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in philadelphia over the last 34 painful years. as bad as it is and as hard it is to stomach in, cleveland there has been zero over this span. in fact their last parade, 52 years ago. lebron james and cavilers, can end the drought for cleveland in the nba finals with the win in game seven tomorrow at 8:00 g champion warriors. lebron, are you feeling the pressure to finally win a title for cleveland. >> i mean you say pressure because to everyone that is the whole world, that is the words everyone likes to use in sports. it is pressure. i don't know, i guess in laymen's terms for everyone, pressure. i think it is an opportunity for us to do something special. >> pressure, please. what pressure. game seven, they are always special, right here on six abc sunday night at 8:00. andre iguodala last years final mvp and former sixers is expected to play.

despite missing practice because of the sore back. finally in hershey the big 33 football classic, pennsylvania high school all stars against maryland, miles sanders, he is headed to penn state this summer. tonight he is heading for the end zone. take another look, what a score. he is one of the best backs in the country and pennsylvania wins, 26-14. we will see if he can become a star in state college. >> high caliber talent for sure on that field. "action news" at 11:30 is next, we will be right back.

saturday night i'm walter perez. here's is what happening on "action news" at 11:30. anti trump within the g.o.p. are speaking out, with some top lawmakers say about trump's support. president other bam a spends the night in the cabin at yesemite national park and emerged with the message about the environment. rescue mission in the south pole, details of the daunting operation, to bring a state government work tore safety. it is only third time in history a rescue has been tried there during this time of the year. now the details, donald trump remains on track to be the g.o.p. nominee during the republican convention in cleveland next month. yet, his comments following the orlando massacre have rattled many within the party.

more congressional republicans say they will not endorse trump. they plan to skip the convention all together. abc's mary bruce has more. >> reporter: donald trump is hitting back as party insiders make a last ditch effort to block his nomination in the convention. >> it doesn't work that way. >> reporter: vow to go it alone. >> if for any reason they get like they don't want to help out, then i'll fund my campaign. >> reporter: he is urging party to eye night around him as gun control takes center stage on the campaign trail but taking a position that breaks with the party line, saying he is opened to changing some gun laws. >> we have to make sure that people that are terrorists, or have even an inclination toward terrorism cannot buy guns or weapons. >> reporter: trump argues that the night of the attack is more people in that orlando guns had more guns. >> if you had bullets going in the opposite direction right

at this animal who did this, you would have had a very, very different result, believe me, folks. very different result. >> not one of donald trump's reckless ideas would have saved a single life in orlando. >> reporter: the democrats now concentrating their attacks on trump. >> every day, if it clearer that he is a thin skinned, racist, bully, and every day it becomes clearer he will never be president of the united states. >> reporter: donald trump facing a fight on several front. mary bruce, abc news, phoenix air zone. city of oakland, callus dealing with the troubling scandal within its own police department. over the last eight days, three police chiefs have stepped down. more than a dozen oakland police officers are under investigation for allegedly having sexual relation was an under age prostitute. first chief resigned over allegation that he is

mishandled the case. he was replace by another who was fired after five days, and his replacement resigned after two days. the department is also under investigation for text messages sent by officers who authorities say engaged in hate speech. >> thinks an appropriate time to root out what is clearly a toxic macho culture. >> the mayor has now taken the rare step of placing the department under civilian control. with less than to months to go to the summer olympics to begin in rio di janeiro it is getting a 1 billion-dollar bail out to save the sit friday financial ruin. officialness rio declared a financial crisis yesterday saying impact of the cost of hosting the olympics could cripple public security, health and transport operations. today brazil an government offered up 849 million-dollar bail out plan to save rio. emergency fund will be used to pay for security personnel and

complete several key venues. olympics begin august 5th. >> everybody says national parks. >> national parks. >> president barack obama on the west coast this weekend celebrating the 100th birthday of the national park service. the president and first lady met with fourth graders at yesemite national park right there in california. mr. obama says he wants more people to appreciate and visit national parks all across the country. >> these spaces are sacred, they are for everyone, not just for the few and be preserved for future generations. >> the president also used his trip to point out effects of climate change. he says rising temperatures are causing parks meadow toss dry out. president obama will stay in yesemite overnight and head back to washington tomorrow. no word if hillary or bill clinton were with their daughter today, who gave birth to her second child. chelsea tweeted this morning that she gave birth to a boy

aidan clinton mezvinsky. baby aidan joins big sister charlotte who turns two on september 26th. it was all about family at a festival in germantown. >> ♪ >> the local community gathered to celebrate juneteenth today, juneteenth started as a celebration to commemorate end of the slavery in the u.s. today is a daze to honor african-american history and achievement. it is organized by the philadelphia community of leaders, and its chair, philadelphia music legend, kenney gamble. ♪ local bands taken to the street of powellton village section to celebrate a big milestone today. the drum line is turning 25, and it is to celebrate more than two dozen troops took part in the parade. west powellton steppers and drum line has won several,

state, and national and world championships since it was established in 1991. also the official drum line of the sixers. officialness malvern put out what they called the greatest show in chester county this morning. the annual kids fest extravaganza took over great valley middle school today. local officials were on hand to explain their jobs, in kid friendly style. little ones even got the chance to soak their local law maker, republican state representative dwayne millany hosted the event and took center stage at the dunk tank. it was all about jeeps today in wildwood where the new jersey jeep invasion is in full swing. today was the annual show and shine competition, drivers also got their chance to drive through a special, beach course. thomas wraps up with the annual beach parade. much more to come on "action news" tonight super heroes descended upon the streets of the norristown today. we will tell you why. also a rescue mission at bottom of the earth, how crews are planning to evacuate a

critically ill worker from the south pole in temperatures near 70 below, melissa. walter, mostly clear we have a moon lit sky on the way tonight and nice and warm for start of the weekend but we will get warmer for dad for fathers day come tomorrow, we will have details with the full and exclusive accu weather forecast.

runners in norristown, put on on their best costumes for the super hero race. many had capes, masks, others with the shirt with a favorite super hero logo. all proceed went to those who

support those with mass cell activation disorder which is i a rare disease. fourteenth annual fathers day gary poppa run is tomorrow. president includes a 10k run 5k run and 1 mile fun walk. starting line is right there in front of the philadelphia art museum, this event, of course, close to our heart named after gary our beloved "action news" sports director who lost his battle against prostate cancer six years ago. please support this event in anyway that you can. time for a check of the accu weather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee, lots of cool things over next couple of days. >> yeah, that is right, it gets warmer tomorrow, walter and summer solstice starts on monday and it will feel like that too. we will show you storm tracker six live double scan radar. it is dry. no issues with precipitation. outside we will go because high pressure is dominating. we are down the shore in atlantic city. look at those folks on the boardwalk, enjoying a really nice night, something to keep in mind you may need light

sweater or jacket on the board because we are dealing with the southeasterly wind. it is cooler with that moisture from the ocean, pressing inland across coastal communities. right now, in philadelphia, we're coming in at 70 degrees, after a high today of 85. dew point at 50. nice and comfortable. wind south/southwest at 7 miles an hour. pressure 30.29 and it is on the rise and ocean temperature in the upper 60's. numbers north and west of the town 69 for both slating ton and fleet wood at this hour. seventy-one in warrington. sixty-nine for saint david and chester. center city coming in at 70 at this hour. at the coast it is a touch cooler. sixty-eight in the boardwalk and atlantic city. just 66 in sea isle city. as you head inland we have got 69 in cinnaminson, ewing, browns mills. seventy there in hockessin. here's satellite six with action radar. really dry and quiet across much of the eastern half of the u.s. from new england across mid-atlantic region as well as a few high thin cloud on the way for the rest of

tonight. otherwise it is moon lit, pretty comfortable. the fast forward into the second half of the weekend and when are at the shore, city or poconos we've got you covered. it is sunny and comfortable tomorrow the at the shore. a high temperature of 83 degrees. at the city tomorrow, near 90 in some locations. it will be warmer then it was today, nonetheless, it is bright, sunny, and delightful. your destination tease you north of philadelphia up in the poconos we are calling for a high temperature of 81. we will go out to the west coast because we have excessive heat warnings posted across the desert southwest. future tracker six showing you in phoenix, arizona tomorrow they are calling for a high, ranging from 115, 128 degrees. if they hit that they could be very close to a all time record high across portions of arizona something to watch out for their very closely as heat continues to build out west. back here at home it is all about the gary poppa run on eakins oval. plenty of sunshine.

temperatures warming fairly quickly tomorrow. 7:00 a.m. 66 degrees. as we get into 10:00 o'clock in the morning temperature coming in at 78 degrees. here's our forecast for tomorrow across the delaware and lehigh valleys. seventy-seven in cape may. cooler at the coast with the southeasterly wind. but 92 in trenton. ninety-three in allentown. near 90 in philadelphia plenty of sunshine. it will be a warmer day. eighty-seven in dover. ninety out to the west in lancaster and upper 80'ss well in wilmington. here's the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast. warmer for dad on fathers day. if you have any outdoor plans on the way for sunday, in at 89 degrees. it is hot on monday. coming in at 93 degrees, and monday marks the beginning of the summer solstice, which officially starts at 6:34 in the evening, and the humidity will remain low however, humidity cranks up. high of 88. showers and storms are likely. some on the strong side. we will track that closely. in the the wake of the front wednesday. sunny, less humid. high of 84 degrees.

thursday, mostly cloudy, late night rain on the way in at 83. future showers on friday, coming in at 80 degrees. comfortable next saturday in at 83 degrees, walter. >> nice look forecast. >> not bad. >> thanks, melissa. a dangerous mission is underway to rescue a desperately ill woman from a research center in the south pole. operation is daunting and in conditions unlike anywhere else on earth. abc's david wright has more on the plan to bring that worker to safety. >> reporter: tonight at the end of the earth an emergency air lift in the middle of the an arctic winter. >> we're working really hard to make this a positive outcome. we're hopeful it can be. >> reporter: national science foundation dispatched two, twin engine planes from canada on the five take flight to the most remote corner of the planet all the way to the lonely research station at the south pole, average daily temperature 70 below, cold enough to freeze jet fuel. there is no runway, only a

endless stretch of ice and snow. it is nighttime, sunset in march and won't rise until august. there is moon light right new but only for the next ten days. >> now we are waiting to get just the right weather window to do what we need to do. >> reporter: weather is crucial, thinks only third time in history that they have under taken a south pole rescue in mid winter, this footage from a previous rescue mission shows brutal conditions. >> it is the guys in the plane that have to make that decision on continuing or not. >> reporter: at least one worker in the south pole is in urgent need of medical care, they cannot wait until weather improves. david wright, abc news, new york.

the ball's been flying out of the park, left and right, and center. phillies game are looking more like home run derbies. philadelphia is loud most home runs in team history over the last five days. miguel franco, well, he cannot hit right now but a hit with the fans as he hand out bobble heads today. phillies, bobbing back and forth with all of these home runs flying out of the park. arizona hit three more with the phillies to day. they have given up 20 home runs in just five days. the worst stretch in team history. phillies lose four-one. they have dropped 22 of 28. the worst stretch in the majors. >> we have to to keep working hard. we cannot give up. we have to bear down and go after it. is there too many games left to panic or to get concerned. nobody likes to be in this position more than i, but all we can do is continue to

teach, continue to work and keep the guys positive. >> all of us glow up with a dream, and for one south jersey native that dream is now a reality. just two months away. comeau limb pick games in ria with the shot at gold and history it is on the line. >> i was than the always the top try athlete in the the country. >> reporter: look at him now, 2004, wildwood catholic graduate joe malloy will not only represent his country but south jersey in the olympic games in rio as one of the top try athletes in the country. >> my journey was never to qualify but opportunity to compete there and represent my country and my family and my friend and my school. >> reporter: malloy's journey six years ago when he quit his job, and move to philadelphia, to chase his dream. the olympics. his hard work and drive took over from there. >> i represent, you know, ideals of our region. i work hard. i put my head and then just go for it.

>> reporter: malloy will go for it and go for gold august 18th in rio. he is one of three american males to compete in the olympic triathlon. an american male never has won this event but he is determined to be the first and come back home a champion. >> i may not be the fastest runner or biker but i like to think i can out last all of those other guys. that is you know triathlon is an endurance event and it is about who is the last to quit and in that competition i like my chances. >> yeah, best of luck to malloy1 of the top try athletes in the entire country. going for gold, comeau limb pick games in rio. back to you. thanks, jeff. finally tonight, the celebration, one century in the making. dora le sale celebrated her 100 birth date at mercy view. dora has amazing stories to tell. she escaped rise of the nazi's in poland and survived a severe childhood illness that

robbed her of her earring and but not her spirit. she was married for 74 years. she said a secret to long life is lots of eating, dancing and having a great time. happy birthday, dora. castle is next here on channel six. "action news" continues at 6:00 tomorrow morning with nydia han, gray hall and chris sowers. for melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. have a good night. we will see you right back here tomorrow. >> ♪

[ camera shutter clicks ] what if we got married on the cyclone? the roller coaster at coney island? come on. how much fun would that be? and talk about an appropriate, if not slightly on-the-nose metaphor -- a bride and groom together, side-by-side, as they go through the ups and downs, the twists and turns, and the loop-de-loops of life. castle, i love you, but i will not marry you on a ride or up in space or on a slide. bet dr. seuss got married somewhere fun. yes, his wife's living room. how many people do you think can fit in one of those roller-coaster cars, anyway?