>> reporter: his ex-wife detained by investigators as they try to piece together how and why this attack occurred. surveillance cameras catching the truck as it drove over a mile into the crowd watching fireworks along the beach. inside that truck a bicycle, a semi automatic pistol and fake guns. france's president calling this an act of terror intended to strike at the beauty of liberty of france. [speaking foreign language] >> the interpreter: why nice. because its city is known around the world one of the most beautiful cities in the world. why the 14th of july? because it is a day where we celebrate freedom. reporter: among the victims at least two americans, sean copy happened and his son brodie and a uc berkeley student nick leslie seen in this facebook photo. his father says he's missing. in the u.s. flags over the white house lowered to half-staff. >> today our hearts are with the people of france and with all the innocent men, women

and so m ldren who are hurt or killed in this sickening attack. >> reporter: the world responding with silence and reflection: french authorities were not watching the suspect for any connection to terrorism prior to the attack but arguably he should have been in prison. he w to six months for assault back in january but received a suspended

sentence. reporting from washington, lana zak, channel6 "action news." >> and here in our area people with ties to france are reeling from yet another attack on a country they love. >> and that includes one group that holds a bastille day celebration each year on fairmount avenue. jeanette reyes continues our team coverage today outside eastern state penitentiary. jeanette. >> brian and sharrie, for the third time in less than 20 months france is hit with another terrorist attack but here at the eastern state penitentiary they tell me their celebrations this weekended this time in memory of these victims. day nice france wakes uo disturbing new reality. its famed promenade along the mediterranean now also known for this sce r

attack. news of the horror spread quickly throughout the local french community. >> someone came to me and said did you hear what happened and i said no and so we heard. >> reporter: over 100 others were celebrating bastille day in rittenhouse square when phones started going off. >> we had 150 french people here just eating, drinking, having a good time gathering which is what bastille day is all about. >> reporter: the celebratory mood equipmently turned sommer. >> we had a minute of silence toe

evening. it was, you know, not easy. >> reporter: one of the students witnessed the horror firsthand. >> one of our students called us this morning. she left a message on the answering machine and she was crying and she said i just wander to tell you we're okay.

we're in the middle of it and it's one thing to see things on television and another thing to be right there. >> reporter: but both faced a phone call with hashtags for prayers and the images are becoming an increasingly common occurrence. >> i know it's going to happen again probably because it's -- for them it's getting easier and easier. >> i don't know why they're hitting france all the time. >> reporter: the two had plans to visit franks at the end of this month and that's not changing. >> you know, you can't just stop. i'm not going to not go to france because of that. >> reporter: and there is a vigil set for tomorrow, organized by several large organizations in the french communities. people tell me the french here tell me that they are mourning with their country. reporting live in fairmount, jeanette reyes, channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> okay, jeanette, thank you. and our coverage of the attack continues on 6abc.com with more on the investigation. reaction from experts here and around the world and a slideshow as the world remembers and honors the victims. >> the attack in france prompted donald trump to postpone the press conference at which he planned to announce his vp pick. instead the presumptive republican nominee tweeted that he shows an indiana governor mike pence to be his running mate. this is video of pens arriving at trump towers today. abc news reports that trump was so angered by the leaked reports of pence yesterday that he momentarily considered changing his mind apparently made phone calls until midnight last night asking if he could change his mind. ultimately he did not. the two will appear at a joint news conference tomorrow morning. the city of cleveland is getting ready for the candidates and the delegates to flood that city for next week's republican national convention. "action news"'s sarah bloomquist is already there and says security is very tight. >> reporter: we're here outside quicken loans arena in the heart of downtown cleveland. they have been working for weeks months getting this place ready for the republicans. you can see as well that there are barricades ready to go here, ready to line the streets. they have more fencing ready to go up as well along the streets here in downtown cleveland. in light of the recent events they are working to make this place as safe as possible. we talked to someone with the convention today.

here's what he said about the security plan that's in place. >> this area from july 18th to july 201st is really going to be just about the safest place in the entire world. the security forces that we've had on the ground here for more than a year are top notch and what people need to realize is that when they see disruptions or process at political rallies, those events are planned maybe three or four days in advance. we have had folks here for a year planning for this event. >> reporter: much more on the security plan here in cleveland for the republican national convention coming up on "action news at 6 o'clock. for now from cleveland, ohio, i'm sarah bloomquist channel6 "action news." >> and we now know who will be speaking here in philadelphia at the democratic national convention. first lady michelle obama and senator bernie sanders are the first headliners on monday july 25th. next up former president bill clinton president obama and vice president joe biden and it wraps up with the party's presumptive nominee hillary clinton and her daughter chelsea on thursday the 28th. more speakers will be announced before the convention begins. and the entire "action news" team will be bringing you complete coverage of the dnc from every angle. tune into 6abc for special reports beginning friday july 22nd. >> well, for the second straight day we're dealing with excessive heat warnings out there even though it's not quite as hot as it was yesterday. >> let's head outside to meteorologist melissa magee in for adam on this friday. hi, melissa. >> hi there, sharrie, hi brian and yeah, as you mentioned it's certainly not as oppressive in some locations today as it yesterday.

temperatures rightthe upper 80's and 90's. it is 92 in philadelphia. 91 in wilmington, 88 at the coast in cape may but 91 in beach haven. you factor in the heat and humidity it feels hotter at the coast because that's where we're finding higher dewpoint temperatures at this hour. we've got a feels-like number in beach haven of 102 compared to 92 in philadelphia, feeling like 101 in dover and 94 out to the north and west in reading. satellite6 along with action radar showing you sunshine and a few clouds across the delaware and lehigh valleys. the clouds will continue to move on in as we go throughout the rest of tonight so we are calling for a partly cloudy sky. if you are stepping out here on this friday we've got you covered with the evening planner. ly humid across the resatchel 7:00 p.m. and 8 o'clock still in the 90's. we'll drop down into the 80's as we go throughout the rest of tonight. we'll let you kheater can comesr

it breaks any time soon with that accuweather forecast. alicia. >> melissa thank you. neighbors and business owners in one part of manayunk have been dealing with an absolute mess all day. a water main broke this morning leaving some people with too much water, others without any service at all. and a usually busy street kicked in mud. "action news" reporter vernon odom live on main street with more on the problems and the repairs and just a big old mess there, vernon. >> reporter: it was alicia, good afternoon. two blocks of main street here in manayunk remain pretty much shut down at this hour. merchants here however are hailing the city workers for doing major repairs under the sidewalk here to get businesses up and running once again. water department repairmen attack the 8-inch main break that broke at 4:30 this morning triggering havoc in the 43 and 4400 blocks of main street. knocking out service on the east side. big trouble for the owner of a popular restaurant and adjoining wine bar. flooding his entire inventory which was being refrigerated in a basement and it appears he now has structural damage

to his building as well. >> the restaurant business has got a lot of moving parts. it's usually always on friday. >> reporter: which is a busy day. >> busy dayism kicking off the weekend. >> yeah. >> reporter: this upstairs tenant woke up this morning to see the mess outside with police knocking on her door to tell her she had to evacuate right away. >> the owner's basement flooded. they're saying we have to go up there and get our stuff at some point so not ideal but happy friday. >> reporter:ater was still running on the west side but there was some flooding to some of manayunk's most enduring restaurants like the legendary cafe zesty that has its own water pumps but he got damage and was shut down for the day as well no wayck off the weekend. >> i'm not going to be able to open today. i have some water damage. hopefully by tomorrow i will be ready for business. >> we took a hit today and -- but, you know, we're in

recovery mode now. and we're trying to get out there that main street is open. we're -- we're shut down, a two block portion of the district. >> reporter: brian and sharrie, again, the 43 and 4400 blocks of main street still shut down at this hour but the rest of main street here in manayunk is open and functioning for the night. live in manayunk, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> okay, vern, thank you. we've got some breaking news to get to here at the 4 o'clock hour. philadelphia police making a disturbing discovery. we're being told that the body of a person has been found inside of the trunk of a car. this is happening in the mayfair section of philadelphia. police have been on the scene since about 2 o'clock this afternoon. this is happening at the intersection of oak and leostre. you can see the activity there

from chopper 6hd flying above the scene there but again a body has been found inside of a trunk of a car at oak and leon streets in the mayfair section. of course we'll keep our eye on this and update you as we get infor >> all right, it is time now in the meantime for a first check of the "action news" traffic report. >> let's go live to autumn marisa in for matt pelman on this friday in the "action news" traffic center. >> hi, brian and shar regional rail it's friday, everybody is wanting to get home and start their weekend. we have an accident to report on 95. this is northbound.u can see ite behind me just past girard avenue. we just saw the fire trucks and the ambulance pull away so hopefully that will be clearing out of the area because only one lane is getting by creating quite the backup behind it. moving along showing you the big picture speeds across the region dipping down into the teens onchuylkill expressway, on the blue route nice and slow going from about villanova all the way through media swarthmore. we had two accidents just clear, one, 95 southbound at cottman and one at the schuylkill expressway by 26th street so once those get out of the way we hope to see the

traffic moving along. another accident pennsylvania turnpike extension southbound at lansdale. you can see a long line of red there. we have an accident that was taking out both lanes. one lane getting by right now. northbound lanes getting up to the poconos not looking too bad. y expressway all those individuals heading down to the shore about a 15 minute delay from 295 down to the atlantic city expressway. you'll really see a slow down from the atlantic city airport up to the garden state parkway. and past the new jersey

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for financial help. and while she won't be getting out of jail any time soon a bucks county judge did agree today to reduce her bail. it's now been lowered from a million dollars to 10 percent of $250,000. stoltzfus and her husband daniel are charged with endangering the welfare of a child their own child. meals say the bucks county couple gifted their then 14-year-old daughter to that man right there, 51-year-old lee kaplan in exchange for helping their family out of financial ruin after a falling out with the amish church but her attorney denies that calling the police allegations against her false. her lawyer alsos they plan to push for even lower bail saying it's still too high. >> a quarter of a million dollars for a person with no past criminal record is -- is a very high bail. but we're respectful of the facts of the case and the fact that we have to pay deference to the seriousness of the

offense. >> the stoltzfus'ghter by the way is now 18 years old. she has two children by kaplan. 12 girls in total were removed from his feasterville home last month. kaplan and her husband daniel stoltzfus are also still behind bars. liminary hearing for all three has been set for august 2nd in district court in feasterville. brian. >> all right, alicia, thank you. a truck driver was crushed and killed by the cargo he was carrying today in montgomery county. chopper six was over light cap road where all this happened just before 8 o'clock this morning. police say the 62-year-old driver from texas arrived before business hours opened to delivery pvc pipes. he tried to unload the truck himself but those pipes apparently fell on top of him. he died at the scene and workers found him when they showed up for work that day. police have not told us his >> tuition is going up at

pennsylvania's 14 state run universities. the state's higher education board of governors approved a two and a half percent increase. that will bring tuition for most full-time pennsylvania residents to about $7,200 each year. the board says it's the smallest tuition increase in a decade. >> 92 in the corner of our screen as we turn once again to accuweathor some relief from this heat and humidity. >> it's just hot, right. >> yes. >> let's head over to meteorologist melissa magee. hi, melissa. >> hi, sharrie and brian. we're stillh of the delaware and lehigh valleys. one pla o, at least

try to go, down the shore. sky6 live in hd theremay, you ch umbrellas on the sand. a lot of folks trying to get some relief there but something int happening at the coast we'll

show you with that south facing wind. it's hotter when you look at the heat indices across the region in comparison to inland location. heat index in be 103, feels like 99 in cape may in comparison to right along that 95 corridor, it's 92 the feels-like number in philadelphia and 94 degrees in wilmington. the reason why that is occurring we've got higher dewpoint temperatures at the coast in comparison to areas north and west and that's why it feels hotter at the shore today. here's satellite6 along with action radar. you can see we've got sunshine and clouds across much of the we're tracking a frontal boundary that will move in as

ughout the rest of our weekend at least for the first half of the weekend on saturday. the call from accuweather for the rest of to and night, though, a few patchy clouds, moderately humid. we'll drop down to 68 in lancaster for the overnight low, 74 in philadelphia dropping down to 75 in cape may. the overnight low in allentown falling down to 66. future tracker6 showing you as you wake up tomorrow morning 9 o'clock in the morning it's a very warm start to the day feeling like 82 in philadelphia, a number of 76 in reading. as we go throughout the afternoon with that front pushing eastward a spotty shower or thunderstorm is likely. you could see that at 3 o' ty shower in philadelphia,

also for areas south and east so as we go throughout the day and the temperature by then coming in at 91 degrees. so, something to keep in mind as we go throughout our weekend. the dewpoints over the next four days, it's not so bad on saturday, on the lower scale, 63 degrees dewpoints, 66 on sunday so we get a brief break over the weekend but then that oppressive humidity comes back once again as we get into saturday and sunday so we're stuck in the soup and a bit of an unsettled pattern across our region as far as the heat and the humidity is concerned. so, we've got you covered. the weekend kickoff looks like this. amorrow a high of 85, sunshine and clouds, certainly a little better in comparison to the city. high of 91. hot and partly sunny and warm and rather comfortable up in the poconos, a high temperature in at 81. here's your four day at 4:00.

it looks like this the heat wave number three likely tomorrow. if we max out at 91, hot and still humid on sunday and at 93. summer sauna on the way on monday, high of 95 degrees. muggy with showers and storms still on tuesday, high of 89 degrees so it doesn't look like that break is coming any time soon. >> nope. >> stays hot over the weekend guys. >> still looking for it though. >> yes. >> thanks. >> you got it. >> still ahead, it's graduation day for a very unique dog. the pup that finished training today just in time to take on a very special assignment for the dnc. >> and a company selling popular nutritional supplements agrees to pay a popular nutritional supplements agrees to pay a huge penalty after regula. claim to be. claim to be. >> which didn't get me to my goal. victoza® works with your body to lower blood sugar in three ways-- in the stomach, the liver that has people all over the globe squinting, staring and searching. where is the cell phone in this picture? we may or may not help you coming up in big talkers. >> and we have some very exciting news here at abc. awful your favorite abc shows new and old are now available for you to watch whenever you want on your mobile devices. watch out pokemon go. download the new abc app from the apple app store and you'll get access to a full season from 38 different shows, you'll also get access to abc news programming and there are seven new comedy and lifestyle shows produced exclusively for the apps. if you already have the abc watch app, you don't have to do anything at all. it will automatically update to your. otherwise, search the abc app through the apple app store and download it. it is available for you today.

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>> based on how much they sell rather than how many people they are cute. speaking of paydays, it continues courtesy of the dow today. dow closing up 10 points in a

streak in record territory continues 18,516. the close on this friday afternoon. nasdaq falling moderately off just about four and a half points. s & p 500 also down just two points today. >> people in town for the dnc will be kept safe at least in part by two german shepherds with special training. police can k-9s nero and quest just graduated from the scent detector and patrol school in university city. they will sniff for drugs and explosives during the convention and coming up in two weeks, their handlers officers christopher narcan and richard donaldson will be right there with them. a place to eat, drink and enjoy the outdoors is reopening for the summer along the ben franklin parkway. the city threw a party to celebrate the the oval park at eakins oval. there's a beer garden, food

trucks, games and live music and a new colorful mural covering the grounds. the oval will stay opened for the next five weeks. >> perfects day to be under those umbrellas. >> uh-huh. >> still to come here on "action news" today, it is freebie friday and we're breaking down all of the deals that are free out there today. >> plus, this hot weather is especially difficult for outdoor workers. hear how they are coping with the heat. >> and wilmington firefighters spring to action after a man's rowboat capsizes in the christiana river.ose stories ane when "action news" comes right back today. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam , alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> ♪ >> it is 4:30 and we now know how much that the bridgegate scandal in new jersey has cost taxpayers there. >> plus, outdoor workers are doing their best to keep cool as we remain in excessive heat territory. >> and the windshield of a fire truck was shattered while firefighters were en route to a call in delaware. hear from those firefighters who still had a job to do. >> first we begin with the very latest on last night's deadly terror attack in nice france. at this hour the death toll stands at 84 people, 202 are injured, 52 of them in critical condition. police say a tunisian living in france drove a large truck through crowds that were celebrating bastille day along promenade de s anglais. he has been identified today as 31-year-old mohamed

bo investigators say he had a record of petty crime among the dead these two americans a father and son from texas. president obama has ordered flags at u.s. government facilities to be flown at half-staff for the next four days in memory of the victims. of course world news tonight with david muir will have much more on that deadly terror attack. you can see all that following "action news" at 6:00 tonight. >> ♪ >> in the meantime more breaking news. turkey's prime minister says a group within turkey's military has engaged in what appears to be an attempted coup. military jets were heard flying over the capitol. media reports say ambulances were seen in front of the turkish military headquarters. we're working to get the very latest details on this and we will bring them to you just as soon as we get them today. >> okay, turning now to the accuweather forecast. we are still under a heat warning at hour. >> yeah, that's right. the heat warning stays up

until 8 o'clock tonight guys. it's just for that i-95metr. it looks like it stays sticky as we head into our weekend. ou, we'll show you the picture. sky6 live in hd from our temple university camera looking at center city. you can see william penn there and city hall, a bit of a hazy sky at this hour. the temperature, it's a hot one at 92, the dewpoint isn't so bad and at 61 degrees so it feels like 92 in the city and comparison to locations at the coast it feels much hotter. if you're out at citizens bank park, the phils at home taking on the mets. first pitch around 7:05. that temperature 91 degrees and once we get into the ninth inning we're down to 85 degrees. it's partly cloudy and yes we have a touch of humidity in the air. so, we'll talk about what we can expect if you're heading down the coast today and really over the weekend. water temperatures are quite warm. 74 at the coast in atlantic city. 76 in llewes beach in delaware and 80 well to the south and east so pretty comfortable. that might be a good spot to

get some relief from the heat and the humidity if you're not heading on land today. and even over the weekend. more details with the full accuweather forecast. >> like bath water. >> all right, melissa, thank you. well, people whose jobs require them to be outside are really feeling the heat today. "action news"'s gray hall is live in hatboro montgomery county where roofers have been busy all day and gray, you had a chance to talk with them. >> reporter: indeed i did sharrie as you know for some people the work never stops. the roofers here tell me for a job like this it will take about two days or so, they say if you have a job on the inside, be thankful because if your office is on the outside, thering the heat. if you thought your job was tough, try roofing in extreme heat. >> this is probably one of the toughest jobs. road work maybe and, you know, being up there, you have no shade, it's all sun and it's just beating down on you. >> reporter: these workers with c and c family roofing and say when the heat is on they are on the job.

while many try to avoid going outside during the oppressive days of summer their livelihood depends on it. >> we can't say that it's too hot and, you know, we -- everybody has to eat and everybody's families. >> reporter: like other outdoor workers roofers also have a similar recipe to try and stay cool in the sizzling heat. a lot of water, we start early, we finish early, too. >> hydrated, hydrate is there what i can tell everybody. a lot of times ing and you're into the job and you don't realize that you are getting so hot. >> reporter: gary celek says there have bee

workers have been overcome by the heat and have had to stop working. this week the heat index has made it fee100 degrees outside n a roof, the temperature gets much hotter. >> we had a gun one time and we shot, you know, the temperature of the roof, we had a temperature gun, and it was over 150 degrees up there with the shingles and the black tar and it being so close to the sun. >> reporter: they admit the heat is relenderless and they are no match for the sun's aggressive warmth but it is what they do and they learn to cope with it. >> unless it's snowing or raining we can't do it we would tarp the roof. but the heat you know, we're out there. >> reporter: never too hot. >> never too hot, never too cold. >> reporter: never too hot, never too cold, the work continues outside of those water breaks and a cold towel around their face or neck, the workers also tell me they're grateful for any cloud cover they may get and any amount of breeze and of course they'll be watching the forecast over th ral days or so

hoping for some relief. live in hatboro, gray hall, channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> we are hoping for it. okay, gray, thank you. be sure to stay with 6abc.com/weather through the weekend for the latest on when the heat will eventually ease. the power of storm tracker6 live radar is a tap a-click or a swipe away and be sure to follow our meteorologists on facebook and twitter for their updates as well. >> from our delaware news room today a newark fire crew had q a scare en route to a fire last night. that's because something hit the windshield of the aetna hook and ladder company's engine eight as it was responding to that call. now aware of their

firefighters didn't stop and continued on to the oak tree . >> that's a very close call. the driver actually got g ng at e windshield was broken on the

>> now, officials say they'll have to custom order a new windshield because it's an older vehicle. the estimate is just about $1,000. but there are two bits of good news here. first and foremost no one was hurt and the fire they were responding to turned out to be a minor incident caused by wilmington fire department rescued a man from the christiana river this morning at 10:30 officials say the man's rowboat capsized near harry's savoy grille along the wilmington riverfront. he was able to call for help before the boat took on water. 18 fire officials responded and brought that plan to man to safety. >> tim mcclanahan is being honored this weekend in dover way light display at the state capitol. mcclanahan was killed when he fell from a helicopter during a training exercise monday in georgetown. he's a standout football player in the nationalball leags weekend he's back in his hometown of philadelphia to make a positive difference.

sharrif floyd of the minnesota vikings stopped by the 6abc studios this afterno tonight he's hosting a charity auction raising funds for the children of fallen police officer and sergeant of course robert wilson, iii. officer wilson was killed in the line of duty during a shootout at a game store back in 2015 while buying a game for his son's birthday. well, floyd who is a george washington high school graduate from north philadelphia is teaming up with the philadelphia fraternal order of police to make sure wilson and his family are not forgotten. >> to give back to the kids, you know, they lost their father. i know what it's like not to have a father and being that single parent home and they just got hit so surprisingly with it and they mourning and things like that. i just felt like they needed something positive in their lives. >> well, tonight's auction and meet and greet starts at 7 o'clock at chickie's and pete's in south philadelphia on packer avenue. he's also hosting a camp, a football camp in the community tomorrow. >> a wonderful and worthy effort there. the democratic national convention a little more than a week away now and while security is always a top concern, last night's attack in france has of course brought it once again to the forefront. "action news" anchor rick williams live with the details emerging on this today. hi, rick. >> hi, brian. that's right today we talked with the secret service and they told us about some of the measures they are taking to make sure convention goers and

visitors will be safe during the democratic national convention. they told us about the threats they are preparing for and they are certainly watching events around the world. they've explored the possibility as a matter of fact of truck attacks like the one that happened in nice and are ready with plans to preventer something like that from happening here. more on that tonight at 5:00. also coming up tonight the pokemon go mishaps continue. this time two mentum bell off of a cliff in california trying to catch a character. now that and other accidents have police issuing new warnings to players. those those and much more when we see you in just a little bit on "action news at 5:00. until then back to the studio. brian we'll see you later. >> rick see you shortly. lots of kids get to build model spacecraft at some point in their school but most of them will never have it tested by a real astronaut. dr. bernard harris jr. the first african-american to walk in space helped these lucky kids make their own space landerrers today and he put them to the test during simulated planetary landing there. it is. this is dr. harris' summer science camp at temple university. he gotten camps like this nationwide and he always gets some help from exxon mobile engineers. the kids lo

>> ♪ >> some good news for drivers out there who will have a quicker way to get between two major roads in montgomery county. this is an image of what this will look like. crews have started building an interchange to connect the pennsylvania turnpike and the lafayette street extension in

plymouth township. only people with e-z pass will be able to use this interchange. penndot announced th beginning of construction today and it should take a few years they say. >> taxpayers in new jersey have spent more than $8 million to pay for the governor's lawyer's in the bridgegate scandal. the attorney general says governor chris christie's private attorneys billed the state $8.2 million since they were hired in 2014. governor christie is not charged in the case but prosecutors say two of the governor's former allies were involved. >> ♪ >> big talkers now and talk about loving where you work and who you work for. this guy dan price, the one who is really happy right there, this guy right here, he's a ceo of gravity payments in seattle. he has been called the best boss ever. why? well, last year he surprised all of his employees by raising the minimum wage for the entire team to $70,000 a year. so, 33 decided to thank him right back with a pretty big surprise of their own. >> oh, my god. are you kidding me? >> no. [laughter] >> thank you. >> the thing he was hugging there, yeah, that's a new car and not just any car, a tesla. his team, his employees, say they all pitched in and they

bought him his dream car as a way to thank him for all the sacrifices he's made and for always putting them first. now, if that's not a cool place to work, but so is this by the way. it is the latest viral internet craze that has been having people staring squinting and searching intently to find the cell phone. yes, there is a cell phone in this picture but just where is driving people absolutely bonkers. a radio personality from the philippines uploaded the photo facebook asking people can you help me find my cell phone. here's a clue. it's on the carpet. clearly her cell phone cover matches the exact pattern on that rug. so -- yes, it is there and i will give you only one teenie bit of help, it's to the right of the bottom leg right there. i mean, you probably still can't even find it. think cell phone camera lens and flash, that will maybe help you. for the full answer you'll have to head to the "action news" facebook page where you will continue to squint and stare i assure you.

and finally a hilarious much needed and wildly viral spoof on this o whole pokemon go craze. new jersey comedian dina blizzard poking a little fun at the phenomenon for all the fellow moms out there and this is being shared faster than you can pour a glass. >> there's actually a glass really close to my house right now let's go find it. let's chardonnay go. oh, my gosh, it says it's close by. is it over here? no, it's not. oh, a found it. chardonnay go. it paid off. [laughter] >> right. i meaning come on do we need this on a friday or what. the mom blogger's hilarious video using her spoof app to hunt down glasses of chardonnay driving around the neighborhood knocking down other moms for the much coveted glass. her video has been shared more than 300,000 times. people think that this is just a riot. sadly, blizzard's chardonnay

go app is not real, not yet but please developers let's get this thing going, okay. clearly people are into it. >> i have no -- i have no doubt that that will become a thing. >> this is hilarious. i love it. >> please fiend's find as you f wine. >> let's get another check of the roads right now. >> autumn standing by with the update. hi, autumn. >> hi, brian and sharrie. for the record pokemon go and chardonnay go a no on the roads.taking a look at the schuylkill expressway here we are right around montgomery. we have a disabled vehicle just moved out of the way. you can see a slow commute if you're heading down to the city from the blue route to the vine taking you about 45 minutes right now. one of the slower roadways, the schuylkill. another one jammed on the eastbound lanes of the vine street expressway. now this is because of that earlier accident on 95 northbound right at girard. that had been cleared out of the way. all lanes are reopened but you can see at a crawl there if you're heading towards 95 or to the ben franklin bridge.

speeds across the region dipping down into the single digits. on the schuylkill 9 miles per hour. slow going on the blue route from the schuylkill expressway down to 95 taking you about 45 minutes now on the blue route. a few incidents to tell you about. the pennsylvania turnpike westbound past downingtown we have a vehicle fire offer to the shoulder right now and the northeast extension southbound past lansdale an accident that was taking out all lanes only taking out one lane right now. one more for you. 295 southbound past woodcrest station an accident to report. keep an eye on things and bring you an update in the 5 o'clock hour. back to you brian and sharrie. >> autumn thank you. still to come it's freebie friday so we'll tell you about all the things that you can get for free. >> and we'll step outside on this friday afternoon if you're not there physically you are there mentally. we are, too. sky6 looking live over atlantic city the beach is packed this afternoon. meteorologist melissa magee with your weekend forecast and your exclusive accuweather 7-day coming up next. >> ♪

>> time for another check of the accuweather forecast. >> set aside the fact that it's extremely hot out there, it is friday. >> it is friday. you should be happy about that. >> we are. >> as we heads into the rest of our weekend we should celebrate that it's going to stay hot. [laughter] >> we'll show you the picture outside. chopper 6hd outside high above the skies looking at the center city skyline. we've got a hazy, hot and humid day and i ke the haze and the hot weather will continue as we head into our weekend. here is storm tracker6 live double scan radar. you can see it's dry, it's quiet. no issues with precipitation but as we get into saturday afternoon it could be a spotty or pop-up shower or thunderstorm. currently in philadelphia it's 92. 91 in allentown. 91 in beach haven. 89 degrees at the coast in

cape may. 80 in the poconos. you factor in the heat and the humidity it ceels much hotter in certain locations. we've got higher dewpoint temperatures at the coast so it's actually hotter here in comparison to inland locations feeling like just 81 in the poconos. compare that to 101 in cape may. we've got a heat index at this hour in beach haven and ac coming in in the upper 90's. here is satellite six along with action radar. we've got sunshine a mixture of clouds across the region. we're tracking some energy off to our south that will work its way into our region as we go throughout the start of our weekend. so the call from accuweather tonight a few patchy clouds moderately humid dropping down to 66 in the suburbs and 74 degrees in philadelphia for the overnight low with that west to southwesterly wind. here's the setup for us on our saturday. it's partly sunny. we've got this frontal boundary kind of hung up across our region so the high tomorrow 91 degrees. we're tracking that moisture that comes in. you can see as we go throughout the afternoon hours on saturday we've got a pop-up shower or storm. on sunday it stays hot and noticeably more humid.

high temperature coming in at 93 degrees and it doesn't look like we're going to break this pattern even as we get into early next week. so, if you're traveling down the shore tomorrow, this is the place to be to get some relief. sunshine and clouds on saturday, a high of 85. 85 on sunday underneath a mostly sunny sky. the air temperature, the ocean temperature coming in at 74. up in the poconos on saturday it's warm, it's nice and at 81 degrees and sunday sunshine, a few clouds, a high temperature in at 80 it looks like we'll have lower dewpoints to the north of philadelphia in comparison to the city and points to their south over the week. here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. heat wave number three likely on saturday with a high temperature up to 91. hot still rather humid on sunday and at 93 degrees that summer sauna continues. back to work on monday with a high up to 95. muggy with showers and storms on tuesday and at 89. 86 on wednesday. that's going to be a nice day turning less hum.

but we're back up into the 90's as we get into next thursday and into next friday, guys so the heat certainly rolls on and it looks like heat wave number three on the way as well. >> okay. >> nothing we can do about it. >> freebie friday is coming up next.

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bring a little money for a beer afterwards if you want one. it's happening thursday nights at 7 o'clock. and as you heard earlier, the oval on the ben franklin parkway officially opens for the summer season today and on friday nights they screen free movies with the art museum as the backdrop. tonight at 8:00 it's pitch perfect. they have free concerts family and fitness classes for the whole summer all kinds of fun on top. the full list on 6abc.com. have a great weekend uglies fun ones there alicia. thank you. that will do it for "action news at 4:00. for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli adam joseph melissa magee, i'm brian taff. hope you'll join me along with sharrie adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every flight for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look at what's ahead at 5 o'clock. >> hi there. coming up next at 5:00 the attack in nice france is giving new urgency to security here at the democratic national convention. how law enforcement is preparing for new possibilities. >> also new jersey lawmakers take new steps to increase police accountability. we'll tell about i was measure being introduced that would change the way police shootings are investigated. >> and another day another accident with pokemon go. what two men in california did when their character went off a cliff. >> i can only imagine.

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