something so tragic. looking at the souls leaving the bodies of the individuals and looking at the blood and debris covered on everyone's faces looking at the gunman's feet under the stall as he paces. a guilty feeling lucky be alive is heaven. >> patience carter is a student at philadelphia universityp went to orlando onvation with friends and family and one of her friends did not survive. alicia vitarelli is at the big board today with carter's account of this story. >> incredible to listen to. from her hospital in orlando. 20-year-old patience carter broke down in tears after delivering her gut-wrenching poem and moments you just heard

and recalling each and every detail of that night. a night that started with a dream adventure with girlfriends and ended incomplete horror worse than any nightmare imaginable. >> it was beautiful. a bonding experience like any girl could have. >> her first night in orlando and first time in florida. with her two friends at pulse nightclub. >> we were having the time of our lives. akira was the life of the party. >> akira would not make it out alive. they ran back in for their friends. i said we have to go get tiara. so we went inside. we got trapped in there. >> that is the most raw source of her survivors guilt. bringing akira back inside. she didn't make it, and me and

tiara feel guilty about that. and her mom told me not to feel guilty. >> the gunman entered the bathroom and was shooting his machine gun so we are all scrambling around in the bathroom screaming at the top of our lungs and they were all piled in the stall and witnessed everything from the moment he made his 911 call to the moment he reloaded his weapon. >> he said, hey you to someone on the floor inside of the bathroom and shot them and then shot another person and then shot another person who happened to be directly behind me who i am told through the eyes of tiara shields me with their own body so i wasn't hurt. >> the pipes started to burst and the bathroom started to

flood. >> the water started to rise, i thought i may drown sitting in the pile of bloody water. >> they are in recovery and in shock that she ever lived to tell this story. >> i'm still here. >> she sure s at 5:00 coming up on "action news" ali gorman more on the amazing medical response, the doctors and medical staff coming together as dozens of victims like patience flooded their emergency room. one doctor said it looked like a war scene. amazing to hear from a girl from philadelphia. >> we are glad she is still here. thank you. we continue with "action news" reporter, chad pradelli, live in orlando. >> you are with the family of akira who was with patience carter.

>> the parents of patience carter got joy when they learned their daughter was alive and the parents of akira did not get that satisfaction, they waited 36 hours to hear she passed. >> i am filled with emptiness. knowing my daughter is not coming home with us. >> it was suppose to be a celebration of life for the murray family. a celebration of kira murphy graduating and her full basketball college. >> i keep seeing her face. >> akira and her cousin tiara parker and friend patience carter, begged the murrays to go to the pulse nightclub. it was a place that 18-year-olds could attend. >> i didn't really want her to go. dad take me. dad -- >> i said to myself she is on

vacation. the murrays dropped her off and then at 2:00 a.m. they got the text messages. come get us now please they shooting. they jumped in the car and frank particularly drove to pulse. >> i receive aid phone call from daughter, saying mom i have been shot in the arm help me please i'm scared. i'm bleeding so bad please help me call the cops and at this point she was in the bathroom and i guess the assailant guy was there with them. >> it was chaos and those with akira say she stayed on the phone with police and directing them to where they were held as hostages in the stall by mateen. they were should close but so far and did not learn of akir's death for 36 hours. they still don't know how she died an autopsy is pending.

the loss is unbelievable. >> i have to know that she died for a good cause, saving her cousins and friends and was happy until the day she stopped breathing. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 i sit down with tiara parker, she was with patience and akira in the nightclub in the bathroom stall. we'll hear her story she was released from the hospital yesterday. we'll have more on the horrifying details inside of the pulse nightclub. >> so much of it heart breaking. thank you. meantime the fbi is investigating reports that gunman omar mateen was a regular at the gay nightclub that he attacked. and the wife of omar mateen is being considered for possible criminal charges this after a law enforcement officials says she may have known something about the incident in advance but claimed he tried to talk him

out of the assault. in the meantime, six of the more than 50 wounds in the nightclub remain in critical condition. so many communes across the region are pausing to mourn those that did not make it out of the nightclub alive. it continued today at st. joe's university. during a mass on campus, students and faculty took a moment to stand and pray for love and peace and stand in solidarity. the coverage of the orlando massacre continues at 6abc.com. they are sharing the stories of those lost and the survivors including the young woman from our area who shared the gripping account of her ordeal. and of course we'll alert you to new developments about the ongoing story. philadelphia police are trying to track down the vehicle and the driver involved in a deadly hit and run. the crash happened at 11:30 last night. it happened in the somer dale section of the city,

investigates say a minivan went through a red light and hit a woman on adams avenue. the woman was walking through a crosswalk and was pronounced dead on the scene. sara bloomquist has a live report coming up at 5:00. we are learning new details about a woman found murdered in fairmount park. the victim was not only handcuffed and stabbed. she was also shot. walter perez has the details. >> reporter: brian investigator dozen not believe the victim was killed in the location where she was found, they believe she was murdered somewhere else and dumped on the edge of a wooded area in fairmount park. it was 8:30 this morn when police received the call of a body in fairmount park near the mann center. investigators arrived to find a woman handcuffs and stabbed

repeatedly and shot one time in the back of the head. they do not know who the victim is, but she had three distinctive tattoos. >> she has loyal across her cash and ka sh -- an african-american woman 3'5" and thin and wearing a white skirt. all investigators could tell us was that it was clear she fought hard to defend herself. >> believe she was in a fight for her life and unfortunately she lost. >>. >> reporter: we should mention that no weapons were found at the scene there, anyone with information is asked to call the philadelphia police homicide unit. reporting live walter perez, channel 6 "action news."

>> thank you. it is time for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> and a reason to smile today. lets go outside to cecily tynan in for adam joseph and another extraordinary day. >> brian and sharrie it's picture perfect. we have bright sunshine and blue skies and low humidity and comfortable temperatures it feels like spring. right now philadelphia 77 degrees and allentown and trenton 78 and cape may 74 and reading currently 77. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we did have quite a bit of high, thin clouds this morning. but you can see how they pushed off the coast and we have clear conditions right now and we will stay that way in the overnight hours. if you look at the next 12 hours we stay clear and comfortable with low dew points, 10:00, 71 degrees and early morning temperatures drop down into the 60s before they make a come back into the low 80s tomorrow. this is what's ahead. i am tracking showers late in the week but she should mosh out

in time for a beautiful father's day weekend and next week it's getting down right hot and i'll talk about that and time-out the showers in the accuweather forecast. >> outside we are looking good though. >> cecily thank you. >> time now for the "action news" traffic report. >> she will be inside in a minute. matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> out here not looks as good. we are jamming on 95 in the northbound lanes, from penn's landing to the vine street expressway on to girard and then on the breaks again to cotman avenue. you may notice the southbound travel time is slower on 95 because we have an earlier broken down truck southbound near the walt whitman bridge that is out of the way. but on the big picture, delays are forming on the schuylkill with speeds like 11 and 12 miles per hour. and a crash at the airport at

bar tram and essex. and one at 66th avenue involving a bus and southbound on the boulevard watch for an accident blocking the lane and on the admiral wilson boulevard, coming out of cam pen eastbound side jammed solid because of the construction here and on 38 eastbound, two of the four lanes are blocked all week long. that is why you see the extra heavy delay on the admiral wilson boulevard. and debris on 295 northbound. >> thank you, see you then. still ahead on tuesday afternoon. president obama slams donald trump, accusing him and republicans of fostering resentment against muslims that could generate more attacks. ♪

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president obama delivered a blistering review of donald trump slamming the presumptive republican nominee's rhetoric as dangerous and unamerican. the president focused on trump's proposed ban on muslim immigration. >> we ever abandon those values, we would not only make it easier to radicalize people here and around the world but we would have betrayed the very things we are trying to protect. the very things that make us great and make us exceptional and then the terrorists would have won. >> meanwhile, hillary clinton sharply criticized trump saying he offers little more than out right lies and bizarre rants.

we don't need self congratulations, we need leadership. trump did not response to either, but reiterated his call for a muslim ban on twitter. mayor jim kenney announced that patti labelle and campbell and huff will take home the prize at a gala at the kimmel center. to business now. cooking like martha stewart is about to get easier, the home goods mogul and cookbook author is getting into the fast growing meal kit business, subscribers get a box shipped to their door with the recipe and all the ingredients, the premeasured raw meat, vegetables and spices will be there for you. it goes up against blue apron

and hello fresh. for the second day in a row all the arrows are pointing down the dow down 58 points and nasdaq nearly 5 and the s&p down 3.25 points. in south jersey a new bakery production facility is giving 70 people a new job. they cut the ribbon today on the 109,000 foot building in glassboro, this will maintain manufacturing and retail at their delsy drive location. and they have two other retail stores in washington township. >> a lot of food in there. >> cooking like martha stewart that would be a total makeover for me. >> both of us. now a time for the accuweather forecast. cecily tynan is standing by, not a cloud in the picture behind you. >> i came inside, i didn't want to, i wanted to stay out longer this, is what it looks like, i

dare you to find a cloud. we are looking at the center city skyline, we have wall-to-wall sunshine and bright blue skies and it's a beautiful day and enjoy it. now through july 10th, the sun is setting after 8:30 at night. if you are stuck at work all day long have you plenty of time to enjoy the evenings and it begins the summer solstice on monday at 6:34 in the evening. now we are temperatures below normal. normal high is 82 degrees and comfortable in philadelphia at 77 and millville and allentown 78 and cape may point 74 and wilmington 79 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing we did wake up with some of those high, thin clouds that were over us last night. you can see how they pushed off the coast and high pressure is exerting control and tomorrow is going to be the opposite. tomorrow we start with the sun and the clouds roll in through

the day. tonight will be a beautiful night, a moonlit night. 73% illuminated. wilmington 57 and cape may 61 degrees, with low humidity. that is key, why it feels so nice out there. future tracker showing 8:00 tomorrow morning, you wake up and loads of sunshine however look what happens as we head through the day. the clouds are advancing through the south and west and mostly cloudy skies by 6:00 tomorrow evening and then thursday is when you'll need the umbrellas, and i do want to stress we are not looking at widespread heavy rain all day, there will be occasional showers 7:00 in the morning and it looks to be a potentially wet morning commute and still a few spotty showers as we head into thursday afternoon. the four day at 4:00 showing we start the day with sunshine and increasing clouds with a high of 82 degrees, thursday it's cooler with mostly cloudy skies and

occasional showers and 72, friday a transition day and a lingering start to the day with showers, high of 79 degrees and heading into the weekend hi pressure is taking control of our weather, that means saturday it will be gorgeous, plenty of sunshine and 82 degrees and of course father's day is sunday and i'll have a very important forecast for all the dads out there. brian and also talk about the heat next week in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. that is my gift to you. >> thank you. so much more ahead on "action news" at 4:00 today. caught on camera, stealing other people's packages, see more of the theft at one philadelphia home.

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rhawnhurst. this was the middle of the afternoon, you see the thief did not try to hide his face and police want to find the driver of the car the man used to get away. if you have information you are urged to contact police. some new jersey people are fighting to survive the battlefield. where george washington led a victorious charge during the american revolution, members of the princeton society parked a backhoe on mercer road near the colonade to symbolize where it's happening a mile away and says it will destroy irreplaceable land. the duke and duchess of cambridge sign aid book of condolences after meeting with u.s. officials. william spoke to members of the embassy staff including people

from the state department's own lgbt network. closer to home students interested in pursuing a career for animals are getting a head start. this is the summer vets program, it allows students to explore science and shadow real life veterinarians, they take part in medical labs and pet physical exams and lectures, this is all hosted by pen vets animal hospital. the start of a construction project was reason to cheer. officials broke ground on the martin luther king adult center on cecil b. moore avenue. the building will feature a large dining room and billiards room and room for arts and fitness and computers. it has a $4.3 million price tag. we have breaking news to get to you. philadelphia police at this point are on the scene of a stabbing this is staking place

in west philadelphia. chopper 6 hd is over the scene you can see the police activity that is happening on the 4900 block of walton street. the victim is possibly a teenager, possibly shot and wounded in the chest. at this point no more information on who stabbed this person. or why. a stabbing in philadelphia is what this investigation is at this point. we'll keep an eye on this, again a stabbing being investigated in west philadelphia by philadelphia police. along with diet and exercise, helps lower blood sugar. januvia works when your blood sugar is high and works less when your blood sugar is low, because it works by enhancing your body's own ability to lower blood sugar. plus januvia, by itself, is not likely to cause weight gain or low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). januvia should not be used in patients with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis.

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we'll explain the changes all parents need to be aware of coming up. plus, a mayor take a stance against ads promoting unrealistic body images, details about his controversial move coming up in big talkers. >> first here at 4:30, a knowledge father accused of killing his young son is heading to trial. brendon creato was found dead in october and now we hear from david creato's recorded statements from police. john rawlins live with what

happened in today's court hearing. >> reporter: on the day the little boy was found dead. the father spoke with hours with detectives, talking about relationships and reading bedtime books with the boy. all of it was recorded on video, part of the defense video was to try to suppress the video so it would not be used against the father in court. >> david creato reacting after being told his 3-year-old son was found dead. the emotion played out in a courtroom today. the young father who months later was charged with his son's murder volunteered information on how his 17-year-old girlfriend threatened to break up if brandon was part of his life. >> she is always fighting with

me. >> and was worried that his girlfriend was seeing someone else at college. >> were you jealous? >> yes -- >> the prosecution's theory that david creato killed his son leaving him in a wooded area in an effort to apiece the girlfriend. >> he admitted he was concerned that she was having contact with all of these other men. >> the defense tried to suppress the statement arguing that the 22-year-old was not given a miranda warning and misled when he allowed detectives to view texts between creato and his girlfriend. while he was in the police station he was not in custody at the time and gave the information freely and it was admissible. >> he was free to leave, he was anxious to cooperate. >> it was disclosed today that a plea deal of 35 years was offered to the young father and

now the trial date is set for october 3rd. just shy of the anniversary of the little boy, if convicted the little boy's father could receive up to life in prison plus ten years. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." thanks very much. we of course are following the latest developments out of orlando, florida. six of 53 people injured are still in critical condition at various hospitals. meanwhile the investigators spoke with the gunman's wife who says she tried to talk him out of the attack. and they are looking into reports that omar mateen was a regular at the nightclub and used gay dating apps. and stories of survival from victims relating the horrors of sunday morning. chad pradelli talks to one victim coming up tonight at 6:00. after an eight hour manhunt, a suspect wanted for three murders in west virginia was

arrested in chester county. they arrested eric shoot this morning, accused of using a rival to kill three men over an argument over property. at one point police in pennsville new jersey, warned residents to be on the lookout for shute because he once lived there. and state employees are accused of stealing $21,000 in federally funded food benefits. five are charges and two others are still on the run. attorney general says they made fake abt accounts and sent the cards to themselves and either used them or sold them. the findings are part of a month long investigation. we turn our attention to the forecast and meteorologist, cecily tynan. >> picture perfect, blue skies and sunshine, we'll do a tour of our sky 6's to see how much

cloud cover we can find. we are taking a look live. whoa wait -- we'll start with this one, philadelphia international airport i guess we found a cloud or something. blue skies and sunshine and the temperature very comfortable, 77 degrees, the dew point is 42 degrees, now we are live in princeton at the princeton plasma physics lab. i think i see a few high cirrus clouds. 78 degrees is the dew point and 41 and look at this cape may oh wow those people extending their weekend or enjoying a week on the beach. 74 degrees and winds from the southwest at 9 miles per hour. it can't stay this nice forever. i am tracking some showers on the way and i'll have details on that and track real heat in the accuweather forecast. >> it looks real nice. >> why do you have to show us

that thank you cecily. a traveling symbol of peace and unity is making its way across the country and today it arrived in delaware. the flag of hope stopped in wilmington and they hosted a welcome ceremony where people could place their fingerprints with acrylic paint. it was started in memorial day last year and has been to 48 states since then. >> name the city and state you represent and what does the american flag mean to you. that electronic data base will go with the flag in whatever museum it ends up in. you can go and look up their ancestors name and see what they had to say about the mefrn flag. >> cool stuff. organizers want to end the flag's journey in pearl harbor.

and they are considering the impact of immigration laws created 20 years ago. they held a hearing on the laws passed in 1996 and how they affected the local community. critics say that deportation is skyrocketing because of the way immigrants are received in the justice system. philadelphians testified on the impact of the policies today. the corruption trial of philadelphia congressman, chaka fattah, is drawing to a close. today closing arguments wrapped up in center city philadelphia. rick williams is live in the newsroom with more on this story. >> that is right, it's nearly a month since congressman fattah's trial got underway, today lawyers for fattah and his co-defendants took aim at is the prosecution's case calling it a walking, talking reasonable doubt. vernon odom will have more on today's court proceedings coming

up tonight on "action news" at 5:00. also, coming up tonight the infestation in ocean county that caused officials to cut down 1,000 trees some of those that date back more than a quarter century. back to you in the studio sharrie. >> thank you. within the last hour, delaware lawmakers vogted to toughen the penalty for texting and driving, the legislation passed unanimously making the fine $100 rather than $50. and repeat offenders pay more also. governor jack markell says he would sign the bill if it made it to his desk. in pennsylvania all children under 2 must be strap nood a rear facing car seat and in the back of the vehicle they are driving in and tom wolf signed the law today and takes effect in two months.

for the first year police verbally warn drivers and after that violations come with a $125 fine. pennsylvania is the fourth state to enact the requirement and it's also the law in new jersey. coming up the most popular smart phones cost $500, but there are models that won't blow your budget. we'll look at the best options in what's the deal? >> wow i feel bad for most people that don't have a lot of stuff to choose from. >> a 10-year-old boy take its upon himself to help other young hospital patients all while dealing with his own health issues. the details on his acts of kindness are next on "action news." and cecily tynan is standing by with the full accuweather forecast. word on the rain and then the heat.

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day and night carrying out raids in a paris suburb after a terror attack left two police officials dead. the man and woman were stabbed inside of their own apartment. the suspect then held their 3-year-old child hostage and allegedly posted a video of it all on facebook. the suspect was killed in a standoff with police and investigators say he pledged allegiance to isis. also in paris, 26 people including two police officers were arrested when protests turned violence. they were holding a protest to loosen labor laws in france and they threw projectiles and some 20 people were arrested . here thousands of people are without power after a warehouse fire in los angeles. more than 100 firefighters were called to battle the flames this morning. there were several explosions at the scene fueled by magnesium it

burns power lines and poles and caused 200 people to evacuate a nearby apartment complex. big talkers now the mayor of london is making a bold move on banning all ads with what he calls negative or unhealthy body images appearing in the subway system or as they call it the tube. he says these images can demean women and make them ashamed of their bodies. this big debate started last year of an ad of a model in a bikini, asking the question are you beach body ready. the mayor says if you don't like images like this, if you see them on tv or magazines, you can turn the channel or flip the page, but on the tube it stares you in the face for the whole ride. and now to this, a beautiful story of hope and helping others from california. a young boy up against his own

struggles organizes a toy drive when he realizes his hospital needs more toys. this is hayden he is being treated for kidney disease and waiting for a donor for his third kidney transplant. he was at childrens hospital ucla and noticed most of the toy cabinets were temty and started his own toy drive at his school and the school where his mom is a teacher. >> they will see all the toys in the cabinet and think my mine is blown. >> he raised hundreds of dollars in cash donations and got more than 250 toys for the other kids. he and his mom are dropping it off next week and they hope to make it an annual event. out of the mouth of babes and kids helping kids. >> the kids always figure it

out. >> it's we adults that screw things up. >> thank you. lets get a check of the roads right now, matt is standing by with the updates. our minds are blown with some of these delays, this is not a good way your mind can be blown, admiral wilson boulevard eastbound a parking lot, pretty much as soon as you come off the ben franklin bridge, and proceed eastbound, because of the construction up ahead that continues on 38 eastbound, where two of the four lanes are blocked all week long because of the work on the gas main, bottom line is, coming off new jersey on the vine don't continue on the admiral wilson boulevard eastbound. and now problems on the schuylkill eastbound as well. approaching girard avenue an accident with emergency crews on the scene taking out the right lane and the stand still starts at city avenue and continues through that point at girard.

the roosevelt boulevard at 9th street now it's off to the side. just above that in west oak lane, there is a bus accident at 17th street at 66th avenue, and a crash at the airport to avoid as well. and lower providence, a crash by the burger king at ridge pike and trooper road and an accident brought down poles and wires and park avenue is closed stay on egypt road to get around that. and at this point speeds don't look bad but septa's cynwyd line is scattered cancellations throughout the region. go to overbrook and hop on a shuttle bus. we'll keep checking it in the 5:00 hour. >> thanks matt. meteorologist, cecily tynan, is coming up with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast next.

we have been busy enjoying this really comfortable stretch of weather but we need a little bit of rain. >> we will get some rain, on thursday, not that much maybe a half inch of rain. every now and then you get what you want. lets go to where the action cam was today. university city. did you notice how blue the sky was today. a bright blue color thanks to the low dew points and low humidity. and stormtracker 6 live double scan getting a little bit of a vacation, no rain out there now. comfortable temperatures again generally in the 70s. 77 in philadelphia and allentown and millville 78 and actually everywhere we are in the 70s. atlantic city airport is a warm spot at 79 and mt. pocono 70 and satellite 6 along with action radar showing we did start the day with high, thin clouds and

they have all really pushed off the coast season evaporated and high pressure to the north and exerting control and i'm tracking low pressure that will bring us rounds of showers on thursday. that brings the loop and how this low pressure bring its up to the north, it rides over a ridge of high pressure to the north and then slides to the southeast and that brings us unsettled weather and lingering into friday. the next 12 hours no worries at all. another great night for sleeping, 59 degrees for center city. tomorrow the high pressure begins to lose control, we start the day with sunshine and then the clouds roll in and still it's a nice day with a high of 82 degrees, and then heading into thursday, the low pressure will spawn another one off the coast and what that will do is bring us an easterly flow and that brings in the cooler air. 72 is the high and mostly cloudy skies with showers especially

the first half of the day and that second low will just move down to the south on friday and that could bring us another round of lingering showers. this shows the dew points though, this is the measure of moisture in the air and this is an indication of how comfortable it will be and dew points relatively low and dry air and thursday with the rounds of rain and showers spiking into the low 60s, look what happens into father's day weekend, the dew points drop substantially and we begin to rise into next week and we get into a hot and more humid air mass. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow nice day and not as perfect as today. we start with sun and increasing clouds and warmwer a high of 82 degrees, on thursday, mostly cloudy skies with occasional showers and it will be cooler, 72 degrees, the big question is how quickly we clear the showers out on friday. we are calling for a damp start and brighter finish by the

afternoon. a high of 79 degrees, it looks like high pressure is strong enough and the low pressure i'm talking about out in the atlantic should stay far enough away to have a beautiful father's day weekend. 82 degrees and sunshine on saturday and sunday plenty of sunshine and 85 degrees and then turning up to the heat on monday and tuesday, temperatures soaring into the 90s and more humid as well. we'll have thunderstorms into the middle of next week. and the weekend should be perfect for dad. >> love that. thank you. coming up next on "action news." before you spend big money on a smart phone we look at the less expensive options that gets the job done. "action news" is about interact with you, follow us for the latest headlines and breaking news and to communicate with us. on facebook facebook and twitter at 6 abc.

some of the most popular phones on the market are among the most pricey, but if they are beyond your bunt not to worry. here is nydia han with alternatives. >> consumer reports says you can get a great smart phone for a lot less. people love their cell phones but hate the prices. >> it's insane. >> i think cell phones are ridiculously expensive. consumer reports has dozens of smart phones in their ratings, one of the newest is the apple iphone se starting at $400, that may seem like a lot for a cheap smart phone but it's the least

of the iphones. >> it offers touch i.d. and the se has good battery life with nine hours of talk time in consumer reports tests. one of the biggest things you give up is a larger screen. consumer reports also recommends lg's escape 2 for $150, it has a slightly curved display with buttons and the back. >> the escape has a lower resolution display than pricier smart phones and only available on at&t. they have 5 1/2 inch displays and cost $200. they are unlocked that means they can run on a number of different carriers and scored good on battery tests. >> the cameras are not as good as the top rated phones but they take decent pictures and videos

and offer slots for two simcards. can you have a home account and business account on one phone. consider buying models that are a year or two old. companies often sell them at a discount. and finally at 4:00 today a cherry hill businessman is hoppered for helping local businesses. eric meyer collected 150 suits for the suits for soldiers initiative. it helps veterans in the working world and he was given an award for his generosities and contributions. that will do it tore "action news" at 4:00. for adam joseph, cecily tynan and brian taff. i'm sharrie williams. join me tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look at what is next on "action news" at 5:00. coming up next at 5:00, our

coverage of the orlando massacre continues, why the focus on the investigation is now shifting from the shooter to his wife. plus, we are getting our first idea of the chilling moments in the pulse nightclub as the survivors begin to recount their encounters with the gunman. the suspect that police are looking for now after a deadly hit and run on the roosevelt boulevard. those stories coming up next on "action news" at 5:00.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. the search is on for a driver after a woman was struck and killed on the roosevelt boulevard. and the force of the impact was so hard the victim was tossed nearly 200 feet from the crash site. the big story on "action news" is the hit and run investigation into philadelphia's somerdale section. within the past 30 minutes. police identified the viction tim. it happened at adams avenue and the boulevard. sara bloomquist is live at the scene with the details. >> reporter: rick and monica, the victim has just been

identified as 17-year-old m markale jackson. police have not tracked down the minivan or driver that struck and killed her last night in the light of this fatal crash at this intersection, city and state officials are promising to look into the set up of the traffic lights to determine if this intersection is safe. the roosevelt boulevard has a reputation for being a dangerous roadway for pedestrians, crossing at adams avenue is no easy task. the pedestrian gets a go ahead and the cars get a green light all at the same time. that was the situation last night at 11:00, when a young woman in the crosswalk was hit and killed. the motorist fled without stopping. >> all the motist had to do was just stop. the driver had a green light as did the pedestrian. and like they are suppose to is call 911 and render ai