sean whittaker was caught up in a hail storm on his way home in mount holly this evening. and he was just one of several "action news" viewers who recorded a pounding assault from the sky. jackie smith took this video of her backyard pool get something ice cubes, in lumberton. and you can hear the hail stones off the grill and back deck here in hainesport, burlington county. there was flash flooding that followed the downpours. as captured by tyler brawn in vineland, new jersey. vineland seemed to be the epicenter for all of this water. flood waters rose so much that they came up chest high on this man in the parking lot on landis avenue in delsea drive. other people made waves as they drove up to the front door of this sears, which was closed with water seeping into the building. and this partially submerged ups truck wasn't going to make its deliver wrist on time

tonight. several other vehicles stalled out on landis avenue before waters began to recede. we have "action news" reporter jeff chirico at penns landing and trish hartman at the shore. but first lets get the very latest information from accu weather and meteorologist adam joseph at the big game. >> yeah, jim, very spotty with severe storms but where they hit they hit hard. east hampton township burlington county half dollar sized hail. vineland 5.5 inches on have rain in a couple of hours. exiter town ship in berks county as well as bridgeport in lancaster county trees down with powerful wind. cumberland wind gusts near 46 miles an hour in addition to 3 inches of rain. storm tracker six showing how much rain fell, especially, in southern new jersey, and near buena as well as millville, mays landing and egg harbor. near buena, vineland between four and 5 inches of rain, in that area where thunderstorms trained. but at this point, most of the wet weather is now off of the coast, and the severe weather is over with but we are tracking a cold front to the

north and west. you can see more thunderstorms firing up, approaching, berks county, the lehigh valley, we will track those for you but that front will wipe humidity a way and bring back that sunshine, in full force, here, for the majority of the weekend. so as we ranked the holiday here saturday number one with full sunshine, low humidity, warm temperatures. high cloud on sunday but a close second. monday, ranking third because of clouds quickly increasing. watching a storm to the south that could bring some rain for some of us by the end of the day on monday. we will talk more about the poconos and shore and city forecast, coming up in just a little bit, jim. >> thanks, adam. "action news" reporter trish hartman is live in ocean city tonight. trish, merchants would say this is their most important weekend of the summer, how does it look so far. >> reporter: you're right, jim. we have been able to put umbrella away for now but it has been raining on and off on ocean city on the boardwalk since 9:00 p.m. crowds have died down

significantly but plenty of people are still down here and they are looking forward to a beautiful fourth of july weekend. for many drivers, traffic and rain stood between them and the start of their holiday shore vacation. but have after the cloud rolled through and the wind died down, it turns out to be a beautiful night to dine outside in avalon. the at circle pizza, plenty of folks were ready to kickback. >> this is it down here, you know, no drama, no pressure, no stress. >> our family has been here for a lifetime. since we were babies. so, it is just great. >> reporter: austin johnson lives here full-time. he doesn't mind the crowd, family included when they come to town. >> i like when everyone is here. it makes it more exciting. little bit boring living here year round. i like when people are here. >> reporter: in sea isle city family fun night brought a crowd to the township for line dancing lesson. it will continue on friday through the summer. >> we will have face painters,

bounce houses, special guests, next week we have phillies fanatic coming. >> reporter: families fill the boardwalk in ocean city, none quite as excited to be there as the colts family. >> this is so much fun. everybody is in castaway cove. we were in line. >> it is a family friendly place. we always come here growing up. just love it. >> reporter: despite the thinning crowds, many businesses on the boardwalk are opened until midnight and many hoping to cash in on some nicer weather during this long independent day weekend. live from ocean city trish hartman for channel six "action news". philadelphia police say they have security measures in place, as thousands of people, descend on the city this holiday weekend. at events like monday's concert at the parkway, officials say that there will be visible police presence. this will be plenty of under cover officers keeping an eye on things. in light of the recent attacks in orlando, and turkey, and bangladesh, at philadelphia

international airport, there are extra tsa officers to move travelers through security. senator tom carper held a news conference this afternoon to assure travelers that the airport has a good system in place to keep everybody safe. >> the threat is out there we need to be mindful of it. come to work, bring our a game every day. at this airport i'm convinced that is what we're doing. >> police say there is no specific threat, to philadelphia this weekend. road construction projects across new jersey will start to shut down at midnight tomorrow. ordered by governor chris christie. it is fall out from the gas tax, failing to pass yesterday. so today the state's transportation trust fund lost the authority to bureau money. it reportedly has enough cash to get through july, before the tank runs dry. governor christie's executive order effects all road work not considered quote absolutely essential.

leaders of the casino union are gambling that a strike during the busy july 4th holiday weekend will exert enough pressure on the struggling trump taj mahal to win back wages and lost benefits. their health and pension payments were terminated two years ago by a bankruptcy court judge. unite here local 54 leaders say that the high deductible health plan that the taj has offered is just too costly. negotiations have broken off, following today's walk out of nearly a thousand workers, the casino remains opened, its owners blasted the strike saying the union's bargaining, they seem hell benton closing the casino and killing jobs. for those of us staying in the philadelphia area over the weekend, one of the main attractions is fire works, tonight, tomorrow night, and monday night. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live at penns landing, with their calling it a star spangled weekend, hello

there, jeff. >> reporter: good evening, jim. the rain stayed away, a allowing the festivities and fire works to go off without a hint. it is absolutely beautiful out here right now. the city is dressed in the red, white and blue and the welcome america celebration is in full swing. >> ♪ >> reporter: the fourth of july weekend launched with a bang, fire works lit up the sky over penns landing while ben franklin bridge showed off patriotic colors. >> ♪ >> reporter: the philadelphia orchestra started the night with a concert featuring soloist bobby hill, the 15 year-old who gained fame after his impromptu performance before pope francis last year. tim barnes and his son came from colorado to spend the holiday with friend. >> it is a magical failing. this is where it all happened. >> reporter: at river rink the slight breeze broke the humidity for folks who spent the night taking a spin and a swing. throughout this city american flags hung proudly as visitors walk the streets soaking in history.

the debellow family from the northeast took advantage of their day off to teach their children about what happened here 240 years ago. >> well, fourth of july, it is a big thing. come down. see what is going on. >> anyone who lives here in philadelphia, they need to know the history. >> reporter: for betsy ross's house to independence mall, touring historic sites on the july 4th weekend reminds this man not to take our precious freedoms for granted. >> people should be really thankful for what we have, at this time. i would say there is a lot of frustration in this country. >> reporter: lots of reasons to celebrate, lots of ways to celebrate this weekend in philadelphia. if you missed the fire works tonight, you can catch them here at 9:30 tomorrow night and then 10:00 o'clock on monday night, after the concert there, at the art museum. jim, i hope you don't mind, i select your hat before you headed out to the festivity tonight. have a happy and safe fourth

of july. live, jeff chirico channel six a "action news". >> i have been looking for it. thanks, jeff. it was all fun and games tonight, in ambler, montgomery county. kid got to ride the carnival attractions, sliding down the slide and enjoy merry go round and whole family took in the spec particular california of fire works at wissohickon high school put on by the kwanis club. if you are looking for a fire works show this weekend, go to six abc.com. you will fine a list of local events broken down by state and county, a long with times and locations, for july 4th festivities. other news at the this hour, a crash in the holmesberg section of philadelphia tonight knocked out power to 1700 people. chopper six was over the scene at 8:30 tonight where a pickup truck crashed into a utility pole. this was the 4700 block of rhawn street. the impact caused the pole to fall on top of a truck. the the driver suffered minor injuries, and at this hour,

peco is still working to restore power to about 60 residents. new jersey state police are investigating the death of a man in his 40 ease, who was found inside of a burlington county home tonight. "action news" was at busy crime scene, on the 100 block of patty oaker road in tabernacle. homicide detectives are being tight-lipped about what they know, including how the suspect, how they suspect the man died. we have new details about possibly compromised breathalizer results that we first told but last night at 11:00 o'clock. philadelphia police believe hundreds of dui cases could be in jeopardy. the problem lies not in the instrument itself, but because of human error when lab text used expired liquid solution in the machines. that happened from january 17th, until the mistake was reported by a lawyer two days ago. but there is disagreement over the potential fall out. >> i'm not a physics expert but i would think if you used

expired solution, the be invalit violates the regulations. the regulations say you have to have a valid solution. >> they could a affect zero case's affect because the machine was still calibrated properly. only thing that you get attorneys in court a technicality to argue. >> the district attorney's office is reviewing all of the cases involved. pennsylvania governor tom wolf has set the date for a special election to fill the seat of the former congressman chaka fattah. fattah resigned his seat in the wake of his federal racketeering convictions, governor wolf says it is a special election that will be held november 8th election day, state representative dwight evans who was heavily favored to win the seat in the general election says he will run in the special owe lex as well. should he win he will go to washington immediately afterwards. city of philadelphia has reversed course and will no longer deny civil protest along south broad street

during the democratic national convention. aclu has sued on behalf of the anti poverty organization that wants to march. the city says it will also now permit permits or consider permits anyway for demonstrations during the afternoon rush hour from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. still to come on "action news" tonight, breaking details as bangladesh forces take on terrorist, holding hostages in a gun battle. people say it smells like an open sewer, and it caused a state of emergency in parts of the sunshine state. we will explain what is causing this toxic out break. say good bye to the tropical humidity as we enter comfortable zone for next two case but then things change on the fourth of july. we will chat about it in the a accu weather forecast. winning numbers for one of the largest lottery jackpots in mega millions history at least 415 million-dollar, when "action news" continues

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reports now say that security forces have stormed the restaurant in docka bangladesh in the city's diplomatic zone. extremist militants have been holding at least 35 people, 20 of them foreigners, all day. isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. two police officers were killed and 26 people were injured early on. the militant also tossed grenades at the police but just within the past 45 minutes security forces did storm this restaurant, we don't know how many people have survived, reports say that perhaps four or five at least that we're still waiting for more information from bangladesh. isis has not claimed responsibility for the airport attack in istanbul, turkey

that killed 44 people but authorities in turkey, including its president says that the culprits were members of the islamic state and tonight an american congressman, says this male a well known chicken extremist directed the attack ahmed chatayev, he broke a arm and leg in the early two thousands while fighting in checnya against the russians. attorney general loretta lynch says she understands why her chance meeting with bill clinton is the question of the day. the informal meet ago aboard her plane on a tarmac at phoenix airport has caused a major controversy because, hillary clinton's use of her private e-mail server while secretary of state is under federal investigation. lynch said this today. >> i certainly wouldn't do it again and, because, you know, i think it has cast a shadow over, it should not and will not touch.

>> lynch didn't recues herself from the investigation but she said she will accept the recommendations of the career prosecutors, who are investigating the e-mail scandal. donald trump jumped on the chance to lash out at clintons, he said bill clinton has opened up pandora's box by going on to lynch's plane and trump asked if people really believed it was a coincidence. trump has gained almost two points in the latest itso poll and now trails clinton in that poll by 9.4 points. obama administration has a peeled for the first time how many civilians it believes was killed by drone and air strikes. authorities say death toll is between 64, and 116 civilians in pakistan, yemen and africa since president obama took office, that number does not include drone strikes in afghanistan, iraq and syria. some human rights advocates say the real casualty counties much higher.

parts of the florida are under a state of emergency tonight as a foul smiling allergy bloom takes over rivers and beaches. resident are preparing the smell to the open sewer. u.s. army core of engineers reduced flow of water from lake, to the ocean, many blame the pollutants streaming from that lake. on health check at 11:00 tonight american roads are getting deadlier especially for pedestrians, bicyclist and motorcyclists. new government data from the national highway transportation administration, shows traffic deaths surged more than seven and a half percent in 2015. that is latest year we have data from. 35,200 people were killed, and that is the deadliest driving year since 2008 but the increase coincides with the spike in how much americans are driving, a record number of cars. lets get the latest from accu weather.

meteorologist adam joseph. very important for the next few days. >> two out of three absolutely perfect. number three on monday a little rocky by the afternoon. we will look at storm tracker six live double scan severe weather in spots this afternoon. mostly has subsided a at this point. we are not looking at new renewed threats of severe weather overnight but we are waiting a cold front that is starting to push in the northwestern suburbs, sparking a downpour. parts of the lehigh valley, western berks county, north of reading and beyond that a couple developing. so even throughout the overnight early morning hours we may get woken up by thunder as a quick passing storm or downpour passes through but that cold front is going to wipe the humidity, away this weekend. seventy-four in allentown. seventy-four wilmington. lower 70's at the shore. still very muggy out there but that is about to change with that front passing through. all of the severe weather warnings, watch boxes have expired as you can see from the mid-atlantic up to the

north and east. as we track it on future tracker at 2:00 in the morning the front is south and east of philadelphia with a couple of scattered downpours around. 8:00 o'clock tomorrow morning that sunshine is in control. front is way out over the opened waters of the atlantic and going into tomorrow afternoon high cloud off to the north but sunshine is going to dominate. if you are at the shore, tomorrow, yeah we will be soaked in the form of sunshine at 80 degrees. seventy-eight, delightful on sunday. sea breeze both days. low risk for rip currents. water temperature either side of 70. monday 77. a lot of cloud to quickly increase. question is how fast do the showers come in especially in the southern areas on monday afternoon. but up in the poconos that southern system will take longer, so beautiful saturday, sunday, lower 70's to mid 70's for high. chilly at night in the 50's and then on monday for the fourth of july, sunshine, just cloud late in the day, at 77 degrees. the exclusive accu weather

seven day forecast. eighty-four with low humidity in the the city, tomorrow, beautiful with high clouds sunday at 86. then for the fourth the cloud will quickly increase here. 86 degrees. snapshot of future track era at 4:00 in the afternoon will show that southern system right on the heels especially for parts of the delaware and new jersey, and again, we will have to time this out, and tune into meteorologist melissa magee over the weekend to see how quickly that system speeds up or maybe it will slow down. and then on tuesday, warm with the possible thunderstorm at 85. behind that system we will start to heat it up and it turns more humid as well with temperatures pretty much on either side of 90 for middle to end of next week but majority of the weekend, at this point, it is still looking really nice. >> pretty good. >> thanks, adam. >> you're welcome. hundreds of helped philadelphia put on red, white and blue for fourth of july theme danced tonight. it happened in tioga nicetown. more than 300 people enjoyed dinner and dancing, spark

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tonight's phillies game ended with a bang, "action news" was at citizens badge park, where a fire works show to kick off the fourth of july weekend, displayed after tonight's game with the kansas city royals. there will be another fire works show after tomorrow night's game, as well. and that will happen during the game is repeated tomorrow night as well. >> first win at home in almost a month. >> hard to believe. >> yes. pretty bad at home, not today. but, so much for the phillies being one of the worst hitting teams. the lately, they have been one of the best hitting teams. yeah, the phillies only one team in baseball has more hits over the last ten days, and there is more fire works, tonight. phillies come out swinging against the kansas city royals tonight. very first batter odubel herrera little bull takes a cut like the bull. first career lead off home run, phillies up one to nothing. herrera drives in two.

fifth inning, codey asche drives in yet another run. rbi double. peter borges scores from first. asche hitting .352 with nine rbi's over last two weeks. things get tight in the ninth but jeanmar gomez saves the day. phillies win four-36789 they have won four straight for the first time in two months. >> it is good to win. good to bring the sticks into our ballpark, what we have been doing on the road, they seem to be swinging the bats pretty well. >> it doesn't take a a rocket scientist toss look at sixers roster and figure out their glaring need: guards. on day one of the free agency sixers go out and get one, jared bayless. sixers agreed to a three-year, 27 million-dollar deal with bayless according to multiple reports. bayless plays both point and shooting guard, only four players in the nba were better at shooting three's then he was last year for milwaukee. sixers first round pick, ben simmons is on to the

summer league roster. he could play as early as monday. joel embiid will not play a at all in the summer league. former sixers head coach jim o'brien is coming back, nba source confirms to "action news" that the philadelphia native is expected to rejoin the team asiana cysttent coach. this upcoming season. still to come in sports, the flyers adding some experience to their bench as well, flyers scoring two players on day one of the free agency as

the sixers have, all of the money in the world, 60 million-dollar to play with in free agency. the flyers, do not. they are on a budget. free agency opens in the the nhl. flyers signed two forward darryl wise who plays for chicago and montreal gets 9.5 million over four years. he has scored big time playoff goals in his career. flyers signed center boyg gordon a former first round pick, who scored two goals last season in arizona both are third and fourth line players. former eagles coach buddy ryan is laid to rest today in kentucky just days after he passed away. former eagles seth joyner and eric allen served as pallbearers at buddy ryan's funeral today. ryan coached from 1986 to 1990, he died tuesday at age of 85. joyner remembers playing for buddy like it was yesterday. >> he was looking for mental toughness. he developed mental toughness

in his players. he held your feet to the fire but at the same time he scared about you, beyond just the football field. he was genuinely concerned with what is going on in your life. >> like many people in our area i loved watching those eagles teams coached by buddy ryan. jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. "action news" continues at 5:30 with gray hall and chris sowers. for adam joseph, jeff skversky, cecily tynan, adam joseph, i'm jim gardner. have a good night and great holiday

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