online at 6abc.com. now -- >> the comes a time when you have to make a little noise and say something. the time to act is now. we will be silent no more. >> an unprecedented show of support happening on the house floor on capitol hill tonight. a group of democrats are staging a sit-in and will not leave until a compromise is reached on gun control. good evening wednesday night and monica malpass is off and sharrie williams is joining us. >> the sit-in is closing in on six hours with no time of ending any time soon. aid remember bankart is following the story all day long. >> reporter: good evening to you. at the start of all of this the house chair adjourned the session and tried to refuse

getting any of this out and turning off the audio from c-span and it was emotional and some were tweeting from the floor and paul ryan is saying this is all a publicity stunt. >> the democrats are taking the floor hostage. >> we are calling on the leaders of the house to bring common sense gun control legislation, give us a vote, let us vote. in a sensational protest. democrats interupted republicans and said she will sit on the house floor until house speaker, paul ryan allows a vote on gun laws. >> the state is not in order due to the present of member who are not recognized. >> pushing for a bipartisan amendment that would extend background checks and block gun

purchases for those on a terror watch list before the members leave for the 4th of july break. >> all americans are calling for a vote. >> the move coming after days after four gun amendments failed in the senate despite mounting pressure following the orlando nightclub massacre. >> they feel like the mood of the country is with them at this moment. they will do whatever they can to bring the gun votes to the house of representatives even if that means grinding business to a halt. >> this is not the first time we have seen something like this, back in 2008 the democrat controlled house at the time was actually interrupted by a republican sit-in, democrats not only cut the audio and video but turned off the lights back then and there is no word yet as to when the sit-in will be over, adrian bankart back to you. >> thank you. our local congressmen are

getting involved. new jersey senator, corey booker, was one of several senators to stop by the house and show support for the protest. and "action news" spoke to representative bob brady who showed his frustrations. >> it's utterly ridiculous, we are not going to do anymore moment of silences, the only way to get attention is to sit on the house floor until they give us a bill. meantime in orlando the shooter that opened fire in the pulse nightclub has been buried. according to omar mateen's father he was buried in florida during an islamic ceremony. 49 people were killed and dozens others were wounded in that shooting. among a busy day in congress presumptive nominee, donald trump took aim at hillary clinton today it was trump's first major speech as he turns his attention to the election in november. he slammed clinton on several

front including the email scandal and benghazi and her relationship with big business and he outlined his priorities for the white house including job contracts. >> i am running for president to end the unfairness and to put you the american worker first, it's about time. >> all of this as bernie sanders possibly inches closer to officially conceding the democratic race, we'll have more on the race for the white house coming up at 5:30. in the news many shore communities are cleaning up after a powerful storm swept through the area yesterday. chopper 6 hd went through the area and found buildings with roofed ripped off. the worst affected are lower township and the wildwoods. right now atlantic city electric has 4300 customers without power. philadelphia police are

investigating a fight between high schoolers escalated to a chase and a shooting. it ended last night at 9:00 at the corner of torresdale and cotman avenues in the city's may fair section. katherine scott is live at northeast detectives tonight with all the details. >> reporter: rick, there are a lot of moving parts to this, detectives continue to gather evidence but essentially this start wade fight and robbery at a high school football field and spiralled from there. >> a robbery, a chase, a crash. this scene on torresdale near cotman was the end of a series of event that spanned several hours in may fair. it started at 7:00 p.m. when a 16-year-old girl was beaten up and robbed at the high school. >> it got out of hand and things of hers got taken. her father went to confront the teens at the high school and retrieve his daughter's belongings, that is when police

say one of the teenagers flashed a gun at his waist band and police converged and searched for the kids responsible. >> the kid s these days have no respect for life or anything. >> his daughter and two nieces hopped into the pickup truck and caught up with them atwelling ton but soon they were fleeing when the teens started chasing them and witnesses reported seeing a gun and then shots from a vehicle. it all ended on torresdale when the suspect ran the pickup multipeople times and the airbaged deployed and the pick up spun around and crashed and the teens ditched their car a few blocks away by sheffield. >> the pursuit went down residential streets and know who is involved and give us a call and go to the tip line and make an anonymous tip. >> reporter: thankfully nobody was seriously injured in all of

this, police have the gunman in custody, he is a juvenile, they are still searching for the driver and looking for the teen girls involved in the initial robbery. katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. from our new jersey newsroom now the main atlantic city union is launching a new advertising campaign to announce their position, trying to get back what it gave to the casinos fow that their finances are somewhat stabilizing, the walkout would effect five casinos including ballies and caesars. it was a special day in montgomery county for young children grieving the death of a parent. volunteers tried to bright ep untheir day with a carnival. a program running ten years strong. >> reporter: you can hear the laughter and squeals from a mile

away. camp charlie in horsham is a special place for these kids but it goes beyond the fun filled activities, behind the smiles lies a profound bond from heart break and loss. >> my brother dies of cancer. >> when my father died i had a hard time adapting back to normal life. >> it's a grief cam for children ages 6 to 12 that lost a parent or sibling, these are former campers or bereavement counselors, they come back time and time again to do for these kids what someone did for them. >> it was probably the best thing i could have done because safe harbor really saved me. >> the week long day camp run by jefferson house safe harbor for the past decade provides a safe place for more than 50 children to process and understand unimaginable loss. >> the hard thing to hear is my

dad died -- >> hearing the stories out of these tiny bodies, these little children sharing these horrific stories, horrible things that happened to them. you want to scoop them up and protect them. >> director michelle says the key is to empower them. our role is to build their own inner strength. >> that camp is completely free but what is because of generous donors, if you would like to sign up your child you can find the information at 6abc.com. >> that report was from jeanette reyes the newest member of our tam joining us from washington, d.c. >> we welcome her aboard and glad to have her. it's time for the "action news" traffic report. >> matt pellman is in the traffic center and it's hump day but same old same old. >> it's a slow go for sure this afternoon. as we look live at 95 a little

bit of improvement on the southbound side. our crash by cotman avenue as cleared out and the bad news is you are on the brakes in a major way from street road to cotman, and that accident caused heavy northbound gaper delay and another accident northbound of the vine, the vehicle facing sideways here coming north of tasker you are barely moving because of this crash taking out the center of the roadway, penndot looks like they are getting ready to straighten out this vehicle northbound of the vine street expressway. and 195 by the turnpike it's off to the side but jammed up there as well. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> okay see you then matt. there is more ahead on "action news" at 5:00, local doctors are one step closer to finding a potential cure for cancer. coming up in health check the controversial procedure that has been given the green light. >> and a massive celebration for

the cavaliers in honor of their first nba championship coming newspaper sports and the party that drew more than a million people to down down cleveland. and cecily is live at the philadelphia zoo. >> reporter: hi guys, a beautiful day to be here at the zoo. i am here with match u. a blue and gold macaw, they have striking colors and can mimic a lot of sounds and they are super smart. we are live on my facebook page and we'll show you the enrichment, they have to do a lot of activities to stay interested.

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health check tonight researchers are close toward modifying human genes to cure cancer and some local doctors may be leading the way. health reporter and registered nurse, ali gorman is joining us at the big board. >> reporter: this was controversial in the beginning but now that key ethical questions are answered they say it has a lot of promise. the scientists at the university of pennsylvania are going to do the first human test of

technology that altered genes, it's called crisper. it's one of several companies that plan to use the genetic editing, they will modify the immune cells and modify them and put them back in the body to find and destroy cancer cells, they will try it against several different cancers. but they still need approval from the fda and the other medical centers involved. also, today a new report shows americans are spending billions of dollars on alternative medical treatment such as acupuncture and yoga and supplements. this is a growing trend of people taking charge of their own health and it sparks more research to study the therapies. and $12 billion was spend on supplements and there is little regulation to show the products are safe or that they work. if you try a therapy, it's best

to talk to your health care provider about it first. and school is over for most kids, it's easier for them to spend hours a day on video games, social media or their favorite app. experts say that parents should strike a balance now so screen time does not get out of control. don't just spend time limits uks it's also about what kids are looking at. there are thousands of educational happens to help kids with reading and math skills over the summer. media zones will work better than time limits. >> no screens at bed and no screens at dinner time. screens are off when we say they are off. if we have company over screens are off as well. >> of course try to keep kidded busy the more active they are the less likely they will be to reach for the screens. >> and doctors at the arnold

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engine 68 of the philadelphia fire department, has reason to celebrate. they have a brand new fire truck. they were on hand for the ceremonial pushing in of the truck and the pipes and drums performed for the special occasion. a popular delaware restaurant came up with a tasty way to help. customers who dine here today will be able to donate 20% of their food bill for the center

for the blind and virtually impaired. it kicked off this morning and since then business has been brisk. a new outdoor gallery of resolving outdoor artwork is on display in philadelphia. the mural arts program teamed up with kraft holdings. to make the artwork the project brings much needed color and flavor to this neighborhood. summer break is officially under way for students in philadelphia public schools, kids were all smiles when they left chester arthur school this afternoon. >> kids look happy and patients look -- okay well -- it's that time of year. still to come on "action news" at 5:00, a check of the forecast tonight. going live outside now sky 6 hd giving us the view in atlantic city.

meteorologist, adam joseph has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back.

time now for accuweather at the "action news" big board. adam joseph has the forecast a nice summer day today. low humidity after the storms yesterday. in fact the national weather

service confirmed that a micro burst passed through cape may county mainly through middle township with the straight line winds, we saw much of the trees and power lines, pushed down and roofs that were ripped off. max winds were between 70 and 80 miles per hour and the damage path was 200 yards and the length a half mile. sky 6 hd a big difference, a different story with a lot of sunshine and a few cumulous clouds and strong wind from the west that is helping to dry us out. 82 in the lehigh valley and 84 in reading and wilmington and 86 in philadelphia and at the shore with the winds coming in off the land and equally as warm in the mid-80s. we are watching the next system between chicago and cincinnati, doesn't look like a lot at this time. you can see the direction this is pushing to the south and east

well to the south so we should miss out for the most part with the severe weather late tonight and tomorrow. for this afternoon and overnight tonight, moderate risk of severe weather from chicago to cincinnati and it trails off from virginia to north carolina. as we track it with future tracker 6 at 2:00 in the morning it's still in the ohio valley, pushing mainly to the south, if are you well north of philadelphia at 11:00 a.m. you may not see a drop of rain and most of the it is to the south. a gusty thunderstorm and especially in delaware and southern new jersey, going into the early afternoon. so the biggest area of concern, if there was any strong to severe storms, once again in southern delaware and new jersey and missing out to philadelphia to the north as it is looking right now. the five-day at 5:00 forecast, unsettled at times in the morning and we start to dry out

late in the day at 80 degrees and saturday and sunday low humidity and wall-to-wall sunshine we start in the middle 80s and end up at 90 on sunday. and monday just a few clouds and 90 degrees, a great day to head to the philadelphia zoo. i'm always neverous because of that -- yes it's not a snake but very close similarity cecily. >> it's a skink, from the solomon islands and they spend their lives on the top of trees, it's amazing nails and the secret is this tail, it could wrap around the tree branchs but these guys do not fall and pregnant ladies listen to this. they give birth to babies after their size, they give birth to babies 12 inches long and i'll

be in the mere cat exhibit live at the philadelphia zoo. >> thank you cecily. we appreciate that.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again, monica is off and sharrie williams is joining us tonight. here is what is happening on "action news" wednesday evening. three people were arrested after weapons were found in their car. they are appearing before a judge and why they say they were on a mission of mercy. >> and the presidentcal candidates trade jabs and leave nothing on the table. and the bear that became an internet sensation for the eye popping walking style is back. we'll show you the new video of peddles. >> whitehall resident john cramsy says his crusade against heroin and drug addiction was fueled by grief. they say that they went to new york to quote, rescue a 16-year-old involved in drug activity.

their plans were stopped in their tracks when officers looked inside of their vehicle. "action news's" walter perez is live at cramsy's gunshot with more on today's court hearing. >> reporter: all three entered not guilty pleas in a courtroom in new jersey earlier today but despite reportedly driving through new jersey with a jaw dropping amounts of weaponry. but their mission was reportedly fueled by tragedy. >> it was four months ago when cramsy lost his daughter alexandria to a heroin overdose. they say since then cramsy who owns the higher ground shooting range has turned into a self-styled vigilanty. and they travelled in this distinctive truck were pulled over before entering the holland tunnel before entering new york. they were pulled over for a

cracked windshield. >> the officer noticed a .45 caliber handgun on the drivers seat that the driver was sitting on and they were all placed under arrest. >> the search turned up an arsenal. an ar type semi auto matt sick rifle. shotgun, body armor and knives and 200 rounds of ammunition. they told officer they were going save a 16-year-old girl from a heroin den on a self described mission. >> he wrote on facebook how about a road trip to new york to save a 16-year-old girl. a neighbor says he has nob him for years and describing him as a decent person struggling to deal with the death of his daughter. >> nice guy, but like i said

trying to go into a city like new york carrying loaded weapons, and then you don't know what kind of people you'll deal with, it could be pretty risky. >> cramsy reportedly says he learned about the young woman from a social media post and they later found the teenager who told them she was in no need of rescue. >> walter thank you. a man remains in critical condition after being shot several times in camden this morning. the 33-year-old victim showed up at the hospital on atlantic hospital with bullet wounds to the neck and chest. not clear where he was shot or who shot him. we have been update to a story, police caught the man -- detectives say moore and his girlfriend were walking along torresdale avenue when a

stranger started to shoot at them. moore was hit and rushed to the hospital for treatment but did not survive. the search for the gunman continues. we are learning new information about the man that killed rising singer and burlington county native, christina grimmie. he aparentsly developed a fixation for grimmie last year and he told friends he spent most of the his time watching the singer on youtube and reportedly lost weight and got eye surgery and had hair implants in an attempt to impress her. he shot grimmie after one of her concerts in oeshld and took his own life. this is 36-year-old harold burton of philadelphia, a suspected drug dealer now charged with causing the death of one of his clients. authorities say that he told renee winslow he was bringing her back heroin on the 29th of

january but he gave her was fentanyl, 40 to 50 times stronger than heroin and her boyfriend found her the next day and he is charged with a charge similar to third degree homicide. he is held on $1 million bail. now to the 2016 race. presumptive nominee donald trump did not waste his chance to lash out -- >> she believes she is entitled to the office, her campaign slogan is i'm with her, my response is i'm with you the american people. >> trump was surprisingly controlled in his attack and hours after his speech clinton told supporters he is reckless and offers no real solutions.

lana zach is live in washington with more on the race for the presidency. >> reporter: good evening rick, both of the candidates hitting each other hard today on the campaign trail but for clinton there was a change in tone and the message remained the same. >> hillary clinton continues to try to turn donald trump's business brand against him at a rally in raleigh. >> we disagree on simple things and one is math. >> hillary clinton may be the most corrupt person to ever seek the presidency of the united states -- >> he is going after me personally because he has no answers on the substance. >> each alleging the other would be a dangerous choice for head of state. >> clinton has opened the pandora's box of radical islam. >> here is the bottom line,

economists left right and center all agree donald trump will drive america back into recession. >> earlier clinton visited the capital and met with democrat leaders before this. democrats staged a sit-in for the lack of gun control legislation. >> rise up democrats and rise up americans, this cannot stand. >> and it's no surprise that guns and economy are expected to be two critical issues facing votesers come november but for clinton there was a change in her tone, this was a policy oriented clinton the attacked against trump still there but outlined a five point plan for the economy. >> back to you rick. >> thank you. world news tonight with david muir will have more on the ongoing battle between hillary clinton and donald trump. you can watch that at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00.

time to see how traffic is moving on the roadways, matt pellman is here with an update on the highways and by ways. >> 95 is firing back as we look live rick and sharrie here near the vine street expressway the vehicle facing sideways has been pushed off to the shoulder, and that is good news the lanes are open and still a stand still northbound from the walt whitman bridge from this point north of the vine. the pace is better southbound but slow from street road to cotman, where there was a second accident in the work zone. that one is off to the side. that is three accidents on 95 just this afternoon. on 195 in mercer county, a crash near the turnpike off to the side and heavy delays especially eastbound with the gaper delay and a crash in maybe simone legree shade at button wood avenue and not far off in mount laurel the truck fire is closing

portions of church road use 70 instead of 73. and the white horse pike westbound is blocked because of a crash, head for the black horse pike to get around that it's like an obstacle court out there this afternoon. >> thanks again. usually bear sightings have us on edge but this one makes us smile. pedals the bear that walking on his hind legs appeared in oak ridge, new jersey. we first told you about this last month. it shows that pedals seems to be in good health and moving quite well and quickly. it's believe that pedals suffered an injury to its two front paws and adammed by walking on its hind legs. >> pedals may need shoes. it's tough to walk barefooted like that. >> still to come on "action

news" tonight, the first half of a daring and dangerous rescue is over and now the most critical phase is under wind at the south pole to rescue two sick workers, we have the details coming up. and a local gadget wizard is putting his skills to the test you'll hear from him coming up and cecily tynan is live at the philadelphia zoo with this week's outdoor adventure, hi cecily. >> hi rick and sharrie, the zoo is putting me to work i am inside of the brand new mere cat maze exhibit. and they are pacing back and form, the reason why i have a special treat in this cup. it may look gross to you but we have meal worms and they are super good for mere cats. i'll be hiding this and we'll let them out and let them dig and explore kind of like what they do in the wild. i'll talk about stormy weather on the way. back to you guys.

this should be fun. can't wait. ducis rogers has sports including a live vieru from new york ahead of tomorrow night's nba draft. when "action news" continues in a moment. okay, ready?

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a small plane with two small workers stopped by in antarctica. the plane landed this afternoon after a 1500 mile flight from the south pole a rescue only attempted twice in the last 27 years, because of temperatures averaging minus 70 degrees. >> not ideal to be flying in the winter in antarctica. >> and now the two workers need to be flown off the continent for further medical care. that could happen later tonight or tomorrow depending on the weather. >> all right time for sports, ducis is here and sixers mans counting down to tomorrow night's draft. excitement is building and sixers have gone through a lot

of losing to get to this point. tomorrow they are center stage as they make the first pick in the 2016 nba draft, jeff skversky is live with the review and it's the night that could drastically change the fortune of this franchise, ducis ben simmons says he has been dreaming about playing in the nba since 4 or 5 yeared old and wrote down that dream on a piece of paper and still has the piece of paper and still has the dream and that are come true tomorrow. simmons tells me he does not expect to not be the overall number one pick, he has not heard from the sixers, he expects to be the top pick and in fact you have to wonder what will his emotions be like when the lsu forward be like when he hears from commissioner, allen silver. >> i'm not really nervous, excited and anxious, i won't

know until i get my name called. hopefully i don't fall on stage. that is the most important thing. >> yes it is, besides number one the sixers have two first round picks, they are looking to trade picks and could be after providence point guard chris dunn his dad would love it because he grew up a sixers fan in north philadelphia. >> my dad is from philly he would definitely love that. you know, they are a young team and i want to go in there and work and i met with brett brown and i love the energy, and he is a great guy and seems like the type of coach that makes his players work and help tods develop them. >> reporter: not the only one comfortable with brett brown, simmons has known him since he was born and his dad played for

him on the australian national team. jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> we'll talk to you again at 6:00. the sixers had draft prospected out today. brett brown sitting with each player to impart knowledge that they can take wherever they land. one was quenton decozy, if he still hears from his old fan -- >> he would yell at me on defense court side and offense. and he is always somewhere in the back of my mind. >> more than 1 million people took to the streets to celebrate the cavs nba championship. i would like to know who counted. some people slept on sidewalks overnight to get a good spot on the parade route, the first championship in 52 years and the phillies in minnesota again

tonight trying to snap an eight game losing streak. >> and lebron gets a parade in akron tomorrow as well. a man from buck county is putting his creation to the test on battle bots and he created sub zero, he competed years ago and he had just eight weeks to build his bot. in past experience i have done this, three to four months is typical. i had an eight week build period which i stress unbelievable. battle bots season two premiers foam night at 8:00 here on 6 abc. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mrs. wagner's car to arrive for the airport,

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with just one bite, they knew. now it's your turn to make the switch. and back we go to meteorologist, cecily tynan, live at the philadelphia zoo with this week's outdoor adventure. hi cecily. >> hi rick season sharrie. i'm here with laura houston, we are inside of the brand new mere cat exhibit. this is exciting. and i have prepped the area with the worms, that was kind of gross but we have the mere cats over there. hopefully they do what we ask them to do. can we unleash them? come on guys! i'll have to do the weather

first if they just hang out. come on i got meal worms for you guys. live tv you got to love it. i'll talk about the weather first and maybe they will sniff out my worms and come over here to do some digging. philadelphia 86 down from the high of 87 that is 2 degrees below normal. allentown 82 and millville 85 and dover 82 degrees. we are dealing with a lot of sunshine here but if you look across the midwest you see a broken segment of storms from cincinnati to virginia and west virginia, looks like a tornado watch posted near chicago and that complex is diving down to the south this morning. lots of clouds and then by 11:00 it looks like we'll have light showers from wilmington to

philadelphia however it could be heavier to the south across south jersey and delaware and by 3:00, this is when we'll have a few lingering spotty showers and clouds will be breaking as we head through the day. really what to expect tomorrow is key times between 6:00 in the morning and 2:00 in the afternoon. most of the instability is to the south. and philadelphia i don't see severe weather and the threat in delaware and south jersey and strong winds is the concern and the area hit with the strong winds and damaging thunderstorms yesterday and the exclusive accuweather forecast, morning rain and thunderstorms a high of 80 degrees. beautiful weather and low humidity and 85 and the weekend is looking nice and it is going to be warm and 83 on saturday and sunday we bump it up to 90 and a pop-up thunderstorm on tuesday and wednesday partly sunny and 86 degrees. these guys like to listen to the weather, look what is going on,

they sniffed out the worms. >> they hear it's sunny and they love to bask in the sun. they heard your forecast and liked it. look at this one coming over. this one here was going to go until i got too close. they are a member of the weasel family from africa? >> they are. >> what makes them so interesting to watch? >> they are popular here at the zoo and endearing to a lot of guests, they are a true mom, there is a teacher and a hunter andsy century and a babysitter. they work together to make the mom successful and they have their own vocalization all the way down to the black tips in their tails, they can stand up and it can be a signal and say hey we are over here. >> this is one of the new exhibits here at the zoo. a lot of things to see, a new app now. >> we have the zoo insider, the

new fantastic app to allow you to have an extension of the zoo 360 trail system. you can follow the animals and be proactive and if you see a gorilla in the trail you can pin it and know other guests it's there, and an opportunity to upload your photos. >> i have been doing this for 12 years and i still get lost. thank you laura, they like my cooking i guess. back to you guys. >> there is a first time for everything cecily. appreciate it. >> hey! >> quick break and more news when we come back.

"action news" at 6:00 is next, for the "action news" team i'm rick williams, have a good

night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. wednesday night and a 17-year-old is sentenced for setting fire to north penn high school. and a large brush fire prompts evacuations in burlington county, new jersey. but the big story is the historic and ongoing gun protest on the floor of the house of representatives in washington. at 11:18 this morning, a group of democratic representatives led by civil rights icon john lewis of georgia dropped to the floor to stage a sit-in.

the house session was then recessed by paul ryan, and they say they will continue to protest until the republican leadership permits a vote on gun control, they are still at it at this hour. live in the satellite center tonight "action news" reporter, christie aleto this comes four days after any of four gun control bills failed to pass in the senate. >> reporter: that is right and republicans call this a publicity stunt but democrats are not budging and are prepared to protest as long as necessary. >> rise up democrats and rise up americans. >> strong words and a strong stance by house democrats today. dozens took to the floor to stage a sit-in that the republican held household a vote on a gun control measure. congressman, john lewis organized the day's demonstration