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>> i cannot yet over. >> hillary clinton supporters are asking senator bernie sand tours get out of the race, and he will not, concede before the democratic, nomination convention. >> and coming up here in philadelphia. and still to come on "action news", and, history, u.s. cruise ship, and, american tourist, on board. >> plus end of the controversial era at the circus, the wrinkling brothers elephants put on their final show, david.
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well, out there for now looking for some clearing though, a little bit later, you can see that west of washington and some showers and thunderstorms most of them later in the evening hours. and, it is an unsettled week ahead we will have details on all of that coming up with the exclusive accu weather seven day. "action news" is sponsored by the american association for cancer research, finding cures together, support cancer research, and donate today at aacr foundation.org.
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fire fighters are still dousing hot spots, this hour, after a massive fire, gutted an historic church in manhattan. fire started yesterday, just hours after the serbian orthodox parishioners had celebrated easter. it took 170 fire fighters several hours to get the fire under control. the video from onlookers showed smoke billowing from the roof, before it eventually, collapsed. authorities say the entire structure was in danger of collapsing, still no word on how the fire started. and mayday protesters turned violent yesterday in seattle. after a peaceful march to advocate for workers rights protesters started to throw bricks, molotov cocktails and lighting fire works. police say they arrested nine people, five officers were hurt but not seriously. there were also
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demonstrationness portland, oregon, los angeles, san francisco, and oakland, california. prince's family gathered in a minnesota court today to begin process of sorting out what will happen with the singer's estate. judge confirmed broad forward trust will be administrators for the estate. his company handled singer's financial affairs when he was alive. they also say they are still searching for a will, the singer died last month at the age of 57. his estate is worth an estimated $300 million. wrinkling brothers elephant put on their final performance, the last show was in providence, rhode island last night. circus decided to stop using the elephants following years of complaints from animal rights groups. the elephants were originally supposed to move to a florida conservation center in 2018 but they are retiring, retiring nearly two years ahead of schedule. nearly all of the public schools in detroit, michigan are closed today after many teachers called out sick. today sick out is a affecting more than 40,000 students.
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the teachers are protesting a school funding crisis, the district will not have have enough money to continue paying teachers this summer unless the state provides extra funning. it is unclear when the sick out will even, teachers union is planning to meet, tomorrow. and relations between cuba and u.s. are sailing forward, for the first time in almost 40 years, a u.s. cruise ship has arrived in had van a carnival cruise left from miami, florida yesterday with more than 700 passengers on board including american tourists. they will stop in three cuban cities during the seven day trip. they say they feel like they are making history. >> my grandmother went way back in the day before it was ever closed and so just being able to go there and meet the people, and it will be meaningful for us. >> carnival cruise every other week from miami to cuba bookings start at $1,800 a person. there is still much more to come on "action news", a struggling retailer is going out of business, more on the
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announcement from sports authority when "action news" comes right back.
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sports authority is going out of business. the retailer will shut down all stores a cross the country after sales are reorganized during bankruptcy. the company has more than a billion dollars in debt. many stores have already posted massive mark downs on every item in the store. exact closing date has not yet been announced. star bucks is fighting back begins a five million-dollar lawsuit, a
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chicago woman accused the coffee chain putting too much ice in its cold drinks. she says star bucks fooled customers by advertising the overall size of the drink rather than the amount of liquid in the company. the lawsuit suggest the company begin using larger cups although it can sell the amount of advertised drink along with the ice. star bucks says the claims are without merit. health check this noon, playground concussions are becoming more common. new center for disease control study shows an average of 215,000 children get hurt on the playground every year. 10 percent are traumatic brain injuries including concussions. researchers say that the monkey bars and swings are most often to blame. coming up tonight at 11:00 e changing the way they think about fat in the diet. some now suggest eating more fat could help you lose weight. here's health reporter a and registered nurse ali gore man with the preview. >> reporter: method in several new weight loss books, eat more fat. many experts say old advice to
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stay away from fat did more harm than good. and adding some smart fats, back into your diet can make a big difference. >> when we do that, you you know, we feel better, we have more energy, we have better hair, nails, skin. >> reporter: i'll have all of the details monday on "action news" at is 11:00. all right. "action news" team is out working on news stories tonight beginning at 4:00. >> let's check with alycia vitarelli live from the news room with a look ahead, hi there a leash a. >> people started to take notice on have have this issue after the situation in flint but experts say, that it could be a reality check closer to home. it turns out that community here in our area have high levels of lead, in their drinking water supplies. that includes new jersey's largest school district. today governor chris christie is a announcing what the state plans to do about it. unique honor for iconic performer, how val rena misty copeland is teaming up with the legendary toy to inspire a new generation. take us with you on the go if
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you have in the down loaded six abc news app watch our app streaming live on your smart phone or tablet. >> see you then, thank you. accu weather, it is a wet one. >> yes, it is. >> when we come right back.
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meteorologist david murphy is here now with the workweek forecast and a new month, kind of the same kind of forecast as last week. >> trying to remember how just a couple weeks ago we had a nice stretch. now it is not so nice. we have some light at the end of the tunnel. storm tracker six live double scan shows us right now that we are basically, dry, some more cloud cover might be spitting some drizzle at you but there are no active showers currently. as we look outside we have airport, there you can see low clouds, often times when we show you this pictures we can see smokestacks in the distance but not today.
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cloud cover is low and fairly thick. we are improving temperature wise. 55 degrees currently in philadelphia. wind not doing too much. so a jacket as you head out and to your errands this a afternoon. that will do. 54 degrees in wilmington. we will bump up to 57 in dover. warmer air will have a tendency to flood from the south, up to philadelphia, late this afternoon. we will be stuck in the 50's for a while but eventually we should get up in the mid to upper 60's and 70's in the parts south. with that instability and breaks in the cloud you can see that happening on future tracker six by three or 4:00 this afternoon we will be stirring more instability in the atmosphere. as these little showers start to pop in late in the day and evening, they could blossom into some thunderstorms. we could see this around i-95 corridor, stronger storms possible even further south from about dover, delaware south and maybe on the southern tip of cape may county. instability higher down there. by 11:30 tonight you can see how there are other showers and maybe additional thunderstorms. this could be a night where we
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hear that thunder after we have gone to bed and do take cover from thunderstorms especially down south in southern delaware and extreme south jersey. some could be strong. 62 degrees in the lehigh valley today. morning shower is already in the rear-view mirror. afternoon sunnies expected to break back in. little bit of rain possible later today or tonight in the lehigh valley. the those morning showers over at the shore, afternoon sun, also possible there, it will be will cooler next to the ocean water, a high of 60 degrees and yes, we have showers and thunderstorms later tonight. today in philadelphia those morning showers are history. afternoon thunderstorm, cannot be ruled out in and around philadelphia late in the day or this evening. strongest stuff better chance anyway is further south. 68 degrees is your high. we will not hit that until very late this afternoon. say around five, maybe 5:30. there is how numbers will progress by 5:00 we have got that 68. by 6:00 o'clock 65 degrees. by seven, 63. notice how i am adding possibility of the thunderstorm in through here. it does not mean it will be
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stormy all through this period but at the some point between that period and beyond we have a chance of that. some more rain and drizzle overnight. 55 degrees is the overnight low. your exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, what we get today in the book cloud, some sun breaks, and a couple thunderstorms later. high of 66. tomorrow we will be cloudy all over again and it could be damp with an occasional shower popping through or drizzle. sixty-six is the high. we will stay unsettled. sun possible in the morning wednesday, afternoon highs 64 with another round of rain moving in. thursday looks cloud which some rain possible, off and on at times throughout the day and then friday sun giving way to cloud with another round of afternoon showers, possible there. finally we will reach the weekend and we will start to warm up. saturday looks like high of 70. sunday 72. while there is a chance of the spotty shower on saturday and sunday it is by no means a wash out and things are generally getting better by then. >> that sound good. thanks, david. there is still much more ahead on half an hour of "action news" at 12:30.
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princess charlotte turns one. the royal family gives the world new pictures of the cutie. find out what the obama's sent her for a gift. new performance by the pennsylvania ballet features three different ballet the routines, karen rodgers has a preview, those stories and more are up next.
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"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sarah bloomquist, and meteorologist david murphy. hello again, here are the
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stories we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30. quick child sex abuser jerry sandusky is back in court, to argue that he deserves an appeal. we are live. new details about a deadly crash in east falls that claimed the life of a young child, another person has died and officials are looking at a possible cause. what happened to a florida mother who took her sick daughter to the hospital days ago? it has not been seen ever since. now the details. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky was back in court this morning asking for a second chance. he arrived the at the courthouse in center county wearing his orange prison jump suit, sandusky's attorney and wife arrived a short time later. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live in bellefonte with more details on what happened in court. chad? >> reporter: well, rick, this hearing only lasted about an hour. this was a essentially an hearing to get a full hearing, for an appeal, for a new trial. no witnesses were c

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