meeting of families organizers urged business owners

to stay open during the papal weekend and the week leading up to it. the city has helped businesses work on things like deliveries and transportation for employees. and they have handled 350 potpourri lated calls and the mayor announced that reading terminal market will stay open too. >> we worked on them with a delivery plan. >> originally several businesses showed trepidation with the announcement of bridge and road closures and now it's renamed the francis festival grounds, organizers announced incentives like a trip of rome to families kids with signs for store fronts and buttons go out to businesses on monday. clarifying concerns on transportation and safety. patco and septa riders will be dropped off at the fair ground,

they are close to independence mall and the ben franklin parkway, the greater philadelphia hotel association they want people to know there are still rooms, some were only available as blocks before. >> they are available for the general public and there are plenty of them but they will go quick. >> uber will now be able to operate until saturday at 2:00 a.m. and resume monday at 3:00 a.m. also, if you participate, if you show up to the event, you will receive a holy medal or a prayer card both can be blessed by the pope. reporting live in fairmount, annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we have all the details about the i'll be there campaign online at 6abc.com/pope, you can see jim gardner's reports from argentina, and details on road closures and security zones for

the papal visit. francis festival grounds. all right i like it. people concerned about traffic during the pope's visit? how about tonight. lets go to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> it's a lot of closures, no matter how you slice it. good afternoon to you nydia and brian, we were keeping tabs on a crash here on 95 northbound side approaching allegheny at the work zone and now normal delays at girard avenue, causing big delays from the pennsylvania turnpike, in the westbound direction past the fort washington interchange, taking out the right lane, just 9 miles per hour past willow grove and most of our traffic is headed eastbound and that is severely jammed with the gaper delay and pennsylvania turnpike not the best spot this afternoon and a house fire along upper dublin

and while in the area, i want to mention about this, they are scheduled to reopen plymouth road and they bumped that up a few days, back in business after a ribbon cutting tomorrow, it's been closed since march, that is great news for those of you that live in the plymouth meeting area. now lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day. single digit speeds west of willow grove because of crash past fort washington taking out the right lane, we'll check that and other issues in the next half hour. >> thank you my friend. still ahead a recall alert involving millions of pounds of a popular breakfast food. and a fire breaks through an apartment building, we get a look at the damage when

residents return to pick up the pieces. >> today "action news" got a sneak peek at a new music venue.

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dozens of people are out of their homes today after a huge fire at an apartment building in king of prussia, chopper 6 hd flew overhead today showing us the heavy damage from above and as you can see some people lost everything. eva pilgram is live at the scene and the good news here is that everyone was able to get out safely. >> reporter: that is right, everybody got out safely, this huge fire destroyed the upper merion apartment building, at this point firefighters have build up a barrier and it appears to be accidental and they think it started somewhere outside. flames forced 30 people out of their beds in the middle of the night at 1:30 in the morning at

the abrams apartments. >> you could hear it going on. loud. >> a woman that lives in the apartment where the fire appears to be started, was lying in bed when she smelled something, she put her hand to the wall and it was hot and went to her balcony and saw flames. neighbors say they were woken up by a female police officer who was banging on doors. >> we were sleeping. she said she was banging for 5 or 10 minutes. >> in the end 16 units damaged with half of them destroyed and half the roof. >> it's horrible. everything is damaged. everything. i mean a bad smell and thousands and thousands of gallons of water, everything is damage and the roof has come down. it's some mess inside.

>> the red cross is helping eight families, 14 people with food and clothing with a place to stay, we spoke to other people that say they are staying with relatives or got a hotel room for the night. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> thanks very much. a 10-year-old girl is among three people hurt today in a shooting in the park side neighborhood. it happened at 1213 and popular street. the 10-year-old girl was grazed in the arm and she is expected to be okay. a 20-year-old was hit in the arm and foot and a 26-year-old was shot in the arm and ankle. everyone is expected to survive here. police have not said what set this off. james holmes, the colorado movie theater shooter, has been formerly sentenced to life in prison, he was convicted of killing 12 people during a midnight movie screening in

2012. the victimss today a judge called holmes an angry quitter who gave up on life and turned his hatred into murder. kraft heinz is recalling 200 pounds of turkey bacon, it could expire before the use by date on the package, the effected turkey bacon was shipped nationwide and produced trend may 21st and august 6 and, the food could make people sick, we have more details on 6abc.com. burger king is reaching out to its biggest rival in hopes of working together. the chain took out a full page ad today addressed to mcdonald's work together on a special burger called the mcwhopper,

available on peace day and proceeds would be donated to peace one day, that provides educational resources nationwide. the ceo of mcdonald's called it a great idea but shot it down, and could work with burger king some way another day. >> we'll see about that. pennsylvania's newest concert venue is just a couple months away from opening its doors in the fishtown section, is now two concert halls, the transformation cost $32 million and it opened up with a concert by philadelphia's own hall and oates. the of commerce is

hosting the event. also, at the luncheon, a panel discussed breaking the gender barrier, including attorneys and doctors. well, as we mentioned, a beautiful day out there. i hope you enjoyed some of it. >> it won't last forever? >> no, but long enough, if you did not get out today you can enjoy tomorrow or friday. right now on sky 6 hd, at the philadelphia international airport it's soaked in sunshine there and again very comfortable temperatures, we look at them now in philadelphia, 81 degrees and washington is 80 and 80 in richmond and all the 90s that are squashed way to the south, north and west in buffalo just 64 and pittsburgh 67 degrees very fall-like, littered with clouds today and that helps to

keep the temperatures down closer to the great lakes, plus the dew points, the winds from the northwesterly direction have fallen back to near 50 degrees and even down to the south they have a refreshing break from the humidity and southern parts of virginia and north carolina. very rare, late in august to see it push that far south for an extended period of time. but the dew points in the 50s, which is pleasant for tomorrow and friday, will jump back up on saturday, sunday and monday, into the 60s, it feels more humid and with the return of the humidity, the temperatures will go above average once again. high pressure is just to the west of chicago, you can see across the great lakes and a few scattered showers around, that will evaporate as the high pressure becomes the muscle maker here and pushes to the east. the return flow around the high for the weekend, tonight clear and comfy, open the windows if

you can. 57 many millville and 60 in trenton and dover 61 degrees, tomorrow afternoon very similar to today. upper 70s to the north and west and right around 82, 83 degrees elsewhere. just a few clouds like today in the afternoon and pleasantly warm with a decent amount of sun. as we look at your four day at 4:00, 83 degrees tomorrow and mimic that again on friday and 85 degrees, and then the weekend turns warmer but still an abundant amount of sunshine, 88 on saturday and a touch more humid and hot and definitely more humid on sunday at 90 degrees and as we look at the seven day in the next half hour, we are going into the month of september, it will be anything but september-like. >> thanks adam. >> it's a snack with a side of good deeds and it's flying off the shelves in south jersey. the campbell soup company kicked

off the seventh year for the just peachy salsa, it has netted some $250,000 from the salsa alone so far. campbell says it's made using peaches that farmer was have discarded because of its size and bruising, turning trash into cash. up next a man uses counter fit money in south jersey, and is now police are using your money to track them down. and a man tries to ambush a philadelphia police officer, what a cop did to save their life. >> and a sticky debate in atlantic city. who invented the sweet and gooey, treat called salt water taffy.

we have breaking news now delaware state police are investigating a crash involving two motorcycles and a car.

both of the motorcycles now are put on that flat bed truck to be towed away, and you can see the vehicle there, there must have been some type of fire, you can see the charred remains of the car on the side of the road and one operator of a motorcycle has suffered major injuries and is being flown to newark trauma center. this happened in brandywine at grub road and andy lane. it involves two motorcycles and a car. there there in -- one man is dead and another in the hospital after a crash that split a car in half. chopper 6 hd was off the wreck at beverly road, police say that the driver lost control at 2:30 this morning and hit a pole that

split the car in two, nathaniel gray died at the scene and 37-year-old desean causy is in the hospital with injuries to his head and face and broken ribs. one car was 100 feet away from the other half, police don't yet know who was driving. police in cherry hill are looking for the man that spent counterfeit money in wegmans. they say he used a fake $100 bill. they say he drove away in a red minivan but did not catch his license plate, they are asking anyone with information to call them. hey terry stop! they have a special! so, what did you guys think of the test drive? i love the jetta. but what about a deal? terry, stop!

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"action news" continues. >> it's 4:30 and "action news" continues, the reason that a group of doctors are blaming a case of head lice on social media. and a man robbed a bank, he says for the right reasons. >> and laughing while black, that is the twitter hashtag taking off like a run away train. 11 members of a book club were kicked off a wine tour for doing just that. what the company is behind the event is saying now. but first television tragedy shaking the industry to its core, the death of a virginia reporter and her photographer at the hands of an alleged

disgruntled colleague. it happened just outside of roanoke this morning, allison parker was in fronts of the camera and her photo journalist adam ford. bryce williams snuck up with a gun and the tourism official was lying wounded. flannigan fled the scene and crashed while being chased by state troopers, the station's general manager appeared on air and was conflicted about his former employee's fate. >> i will step out of my is role, i'm not sure i want him to live or die, if he dies he took the coward's way out and if he lives he goes on trial and goes to prison for the rest of his life and i presume that and i'm

speaking way out of turn and i'm expressing what viewers think and many of the co-workers of allison and adam think. >> he sena letter that the charleston church shooting was his tipping points. >> adam ward was engaged to melissa ott, that is her in the middle there, she was celebrating her last day before starting a new job in charlotte. they posted this picture before the newscast today. gibbs is a penn state graduate. you can follow this story on our website, with details about the shooters manifesto. turning now to the investigation into a police involved shooting in west philadelphia, that is where offices say they were forced to open fire after a man tried to ambush them, "action news"

reporter, chad pradelli is live with the latest on the investigation, chad quite the scene there today. >> nydia, let me set the scene here for you, this is what police tell me, one officer was there in the middle of the road outside of his police vehicle and the suspect was halfway down the sidewalk and police say he had his gun drawn and another officer was running down the block on the sidewalk when the shooting unfolded. this is the semi automatic handgun that the suspect, marquiscanlin had. one officer jumped out of the vehicle and chased on foot as his partner chased in the vehicle, the man turned the corner and waited for the

officer on foot to turn the corner. >> the partner in the vehicle ordered him to drop the gun and when he failed to drop the gun his partner fired one time hitting the suspect in the stomach, investigators say that the robber victim identified the gun as the one pointed at him. several residents were startled away by the gun fire. >> i heard sirens and all of these guys pulled up on the scene. >> people are doing crazy stuff, when you hear about that stuff happening it's very sad. >> internal affairs investigation is underway but the captain says that every day the officers put on the badge they know the dangers they face. >> he is a phenomenal and aggressive and intelligence, he knew the risk of chasing an armed suspect, he saw the male with the gun and chased him any

way. >> at least check, the suspect remained in critical condition at a local hospital, but the robbery victim was uninjured. chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. police want your help finding a man they say is behind a string of robberies in west philadelphia, the man was caught on camera, stealing from two rite-aid stores last thursday, friday, saturday, sunday and monday. each time he announced a robbery indicating a gun in his sweatshirt pocket. the suspect has stolen nearly $1,000. a man that wubs worked at a montgomery county childrens camp is behind bars accused of sexually abusing a camper, the now 12-year-old victim says that david allen victor attacked her when she was just 6, it took place at camp hope for kids and

at crazy calls bar. 47-year-old victor is facing a number of charges. it did not take much time to knock down a fire in the logan section, you can see the home badly damaged. initial reports said that someone may have been trapped inside of the home, they do not know if that is true and the cause of fire is under investigation. it's hump day and we are in the middle of a string of nice days. >> we are, we have more like today before we see the mercury and humidity go back upward, look outside no matter where you are it's a beautiful view, a few cumulous clouds and 81 degrees, there is that dew point in the low 50s and feeling comfortable out with the westerly wind at 13 miles per hour, out to chester county we go, honey brook, a few clouds there, and an abuabundan

amount of sunshine. and a calm wind and cape may still a popular spot there, 78 degrees with that west-southwestly wind. we get a more of a land breeze, with a due points of 60 but the water temperature is pleasant to hit the surf and maybe boogie board in at 76 degrees, we'll chat about the 90s returning as we flip the calendar to september. we'll add a little more heat and humidity into the mix. >> one more beach day. >> plenty more. we are one month away from pope francis' visit to philadelphia, and one catholic hospital is helping to heal patients with modern medicine and a dose of the papal visit as well. >> our lady of lords hospital in camden, new jersey is not the center of the papal visit but staffers are getting ready for

the historic moment as head. they have a pop-up pope greeting patients and visitors that come to the hospital and they have special papal chocolates made up for people to enjoy. and ali gorman tells us what other pope inspired goodies they have cooking up and how the timing could not be more perfect for the pope's visit. that and much more on "action news" at 5:00. meantime back to the studio. philadelphia's university of the arts welcome the class of 2019 today, the action cam was in center city for freshman move-in day and staff members were on hand as students and their parents brought in clothes and furniture and all kinds of stuff. exceptional young readers got special diplomas as they were honored in philadelphia. they were honored by their neighborhood librarians, the

eight week program encourages kids to read and explore reading opportunities through the supplementer months so come fall they are ready to go back to school. some are preparing to go back to school and others are holding on to every last gasp of summer. a pool party in feasterville in buck county, two special kids and their families were guests of honor, charles suffered from spina bifida. those along with hundreds of campers enjoyed a barbecued lunch and greatfully a lot of sunshine today. still ahead a michigan father says he did a bad thing for a good reason. >> plus, we get to the bottom of a sticky debate over salt water taff taffy alicia vitarelli

investigates in what is the deal. and the full accuweather forecast. word on the rising temperatures. when "action news" comes right back.

a wheelchair commemorating the 50th anniversary of the selma march, her son said she was recently hospitalized after a stroke, robinson was 104 years old. a man under arrest robbed a bank in michigan to pay for his daughter's chemotherapy.

he was arrested two days after he robbed this credit union, randolph's family says the crime was an act of desperation after his 1-year-old's insurance was abruptly dropped. she suffers from a rare form of eye cancer and needs chemo once a month. his girlfriend did not know what else to do. >> it's too much, you don't know what is going to happen and you are not sure if she will be able to keep the eye or if it's going to be removed or if she is going to be sick one more day. >> randolph told the teller he had a gun but never displayed one. he is facing numerous charges. doctors are no longer scratching their heads after an outbreak of lice among teenagers, they believe the selfie is to blame, head to head contact is the most common form of transmission, and head to head is the most common way to snap a selfie, and they coined a

term for it, social media lice. >> ew. >> ew is right, big talkers now and the latest on the viral hashtag, laughing while black. one that has taken off like a run away train. because of a group of women kicked off a wine train for being too loud. they say it was because they were black. >> the 11 members were booted off because they took one sip because a passenger complained they were making too much noise and even an 84-year-old woman was taken off. >> laughter comes with this. >> we were paraded through. >> humiliating and degrating, the company's facebook post called them verbally abusive to other guests and staffs. the company says they are 100% in the wrong and invited them

back for a free ride. finally, you know some kidded hate a haircut, they go kicking and screaming and this guy here namedshrek, when he met the fate with the scissors there was enough wool to produce 20 men's suits. he real why i have need that haircut and stopped being stubborn and look at that handsome guy, hiding underneath all of this wool. >> must have been hot and heavy. >> thanks alicia. we have got some breaking news right now, chopper 6 hd just arrived over the scene of this serious accident in north whales montgomery county, we learned from sources that six people are injured as a result of this

accident at horsham road and upper state road, five ground ambulances and one helicopter is dispatched to the scene, but we do not know the extent of the injuries, reportedly six people injured as a result of this accident, upper state roadp horsham road, you see the cars there and the force with which they hit. we'll bring you more detales as we get them. >> matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> lets continue to watch it now, this is our ground shot from the penndot cam remarks here is the accident scene right at horsham road, the emergency crews remain on the scene and it appears that they threw down sand to soak up fluids that spilled. nasty hit on upper state road in montgomery township tonight and the 202 parkway will be a better

bet than upper state. northbound side close to the movie theater by lower state road and welsh road that got pushed out of the way and the crash on the pennsylvania turnpike is pushed to the side but no before causing huge delays and the speeds in both directions on the westbound side of fort washington, coming or going on the pennsylvania turnpike, you want to stick with the other pikes like skippack and the german town pike as an alternate. we have the motorcycle crash in bucks county along kin ter hill road. and here in the work zone at cotman avenue, a crash taking out the left lane and police on the southbound side, 45 minutes three times what it should be to get north on 95 out of center city.

and the horrible crash brandywine hundred, neimans road a possible alternate around that. >> hopefully better news in the weather department. adam joseph has the exclusive accuweather forecast.

all right meteorologist, adam joseph, with the accuweather forecast. we are about to turn on the heat pump. >> especially as we get into the weekend and the beginning of september, it feels a lot hotter than the ends of august, but not in the near future. as we take a look at double scan live radar lots of sunshine and a few fair weather cumulous clouds north and west of town but not doing any kind of damage, at the shore a beautiful one, 79 in cape may, low 80s

from avalon to surf city, you can mimic what you experienced today at the shore again tomorrow and again on friday as well as saturday. 82 in millville, 78 in trenton and upper 70s in allentown and reading and low 70s in lancaster, and being to the north and west. a little cooler there. satellite and radar, lots of sunshine and delaware in new jersey and pennsylvania, you don't go north and west when you hit the wall of clouds, a hard time bumping over the mountain of clouds, it's a drying mechanism as you get the down sloping flow, a lot of clouds over the great lakes with low pressure off in canada. open the window fz you can tonight, mid-50s for the western suburbs and high pressure gains control over the great lakes and evaporates a trough associated with that low so the clouds will

begin to rip apart and low humidity and 83 degrees, the high starts to head out. you can see much of the eastern half of the country, the mid laentsic and northeast, seeing seasonal temperatures as well with the high of 85, tropical storm erica has not gained all that much in the way of strength. wins moving to the west at 17 and a couple of hundred miles southeast southeast of antigua and guadeloupe and virgin islands and then turks and caicos. and east of miami could make landfall early next week on the eastern shores of florida. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 83 tomorrow and warm and pleasant and same thing on friday and then we kick

up the temperature on saturday of 88 and a string of 90s are possible sunday, monday and tuesday and the possibility of a heat wave and maybe a scattered storm monday or tuesday as you get into the month of september and warm and muggy on wednesday, 9 degrees, if you like this refreshing change enjoy it, the summer heat and humidity will be back. >> you guys like salt water taffy, who invented it lets find out. i was about to head to thecheck. bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain.

like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. mobile-deposit-techno-thingy to the rescue. i'm rayna. and i bank human at td bank. the road to hell is paved with good intentions. mr. president, we know you tried to make a good deal with iran. whose leaders stone women, hang homosexuals, sponsor mass terrorism, scream for the destruction of israel and death to america. so, what if you're wrong? and they can't be trusted? senator casey, don't trust iran. vote this down. you'd do that for me? really? yeah i'd like that.

who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm, at three in the morning? who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? uh, khakis. she sounds hideous. well, she's a guy so... another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. the beach goers are surely enjoying salt water taffy. a.c. claims to be the originator of the salt water taffy. >> it was the first resort for the working man and they wanted a treat and a taste of the

seashore. >> it was invented here in the 1880s and it got the name salt water taffy after a coastal storm soaked the local supply. >> a child walked up and said hey sir can i have a piece of that salt water taffy. >> both claim to have invented the original recipe here in a.c. >> they duked it out for the best taffy. >> exactly. >> boardwalk empire over taffy. >> these two legendry taffy companies are as old as the boards, they keep is alive by selling and manufacturing both iconic brands and keeping them side by side duking it out like they did in the beginning. >> the james taffy is cut to fit

the mouth and the fralingers is the long kind. >> both brands have whipped up dozens of flares, the classic originals are best sellers. >> this is the tea berry, it has like a spice. >> it does. it's a much more old fashion kind of flavor, it hark ens back to the beginning of taffy, this is the taste of lent city right here. >> both brands stay true to their recipes, sugar and corn sear syrup and yearsy love. watch our special this saturday on 6 abc, it's hard to talk and eat taffy at the same time. >> terrible for you. >> i hope you got some left in your desk out there. >> maybe. >> thank you. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00, for nydia han and

adam joseph i'm brian taff. >> now a look at what is ahead at 5:00. >> thanks guys, coming up next we are live at the philadelphia zoo. >> meteorologist, cecily tynan, she is there on this week's outdoor adventure. who you got there? >> hi guys, i just fed oscar and oscar is a north american porcupine, the second largest of all rodents next to the beaver, these are just the guide hairs, not the actual quills, they are like modified hairs with a hook. they cannot shoot them but can use them as a defense. if you had a dog that ever found a porcupine, yes it can hurt. i'll feed the miniature horses later on at the philadelphia zoo. >> good-bye oscar. >> keep playing with him cecily, that and more coming your way next on "action news" at 5:00.

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tragedy strikes a television station in virginia, a reporter and camera man were shot to death during a live broad cast this morning, the tonight the gunman, a fellow journalist is dead. sharrie williams is joining us and the big story on "action news" is the latest on the deadly ambush outside of roanoke that took the lives of two different people. >> we learned that the gunman was fired from the station two years ago, the very same station where the victims worked. lester flannigan died after a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he shot and killed allison parker and adam ward during a live interview with a tourism official, who was also shot and survived and is in critical condition. it's especially hard for the staff at wbdj, because parker was dating an anchor and ward was engaged to a