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during the deadly rampage in orlando. we have the transcripts from the chilling phone call. lawmakers set to vote on gun legislation today, we're following the developments on capitol hill. the big story on "action news" the destructive vandalism spree that damaged several businesses in bucks county. someone slashed the tires on vehicles at 6 different parking lots on west street road in warminster. weannie mccormick has more and new surveillance video of the suspect. >> rick take a look behind you can see the damage that was the left behind. whoever did it, did it up and down street road. lafferty chevrolet, there's a motion detecter that was triggered by the person responsible, it set off a loud speaker that scared them away. this is surveillance video from lafferty chevrolet early saturday morning.
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if you look closely you can see a person going between the fleet of truck and that person runs off. this is what is left behind, 37 truck targeted, 99 tires slashed. you can see where the tire was punctured. lafferty chevrolet said this video shows one person, but police are not ruling out more are responsible. the price tag is $20,000. another parking lot had seven vehicles tires damaged. >> i have to pay for the ones on my lot. it has to come out of my pocket. >> reporter: 6 businesses were affected that number could grow. kauffman had a dozen cars damaged and hertz retle and sales -- rental and sales woke up to their tires slashed saturday morning, the on sit
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service shop had to work quickly. >> if the car was sold, the customer has to be put off buying it. >> reporter: back out here live, the auto dealership, they have ordered a number of tires they are starting to put them on here to the dozens of trucks affected. we did speak with warminster police, they say they are continue to go get calls in. they are continuing to gather complaints from people, the number of people affected is going up. they need the public's help. they are asking for anybody with information reach out by calling mr. main phone number or head to facebook and your tips can remain anonymous. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> investigators are reviewing the evidence they found inside a feasterville home where they say a man was living with 1 young girls. 351-year-old lee kaplan will have sex with the oldest girl who was gifted to him by her parents. he fathered two children with her.
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the rest of the children are believe to be the children of daniel ascertain savilla stoltzfus. this weekend police were back looking at what he was going on in the house. the controversial beverage tax is law in philadelphia. mayor kenny signed the bill at city hall. council members approved the 1.5 cent per ounce last week, it will apply to sugary and diet drinks in janl. most of the -- january. most of the revenue will be set for pre-k and rec center. the beverage center will challenge it in court. children in the camden district are going home today because of the heat. the district is dismissing all students at staff at 1:00 p.m. looking outside sky6 live hd showing us the view from penns landing area and summer officially arriving later this evening. temperatures are rising across the region. it's going to be a hot one. let's get the latest from david
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murphy on the terrace. >> reporter: no kidding, rick, it's feeling toasty out here, take a look at satellite, not a lot of cloud cover to block out the sun today. you'll see a blip of high, thin cloud cover, maybe cirrus streaking through. generally speaking we are under the sun. 87 degrees in philadelphia. same thing in trenton and wilmington. 86 in allentown. we talked on the morning broadcast how quickly the numbers were going to jump. that's what we're seeing as we head into the arch. dewpoints are on the lowish side. you have to get 60 or better to talk about it feels humid, there are 61 or 62 on the maps, but generally speaking not all that humid. we'll see a high of 93 well above the high of 84 that low of 72 above average it will feel more muggy and more humid in the evening hours. we have an air quality alert for sensitive groups this is a code
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orange ozone-action day, that means if you're among the senior population, young kids those suffering from asthma or respiratory or heart limit your exposure from now until dinnertime when the ground level ozone is at its worse. summer sole stills has arrived -- solstice has arrived at 6:34 tonight. this is the day we see the most amount of sunshine, it will get less by a few seconds nay starting tomorrow. rick, when i step tomorrow, tomorrow will be the first full day of summer feeling like summer. we might see summer thunderstorms, i'll have the details on that with future tracker 6 coming up. >> stay ahead of the changes in the forecast by following hour meteorologists on facebook and twitter. we invite you to check back often at 6abc.com/weather to keep an eye on the storm tracker 6 live radar and hourly
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forecast. jury deliberations continue today in the corruption trial of chaka fattah. the process had to start over on friday after the judge replaced a juror with an alter police are searching for a killer in gloucester county, a 24-year-old man was shot to death in paulsboro. the gunfire erupted near the house at west broad and pine street. police have not named any suspects so far. there are new developments this noon in the orlando massacre. we have learned the details about what happened last sunday inside the nightclub where 59 people were killed. the fbi released a partial transcript of conversations between the shooter omar mateen and police negotiators and they released a time line of events. minutes after the shooting was reported, police arrived on the scene and engaged if gunfire with omar mateen.
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0 minutes later, he called 911. he told dispatchers he had a vehicle rigged with bombs outside the nightclub and would strap explosives to hostages and none were found. we found out how sprs -- officers were able to rescue the victims. police pulled an air-conditioning unit out of the window so victims could escape. >> the heroic actions of the first responders and the victims inside the club they were under the most inconceivable stress and they bravely assisted law enforcement to bring it to a resolution, they saved lives. there were no shots fired in between the gunfire exchange and the final breach that lasted 3 hours. police are still processing the crime scene and hope to be done in the next couple of days. on the heals of massacre,
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lawmakers are expected to vote on gun safety legislation. republicans are expected to block both measures, abc's lana zack joins us live from washington, d.c. with the showdown on capitol hill. good afternoon, rick we are in for a long lengthy debate in the capitol. meanwhile, donald trump is backing away from his comments. donald trump wants to know that the patrons at the pulse orlando should have had guns, i said if win the orlando clubs if you had people with guns, i was talking about guards or employees. this is what he said on the campaign trail, if some of them had guns strapped to their waist or ankle and one of the people in the room happened to have it and goes boom boom, boom, that
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would have been a beautiful sight, folks. hillary clinton called that a bad idea. >> not one of donald trump's reckless ideas could have saved a single life in orlando. >> of course nobody thinks somebody should go into a nightclub drinking and carrying firearms. >> reporter: the shooter was able to buy the weapons dispite being watched by the fbi. no legislation is expected to pass with republicans and democrats split on how to respond. democrats say no buy no fly for those on the no fly list being able to buy a gun. just escrows street from the supreme court they decided not to take assault ban weapons case they will leave that in response to the weapons that were at the
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sandy hook event. corey lewandowski was released from the trump campaign. he was accused of hitting a report at a rally this spring, but the charges were cropped. >> cropped -- dropped. cruise are battling massive fires in california, we have that, and labron james and the cavs brought a championship home to cleveland last night. we'll have that when we come right back.
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>> islamic state terror group is calling for a tax on u.s. and nato air force facilities. according to south korea, isis hackers have gathered information on personnel at 77 facilities around the world. out west, firefighters continue to battle wildfire in a heat wave. right now an excessive heat warning has been issued for
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santa barber california. more than 1900 firefighters are working to get control of the blaze. no homes are burned, but 270 structures are threatened. there are fires burning in new mexico and arizona. a mother saved her child's life by prying his head from the jaws of a mountain lion. her two sons were playing in the front yard of the home in here aspen. authorities say she shoved her hand in the lion's mouth to free the child. the lion ran off. experts say if you stand up to the mountain lion it will retreat. if that animal engages, you want to fight you want the animal to know you're not an easy prey.
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thousands of mountain lions live in calum mallace, but attacks are rare. the lion was about 2 years old and not fully grown. the victim has been hospitalized his mother it was treated for cs and bruises. the solar impulse set off to fly around the world on solar energy. they are flying over the atlantic ocean and flying to spain, it's the first attempt to cross the ocean in a solar-powered aircraft. the swiss crew started their journey last year to promote solar power. the cavs beat the golden state warriors. they are the first nba team to rally from a 3-1 final deficit after they beat the champs 93-89
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october 1999 and february of 2013 you might be eligible. the as part of a recent lawsuit settlement they will issue $40,000 of cash and tickets. they need accused of charging excessive fees. customers will find a code in their contacts that can be redeemed for two generally admission tickets. it is limited to specific efforts. events. the list has not been released. "healthcheck" shows children and teens get concussions every year. the numbers are based on on data from doctors hospitals and high school. the study was led by researchers in seattle. they fear hundreds of thousands of children could have injuries that cause future problem with learning and memory. appears coffee is no match
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for poor sleep. researchers studied dozens of volunteers who slept 5 hours a night and caffeine improved mental and alertness in the tired participants. after three nights, the caffeine lost its effect. adults should sleep 7 to 8 hours a night. a death they thought was suspicious is a case of murder. what we are learning today about the victim and the investigation. plus the democratic national convention is a little more than a month away and the city of philadelphia is getting ready. today the mayor is laying out plans to spruce up part of the city before the delegates come to town. meantime, accuweather looking live from the jersey shore, pretty picture of cape may, a few folks on the beach at lunchtime. meteorologist david murphy has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back.
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>> the area type high school softball players threar completing in a -- they are competing in south philadelphia. they are playing in front of scouts and local fans. the tournament is taking place at fdl park through thursday and admission is free. >> reporter: not bad to play softball, just have plenty of water. >> reporter: plenty of water, sunscreen, otherwise it's not too humid. storm tracker 6 live double scan looking at dry conditions across the region right now. going out on the action cam a little bit further past the radar that's trenton new jersey. you can see the bright sunshine building early this morning when we were out with our
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photographers and cameras. still bright out there right now. 87 degrees, very toasty. you really feel it. if you have not been outside and you open the door it's on the warm side. barometer is falling, winds on the light side 6 miles per hour. 87 degrees in philadelphia. same thing in trenton and wilmington, 86 in allentown. not much different until you get down to the coastal communities where you will stop at 80 or so this afternoon. taking a look at satellite, you can see there's high, thin clouds cover trying to work in our dreks. it won't have -- in our direction, it won't have much of a chance with air fairly dry in place. mostly sunny and hot in the lehigh valley. 93 degrees. as rick mentioned if you're out there doing keep the cool drinks handy. keep in mind we have the air quality alert from the lehigh valley to areas close to the shore today for those of you in sensitive groups seniors and
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kids and anyone with asthma et cetera. the shore, sunny, warm and nice. the ocean temperature is 69 degrees, we might start getting 70s off atlantic city and elsewhere along the jersey and delaware beaches before too much longer. a warm one at the shore. in philadelphia, hot, 93 degrees, mostly sunny skies out there. humidity not all that bad, but definitely a day where you want to take it easy because of the high temperature. winds are running south/southwest not all that strong, 6 to 1 miles per hour. if you're heading to the phillies, they are playing day baseball, sunscreen and cool drinkers, 89 degrees for the first pitch. in the 9th inning, 92 coming down from the high of 93 degrees, a day to take it easy at the ballpark. overnight tonight, we get down to 72 which is a warm overnight low.
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the thing you will notice, this could happen at dinnertime and beyond. it will be sticky and muggy. winds 7 to 14 miles per hour. tomorrow, warm and humid we're looking at the possibility of a pop-up shower or maybe a thunderstorm in the morning. this is 6:00 a.m. so when we're on the air in the morning tomorrow we'll be tracking that for you. around noon, you start to see other showers pop up, maybe a rumble of thunder in spots. later in the afternoon it moves toward the shore, again, thunderstorms with drenching downpours are possible. it looks like most of this will be gone probably at 9:00 p.m. tropical storm danielle has formed. this will move into the coast of mexico. it is a tropical storm season. looks like it might be active there's a clip from dan -- danielle. today, sunny and hot, 93. tomorrow, more humid, 90. wednesday, less humid, high of
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here's some of the stories we're upon ogle "action news" at 12:30 officials say a bucks county man sexually assaulted a girl whose parents gave her to him. vandal strike several local businesses, leaving the tires of dozens of vehicles flat. cleveland can't stop celebrating getting a championship 52 years in the making. the investigation continues into the disturbing case of alleged sex abuse in bucks county. investigators spent the weekend combing through the home in feasterville where 1 girls were found. officials say one of the girls was sexually assaulted by the homeowner. trish hartman is outside the home with the latest on the investigation. trish? >> reporter: rick, police are still holding the scene on old street road you can take a look, you can see the police tape behind me, as well as the officers in the driveway. investigators spent the weekend searching the property of lee
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