smashing into pedestrians who were leaving a fireworks show. he was killed by police gunfire. the french prime minister said he is a terrorist linked to radical islam. other reports say he was not known to french or american intelligence. president obama president obama attempted the american resolve during the american diplomatic corps at the white house. >> well not deter and well not relentful we'll keep taking out isil leaders and pushing let thm back in syria and iraq and destroy this vial terrorist organization. two americans were killed in the attack, sean copeland and his son brody. a student from california is

missing. let's go live to jennette reyes at the eastern state penitentiary in philadelphia. she is there because they are holding bastille cel abrasions tomorrow -- celebrations tomorrow. >> reporter: many in the french community say they are grieving with their country. the eastern state pent tells me their big -- penitentiary tells me their big plans for tomorrow will go on now for even more reason. nice is the third french city to be hit with a major act of terror in 19 months. one of our teams show students from philadelphia witnessed the horror unfold. >> one of our students called us this morning left a message on the answering machine she was crying and she said we're in the middle of it. it's one thing to see things on television and another thing to

be there right there. the city of brotherly love is days away from it's own event. security will be at the highest in the area a number of roads were already going to be closed to traffic. >> it doesn't change the plan because we account for special incidents like this. that's why you'll erod -- see road closures. >> reporter: sean kelly said a celebration mug on. >> we think its important to celebrate unity and freedom. there's no better year. >> reporter: kelly said those who vow who attack the freedoms an principles of france must know they failed. >> our reaction is sum up in three words, viva la france.

>> reporter: later in the a. there will be a vigil at valley forge park and many people will come together in the french community, national park, rather, will come together to remember the victims lost in the attack. reporting live jennette reyes. >> thank you, there is breaking news from else where in europe tonight where a military c. coup is underway. marble law is in effect -- marital law is in effect. to insure that the rule of law reigns in the country. aircraft has been seen flying over the capital. ambulances seen in front of military headquarters. there's no news on the location

of president erdogan. david muir will have more on the coup in turkey and the french truck terror attack. on the political front tonight, donald trump resorted to twitter to make the official announcement he had chosen indiana governor mike pence to be his running mate. he postpone his splashy ordeal because of the attack in france. sarah bloomquist is live in cleveland. what's the big story there a couple of days before the convention begins? >> >> reporter: well, in light of what happened in france, a veterans spokesperson told us today they have reviewed the security plan. but you have to remember this is aurity plan that's in the

works for over a year with local state and federal law enforcement all involved. we are here outside quicken loans and the site of the rnc advectionly known as the q in cleveland. cleveland will be seeing security like philadelphia saw when we hosted a visitor from the vatican. downtown cleveland will look like philadelphia during the papal visit. many roads will be closed all week long because of the convention. >> if you keep in mind that this is kind of a puzzle, everyday that we've been planning this, every puzzle piece has been put into position. >> reporter: that includes the business prospect avenue most of which will be open to pedestrians only. locals say it will be a nuisance but nothing they cannot handle. >> you have to roll with it, it's what we have to do to get

through. >> reporter: businesses in the area will have delivery sent to a remote site for inspection before the cargo gets escorted in for drop off. >> we're is to going in on whatever we can, for everyone else there's a couple of sites you have to be checked in. security checkpoints will be set up on some streets where security officials and k-9 will be checking cars. >> we encourage people to come downtown. they may have to apartment their plans or change their hours to get in. >> reporter: philadelphia police westbound in cleveland for the rnc to over. they are gathering as much information as possible for when the democrat arrive in philadelphia one week later. >> this is about building on what you all know and not necessarily you know starting all over again from sketch. we have the foundation, we have the rnc and the papal visit

we're not going to act like we've never done this are -- before. >> reporter: construction got underway at a frenetic pace. >> tomorrow the security sweep will takes place in quicken loans arena we have to be completed with the build out by 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. >> reporter: just a few weeks ago a judge ordered cleveland to reduce the size of the heighten security event zone following a challenge from the aclu. cleveland officials have increased their protest insurance by five times up to $50 million. police officers from across the country will be assisting. 3,000 people rnc officials telling us they are prepared. live in cleveland, ohio, sarah bloomquist which i channel 6 "an

news." >> our live coverage continues through the final gavel next thursday, i'll have the pleasure, no the honor of joining sarah bloomquist in cleveland this come weekend, look for our live report all week long. and we now know some of the speakers for the democratic national convention in philadelphia. first lady michelle obama and bernie sanders on july 25th. bill clinton is expected to speak often tuesday the 26 followed by president obama and joe biden on wednesday. and the it wraps up with hillary clinton and her daughter chelsea organ thursday, july 28. come coming up on "action news" tonight. bail is reduced for the mother charged with gifting her teenage daughter to a bucks county man. but she won't be getting out of jail anytime soon. the phillies are back from the all star break. we'll go live to the ballpark

for a preview of the tonight's matchup. >> reporter: we hit 90 degrees for the second day in a row and the heat continues through the weekend. i'll have that and the shore and the poconos in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> water main break shut down business inayunk today.at and m" continues.

>> mine street in manayunk -- main street in manayunk become the scene of a water main break. it caused damage to manayunk merchants. video -- vernon odem has the

latest. a water main triggered a flood into the basement of a popular restaurant and wine bar and destabilizing the building. the owner said he lost his entire wine and food inventory when the basement flooded. >> it will be a while before i can get anybody into the space. i need a structural career before we can let -- engineer before we can let anyone in there. >> it's a tough day for coopers restaurant who will be miss thei. >> reporter: the predawn flooding was an ominous sign of what the rest of the day would be like. water service was stopped and the gas shut off to the east side of the 43 and 4400 blocks of main street meaning a lot of establishments could not open on their busy friday. >> looks like we'll be open tomorrow, we're lucky that we suffered no damage.

we had water, but no damage. >> reporter: on the the north side of main street, the businesses had no water or power interruption but there was flooding damage that forced them out of business today and tonight. >> the bottom line is i need to clean up i can't open. >> city worker will be here well into the night. in the meantime, many restaurants even on the stricken block will be open for business tonight. along with much of the rest of the manayunk. in manayunk, vernon odem channel 6 "action news." >> a bucks county judge has reduced bail for the woman skewed of gifting her daughter to man in feasterville, but she won't be getting out of jail anytime soon. the attorney said that bail is still too high for the woman with limited resources that stands at 10% of $250,000 down from a million. she and her husband are charged

with endangering the welfare of a child. she gifted their 14-year-old daughter to lee lee kaplan in ce for financial help. we're seeing designs on the move to connect communities on either side of the vine street expressway. the every place count design challenge. let's do that again. the every place count design challenge took a verse -- diverse group and look at the neighborhoods. a standout player is back in his hometown to make a positive impact. shyrice floyd stopped by to talk about a fund fundraiser that is hosting tonight for robert wilson iii. tonight's auction and meet and

greet begins at 7:00 p.m. at chickee and pete's in south philadelphia.

>> phillies are back home for the metsys. what a way to start the first half of the second half of the season. the phillies were doing very well and we hope they mimic the weather and stay hot for the second half of the season. jeff skeverski is live at the park where they take on it is mets. >> reporter: ducis you could make the argument this could be the toughest stretch of the entire season for the phillies they are 6 games out of the wild card spot. the two teams they are chasing, the mets and the marlins they are playing at citizens bank park. the phillies could make up a lot of grounds over the next week. pete mccann none matter of fact before tonight's game. he believes they will fight for the wild card spot giving the manager and the phillies a little more confidence the fact that they won ten of their final

games. the bats are red hot. phillies are the best heating team in the baseball over the last 3 1/2 weeks. my goal isn't to win the world series it's to try to get the wild card it's in reach. it's the only way i can look at it. >> you can't look at that right now. 75 games left. there's a lot of baseball to be played and a lot of things can happen in between now and then. it can go either way we have to play good baseball like we have been and going in the right direction. >> reporter: and boy has cameron r up -- r upp playing great. we're live at the ballpark. jeff skeverski channel 6 "action news." >> reporter: thank so so much.

to basketball now, it took two years to get him here, but once he got to philadelphia it didn't the team long to sign him. he arrived at the team offices at the navy yard to sign the contract. the deal is $10 million over four years. he is a 6'10" ford who can -- forward who can handle the ball. >> there was a lot of talk about where and when it was going to happen. it's official he has signed hiso announce that today and i would like to welcome you to philadelphia. >> all righty then, tom bladey has given up, he has dropped his attempt to overturned the four game suspension. he wrote on facebook he will no longer proceed with the legal

process. he was shutn by the u.s. circuit court of appeals. the players association said it reserves its right to peel to the supreme court. phil mickelson fresh off 63 off the championship hopes the magic continues through the weekend. not the best weather in royal troon in scotland. he came about an inch away look how close he comes to acing the 8th hole. pull the string, it's going in, maybe not. lefty shoots a 69 today ten under with a one stroke streak. >> a group. middle school students were given a chance to work along astronaut. he created the two week summer science camp at temple university. he has the honor to be the first african-american to walk in

spray and programs like this encourages students to consider math and science careers.

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accuweather forecast, do we get relief in the next couple of days. >> reporter: no. the humidity levels stay moderate but we'll stay in the 90s. it will be day two of the five day heat wave. >> reporter: storm tracker 6

live double scan showing no rain to provide any relief. even on the beaches you have a land breeze not a sea breeze. sky6 live hd showing people on the beach along theater cooling off in that ocean, the ocean temperature in the low 70s right now. today was hot, but not quite brutal as yesterday. yesterday the air temperature 96 withn the 70s. the heat index soared up to 103. today our high a little bit cooler 93 degrees, but we had dewpoints in the 60s. the heat index the highest in philadelphia. 94 degrees, nine degrees cooler than yesterday. the dewpoints shows you the next four days we keep the moderate heat levels through the weekend. tomorrow, 64. 68 on sunday. we're back in the steam bath on monday, dewpoints in the 70s and showers and thunderstorms. monday we could have another day of excessive heat warnings. heat indices in the 90s. feels like 94 in philadelphia.

09 in trenton and allentown. feels like 93 at the atlantic city airport. hot in beach haven, the heat index 97. dover, 98. the poconos look at that, a breath of fresh air the heat index 80 degrees. satellite and radar, showing good amount of sunshine today high, thin clouds. as you look to the west you can see the line of showers that's the cold front that will move in over the weekend and kind of fall apart. tonight it will be rain free and partly cloudy and moderate humidity warm night. 74 in philadelphia. 66 in llentown, 75 in make up kay. tomorrow, a ripple ever energy we could get a few spotty thunderstorms developing in the afternoon. i don't think they will be that widespread. otherwise partly sunny, hot high of 91. sunday, temperature up at that notch 93 degrees a little more humidity on sunday, as well. better the two days as far as

humidity levels saturday. if you're heading to the peach. the ocean temperature, 73. 85 degrees on saturday, late-day thunderstorm possible. sunday, 85 heading up to the poconos. quite a bit cooler up there. the high 81 tomorrow and sunday, sun, a few clouds and high of 80. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, the heat goes on, 91 degrees tomorrow, late-day thunderstorm more humid on sunday, 93. monday is when we get in the steam bath 95 with the heat index close to 100. tuesday a cold front brings us showers and thunderstorms, muggy, 89. the pick of the week, next week, will be wednesday, 86 degrees, mostly sunny less humid enjoy it, because we heat back up to 90 on thursday and friday, hazy, hot and humid high of 92. so some relief ask on the way, but it doesn't come until wednesday. >> eakens oval has become a

bigger summer hangout spot. a ribbon cutting opening five weeks of entertainment and refreshment. it will feature movies at night and food trucks and beer beer garden and dance and fitness classes. the summer oasis will be open through sunday, august 28 on oaken over. "action news" continues on phl17 with brian taff and ducis rogers and joins us at 11:00 p.m. for cesily tynan, ducis rogers, jeff skeverski and the entire "action news" team. i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us at 11:00 p.m.

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tonight, a major breaking story as we come on. a military coup under way right now in turkey. tanks on the move. military jets flying overhead. passenger planes forced to divert. reports of gunfire. chaos in the streets. arrests under way. the u.s. state department warning americans in turkey to shelter in place and stay indoors. as the white house now monitors this closely. a major u.s. ally, where this coup is unfolding. we have team coverage. also tonight, the terror in france. the 20-ton truck. new reporting on the driver. the american victims. the father and son. and the urgent search now for the american student. amid heightened security here in the u.s. could an attack like this, a