borough had been on the force for just a little over a year we understand. the attack brought fellow officers looking for his assailant. for almost three hours police lay siege their target an apartment building and whoever was inside and responsible for ambushing a folcroft officer who was responding to a report of drug activity when he came across several individuals. >> once the officer confronted these subjects there was report of gunfire. assisting officers arrived to find the officer shot several time. >> reporter: tamika daily heard the attack. >> shots pop, pop be pop. i said oh my god somebody's shooting. we come right out the doors. cop then tons of cops coming, they just shot a cop. the night before that it's all this drug activity going on. babadly wounded officer was rushed to the hodge. residents were evacuated.

a state police helicopter was brought in as on eye in the sky and as it flew overhead a large flash bang was fired. s.w.a.t. officers then moved quickly. several women and a man were taken into custody. the man was described as the suspect in the shooting. he was put into this police car. as the officer stood down and departed residents who had been watching applauded the police. explaining. >> we are applauding because they got somebody bad off the streets. if he's going to shoot at a cop he's definitely going to shoot at innocent bystanders and i live right there. that was a widely held sentiment here today in the borough, someone who is willing to shoot a police officer is someone you den need in your neighborhood in other words good riddance. wife in folcroft jong rawlins channel6 "action news." >> john, thank you. in the moments after the attack, a wounded and frantic officer dorman was able to make a radio call for help. here's part of his recording. >> i'm shot in the face.

i'm shot in the face. >> shots fired, shots fired. >> i'm shot, i'm shot, i'm not. >> just after that call, another police officer drove officer dorman to mercy fitzgerald hospital and from there he was flown to penn presbyterian medical center. that is where trish hartman is live with an update on dorman's condition. trish. >> reporter: well, sharrie, officer christopher dorman is undergoing a second surgery here at penn presbyterian medical center. when police updated us a few hours ago he was in critical but stable condition. the chief of folcroft police also told us more about what happened this morning and more about officer dorman. >> he'd been with us a little over a year. outstanding officer. i can't say enough about him. outstanding. >> reporter: folcroft police chief spoke about 25-year-old police officer christopher dorman outside penn presbyterian medical center after visiting the officer who was shot multiple times in the

line of duty. >> i was told by the doctors that thank god he had his vest on. apparently there may have been several shots into his vest. >> reporter: sources say the officer was shot at least seven times including in the face, torso and lower extremities while responding to a report of drug activity behind an apartment complex. covering to the chief the second officer scene drove dorman to mercy fitzgerald hospital in this patrol vehicle. officers could be seen photographing and surveying the vehicle before it was taken away. as officer dorman was transported he was awake and able to speak and gave a description of the suspects. he was quickly transported to penn presbyterian where his family and a number of fellow officers gathered to support him. >> mother and father are here. they're obviously upset but they feel mour more relieved tht he's stable according to the doctorsism again officer dorman is in critical but stable condition. we're told that before becoming a police officer he was a volunteer firefighter in folcroft. police say they plan to give

another update on officer dorman's condition sometime this evening hopefully within the next hour. when that happens we'll bring you the latest. life in west philadelphia, trish hartman channel6 "action news." >> meanwhile the manhunt for officer dorman's attacker caused delays for hundreds of train passengers today. service between wilmington and philadelphia was suspended as police searched around the tracks near folcroft. amtrak express and northeast regional trains were stopped for about two hours. service did resume at about 1 o'clock this afternoon. we've been alerting you to all the updates as they happen through the 6abc news app and we have been bringing you photos and videos from the scene. stay with us throughout the day as developments unfold here and be sure to follow the "action news" team on social media as coverage of this developing story continues. >> here is a look at the closing numbers on wall street as the economy and business is the other big story of the day. taking a look at the dow, it closed more than 600 points down today. the nasdaq down more than 200

and the s & p 500 is down 76 points. the the market was down in connection with a vote that took place overseas. people in the united kingdom voted to leave the european union. well, the move led to the dramatic announcement from prime minister david cameron that he will resign and it also triggered a chain reaction across the world's financial markets. here's abc's ray ramundi. >> reporter: the impact of the uk's referendum vote sending american markets into a nose dive. the new york stock exchange opening down hundreds of points investors in panic over britain's decision to end its more than four decade membership with the european union. >> absolutely terrible. i'm completely and utterly devastated. >> i'm really pleased. excited. >> reporter: u.s. economists scrambling to ensure confidence after such a volatile and turbulent shift of international markets. japan opening its markets

donnisms 8 percent. the dow futures opening down more than 500 points. the unstable markets leaving american financial investments in ira's 401 can k's and retirement savings vulnerable with a potential loss over $2,700 today alone. >> it's definitely going have implications. everybody is trying to understand what the landscape is going to be moving forward. this is something we have not experienced before. >> reporter: u.s. companies in a frenzy announcing the economic impacts. caterpillar and ford among them even jp morgan chase's ceo writing to employees that some one to 4,000 jobs may be impacted. financial experts say retirement funds long term investments be on should be able to weather this store in the long run. the other good news traveling from the u.s. to europe could be cheaper in the coming weeks. ray ramundiabc news, new york. >> today president barack obama reacted to the vote despite the fact he strongly

urged that the uk remain in the european union. today he said the people of britain have spoken. he said he spoke with british prime minister david cameron earlier today. cameron also against the so-called brexit. >> based on our conversation i'm confident that the u can k is committed to an orderly transition out of the eu. we agreed that our economic and financial teams will remain in close contact as we stay focused on ensuring economic growth and financial stability. >> now reactions also coming from the campaign trail today. presumptive republican nominee donald trump was in scotland opening his newest golf course. even though scottish voters chose to remain in the eu, he praised the brexit vote results and made a parallel to his own political campaign. >> i think people really see a big parallel. a lot of people are talk about that and not only the united states but other countries. people want to take their country back and they want to

have independence in a sense. >> meanwhile his democratic rival hillary clinton took a shot at trump in her brexit statement saying "this time of uncertainty only under scores the need for calm steady experienced leadership in the white house to protect americans' pocketbooks and livelihoods." hearing from both our president and presidential hopefuls today on this very big bombshell from britain. >> , monumental development there alicia. thank you very much. things a little bit unsettled in the weather department today as well. >> let's head outside to meteorologist adam joseph tracking today's weather and also looking ahead to the weekend. adam. >> yeah, humid this evening and we're dealing with sunshine in spots and storms in others as we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan, we have a stalled boundary especially south where it's been a very active afternoon with downpours and thunderstorms and a few popping north and west of philadelphia but the concentration has been in southern new jersey and delaware. one near edgewood in maryland, sliding towards kent county and also new castle county in

delaware and also the shore right now 31 lightning strikes just north of cape may wildwood, stone harbor sea isle city getting hammered by not a severe thunderstorm but a gusty thunderstorm with some heavy rain and they have been slow moving so southern parts of cumberland county over 2-inches of rain has fallen so far so flash flood warnings are in effect for the southern part of cumberland county near maurice river up towards cedarville. if you see flooded roads definitely turn around and find an alternate route. couple of scattered storms here this evening if you're heading out on the town this friday night and then we dry it out 8 o'clock and after with temperatures dropping into the lower 70's by 11 o'clock. and also taking those clouds with it. we'll chat about a very comfortable great first weekend of summer. no chance for storms coming up in that accuweather forecast. >> like the sound of that. time for the "action news" traffic report. >> on a friday afternoon we made it. matt pelman standing by in the "action news" traffic center way little wrinkle in the commute.

>> more than one. i think we've got several big wrinkles in the commute. one of them is right here on the schuylkill expressway, brian and sharrie, eastbound side right in the conshohocken curve and you can see it's a broken down tractor-trailer. police out here assisting. it's knocking out the left lane. this means if you're coming east of the valley forge tolls on the schuylkill, you're hitting a wall of traffic from king of prussia into this point at the conshohocken curve. i would not try and get on that stretch of 76. stay on the turnpike. get on the blue route and then use ridge pike or go down to 30, the villanova interchange and run 30 instead of the schuylkill expressway this afternoon. so we have that. and then we also have a pair of broken down vehicles on the schuylkill just east of the boulevard. one blocking a lane eastbound. one blocking a lane westbound. everybody gets to enjoy the fun. there's also a crash on 95 southbound by the vine sitting in the gore point but attracting a little bit of attention there. over in camden on 676 southbound some debris near morgan boulevard is taking out a lane and big problems in burlington county. can you see 295 right here? this is the northbound traffic

all locked up because of a vehicle fire just up ahead near mount holly willingboro taking out two of the lanes so big delays on northbound 295. southbound there's a gaper. stay over on the new jersey turnpike or 130 if you're traveling through burlington county this afternoon. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this finally friday afternoon and adam said rainier the shore right now. we also have plenty of heavy traffic trying to get down there and the construction zone on the garden state parkway southbound that doesn't help us out so several miles of delays on the acx and the garden state parkway already on this friday. we'll check it again brian and sharrie in the next half hour. >> all right, matt, thank you. still ahead at 4 o'clock, family and friends gather to say goodbye to a local teenager killed in that mass shooting in orlando. >> plus, it's a bar with an important history for one group of americans and today president obama officially helped write its next chapter. >> and he's the newest superstar in philadelphia sports. the sixers just officially introduced ben simmons. we'll have a live report next.

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>> ♪ >> friends and family gathered to say a final goodbye to a young girl with a bright future. funeral services were held for akyra murray. the philadelphia teenager who was shot and killed during the orlando nightclub massacre. there was not a dry eye at monumental baptist church in west philadelphia for the very emotional tribute today. 18-year-old akyra was on vacation in orlando with her cousin tiara parker and her friend patience carter. they were inside pulse nightclub when omar mateen stormed in and started shooting. all three young girls were shot. but akyra did not make it. patience and tiara survived and they are recovering. that's patience there on the crutches giving a big hug and tiara right there giving a gut wrenching tear filled eulogy calling her cousin her guardian angel and the smartest girl she knows

>> akyra had just graduated from west catholic high school with honors. she was a star basketball player. she was headed to mercyhurst university with a full athletic scholarship and today in prayer, in song and in dance they gathered to remember a victim of this massacre, a young promising life taken too soon. brian. >> all right, alicia, thank you. today president obama designated the country's first national monument to lgbt rights. the stone wall national monument will include the area around the stone wall inn in new york city. the plans for this were in place before the orlando shooting. police raidd that site in 1969 but people inside fought back leading to a week's long protest that turned into one of the pivotal moments in the

modern lgbt movement. the stone wall national monument will be added to america's national park system. >> philadelphia's newest superstar athlete has officially arrived. the sixers just introduced their top draft pick ben simmons. jaime apody is live at the team's pcom practice facility and you've got the special guest, the man of the hour right there with you, jamie. >> reporter: i have him, sharrie, i'm amazed we fit in the same frame because you are six-10, i am not. ben simmons meet philadelphia. what does this feel like to be the newest sixer. >> it's amazing. i'm excited to be here. i'm trying to get out and go see the people. i just got here so i'm looking forward to doing something special. >> reporter: the man wants a cheesesteak. >> i'm hungry yeah i definitely need 1asap. >> reporter: describe the last 24 hours. what has it been like. >> busy, very, very busy. i didn't get to be with everyone until around 11:00 or 12:00 so you got the media for about two hours but it's been amazing. it's a once in a lifetime

opportunity. >> reporter: there's a lot of talk that you're going change the face of this franchise. the last time the sixers had a number one pick allen iverson and we know how his career went and how successful it was. talk about the pressure that comes with being the number one pick here. >> some people call it pressurely i usually look at it if i'm working as hard as i can that's all i can really ask of myself and my teammates. as long as you put in the work and you get results from doing that so i'm looking forward to getting to work. >> reporter: sixers fans going to learn about you and your game and how you play. >> i just want to win. that's my end goal. every game i step into i'm trying to win. you know, i'm not looking for stats, just a w. >> reporter: people have been describing you as a lebron james type player. do you feel comfortable? this team needs a point guard. can that be you. >> definitely i feel i can be a point forward someone that can run the point but also change into a forward or post up whenever i need to post up. i'm looking forward to seeing what my role is. >> reporter: what is the first thing you're going to do

once you move to philadelphia and immerse yourself here? do you have any plans? >> cheesesteak is one of them. cheesesteak definitelily. i got to find my spot. everybody has their little spot they talk about but i got to do that. >> reporter: if you guys want to give some advice to mr. simmons about where the best cheesesteak is hit me up on twitter and facebook. i'll pals it on. >> definitely thank you. >> reporter: ben simmons the newest philadelphia 76er live at pcom complex. jaime apody channel6 "action news." guys. >> tell him we said welcome. >> yes, very much so. welcome to the city ben. >> nice to meet you ben. >> and jamie may what happened to invest in stilts for the duration of his time in philadelphia. it is time now for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> let's head over to the very busy meteorologist adam joseph. are you there? >> it is busy in spots let me tell you especially south of philadelphia as we look live right now from the beach contact in ocean city.

it is raining in many locations drain land once again southern new jersey and southern delaware taking the brunt of the rain and the thunderstorms this afternoon. as we look at storm tracker6 live double scan there's a few scattered storms to the north and west or downpours but again the concentration has been in southern areas this afternoon as we close into one location, a couple of pop-ups here, one in chester county right along the pennsylvania turnpike north of downingtown. to the north and east of green lane and parts of berks county a little shower popping up there. these are slowly drifting and not moving all that much so if you see one pop up, there will rain themselves out in that exact location without moving all that much and as we head to the south, in parts of cumberland county still dealing with some flooded roadways there in and around fortescue and moorestown. stone harbor sea isle city just south of ocean city dealing with a nasty thunderstorm that is now beginning to push offer the coast and in cape may you're hearing the thunder and getting a couple sprinkles but this is sinking down to the south slowly. dewpoints in southern areas

even wilmington in the upper 60's to near 70. that is where it's really tropical and muggy and firing up some of these storms but notice how dry it is to the north with dewpoints only in the 50's in the lehigh valley and that dry air will continue to move in. we're in the 80's to the north. we have more sunshine and that drier air. we've seen the rain and it's muggy, temperatures are only in the up are 60's to around 70 degrees. as we look at satellite and radar, notice a lot of clear skies to our north and west. that's going to be pushing in moving this front to the south for the upcoming weekend so for tonight, we're looking at visit to the north and west, 64 philadelphia, 62 in millville, 67 in cape may. a few of those leftover pop-ups here at 7 o'clock this evening but once the sun sets they quickly fall apart along with the cloud cover looking pretty good here and then as we go into 9:30 to start tomorrow morning, it is clear, no matter where you are for the start of the weekend. in fact that four day at 4:00 forecast will show tomorrow's high 87 degrees. it will be sunny, spectacular with lower humidity and then

it is warm, continued low humidity on sunday of 88 degrees. then that humidity comes back up with an isolated storm monday afternoon of 88 and very muggy on tuesday, sun and clouds with a better chance of some afternoon thunderstorms around of 87 degrees. we'll have the shore and the pocono forecast for you guys coming up in the next half hour. >> okay. thanks adam. >> yeah. >> still ahead at 4:30 we'll get back to our coverage of the shooting of folcroft officer christopher dorman. we'll have another live report coming up. >> and up next it started as a fire in a vacant lot but as philadelphia firefighters put on the the flames, what they found has police trying to solve a mystery. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> police in north philadelphia are investigating a disturbing discovery and a possible murder mystery. this morning firefighters got a call about a fire in an empty lot in the 1700 block of west allegheny. but when they put out the flames, they realized it was a body on fire. they don't know who the person

is and whether or not his opinion was already dead. they also have not said who they think started the fire. meantime detectives are also looking for a gunman east mount airy. the shooter walked over to a pickup truck and shot a man who was sitting inside the vehicle. this happened just before 1:00 this morning on the 6300 block of magnolia street. one bullet went into a home but did not injure the woman who was sleeping upstairs. the shooting victim was taken to the hospital in serious but stable condition. >> a plaque honoring a fallen firefighter has been replaced months after it was stolen from a north philadelphia sidewalk. first responders rededicated the new plaque today at engine 45 on west york street. the memorial honors james mcgee who died while battling a blaze back in 1898. the original brass plaque was stolen back in march at the intersection of second and eerie. police are still trying to track down the thief. the action cam was in wilmington today as citizens

joined city leaders in pledging a violence free summer. hundreds of kids and adults took the pledge here at helen chambers park where they were treated to hot dogs hamburgers games and some music. and even ice cream. the event was organized by the city as well as the stop the violence coalition. up next we're continuing to follow the very latest on that officer ambushed in delaware county. we've got a live report just minutes away. >> an investigation is under way after self people got sick in a building on villanova's campus. >> and police found more than just sweet treats at a candy store in new york. details about how they uncovered truckloads of drugs. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> 4:30 and we continue to follow developing news out of folcroft delaware county where an officer was shot this morning. >> we are waiting right now to get another update from police. we expect that about 30 minutes from now and as soon as it begins we will of course bring it to you. but as of this moment, 25-year-old officer christopher dorman is undergoing a second surgery at penn presbyterian medical. he's been with the force for more than a year. >> he was shot at least seven times while responding to a call about drugs at an apartment complex in the 1600 block of elmwood street. police spent nearly three hours searching the

neighborhood for suspects. at least four people have been taken into that custody for questioning. >> "action news" reporter jeanette reyes continues our coverage today live at the scene in folcroft. jeanette. >> reporter: brian and sharrie, this neighborhood was essentially shut down for several hours as police frantically searched for the person behind this shooting. in fact, throughout much of this organized chaos, the focus was on that building. around 10:00 a.m., residents say gun shots shattered the morning calm along elmwood avenue less than a block away from the folcroft police department. >> we were all in my backyard and i was getting ready to light get on this exercise machine and there were six gun shots about not even 40 feet away from my house. >> reporter: terrified residents took cover as heavily armed atf police officers and a state chopper descend upon the neighborhood shutting down roads and evacuating homes. they zeroed in on this apartment building. >> my dad rushed us inside. we looked out the front door. the cop was rushing by.

>> reporter: folcroft police tell "action news" that 25-year-old officer christopher dorman was dispatched to this building after reports of people smoking narcotics. dorman was shot several times in his face, torso and lower extremities. he was taken to penn presbyterian hospital in critical but stable condition. >> i was told by the doctors that thank god he had his vest on. so, apparently there may have been several shots into his vest. i don't know front, back or both. i'm not sure. >> reporter: meanwhile police activity quickly intensified back at the scene. moments after a flash bang was set off officers emerged from this building and took at least four people into custody. >> my family really respects police officers so i'm pretty sure we're all really sad. >> reporter: now police have not said what connection if any those taken into custody have to this shooting but this is still very much an active investigation. we expect to learn more about this within the next hour. reporting live in folcroft, i'm jeanette reyes for

channel6 "action news. brian. >> all right, jeanette, thanks very much. we have been keeping you up to date with the very latest developments on facebook and twitter all day long and people have shared their well wishes for officer christopher dorman's speedy recovery on facebook as we continue to follow the very latest we'll send out alerts on social media. >> police are on the scene investigating a crash involving an ambulance in bucks county. chopper6 was over the scene near the intersection of old dublin pike and sandy ridge drive in doylestown. an ambulance and an suv collided. we know that at least one person was injured but no other details have been released as of this hour and no one was being transported in the ambulance at the time of the crash. philadelphia police have made a third arrest in connection with the murder of a woman found dead in fairmount park. today police announced keith bullock is now charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder. toy bryant was found murdered in the park last week near the

mann center. police have already charged siobhan armstrong and shintele smith with murder. police say it appears bryant ode the suspects $800. police are also looking for a man who fired shots in west philadelphia. this happened earlier this month but police just released the video of the incident on surveillance video you can see the suspects grab a gun from a book bag on the corner of 60th and ludlow streets. he then starts shooting at a group of people. none of them was injured. but the suspect was able to get away. if you know anything about this shooter, call police. >> firefighters in burlington county are making progress getting a brush fire under control. this is what the fire looked like at joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst in browns mills on win. that fire is now 95 percent contained. officials say it burned 220 acres. right now there are no reports of damage to nearby property. crews will spend the weekend monitoring the fire and putting out any hot spots. still no word just yet on how

all of this began. an investigation continues today into what caused an mysterious odor to fill a building on villanova's campus. at least one person was taken to the hospital as a precaution. chopper6 was over the scene shortly after nine:00 at the driscoll hall college of nursing on the 800 block of east lancaster avenue in bryn mawr. police say a number of people reported feeling sick. school officials say they are monitoring the air quality this afternoon. >> time to check in with meteorologist adam joseph. some parts very dry. other parts busy with some rain activity. >> this is beautiful, it's dry, it's sunny,. others going okay shut off the water. where it's raining is where a lot of people are at the shor shore. it's drier to the north of philadelphia with some sunshine but getting rocked south of atlantic city and as far south as wildwood cape may a bit on the drier side with sprinkles but hearing thunder in the distance. it did prompt flood warnings

in southern parts of cumberland county near fortescue. anywhere you see pockets of yellow near elmer as well and just to the north and west of sea isle city near 2-inches of rain so it's been hit or miss but where it's been a hit it's been pretty hard but as we go into the beginning of the weekend your weekend kickoff for saturday at the shore tomorrow 76 degrees, cooler there because there will be a strong wind coming in off of the water with full sunshine. 87 degrees in center city. the dry heat tomorrow as that humidity drops and beautiful in the poconos at 79. i'll let you know if we can do a carbon copy here for sunday coming up in that seven day in just a little bit. >> we would love that. >> adam thank you. >> we'll see. >> is it up to brian's behavior. >> if it is then we're doomed. >> we're all doomed. >> i'm afraid of that. >> thanks. a drone experiment made history this week offer the coast of cape may. newly released video shows a drone being used to deliver medical test samples to an off

shore barge near higbee beach and then back to land. an independent company is testing to see if drones would be a good option during a natural disaster. researchers say it could have helped in a situation like super storm sandy or hurricane katrina. some receiving support to grow and thrive. governor jack markell announced the recipients of the urban agriculture and community garden micro grants. $10,000 will be split between 11 gardens including the one at kingswood community center in wilmington. the governor praised the gardens for providing healthy food and connecting children with nature. >> well, we've all heard about the benefits of yoga but now local researchers are saying it's even more helpful than first thought. especially for men. action news anchor rick williams now live in the news room with the details on this. hey, rick. >> brian, hi. thank you. we're talking about men battling prostate cancer.

coming up tonight at 5:00 health reporter ali gorman will show us the new measures some local doctors are taking to help men fight the side effects of radiation treatment. also coming up tonight, a septa employee turned hero. there's the video. coming up at 5:00 how a quick thinking bus driver was able to stop a theft and even help police nab the suspect. those stories and much more when we see you on "action news" coming at 5 o'clock in just a little bitly until then back to the studio brian and sharrie. >> rick see you in a bit. thank you. we are following the latest developments after a wildfire in california torched dozens of homes. find out how many more are at risk. >> plus, federal investigators are using a new app to fight human trafficking and they're hoping you will use it to help their investigation. >> and meteorologist adam joseph will be back, this time with the full forecast from accuweather when "action news" at 4:00 continues next. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> firefighters in california are still struggling right now to contain a fire that officials have called a fire fight of epic proportions. the fire began yesterday near lake isabella in the central part of the state. it quickly spread destroying 80 homes. another 1500 homes are threatened right now and the fire has burned more than 8,000 acres. firefighters say the dry weather and the wind gusts are making it hard for them to get this under control. investigators are still trying to determine just how this fire started. so far still no word from motivational speaker tony robbins today. more than 30 people who attended his event last night in dallas were treated for burns after he encouraged them to walk on hot coles. he's used that exercise in the past to help people conquer their fears. and many people were seen leaving limping. none of the injuries was said to be life-threatening. >> the new york police police department is celebrating a major drug bust that took place at a candy store in brooklyn. police say they found truckloads of heroin and

cocaine hidden inside the store. people who live and work nearby said they had no clue. investigators uncovered the drug operation behind a secret door. the state finance department was initially investigating the shop for untaxed cigarettes but became suspicious of something more and then tipped off police. >> ♪ >> big talkers now and a big mobile push that allows everyone to help stop human trafficking. it's a brand new app called traffic cam. a new way for you to work with the fbi. here's how it works. if you travel, take a picture of your hotel room, any room, anywhere. how does this help law enforcement? well, your shots are then entered into a database with the fbi then trying to match that background with pictures of trafficking victims posed in unknown hotel rooms. this can he help them find those victims. traffic cam was developed by the group exchange initiative and researchers at washington

university in missouri. the goal to work together to help find the more than 300,000 victims who are missing each year. and now to a pageant contestant making history. this is 23-year-old erin o'flaherty the new miss missouri and the first openly gay pageant winner. o'flaherty a came out as gay when she was 18 years old competed openly and new going into the miss missouri pageant that this could be historic. >> i'm excited to represent the lgbt community. we're underrepresented in public, you know, posions of influence so i'm excited to take that on and i hope that my presence will help with visibility for the community. >> that was her interview this morning on "good morning america." o'flaherty's next stop, the miss america pageant right here in atlantic city on september 11th, again as the first openly gay contestant. and finally, isn't it about time fido got to work around the house pitched in,

earned those kick bells and bits. well, finally there's a dog that you do not have to clean up after. actually it cleans up after you. it's not real pup but a robot and does the dishes. boston dynamic created the prototype called spot mini a smaller version of its big dog line. it climbs the stairs, it does chores from loading and unloading the dishwasher to whatever else it can check off the list during its 90 minute battery life. and i don't know if this is an upside or not, it has no hair either so no shedding but not very cuddly. >> you just pray it doesn't malfunction. >> i'm telling you. >> you don't need a dog -- >> it looks strong. >> it does look strong. all right, thank you very much alicia. >> all right, let's get another check of the roads tonight. >> all right, matt pelman standing by in the "action news" traffic center and the dog days of summer. >> we have strong delays this afternoon, a laundry list of problems, that's for sure, brian and sharrie. this is one of the biggies. it's a broken down truck right

here on the schuylkill expressway eastbound right in the conshohocken curve. it's been taking out the left lane for about an hour now so eastbound traffic on the schuylkill is parked coming out of king of prussia through this point at the conshohocken curve. again you want to think alternates like ridge pike or route 30 instead. then we had a pair of disabled vehicles on the schuylkill just east of the boulevard. they are both now on the shoulder so that's good news. the lanes are opened in that area. we have concerts tonight the mann music center and the bb and t pavilion. dave matthews is in camden tonight. a lot of people out and about getting out for the holiday weekend they might be trying to go over the tacony palmyra bridge. don't want to do that right now. a slip is coming through headed northbound so we'll see an opening at the burlington bristol bridge. there's the little boat. that's not what the opening is for. opening at the burlington bristol bridge coming up in just about an hour. in burlington county we had a vehicle fire on 295 northbound near mount holly-willingboro. then a crash on the southbound side. so you've got delays both ways especially bad northbound. stick with the turnpike or 130 through burlington county

instead. it's another afternoon of massive jams on the admiral wilson boulevard and 38 because of the emergency construction but this construction should be gone after 9 o'clock tonight. our fingers are crossed that it wraps on time but this should be your last afternoon having to deal with those huge delays and big delays for those of you down the shock it's a little bit damp here at this point and definitely very congested on the southbound parkway because of just shore volume this afternoon and we still have flooding because of the dampness in upper deerfield so route 77 also remains closed there. we're watching lots of problems. we'll keep doing that brian and sharrie, in the next half hour. >> sounds good my friend. thank you. some proud parents watched their kids graduate from junior public safety camp in coatesville today. these teenagers spent the last week training to become first responders. they were honored for their hard work during a commencement ceremony today at the chester county public safety campus. >> important work. >> and future officers. >> yes. it's the freebie friday coming up that parents will love. find out how you can get some

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>> all right, meteorologist adam joseph joining us with the accuweather forecast one are you going to love. >> yes. for the weekend, the first time weekend of summer, humidity drops, the sunshine sticks around and it's perfect no matter where you are going to be. as we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan, it's a little rocky at times right now especially in southern new jersey, the shore communities with a batch of rain that is beginning to push off the coast and a few peppering the region just to the west of wilmington in the northern part of maryland. a lot of this is sinking to the south and east and a

couple of scattered showers and a quick little downpour north of reading and allentown but again, the thunderstorms are now pushing off the coast of cape may wildwood sea isle city up to atlantic city, a little bit still over the bay that will cross over north of cape may route nine and the garden state parkway but the worst of it is now beginning to push away. temperatures are the warmest to the north and west of town, 85 right now in martins creek, 82 slatington. 78 pottstown, 77 in kennett square and as we head to the south and east because of a wind off the water in addition to some of the rain it's only in the upper 60's to near 70. sounds cool and refreshing. however, it is not. you step out it kind of feels like a steam bath after that rain has passed through spiking the humidity. but we have two areas of high pressure, one over new england another one over the great lakes. the two are going to merge over and east of new england pushing this front to the south finally for the weekend setting up for some wall to wall sunshine. but for this evening, that early isolated downpour or thunderstorm otherwise it

turns clear and comfortable, 58 in the suburbs, 64 degrees for center city. and the day planner here for your saturday 87 degrees in the city of philadelphia, low humidity and again wall to wall sunshine as we top off in the middle 80's during the afternoon and then backing off to around 79 by 8 o'clock and then we kind of repeat it here on sunday. sunshine, a little bit warmer. some areas will touch that 90-degree mark especially philadelphia to the north and west with an easterly wind. it stays much cooler at the shore, only in the upper 70's there. millville at 85 degrees and speaking of the shore, a lot of people heading down there i know in avalon you have the allen man triathlon going on this weekend. you got to watch for the moderate risk for rip currents because of that persistent easterly wind. you'll want to listen to the lifeguards both days. 76, it's going to be much cooler at the shore with that easterly wind but wall to wall sunshine. if you're heading to the poconos looking pretty good there as well. 79 on saturday. sunny and delightful and warm and bright on sunday, low

humidity. can can't complain at 81 degrees. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, upper 80's here for the next three days. again, flawless for the weekend and then on monday we crank the humidity up just a little bit. that brings more cloud cover in and a chance of a downpour or a thunderstorm in a couple of spots but the best chance is going to be on tuesday, very muggy, 87 as a frontal boundary passes through and it should start to wipe away here on wednesday. there could be maybe an isolated leftover downpour on wednesday but overall improving and then it turns very comfortable with sun and clouds thursday and friday with high temperatures in the lower 80's so some thermometers may tickle that 90-degree mark the second half of the weekend but overall no extreme heat or humidity as we go into the next seven days. >> got me all relaxed. >> sitting back and swirling in his chair. >> i have one in my house. >> me, too. >> thank you. >> i guess i need to get one.

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>> it is a delicious freebie friday heading into what's promising to be a pretty beautiful summer weekend. first you're going to like this one. tomorrow farmers road drive through in chadds ford offering a free healthy 12-ounce shake. they're moving out of town to open other drive through locations and so to thank their customers for the past three years in chadds ford they're giving away free cake batter shakes vanilla pudding cottage cheese vanilla protein skim mill be, and rainbow sprinkles healthy and delicious. if you're around chadds ford grab there. if you haven't heard of graze it's a new snack box company that sends you a box of healthy goodies every week.

right now your first eight snack variety box worth $11.99 is free. so you'll want to grab there freebie while the officer is open. speaking of boxes of goodies if you have a little one you're going to love this. you don't have to be a member of sams club to get their baby box which has all kinds of essentials and goodies. you have to fill out a little form and they'll ship it to you. just in time for your summer reading amazon is offering 112 free kindle ebook down loads to use on a number of platforms from your kindle to a pc, your iphone, you name it and then finally this weekend it is the manayunk arts festival. there's music and tons of family fun on tap. admission is free. do bring money to buy food and all those artist particular offerings and hey, you might meet some of the "action news" team who will be out there signing autographs and doing meet and greets. another bonus, sharrie. >> yeah, another freebie for the weekend. meet us. alicia, thank you. finally at 4:00 adorable video of baby kangaroo is

going viral. after spending the past six months growing in his mom's pump the baby joey is ready to check out the world. the baby tree kangaroo is named mian and is the first tree kangaroo joey to be born at the personal zoo in 36 years. >> that is so cool. welcome to the world. >> you got it. >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00. for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli adam joseph i'm brian taff. hope you'll join me along with sharrie adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> here is rick williams with a look at what's ahead at 5 o'clock. >> hi, sharrie thank you. coming up next on "action news" at 5:00 tonight a philadelphia police officer is recovering after he was shot in the line of duty in delaware county this morning. we have live team coverage tracking the investigation and the officer's progress in the hospital. plus, a dramatic day on wall street after voters in the uk decided to leave the eu. the financial and political fallout happening worldwide

after the so-called brexit vote and how friends and family remembered a local teenager shot and killed in this month's terrible attack on a orlando nightclub. those stories and much more are coming your way 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. >> ♪ >> i'm shot in the face. i'm shot in the face. [gunfire] >> shots fired, shots fired. >> i'm shot, i'm not, i'm shot. >> a delaware county police officer is recovering tonight after those chaotic moments on the streets of folcroft. he was ambushed and shot several times in the line of duty. an -- and officials say a bulletproof vest may have saved his life. friday night, monica is offer. sharrie williams is joining us and the big story on "action news is the attack that landed a 25-year-old officer in the hospital with critical injuries. >> we are currently awaiting the next update from folcroft police on the status of the officer and what they know about those in custody. in the meantime we have live team coverage tonight. trish hartman is live at the hospital where the officer is recovering but we begin with john rawlins live at the scene

in folcroft. john. >> reporter: hi, guys. this was an attack in response -- and response. the attack starts about 10:00 a.m. it was on a young police officer as you've said. one witness said there was a burst of three shots followed by a burst of four shots. the response of course came from the s.w.a.t. team. it all played out where that nondescript apartment house is behind me. for almost three hours s.w.a.t. teams focused on the folcroft station apartments inside allegedly those who ambushed a young folcroft officer this morning as he responded to a report of drug activity. >> once the officer confronted these subjects, there was a report of gunfire. assisting officers arrived to find the officer shot several times. >> reporter: tamika daily heard the attack. >> just heard shots, pop, pop, pop, pop. i said oh my god somebody's shooting. we come right out the door, cops, then it's tons of cops coming, they just shot a cop.