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parts of our area got a lot of rain and that could cause, some problems tonight. saturday night walter's off i'm sharrie williams. the big story is flash flood warning for parts of the new jersey in effect for burlington and camden county for another hour. melissa had gee is live at accu weather big board on when the timing and rain will move out. >> hi there char that i warning has been extended to include all over counties, we will show thaw in a moment. we can see the rain right now with showers and storms, here's storm tracker six live double scan, radar. a lot of rain and shower and thunderstorm activity has been south and east of philadelphia, you can see cluster there in south jersey, and, because of the rain that we have been picking up in a very short of time, it has led to a flash flood warning for burlington, atlantic, calm den and gloucester county. medford lakes included in that, berlin, williamstown, south and eastward in egg hard air city. some locations have seen anywhere from 3 inches of
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rain, if not higher amounts in just a short amount of time. we will show you street level with storm tracker six. pockets of moderate rain in ocean county from lakewood and lakehurst and sea side heights and chats worth and speed well a at this hour. as far as rain we have pick up, atco camden county 3.79 inches of rain, sicklerville, new jersey, two and a half inches. washington township 2.37. green tree village, more than 2 inches. more rain in springdale. as far as what we can expect for rest of tonight and tomorrow, stray shower or thunderstorm is likely maybe south and east, heavy rain, lightening is a big concern, drying out overnight and that heat wave continues for second half have of the weekend. details with the full, exclusive accu weather forecast, thanks, melissa. at this hour the sonnies rising in turkey, on another day, that have uncertainty. more than 250 people are dead, and thousands of soldiers have been arrested and president of the turkey once again, says he
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has a firm grip on power. this time yesterday, in turkey it was in the middle of chaos, as the military sealed off bridges, took over state tv and fighter jets appeared in the skies over the two cities. turkish president erdogan called on his support tours take to the streets and resist. they did but not without bloodshed. and new turkey's president is calling for justice, and he says that the man behind this coup, that attempt, lives in pennsylvania. and he is calling on the you had to hand him over. "action news" reporter jeff chirico has been following developments and joins us new live from the satellite center, jeff. >> sharrie, it took many by surprise when they heard turkish president blame someone who lives in our own backyard, but fethullah gulen has called northeast pennsylvania home for 16 years. he is a influential spiritual leader with millions of followers around the world. coup attempt may seem like a world away but a defiant
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turkish president says it is workings of a man he called the main terrorist in pennsylvania. he is talking about fethullah gulen, an influence muslim leader and businessman. he lives in the 27-acre retreat center in sailorsberg, monroe county surrounded by followers who are praised by neighbors. >> they are the nice people. >> they give us food and they all invite me over for dinner. they gave me work when i didn't have work. >> to reporter, he denied involvement in the up rise ago this aimed to over throw his fierce political rival but opponents outside don't quite believe him. >> they actually, shoot against turkish citizens. they shoot against elect government. so, we are showing support to our country. >> reporter: muslim cleric has long opposed increasingly rule of president erdogan. gulen fled in 1999 and was accuse of trying to over throw the government. >> erdogan tried him in absencea, wanted him
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extradited to turkey. you had refused to do it. >> reporter: here at home gulen has been praised for promoting tolerance, inter faith doll log and education. there are more than a thousand charter schools to teach sciences not religion. only such school in philadelphia, once housed in this olney church building was shut down last year for under performance. back in sailorsberg, experts say gulen's influence spans the globe. question is was his teaching the impetus for uprising n his speech erdogan called on the united states to extradite gulen, secretary kerry says that the administration will consider that request, if turkey, can prove gulen's wrongdoing. we're live in the satellite center, jeff chirico for channel six "action news" good we have not heard end of that one, jeff, thank you. donald trump officially announced that he now has his running mate and it will be indiana governor mike pence. the presumptive republican presidential nominee
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introduced pence in new york city saying they are the law and order ticket. thurman of character, honor and honesty. we will have much more on the announcement coming up at 1:30. former maryland governor martin o'malley was in center city philadelphia tonight campaigning for democrat, hillary clinton. o'malley, talked with volunteers, saying donald trump would be a divisive candidate. pushed for clinton's economic plan which he says, works for everyone. and last minute preparations are being made, in cleveland before the republican national convention. like philadelphia, clef landis extending last call during the convention. "action news" sarah bloomquist is in cleveland with a look at how they are preparing, for the crowds. >> we're here on fourth street in the heart of the downtown cleveland a hip, happening street, of bars, restaurants, right across from the secure zone in the convention center. 50,000 visitors are expected to flood this area in the coming days, the bars and restaurants are ready to host
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them, have some fun and some cases late into the night. >> reporter: most bars in cleveland stop serving by ten or 11 but once the rnc takes over last pour will be around 4:00 in the morning. >> energy is just going to extend longer. >> reporter: blue point is one of the hundreds of bars opened late because of a major event waiver. they are book solid and groups taking over from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. every day at the convention. >> staff will be around a little bit later. we will be here earlier. and, it is for us, exciting, it is an opportunity. >> reporter: other bars will be opened outside, that includes 19 bars and restaurants in nearby west lake where the pennsylvania delegation is staying. west lake's mayor says he has a few concerns. >> we've got good group of people in our police department, we have issues and we will be able to respond. we don't anticipate. we anticipate have been having a good time. >> reporter: west lake police say otherwise. >> i've got guys, maybe,
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500 miles or more away from home. maybe they will not use the best judgment starting at 11:00 at night when they get back. >> reporter: police say they will be keeping a close eye on bars staying opened late, and they have a message for those planning to be outside in the we hours. >> don't be stupid. this is a privilege. you have been select by your state, to carry out the a very important role in selecting a presidential candidate. not to come here and get liquored up. >> reporter: as you may know by now some bars in philadelphia that have applied for proper permit can stay opened until 4:00 in the morning during the democratic national convention, but it is g.o.p. up first and this town is ready to help them have some fun into the early morning hours n cleveland, ohio i'm sarah bloomquist for channel six "action news". "action news" anchor jim gardner will be joining sarah in cleveland to cover the convention through the week. our live coverage continues on air and on social media through the final gavel on
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thursday. in less than a week the entire "action news" team will be covering every angle of the democratic national convention in philadelphia. our live coverage begins july 2nd. developing news now from the city a's oxford circle section, a 15 year-old girl has been shot by a man wearing a mask. this happened around 9:30 ativan kirk and horrocks street. investigators say the teen was shot in the back side. police rush her to st. christopher's hospital, where she is said to be in stable condition. no arrests have been made. also developing news, out of bellmawr, new jersey where coastguard is searching for missing teenage diver. the 17 year-old was last seen in the shark river inlet around 5:00 o'clock. boat and helicopter rescue crews called off the search tonight but say they will resume at sunrise. shark river inlet is currently closed to maritime vessel
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traffic. two women are recovering after they were struck by lightning south jersey this happened this afternoon when strong storms swept through our area the women were near point pleasant beach. one woman was struck on the northern end of beach, the other on the southern end. they were taken to ocean medical center where they are expect to be okay. and a church in limerick township held a special mass tonight, to celebrate a name change. the blessed teresa of calcutta roman cat establish parish change its name, due to the upcoming canonization of mother teresa. its new name is saint teresa of calcutta. after tonight's mass, the church unveiled its new sign. well, is there still much more to come on "action news" tonight, the victims of nice are being remember, a local vigil in valley forge and latest in the investigation. annual tradition in ocean city, we will take tout night in venice parade. jeff skversky has sports coming up when "action news"
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lease an mkc for $289 a month or get 0% apr for 60 months and just announced $1,000 dollars summer invitation bonus. the bells told tonight, in valley forge park where the victims of nice were remembered. the agency of france held a vigil tonight at washington memorial chapel. and the site of the deadly terrorist a tack in nice france is back opened to the public. tourist and residents were once again, walking along the beach side promenade less than 48 hours after that attack. many were there to remember the victims, on thursday, mohammad burrell drove a truck through a crowd of people celebrating bastille day. eighty-four people were killed and hundreds of others were injured. a french prosecutor says that burrell was not known to have any terror links but isis has claimed responsibility.
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coming up at 11:30 a look at how philadelphia remembered the victims during the celebration of bastille day. and family, friend and fellow law enforcement officers paid their last respects to one of the officers murdered last week in dallas. zamarripa was one of the five law enforcement officers killed during a shooting in a black lives matter protest in downtown dallas, july 7th. tall as police chief david brown gave a eulogy for the fallen officer and appealed to the public for support. well, simple chat with a man running for election turned deadly in broad daylight. his mother is now asking for your help in finding her son's killer. here's rick williams with tonight's crime fighters report. >> reporter: cristina cherry said her son alex was a typical 21 year-old. >> had friend, wasn't a trouble headachier, always laughing, he loved music, loved sports and family report
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report 3:30 in the afternoon sunday april 24th alex stopped at a corner store along 1400 block of vernon road in philadelphia's cedar brooke neighborhood. >> we were supposed to work voting polls that tuesday, he ran into one of the gentlemen who was running in the election, and for state representative, and he was outside, very excited, talking to him about the polls and couple seconds later someone ran up and shot him in the head report report witnesses say gunman shot alex twice in the head, went to flee and then turned back around and then shot him two more times. >> where did this come from? why did this happen? i'm broken. >> reporter: citizens crime commission is administering $1,200 reward and city of philadelphia is offering $20,000 for arrest and conviction of the person responsible. all you have to do is call 215-546-tips, all calls will remain anonymous. >> if you are a man enough to take a life, then be man enough to suffer the
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cities and landmarks across the country. it looks like they have dodged the rain at least during that part. >> yes. >> but rain surely was around. >> it certainly was especially, sharrie for area south and east of philadelphia and we are tracking wet weather that continues to move out, at this hour. storm tracker six live double scan radar you can see that moisture mainly east of philadelphia a, and we have those showers, and even a rumble of thunder around because of a frontal boundary essentially stalled around the region. street level with storm tracker six, you can see in ocean county from lakehurst, seaside heights, west ward into browns mills, chats worth and speed well, we are dealing with light to maryland rate pockets of moisture. this will continue for the rest of tonight. as we go throughout overnight hours and get into some clearing and that heat rolls on in the second half of the weekend. right now we do have an area flood advisory posted for burlington, ocean, atlantic,
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even gloucester and salem, cumberland counties until about 2:45 in the morning. so this is for mystic island, galloway, egg harbor, mays landing a and to the west in vineland to the north of millville. that flood advisory will stay up. minor flooding occurring. we have seen an inch of rain in the green shaded counties and 2 inches of rain likely. as far as storm reports, we have seen the strong showers and storms, we had earlier today, atco in camden county pick up 3.79 inches of rain, we had hail, a half sized in diameter there in lawrence, and plus, point pleasant beach two struck by lightening in ocean county. good reminder to hear severe thunderstorm warning if you hear roar head indoors. if you hear thunder we will being struck by lightening, trees were down in southampton township and toms river we had gusts as high as 53 miles an hour. seventy-four in the city. seventy-seven in allentown. seventy-seven in cape may. sixty-six in the poconos.
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here's satellite six with action radar you can see frontal boundary that we are tracking it continues to stall out across our region. so we have got showers and storms finally starting to push through our east. clear skies in the ohio valley will start to tap into dryer eras we get in the second half of the weekend. overall over next 12 hours it stays warm, sticky showers will exit. we will drop down to 67 in the suburbs. seventy-four in philadelphia for overnight low. tomorrow stays hot, a high of 92 as that frontal boundary shifts off to the south and east and humid across the region. down the shore tomorrow, well, mixture of sunshine, cloud, high temperature, in the middle and lower 90's. 72 degrees. that is where we will get relief, jump in the ocean tomorrow. ocean temperature at 72. in the pock necessary not a bad day sunshine and cloud not as humid for areas, north and west of philadelphia, in comparison to south and east high of 81. here's the exclusive accu
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weather seven day forecast still hot tomorrow. showers and storm south and east. high of 92. ninety-five monday with strong showers and storms possible by end of the day, muggy on tuesday, thunderstorm threat early, rising. lower humidity by wednesday. that is my pick of the week. high of 84. eighty-nine on thursday and that heat comes right back as we get into next friday and saturday, sharrie. >> in a pattern there the heat and storms. >> that is right this time of the year is very typical. >> melissa, thank you. sports is coming up next on "action news", phillies take on the mets tonight at citizens bank park, jeff skversky has highlights when "action news" comes right back. yes
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fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. only fios can. well, phillies back on the diamond in front of their home crowd hoping to have a good showing. >> they are mixing up line up tonight carlos ruiz, ryan howard and that is a good thing, they are helping out tonight. big piece in the big apple has been a big pain for the phillies so manager pete
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mackanin turns to the big piece for help. why not. ryan howard has more home runs then any other active player against the mets. get out those cameras. it is photo night. ryan howard does something solo worthy. gets the start. good call. but second inning, gone, solo shot, forty-sixth career home run against the mets. tied at two, mets threatening, bases loaded, codey asche comes out of left field, saves the day, robbed odubel cabrera. phillies go backup in front. red hot miguel frank co, 17 rbi in 15 games. phillies up one in the eighth. insurance, carlos ruiz reaches safe, and scores on the wild pitch. phillies finally knock off mets at home four-two the final, mets fans are not having a ball tonight. >> well, that is good to win but i didn't want to hear the mets fans, eickoff is not as
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sharp as i have seen him. he wasn't that sharp but pitched well enough to win, too many base runners but he got us in the seventh inning so he did a good job that way. >> check this out, odubel herrera's fan club, out there, the mysterious land of adorable little creatures call themselves, zoobells. they are having a good time. >> he can play three, play the four where will newly sign sixers forward dario saric play when the season tips off. head coach brett brown says i don't know. brown says saric and ben simmons are similar players in the sense that they are athletic, and versatile players, and he has options here. simmons can play small forward, power forward but whatever they do it sound like brown will find a spot for saric. >> dario and ben have a similar skill set that i think is good problem to have,
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playing those two guys together, is part of my plan, i think that dario is going to be good enough, to force me to figure it out. >> the sixers, done summer league play but tonight basketball they want to go home too. toronto minute so the game features a ball stuck atop the backboard. player attempts to get it done but that ball gets stuck. even the broom can get down the ball, balls are tired there that late night partying in vegas. they want just to go home.
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