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killed five police officers and wounded seven, investigators are on the scene piecing together exactly what happened. a cross the country including here in philadelphia, protests are being held. we will begin with the latest from dallas with marci gonzales. >> walter outside dallas police headquarters you can see crowds of people coming by leaving flowers, cards, handwritten notes on these two squad cars here. such moving images capturing the sadness shared by so many. >> five brave officers killed in the chaos unleashed in downtown dallas thursday night. >> my son died a senseless death for whatever reason, there is no reason because it had nothing to do with him. >> reporter: officer patrick zamarripa, the lone gone man said he was angry about the killings of black men by police and sent out specifically to murder, white police officers.

>> the demeanted individual who carried out those attacks in dallas he is no more representative of african americans then, the shooter in charleston was representative of white americans. >> reporter: president obama speaking at nate the owe sum tonight poland addressing the horror in dallas and the police involved shootings in louisiana and minnesota which this weekend are inspiring, more protests across the country. >> no justice no peace. >> reporter: while here in texas quiet gestures of unity, and gratitude. >> you see those people here lining up to hug police officers. of the seven officers who were injured, we have learn today that at least two are home from the hospital. in dallas, marry gonzales for channel six "action news". all right, thanks, marci. the despite violence in dallas protests have continued all across the nation including here in philadelphia a. "action news" reporter janet reyes is live in kensington where demonstrators are gathering at this hour, janet.

>> reporter: hi walter. we have seen an increase in the crowd here over past hour or so. police officers have been here for quite sometime in anticipation of the protest. i want to give you a a live look what is going on behind me. you can see strong police presence and then just down the road here and on the corner you see protesters gathering. we have seen maybe a couple dozen, actually growing, by the minute but they are supposed to start marching here to the 24th and 25th police district about a mile and a half away north of here, to gather there. the goal, according to the organization, kind offsetting all of this up, they are the coalition for real justice, they want to disrupt traffic as well as movement outside of that police district, however, they are saying they are not going to do anything. joining me is mr. michael mccara, you are inspector for east division here can you tell me about how you all have prepared for is what the fourth protest we have seen in the last few days.

>> as an organization we plan and trained for protests and, the part of our part in this is to ensure the safety of those protesting, ensure that they have an environment that they can exercise their first amendment right and to to so in a safe atmosphere. officers you see here are to ensure that, are going to ensure that they are safe and that we're able to kind of monitor their progress as they move forward. we're just here as a safety mechanism. >> reporter: because of the tragedy that happened in dallas, how does that impact or complicate how you all go about this, is there a extra precaution. >> all of our officers, i would like to think, officers national thely, are cautious to begin with. i believe that the heroic efforts, in the dallas officers to protect those protesters under fire, these officers, these men and women you'll see here today would do the same thing. the as such we're always on guard and with safety being our paramount goal.

>> reporter: thank you so much, we appreciate it. so far though, it has been peaceful, of course, everyone hoping it will stay that way but we will have a full report coming up tonight at 11:00. reporting live from kensington janet reyes for channel six "action news". back inside to you. >> thank you to are that report. world news saturday will have latest from dallas as city mourns loss of the officers killed, as well as the investigation into the police shootings in several states. that is at 6:30 right here after "action news". meanwhile similar protests are likely to be a big part of the landscape when democratic national convention comes to town later on this month. today, arch street united methodist church members of the clergy along with civil rights activist teamed up to hold training sessions for protesters to make sure that they understand their rights and to help keep them safe. those who showed up took part in the role playing exercises. in light of the recent killings by police officers, protesters will designate certain people to act as so-called cop watchers. they are responsible for recording officers responding to the protests. many of these folks though feel confident that police in

philadelphia are prepared. >> i think the police here are awesome. they have improved with the community relations, a lot over the past few years. but that doesn't hurt to be prepared. >> organizers also discussed what to expect if you're arrested and how to post bail. three more sessions are scheduled over the coming weeks. we have some developing news from the germantown section of the city where police are investigating the stabbing of a 13 year-old girl. that occurred at 3:00 p.m. along the 5200 block of marion street. investigators say she was stabbed once in the side of the neck. the girl was taken to einstein hospital in stable condition, so far, no arrests have been made. five investigators are or fire investigators are piecing together clues at the scene of the fire that ripped through a block of row homes in the cobbs creek section of philadelphia in the end a dozen homes were severely damaged. "action news" reporter trish hartman is live at the scene where victims are looking to see what remains of their

homes, trish? >> reporter: that is right, walter, neighbors spent the day cleaning up after fire tore through these row homes here on larchwood street. well, take a look at the damage behind me. now investigators are trying to figure out if several fires in this area overnight are connected. crews worked to clear some of the damage after fire, tore through the 5800 block of larchwood street. >> fire was coming in, of course, behind me, forces behind me. >> reporter: troy reid was tend to go his one week old son around 1:00 a.m. when a glow across the street caught his eye. >> i ran outside, started banging on the doors yelling for people to get out of the house. >> reporter: fire fighters say blaze started on the porch and then quickly spread. a dozen homes were damaged either by flames or smoke and water. >> they say they will have to take the whole porch down and tear up the porch, tear up my living room, dining room ceiling. >> reporter: around the corn are white pickup truck sits totaled. janet carter said her husband's truck was struck and

burned overnight at the same time as the home. the fire marshall is investigate to go see if the truck fire, the home and the rubbish fire at 59th and larchwood are all connect. >> they were out here investigating last night, asking questions do we know who dit or whatever. he didn't know anything because he wasn't at home. >> reporter: people that grew up here said it is hard break to go see so many homes affect. >> to see the house, that i was born burned like this it hurts me in my heart. >> reporter: we will know-- no residents were hurt but one fire fighter was treated at the scene for heat exhaustion. reporting live from cobbs creek, trish hartman for channel six "action news". >> walter. moving on to the accu weather forecast we are in the cloudy rainy cycle so far this weekend and storms tonight could be severe. meteorologist melissa magee is at the "action news" big board with the first check of the accu weather forecast. >> yes, we are tracking those showers and storms as we speak. the here's storm tracker six live double scan radar, a little will bit of activity to the north and west of our

viewing area but we have been focusing on this cluster to the south of philadelphia which was to be severe earlier this afternoon. now because of that we have an area flood advisory for areas in chester, areas in delaware, new castle, salem, gloucester counties. this will stand until 8:15 this evening because we could find up to an inch or inch and a half of rain to fall within the green shaded counties, within 30 minutes. so just in a short amount of time. we will track it on storm tracker six live double scan street level and you can see about 12 lightening strikes a associated with this includes der moved to the south and east of wilmington moving into swedesboro, heavy rain at this hour for area of woodstown and salem. so at 6:09 it is press nothing greenville. 6:09 in steals corner. 6:10 moving closely east at 20 . by 6:11 it is press nothing to centerton. we will talk about what we can expect and why that severe risk has been posted, storm

prediction center has placed us in a slight risk of finding severe weather for philadelphia areas south. biggest concern would be damaging wind and hail, and possibility of that heavy rain. so scatter storms on the way tonight, heavy rain and lightening, wind gusting up to 40 miles an hour, or higher and flash flooding is a big concern as we go throughout the early evening hours. we will take a closer look with the full and exclusive accu weather forecast. >> thanks, melissa. recently returned from a small town in indiana, you did not win 540 million-dollar. the winning mega millions ticket was sold at a speed way along interstate 07 in cambridge city, indiana a town located about 50 miles east of indianapolis with the population of about 2,000. the winner will be receiving the third largest jackpot in mega millions history, here are the winning numbers if you care: eight, 19, 20, 55, 73 and the yellow ball was five. there you have it. much more to come on "action news", it looks like any other sat the day in a popular bar in philadelphia,

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okay. jeff skversky has sport. these phillies, man. >> when they are bad, they are good. when they're good, they are good. >> another come from behind win last night and hopefully they will keep this going in the all-star break. it is fun again, just about every time phillies turn to jared eickoff in the rotation phillies starter turns heads. with one of the best curve ball hooks in baseball. eickoff back on the mound tonight in colorado. tommy joseph is in the starting line up batting clean up with the rockies after this mile high, pinch hit, three run home run last night. joseph said carlos ruiz gets all of the credit because

ruiz, throws batting practice beforehand. saving the day fellow rocky tyler goodell in the eighth, what a catch. wow. preventing a tying run from scoring. goodell in the line up as well tonight, phillies/rockies. phillies looking for their tenth win in the last 12 games. boy, what a catch. ben simmons or brandon ingram, leading up to the nba draft, sixers fans were debate hog should be the number one overall pick. tonight in las vegas summer league opener we will get a glimpse of the the two going head to head. simmons and sixers facing ingram, laker later tonight in vegas. top two picks in the draft. among things sixers want simmons to work on is being more aggressive on the floor. he looked tad hesitant taking shots in the summer league. so they say third time is the charm but not even serena williams, one of the greatest tennis players of all time was that lucky. it takes serena not once, not two or three on but four shots

to win that illusive 22nd, grand slam. serena trying to prevent deja vu in wimbledon with beyonce and jay-z there serena was not in love with the way she played in the australian open but today in the will bled on final, serena wins seven -five, six-three, it is your 22nd major title, tying steffi graf for the most since 1968. check out the emotions, it says it all. >> i put a lot of pressure on myself to get here. i was than the able to do it in the last three grand slams. so most of all honestly i'm just really happy to win wimbledon and my gosh, it is 22, that is crazy. really crazy. >> well, this is just the beginning of serena's crazy day, later on she teams up with her sister venous, and they win a doubles title. williams sisters grabbed their

14th major doubles victory, tied for second all time. not a bad day for her. can union come together tonight against d.c. united? union lost three of the last 4mls matches including season high two straight, but they have also lost their grip on first place in the eastern conference. >> we're second in the east, which is good, not great but it is good. we have room for improvement. room for growth. it all starts scoreboard watching not just yet, you want all the teams in the east to lose for every game for sure. i will not lie. we continue to play well and put the work in. the playoffs and that kind of thing will take care of itself. >> the union, four points out of the first coming into play tonight, see the game right here on six abc at 7:00 and goalie andre blake and keegan rosenberry named to the all-star game later today. we will see how they play begins d.c. united. >> thanks, jeff. up next on "action news" meteorologist melissa magee

has the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast when "action news" comes right back.

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meteorologist melissa magee has the accu weather forecast, we're bracing forstrom i weather tonight. >> we are under a slight risk for severe weather in certain location as cross the region but things do improve for the better as we get into sunday, walter. we will talk about the details right now. here's storm tracker six double scan radar, we are tracking this cluster to the south of philadelphia, now you press nothing to area of south jersey and this is essentially the same location where we had that flood advisory until 8:15 because we have a lot of rain

in a short amount of time. we will go tighter on street level with storm tracker six, 40 lightening strikes associated with this cluster that is currently to the south of woodstown, where we are picking up that heavy rain, same thing for sale em, press nothing to bridgeton and just to the north of bay side at this hour. for new castle, gloucester, salem, cumberland county, would i anticipate strong showers and storms until 6:15:45 this evening. the these storms are capable of producing an inch of rainfall in less than a half an hour and it is moving east at the 30 miles an hour, so we will continue to track it, and as we go throughout the rest of the evening hours. and improvement comes, as we get into sunday. currently outside in philadelphia we're coming in at 77 after a high today of 79 . seventy-five in allentown. eighty-two in reading. seventy-nine in dover. at the coast in cape may 75 and 81 in millville. the here's satellite six with action radar. you can see upper level low with the trailing cold front that is currently moving through.

as it moves through we will be dodging some showers, storms, at least for the early half of the evening hours. call from accu weather for rest of tonight, early shower or rumble of thunder, cloud will be breaking as we go throughout the overnight hours. we will drop down to 65 in the suburbs and 72 degrees in philadelphia for overnight low. here's future tracker six, you can see by 8:00 tonight we will have showers scattered about from the poconos down through philadelphia into south the jersey, also into delaware at that time. 9:30 or 10:00 o'clock tonight that moisture will move on out from the west to east direction, and then clearing comes as we go throughout the day on sunday. 7:00 in the morning clouds and some sunshine, that upper level low is still overhead. i wouldn't be surprised as the day wears on that will take up a spotty shower mainly north and east of the i-95 corridor but overall a much improved day for sunday. here's the setup for tomorrow. high pressure works its way in the region. humidity drops. we have got that calm, refreshing northwesterly wind, ten to 20 miles an hour.

that is in the city and at 86 degrees. if you are down the shore, it looks like a much better day, we have a land breeze to deal with that northwesterly wind but less humid, high of 84. ocean temperature in the lower 70's this time of the year. up in the poconos certainly not a bad day, refreshing but that passing shower with that upper level low to the north and east of our region maxing out in the poconos at 73 degrees. here's the exclusive seven day forecast, less humid, still spotty shower north and east in the city tomorrow. high up to 86. sunny, warm on monday at 86 degrees, turning up the heat quickly by tuesday and then at 90. hot and more humid on wednesday and at 92 and another heat wave is possible by thursday, high temperature of 94. hazy, hot, humid still on friday in at 93 with a shower, thunderstorm likely and sat take we are still steamy, with a high temperature of 49 degrees. couple showers to dodge tonight, walter and then humidity drops tomorrow. you will notice difference by then. >> sound good, thanks, melissa.

it was pure joy when this dog was reunited with her owner after a year apart. layla had been staying with the family in gloucester county while her owner, christiana byes was stationed on the u.s.s. true man. family cared for pit bull through the foster program called packet for animals. >> thanks for what you are doing for keeping us together. without this i would have lost my best friend. >> it is my pleasure to do it. >> how about that. foster family and layla formed a close bond while in her care. couple months ago video of eight year-old ana singing with the puppy went viral. world news saturday is next here on channel six. don't miss "action news" at ten on phl17 tonight and then we are back here on six abc at 11:00. for melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. >> ♪

. welcome to a special edition of "world news tonight". america in crisis. ambush here in dallas. new images coming in of that deadly assault. and more details about the gunman motivated by hate. an army vet once accused of sexual harassment by a female soldier. inside his home, investigators discovering an arsenal. and now questions about the robot bomb used to take him out. the new tactic raising concerns tonight. clashes at a breaking point. protesters by the thousands take to the streets demanding an end to police shootings. tonight, the attorney defending this officer speaks out. why he now says race was not a factor. police on high alert. officers targeted new rules to stay safe as they patrol the streets. and the growing memorial to the fallen five. witnesses coming forward with st