from the roof. no one was hurt. and updates on both of the breaking stories are available on 6abc.com. >> now to the latest on the news crew, ambushed and killed live on tv. the woman being interviewed, vicky gardner sought of the medically induced coma and in good condition. >> meantime the memorials for allison parker and adam ward continue to grow and questions about what happened to the shooter, vester flannigan after he was fired as a reporter at the station two years ago. the staff stood outside wearing a ribbon in memory of allison and adam. the news director talked about how difficult it has been to continue to work.

>> not the big things that get to us, but the little ones, the performance of this staff is incredible, they cry and hug and then they get the job done. >> outs of an abundance of caution, they made the decision not to have any live reports yesterday or today follow that tragedy. closer to home as the investigation into the gruesome discovery of three decomposing bodies in philadelphia continues, their loved one are speaking out and their bodies were found on tuesday in strawberry mansion after they smell aid foul odor for several days, chad pradelli is live now where one of bodies was buried. >> sharrie liam nelson died on august is he 11th yesterday he was laid to rest but it was not your normal burial. >> you could smell my

grandfather coming out of the hearse. >> he was one of three bodies left in a hot, dingy garage inside of strawberry mansion. >> my grandfather lived 90 years on this earth and you threw him in a garage. >> the funeral home is being investigated by the states, her license expired in 2012 and the funeral home was recently cited, so far powell had no comment to "action news." >> many powell has been in my family forever, and buried most of my uncle's siblings and this is unfortunate. >> albert andrews was found in the garage, powell told the

family he was cremated. >> she lied, i'm sure there is more investigation than this, and we'll get to the bottom of this. >> his nephew picked up the remains today and price is also operating with an expired license, and both families say that price has been cooperative and professional. their anger is directed toward janet powell daly. >> i pray that my mother is there when they put the cuffs on you. >> in an attempt to reach the price funeral home have been unsuccessful, powell had no comment. chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. drexel police are warning students tonight after a string of burglaries happened at homes off campus the past week, reports of five residential

break-ins at the powelton section, they happened in the morning from saturday to monday, philadelphia police try to track down the suspects, drexel police are urging the students to stay vigilant. annie mccormick spoke with one of the victims and you'll hear from her coming up tonight at 6:00. >> they are facing domestic and innational issues. the nuclear deal with iran and whether he would choose before bid bid biden or clinton. >> i met the president in the diplomatic room of the white house, he is trying to get support for his proposed deal with iran limiting his nuclear program. >> given the 30-year mistrust with iran and is it riworth

risking the relationship with israel? >> everybody that looked at this deal, were persuaded this is the best way to ensure ourselves and the world that iran will not get a nuclear weapon. >> other members on the staff repeated the same message, we are on a cross road of final diplomatic options or war. the president seems to be in reach of the 34 votes he needs to veto any vote of disapproval. there is gop opposition and tough lobbying by israel. bob menendez a democrat is also against it. >> we appear to have a roll back of sanctions and iran only limiting its capability but not dismantling oraling it back. >> i asked the president who he would endorse if his vice president jumped into the presidential rate. >> if the vice president jumps into the race, it would be

difficult to decide, is it easier for you if he doesn't run. >> the great thing about american democracy, it's not up to me. i am just one voter. >> he added that both biden and clinton were good americans that would make good presidents. you can see the president now on 6abc.com, we posted the video now on the home page. >> you should have pressed him monica, tell me right now, i want to know. >> the quinnipiac poll shows donald trump is furnish ahead in the gop presidential race, the latest numbers give him 27% support amongst registered voters, he talked about the shootings of virginia news crew, trump says that tougher gun laws are not the answer to stopping gun violence in america, more resources should be devoted to

addressing mental health. >> in wilmington today a special program is in place torks make sure some girls looked beautiful for the big day. katherine scott has the story. >> from the shampoo chairs to the seat at the manicure table with the help of the wilmington police, this group of girls are getting ready for their first day of school. >> i am getting it braided and getting my nails done. >> i want my hair to be pretty for school. >> more than 20 girls from 8 to 20 years old happily pulled up salon chairs at the american beauty academy in wilmington. not only is a little pampering a lot of fun but about making a good first impression. >> i'm going to a different school and it's my first year there. >> you don't want to go to school with your hair looking a

mess. >> corporal champion wanted to do something for the girls there as they started the school year, and her department quickly got on board. >> you want to have a high level of self-confidence and going in on the first day of school and you don't have your hair or nails done you don't want to be the target. >> supplies were donated by crazy discounts supply store. the money they charged at reduced rates and being donated back to the community center or a charity of their choice. >> we want the money to go to something special for these girls. >> this is the first time wilmington police have done this event, it's so popular it won't be their last. >> time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report. thursday night. >> almost friday, matt pellman you are celebrating already. >> i am ready, they look beautiful but the traffic

doesn't. >> at this point the left lane is blocked and the speeds are nasty as you come down from the airport at0 miles per hour. a crash at ridley township. and a crash at king of prussia by 202, off to the side now things are just back to normal and slow on the king of prussia, still downed wires closing hendser son road closing lutheran church, the nasty accident in northampton county shutting down 206 close to the mount holly store. a crash on the garden state

parkway but that just cleared out. >> thanks matt. there is much more to come on "action news" tonight, local doctors are helping to heal the broken bones of children with a new kind of cast, it won't weigh them down and you can get it wet. >> get ready for the coolest night of the month and then i'm tracking our next heat wave, i'll have the details and tropical storm erica in the accuweather forecast. that and much more.

in health check some doctors are using a new type of cast. breathable and ali gorman joins us with the details. >> it's called oxy fix. it's especially good for kids during the summer. 4-year-old brayden green was playing with his cousins. >> he would shake me off. that is how he broke his arm for the second time this summer.

with the first he was in a conventional cast, which he conget wet at all. but this new cast called osteo fix is lighter and can get wet. he can go in the pool season go swimming and take baths and play in the bathtub and not have an arm elevated. orthopedic surgeon reed nichols only for stable fractures, one where the bones are not too far out of place. >> but it has advantages over plastic casts and fiber casts, depending on the material underneath, fiberglass can also get wet but takes time with this newer material. that fiberglass is layered on each other, it's not porous and doesn't just drip dry, that is the cool thing about the material. >> for a long cast like brayden

has osteo tix is a better option, water won't get trapped at the elbow, the osteo fix is stretched and placed over the injury and may be faster in some cases, but again it's not for all fractures. >> anything that is too tender, would i not want to roll that up over. >> for brayden it was the best choice to keep him safe and allow his bone to heal and not take away from his fun. >> it helps us to be able to still have summer. >> the new cast is distributed by a company based in jenkintown, and only used by a handful of hospitals. and it comes in other colors. this was the goal in kirkwood park in wilmington, school officials brought a produce stand to the park, there

was healthy food and a tasting and obstacle course for the kids and even a backpack give away, it's all in an effort for young people to make healthy choices. >> children were welcome back to school and at achievement charter elementary school. to get the kids over their first day jitters, the teachers played music and did some dancing before they headed inside today. >> in is our literacy and math well not math, math is tricky. >> what do you think of this first day? >> i really like math. >> they make going back to school fun now. >> what happened when we were in school. >> the charter school serves kindergarten to fifth grade and it focuses on the arts and

technology. freshman at newman university. there are over 400 freshman and plan to live on campus in aston, the fall semester begins on monday. 300 freshman at widener took it's day to give back, the class of 2019 offer aid helping hand at the sites in chester, they were joined by upper class man and is meant to build on the university of commune.

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philadelphia. pennsylvania lottery officials say this is the third million dollar ticket sold in the state in just one week. a bon voyage party not for a person but for a colorful painting of a pig. a nearly life size painting of a porker, on display on the brandywine river since 1971 and it's quite an attraction and is heading to the denver museum of art until next year. it has left everyone here a bit disgruntled.

time for accuweather at the "action news" big board, cecily tynan has the forecast taking us into the weekend and things are pretty nice. >> they are warming up as they head through the weekend. >> early next week, we could have another heat wave on the way, and a taste of fall. temperatures in the 70s at this hour. allentown 75 and philadelphia 79 degrees and down from a high of 81, 3 degrees below normal and

cape may 78 and trenton 75 and reading 75 degrees, feeling cooler with winds out of the northwest generally about 5 to 13 miles per hour. so definitely breezy out there. satellite 6 along with action radar showing what happened today i like to call self disturbing sunshine, 8:00 in the morning not a cloud overhead, lots of sunshine but what happens the sun will heat the earth, and the rising air parcels will encounter cooler air in the atmosphere and condensation bubbles up along the northwest and moving along the coast, clouds move along from low pressure off the coast of the carolinas being pushed out by high pressure moving in. tonight a bit of a taste of fall, 63 degrees a low in philadelphia, the coolest night so far this month, allentown how and reading 55 and cape may down to 65 degrees. a kfrmts night.

the get away forecast, showing tomorrow loads of sunshine and a little warmer and high of 85 degrees, low humidity a nice summer day, down the shore simply gorgeous with a high of 89 degrees, comfortable and low humidity and a high of 74 degrees, tropical storm erica, maintaining what miles per hour maximum sustained winds moving north-northwest at 49 miles per hour and west of guadeloupe and moved through the leeward island bringing tremendous rain and dominican republic reporting a foot of rain. and it's heading towards the turks and caicos islands over the weekend. the maximum sustained winds is about 50 miles per hour, but it's interacting with land and wind shear and they have it reaching category one forecast strength right before making

land along the coast of florida, but have you to look at this cone of uncertainty, could be hitting anywhere from the hand to the carolinas, so back at home, the five-day at 5:00, just gorgeous, 85 degrees, saturday the humidity is in check and gets warmer and 88 and sunday, monday and tuesday, 90 degrees and could be our fifth heat wave of the year. could feel like summer as we get to september. time to go fishing in brigantine with melissa magee. are they biting? >> no, they are not. every time i think i have something it comes up empty but it's a great day to go fishing in brigantine, we have the boats behind us wave hello guys, we'll have more of what to expect down at the shore. our summer season is coming to an end and we'll have more to do on that, the all important

accuweather forecast, rick and monica you want some flounder for dinner? >> not from you though. >> there is a seafood restaurant over there. >> more "action news" coming your way. stick around. good intentions. is paved with

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"action news" continues with adam joseph, jaime apody monica malpass and rick williams. >> shocking video of the journalists spread across social media causing a major backlash. and a man is shot dead in a north philadelphia home and detectives are trying to unravel that mystery. and a decade after being nearly destroyed by hurricane katrina, new orleans is back better than ever. meantime, our coverage of the murders of two young journalists in virginia continues tonight, earlier today colleagues and friends of wbdj reporters allison parker and adam ward vowed never to forget.

>> today station general manager, jeffrey marks described his behavior in the newsroom as often combative during his 11 month stint, he filed several lawsuits one alleging racial discrimination. >> in the two years leading up to yesterday's killings, flannigan did not interact with allison parker or adam ward, but eluded to ward in a 26 page manifesto he spent to abc news. meanwhile the memorial grows outside of the studio in virginia. and people are leaning on others for support. >> as we mentioned, gunman vester flannigan posted the deadly attack on his facebook page and twitter accounts for everyone to see even if they didn't want to. >> the execution video of the

two journalists was witnessed by thousands on facebook and twitter and for many that video was watched involuntarily, thanks to a new feature that plays vote into someone's feed. >> the final moments of 24-year-old allison parker and 27-year-old adam ward's lives were captured both on live tv and then replayed almost instantaneously on social media, it appears that that was the sin contents of the gunman. the video of the shooting was viewed thousands of times between twitter and facebook but today users are complaining that this auto play feature is eliminating their ability is playing the content before they decide what to watch. >> please think before you embed that terrible video or leave it on auto play, your death could become content and then i wish i

hadn't seen the video of the two reporters being shot, thanks to twitter auto play, people don't have a choice. >> but according to barbie ze zellser. we are inconcystant of images we find offensive. >> we see this all the time in television and fictitious media postings. >> a step that someone believed went two far. one user tweeting it shows the awful reality of gun violence and a murderer that treated it like a game. >> everybody acts as if we don't see these images all the time. but we do see the images all the time. >> twitter says they do not mediate video content but leave its up to viewers to flag

anything that is violent. we posted a how to section of how to eliminate auto play. and the continuing coverage of this tragedy in virginia continues online at 6abc.com, we have videos and photos of the heart felt journalists that lost their lives. and detectives are sort ougt of the details of an early morning shooting that took the life of a 24-year-old man on the block of poplar street, the victim was shot once in the head and they are now being questioned. the identity of the victim is not released yet and authorities are searching for the murder weapon. a driver is recovering from a crash in logan this morning, this is the scene at 5:30 near old york road and wyoming avenue, a pickup truck collided with the suv and the pickup

forced it into a parked car and one person was sent to the hospital for treatment. >> the fbi is teaming up with police to catch a bank robber, this surveillance picture shows the suspect at the counter at the citizens bank park along the 2500 block of south 24th street, he handed the teller a note and took the cash and took off. he is considered armed and dangerous. now, to a consumer alert for a popular brand of brand, 48,000 loafs are recalled. bimbo bakery says that a light broke and there could be shards of glass on the bread, they make sara lee and harvest bread. the bread in question was not sold anywhere in the delaware valley area. it's that time again to see swha going on down the shore

this weekend. melissa magee is live in brigantine tonight. she is still fishing. >> reeling them in. there you go. >> i'm going fishing. i am going fishing rick and monica, i'm trying to get us something good and i know you don't trust my fishing but it might be better than what you get at the grocery store because it's totally organic. we have captain john from baboo charters. wave hello guys. we have done this before with andy out in the ocean doing some surf fishing and you need about a 10 foot rod for that, for fishing on the bays, only a 6 foot rod. hopefully we get some flounder. if are you not in brigantine there is a lot going on as we close out the end of our summer season. check it out down at the shore. i'm going to reel it in.

>> just one day left to sample some of the finest restaurants in wildwood during restaurant week, they are offering a four course meal for just $30, hurry up and make reservations because the week long event wraps up this friday. >> on the count of three, grab your paddle board and stand up, it's the 125 anniversary paddle challenge in beach haven, it's $25 to participate in the one day event. this challenge benefits the project to help mortgage key p.m. island. races start at 1:00 p.m. have some fun.

there is still a lot going on here in brigantine and this weekend we have the elks lodge and bay fest going on it's a big fun raising event for them and starts friday and lasts through the weekend so hopefully rick and monica i'll keep working on our dinner and in the meantime you guys have some fun this weekend down at the shore. it's totally organic in the bay here. >> if you find a boot give it to monica. >> thank you melissa. meantime it's a cool night and sunny days continue, check back at 6abc.com/weather, storm tracker 6 radar is there showing changes the minute they start to happen. time for an update on the traffic situation with matt pellman who also enjoys seafood. >> do i? >> i have gone fishing for

delays this afternoon and the catch is plentiful, what a mess heading to the delaware beaches this afternoon on the southbound side of highway 1, a crash by newcastle red lion taking out the right lane, the whole way on down, you look at single digit speeds on the southbound side of highway 1, and malvern shutting down sugar town road, lets take a break for good news for you in preliminary plymouth road. for the 15,000 of you that use it every day, go ahead and use it again. 95 southbound stacked from the airport to 420 with a crash on the shoulder and northbound a couple of extra minutes as people head towards tonight's phils game. >> thank you matt. still to come on "action news" thursday night, one minute their feet were on solid ground and then they found themselves

in a big sifrk hole. >> can you own a piece of local history we'll tell you how. temperatures below average at 81 degrees but we are tracking the return of heat and humidity and back to brigantine and melissa magee in the full accuweather forecast. >> plus jeff skversky has at eagles and philly and the passing of a basketball great.

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the storm breached the system, world news tonight with david muir has much more on katrina so years after the storm, watch that after "action news" at 6:00. time now for sports, the eagles getting ready for a preseason match-up with the green bay packers. this game could be telling. >> yes, and it's probably the last time we'll see sam bradford

and the starters. chip kelly was playful, a sarcastic eagles coach says they won't make a final decision until tomorrow, the big factor for chip is the weather. yeah right. >> bradford on the other hand plans to play against the packers and he could be out there for the entire first half. kelly says they are not overly caution with his right knee and bradford wants to get into a rhythm. >> you get to the regular season, it ramps up another level, getting out there and getting used to bodies around me in the pocket and moving away from those in the pocket and getting a field for those. >> i see him not making the same mistakes, he is a really coachable guy, we continue to see continual growth with him and that is important. >> domeco ryan expects to play.

more on the game sunday night with brandon graham on "action news" sports sunday at 11:35. darryl dawkins broke backboards during his playing days, he passed away this morning from a heart attack, he was just 58 years old. dawkins was named chocolate thunder for his thunderous dunks and his ability to literally break backboards, he was picked in 65 and played until 92, he played a total of 14 seasons in the nba, before the news broke we caught up with sixers owner josh harris, he donated 2. million to the police athletic league and like many sixers fans, harris took the news

especially hard. >> it's frustrating, i'm not going to say no, it took me two weeks to pick myself up off the floor. everything is stacked in favor of him having a successful recovery. fingers crossed. lets try this again, the phillies will try to salvage the final game of a disastrous series against the mets, phillies lost eight straight serieses to these guys for the first time in team history. the phils allowed 31 runs and 10 homers in three games and bad news tonight. no one has more losses in baseball and allowed 20 earned runs in his last four starts. what is the problem with the mets? >> we never played well against the mets for whatever reason, they always have our number and we continue to stay aggressive, they are a better team than we

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adam is here with accuweather, this string of weather is great. turn off the air conditioning, no more central air, satisfying it for now because the weekend -- we'll have to turn it back on. we'll heat things back up. double scan live radar around the region, decent amount of cloud cover that pushed in from the north and west and that cloud cover is beginning to fall apart. and we'll see a clear sky develop this evening and through the rest of the overnight hours, everyone at this point in the delaware and lehigh valley in

the 70s, it's pretty cool, 75 in allentown and 76 in dover and 77 in cape may, and the poconos only sitting in the middle 60s right now. as we look at the satellite we see the clouds that pushed in from the north and west with the cooler air, high clouds streaming in from the beaches in delaware from all the shore points and the storm off the carolinas, that storm stays offshore only seeing a few high clouds but all the clouds this evening and overnight tonight, you'll see them evaporate over the next couple of hours. it's turning clear overnight, coolest night so far this month, 64 in the suburbs and 63 for center city and light northwesterly wind at 3 to 6 miles per hour. the jet stream pulled way to the south and that allowed the refreshing air. 80 degrees and warmer tomorrow and still low humidity and over the weekend and early next week,

the jet stream buckles back to the north with high pressure in control and at the same timer -- erica is pumping the ridge. that keeps the hot, humid ridge in here so the 90s will be back. you'll want to hit the shore to cool off, that is where meteorologist, melissa magee, is now in brigantine. are you trying to fish all day and have not produced any sort of glimpse that you caught something. i'm disappointed, you have the experts next to you. >> i've decided that fishing may not be my thing today, i'm okay with that, i'll leave it to andy, it may not be my niche, i have the shore forecast covered for you. as we head into the weekend tomorrow it's a good looking day, a nice mixture of sunshine and clouds and pleasant and a high of 80 degrees, high

pressure stays in control as we go throughout the day on saturday as well. so high up to 82, sunday high pressure moves offshore and you get the return flowing the hupt comes back and more clouds rather than sunshine, that is the shore forecast, i'm trying to cast my net. i'm waiting on the flounder and until then have a great weekend and have fun down at the shore. summer is slowly coming to an end. >> i caught something decent but somehow it comes back. if follows me everywhere. >> if you were a smart man you would have kept that one. if you were a smart man that is something that you keep. >> enjoy yourself down there. four years ago i was with her and andy and had a great time in brigantine. tropical storm erica winds sustained at 50 miles per hour near guadeloupe, and it's

expected to stay as a tropical storm as it passes turks and caicos and the spaghetti plot bring its off the coast of florida, it could become a weak category one hurricane, the exclusive accuweather forecast, 85 and low humidity tomorrow and saturday 88 degrees and 90s are back, sunday right through next thursday as well as the humidity solas we roll into the month of september it's going to feel very summer like and in fact heat wave number five more than likely on the way, we'll be tracking the heat and humidity and erica as we go through the weekend. >> quick break and more news when we come right back.

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in burlington county, new jersey, two people were killed at route 206 at garden street one a pedestrian and one a passenger in an overturned vehicle. dann cuellar is live. >> reporter: well, the investigation is still on going into what is yet another fatal pedestrian accident here in southhampton, new jersey, in over a beak. the police say that this latest accident happened at 2:15 this afternoon at 206 at garden street, chopper 6 hd was over the scene, you see ladders and tools scattered across the accident scene. initial reports indicate that the vehicle struck a pedestrian and the driver losed control of the vehicle and it overturned. the pedestrian was killed instantly and the passenger in the vehicle was trap and later pronounced dead and the driver suffered severe