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it has been a tumultuous night in turkey, one of america's most important allies. a facts on in the military staged a coup attempt and it has played out live on television. the it is now 6:00 in the morning in ankara and istanbul and it appears that the government of president erdogan has retain or regain control of the country. at least it appears that way. friday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is an uprising that appeared to threaten the status quo and

stability in turkey. military forces sent planes, flying well over the capitol of ankara and soldiers took command of the two bridges out office tan bull. at one point it had been feared that the military fired on civilians on the bridge. explosions were reported in both cities, and, according to state run media, at least 42 people were killed in ankara. president erdogan was out of the country on vacation when this whole thing started to day, when the cow plotters announced they were in full control of the country. erdogan resort todd using face time to communicate with cnn turning, that is how's dressed the country in the height of the attempted coup. he called on citizens to flood streets and thousands came to the airport to welcome his return. he delivered a speech saying plotters were just a minority of the military but that he will make them pay, those are his word. it appears that erdogan has regained control over the

government and is currently rounding up the plotters who try to bring him down, 130 arrests so far. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live in the satellite center, and jeff, one of the truly curious elements about this whole thing is that there is a direct connection between the cruise attempt and pennsylvania. specifically an individual who is living in rural monroe county. >> reporter: that is right, jim. world watched the events unfold in turkey today but few, as intensely as muslim preach inner northeastern, pennsylvania. he fled the country, years ago with you today that turkish president singled him out. >> tonight we find out that erdogan says it thinks guy in the poconos, guland who is responsible for this coup against me. >> reporter: and cities in turkey the nation's president is blaming the attempted coup on his once political rival guland who lives in exile in sailorsberg monroe county.

on turkish tver erdogan says you cannot run this country from pennsylvania. he had turzanski says it ties early to know hoist calling the shots but says uprising isn't surprising. president erdogan has push for strict islamic law and allowing ice toys use the country to transport weapons and fighters. then the bombing at last month's istanbul airport. >> with the attack on the airport in istanbul, what you saw was deep popular dissatisfaction, with erdogan, the belief that his policies, had put the country in real danger. >> reporter: owners of the this turkish restaurant in south philadelphia are watching the situation carefully, and want erdogan out of power. their thoughts are with the family members back in turkey who are largely in the dark about what is happening. >> i just seen a text from my niece, in turkey, and she texted her father, she's like what is going on, dad, we're scared, what is going to

happen. >> reporter: meanwhile turzanski says the implications of this attempt are immense and leave american leaders in the tight spot. >> these coups have happened before and each time american policy makers have had to square the circle, to find the way to have constructive engagement while at the same time not encouraging coups. >> reporter: guland's non-profit organization release aid statement denying involvement in the attempted coup. we condemn any military intervention in domestic politics have of turkey. he was charged and tried in absence a earlier this year for trying to over throw the government. turkey has unsuccessfully demanded his extradition from the united states. live from the satellite center, jeff chirico for channel six "action news". jim? thanks, jeff. this is the scene today in nice, france as they towed away the white truck that was used in the deadly weapon last night. this was the 19th -- 19-ton

truck that the 31 year-old mohammad burrell drove into crowds in the the bastille day revellers killing 84 of them and injuring hundreds more. officials in france say that burrell was a tunisia national, known to police only as a petty criminal. he was not known to intelligence services. two of the victims were americans. fifty-one year-old sean copeland and his 11 year-old son, brody. they were from austin texas and vacationing with the rest of their families. boy's youth baseball coach said brody was funny, popular, fun to be around, just one of a kind kid. in washington president obama reaffirmed america's resolve against terrorism. >> we will not be deterred. we will not relent. we will keep working together to prevent attacks and tea fend our home land. we are going to keep taking out isil leaders and pushing isil back in syria and eye

rack. >> "action news" will have continuing coverage, of the france truck attack throughout the weekend on six abc and six abc.com. a 64 year-old man is philadelphia's latest homicide victim. he was killed amid a hail of gunfire at 8:45 tonight during a triple shooting in north philadelphia. it happened on the 2800 block of north nine street near somerset. a 48 year-old would hand was shot in the chest and she's in critical condition at temple university hospital. a 15 year-old girl was also struck, she is in stable condition. well, philadelphia police are trying to unravel a mystery over the discovery of a body in mayfair this afternoon. they found that body in the trunk of the car. live at police headquarters is "action news" reporter dan cuellar, dan, what is the story here. >> reporter: well, jim, it is a terrible tragedy that remains under investigation tonight. family had reported her missing and feared the worst. today, their worst fears

became painfully clear. >> at this point we will get her out of the car because she hot she don't like to be hot. she don't like to be hot. she wants to get out. >> reporter: shocking circumstances of a grieving mother's sense of reality how could it be her daughter's body in the trunk of the car in the 2500 block of leon street, a few blocks from her home in mayfair. her beautiful daughter tinika ballard was only 23 years old, not even in the prime of her life, and mother of a three-year old little girl named molly. >> her daughter is three. she would never do that. and to have to find her car, in eye view right around the corner it doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: after ballard went missing july 6th her family put out flyers around the neighborhood. flyers have her pictures and explained she was last seen driving her white four door chevy cruz. family filed a missing persons report on monday. around noon time to take family members spotted her car. >> i got out and check the license plate. the as i did i noticed something coming from the trunk of the car, a bad smell,

rotten: it was my sister. >> reporter: police would confirm it was ballard's body, there were no signs of foul play but medical examiner would have to determine cause and manner of death. her mother says her daughter had been depressed, going through changes. >> bad relationship she had and stressing. she lost her apartment. she was going to lose her car. she was going to lose her phone. she could not pay nothing. she was stressing out. he didn't want to be here no more. >> reporter: family members were in disbelief dredging out regions out of the shadows to explain away the very painful possibility that ballard may have taken her own life. >> it just wasn't her just to disappear, without any kind of a contact. >> reporter: this is all now in the hand of police, the car, will be carefully examined, by investigators, and me will conduct an autopsy to determine if this was a homicide or something entirely different. live from police headquarters i'm dan cuellar for channel six "action news". >> thanks, dan.

so, get ready to sweat it out this weekend because meteorologist cecily tynan said we're not even halfway through an expected heat wave. cecily, lets get all of the facts and figure from accu weather. >> jim, we are in day two of what will likely be a five take heat wave. it began yesterday with the high of 96. heat index 103. today 92 degrees with the heat index of 94. so not quite as intense today but saturday, sunday, and monday, temperatures, yet again will be in the 90's and i think monday the heat index could be up around 100 degrees again. your saturday day planner showing already by 10:00 o'clock temperatures up to 85. we will hit 90's by two in the afternoon and late in the afternoon could get pop up showers and thunderstorms. we will have details on that and weekend including the shore and poconos coming up in the full accu weather seven day forecast, jim. thanks, cecily. there is a report out there that at about midnight last

night, donald trump, and his staff, asked his staff if he could change his mind and ask someone other than mike pence to be his running mate. he was told in no uncertain terms, no. today governor pence emerged from his hotel with his family and was immediately swarmed by a huge media throng and he said all of the right things. >> i'm excited to be joining the ticket tomorrow with donald trump. i think he will be a great president. i look forward to carrying his message all across this country in the the months ahead and serving with him in the next administration. >> trump announced pence as his running mate on twitter this morning. he will publicly introduce pence tomorrow morning. many in the republican establishment have had rave reviews, about trump's choice of mike pence. "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist is live at the site of the republican national convention in cleveland, where trump and pence will be the stars of the

show but they are not the only ones in the city trying to attract attention, good evening, sarah. >> reporter: good evening, jim. yes, protesters are on the move here, already. although at this point their numbers are small. we know that will change. this city and this police force has spent months getting ready not just for protesters but for any security risk. >> black lives matter, black lives matter. >> reporter: in downtown cleveland tonight protesters marched to the name of black lives matter. dozens of cleveland police officers followed closely behind, videotaping their every move. police departments from across the country are send nothing 2500 officers, to assist the 500 cleveland police, dedicated to the convention. federal agencies will help. >> we have within dhs some 3,000 personnel that will be dedicated to the security of the republican national convention, and the democrat

he can national convention, each. >> reporter: fencing is going up, barricade ready to go, surveillance cameras wire, road will be closed, air monitors are in place, several common centers are operational. this security plan has been in the works for more than a year. >> i mean this area from july 18th to july 21st is really going to be just about the safees place in the entire world. security forces that we have had on the ground here for more than a year are top notch. >> reporter: that is outside, inside today... local students inflated 125,000 balloons that will drop from the convention ceiling. the stage is set but the final security sweep set for tomorrow evening. construction was completed in record time because the nba finals here just last month. >> never been done before in less than five weeks but as we say it takes democrats a little bit longer to finish things. >> reporter: hang on, it is a little partisan here.

>> i think that is all in good fun. >> reporter: cleveland resident are ready to show off their city and hoping police can handle what is ahead. >> i think they have had their practices. they have had recent history here in cleveland that they have been testing and protests. so, i don't know, i think they are well prepared. >> reporter: for all of the concerns, this city is energized especially after winning that nba title. they have done a great deal of work to beautify the city, clef land can't wait for it movement in the national spotlight. live from cleveland ohio i'm sarah bloomquist for channel six "action news". >> jim. >> thanks, save me a seat i will join sarah in cleveland this weekend. our live coverage of the republican national convention, continues on the air, and on social media, through the final gavel on thursday. hillary clinton spent time today meeting with a couple of potential running mates, this is video of colorado governor

john hickenlooper before his meeting with clinton today. he founded a brew pub in denver, went on to be the city's mayor and then governor. camera also caught elizabeth warren arriving for her second meeting with hillary clinton in the past month. we have learn that the first lady michelle obama and bernie sanders are set to head line dnc's first night monday july 25th. former president bill clinton is scheduled to speak on tuesday, president barack obama and vice-president joe biden will speak on wednesday. the convention wraps up with the presumptive nominee, she will be the official nominee, hillary clinton and her daughter chelsea on thursday the 28th. meanwhile a live coverage from the democratic national convention begins one week from today, right here on channel six. still to come on "action news" tonight the city comes to terms with its largest union

and funeral services for officer sterling, draws some top officials today. ducis rodgers with the sixers getting their man, cecily. high 92 degrees today, that heat hold on through the weekend i will detail what to expect including the shore and poconos in the accu weather seven day forecast. those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight.

it was a final good bye for alton sterling today in baton rouge, speakers of the 37 year-old's funeral have been calling for justice in the wake of his death. sterile who was black, was shot and killed on july 5th by 2 white police officers. his death and cell phone videos of the shooting have sparked nationwide protest to two senior advisors to president obama, also attended the funeral to take.

hundreds of the black lives matter protestors assembled outside philadelphia city hall tonight to remember sterling, philando castille and tamer wright who were killed. this was one of the many at city hall across the country organized under the name together we stan. philadelphia's largest union has a four year labor contract district council 33, representing over 7,000 members. new contract provides a have staff wage increase, provides additional money for the health fund and it is expected to strengthen the pension fund. d.c. 33 president says he is please todd recommend his contract, this contract, to his membership. there is some of the first designs, here they are, for an effort to connect communities on either side of the vine street expressway. the every place counts design challenge gathered ideas from urban planners, elect officials and diverse group of local residents. the neighborhoods in question,

the expressway between sixth and 15th street. water service has been finally restored tonight along main street in manayunk just in time for the busy weekend crowds. a water main burst at 4:30 this morning flooding the 43 and 4400 blocks and when it receded, it left behind mud, mock and buildings with structural cracks and restaurant that lost food stored in flooded basement. water department crews finished repairs at 8:30 tonight, some 16 hours after it happened. septa has a plan to make monday's commute a little bit better, transit agency is leasing five additional train cars to ease the crowding. eighteen leased cars are already on the tracks which added 1700 seats, septa expects to keep using leased trains through august and adjust schedules as more capacity is needed. weekend accu weather forecast, cecily tynan. >> great week toned head to the water park or a pool.

the just try to find water. it will be a hot one. storm tracker six live double scan showing we have rain free conditions out there, tonight, and yet another beautiful, sunset, this was tweeted to me, from michelle from great egg harbor bay near new jersey and you can see blue skies. just a few fair weather cloud. the sunnies now setting, at 8:29 after more than a month offsetting after 8:30. so it shows that our summer days are moving by pretty quickly. jim's groaning over there. right now 82 degrees in philadelphia it is certainly a warm friday night. reading 80. trenton 81. wilmington 80 degrees. humidity up from earlier today. typically at night dew points to rise. we have dew points in the upper 60's to around 70. definitely feels humid today. we have dew points in the low to mid 60's, and that is where they will be tomorrow. now satellite six with along

with action radar showing we have been getting debris, cloudiness across coastal new jersey all from this shower and thunderstorms across virginia. that is moving out to sea. but there is a cold front that is moving from the midwest and it will be washing out as we get there but it could provide us some showers and thunderstorms late in the day. the morning we will see a good amount of sunshine at 9:00 o'clock future tracker showing already 83 degrees in philadelphia quite warm. as we head in the afternoon temperatures back in the lower 90's. you can see spotty thunderstorms develop in the afternoon. it is a situation they will be not widespread, for areas will not get any but those that see them can get a quick heavy downpour. then behind this system on sunday, it gets even hotter. it gets more humid. 93 degrees. dew points will be up in the upper 60's and then on monday that high pressure slide to the east. we will get strong flow out of the southwest, that will bump temperatures in the mid 90's and heat index likely close to

a hundred. monies a tough day. down the shore this weekend pretty nice beach weather, 72 degrees the ocean temperature. temperatures in the mid 80's with more cloud mixing with sunshine tomorrow. mostly sunny skies on sunday and poconos a breath of fresh air low humidity up there 81 degrees on saturday and sunday 80 degrees for the high. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast heat wave number three official tomorrow with the high of 91, afternoon thunderstorms sunday get hotter, more humid, 93 and monday will be the summer sauna. 95 degrees with the heat index near 100. ahead of the cold front that likes to bring us showers and thunderstorms on tuesday a high of 89 degrees. the best day of the week, wednesday will be cooler with low humidity 86 degrees but don't get used to it. backup to 90 on thursday and friday. hazy, hot, humid with a high of 92 degrees. i have been saying it all week

long take it easy, drink lots of water ain't don't forget about the pets and elderly neighbors. >> thanks, cecily. eakins oval is now a summer owe ace i. ribbon cutting was held opening five weeks of entertainment, recreation and refreshment, the 25,000 square foot area will feature movies at night, interactive games rotating line up of food trucks, beer garden and dancing. suspend add above the schuylkill river wowed crowd at fairmount park at dusk. it is part of the invisible river program which uses art to get people involved in the health of the schuylkill river.

phillies trying to get to the second half. we say second half it is not anywhere near a second half. >> it is the second half. >> anyway they wanted to win tonight. >> against a team that has had their number recently. phillies hoped the break serve to recharge battery but in the cool off engine. phillies had won ten of 13, facing the mets tonight.

hey, who let those guys in. come on now they had plenty to cheer b sixth inning neil walker, three run blast off jeremy hellickson. phillies in a four to nothing hole. it is hot out there. >> phillies mount a rally in the the bottom half peter borges has been hot, rbi triple off colon, phillies down four-one. later, now four-two. codey asche with a bloop single, that brings in tommy joseph, deficit down to one. colon pulled. to the seventh, jose raises send one to short stop. freddie galvis comes home but his throw is not in time, little high, phillies lose five -three. it looks like a quick pitchers dual for a while there with way they were both pitching, colon was typical colon. he has deception, movement, and excellent common. >> all and all, needed a few more hits. >> all right. it is signing that was two years in the making but sixers have finally signed dario

saric. he put pen to paper on his rookie contract this afternoon. 6-foot 10-inch forward gives sixers another young big man. he has been compared to tony kukoc, another croatia player with the bulls back in the 90's. >> i would say it is to early to compare me to tony kukoc because tony kukoc is a big player and like sixth man of the nba. one day i want to come to the level of the player. i will work for that. >> brett brown says he loves saric can shoot, pass and dribble at 6-foot ten. sixers and heat in summer league play. ben simmons back after taking two games off. he had 15 points, ten rebound and six a is ises. his shooting percentage still lacks, just five of 15, sixers win 74-66. >> i got a lot of growing to do. you know, i'm in the a guy that comes down but i will

improve my game. i'm enjoying learning. we have a great young team. i'm looking forward to getting in that work. >> still ahead tom brady pulls himself out of the game, legal game, plus phil mickelson hopes to keep it rolling at it's the celebration of the year!

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tom brady will stopped pat for now the quarterback has decided to stop legal battles and accept his four fame suspension. golfers to have battle weather and, of course, second round of the open championship, phil

mickelson on number eight they call this the postage stamp. wonder y look at how close he comes to acing this hole, a little english in scotland. mickelson lead ten under par. come on, yeah. >> one stroke better than the leader in that is sport. jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. "action news" continues at 59:30 a.m. with gray hall and chris sowers. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner. have a good night and great

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