"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon bloomquist is on assignment in

cleveland. in the news flames and smoke light up the sky in chester county. find out what created this placative fire. and police swarm a gas station in south jersey, what they took away from the scene. but the big story on "action news" is day three of the republican national convention. donald trump now officially has the party's nomination but today we get a closer look at his running mate. later tonight indiana governor, mike pence will take the stage and lana zach has more. >> reporter: the formal theme tonight is make america first again but the informal theme may be make republicans one again with mike pence taking the stage. >> on the last night the question still lingers, will this fractured party finally unite for donald trump before the general election. >> the only thing that unites the entire republican party is the opposition to hillary

clinton. >> the anti-hillary clinton vitriol reaching a fever pitch on tuesday. >> new jersey governor, chris christie, became a cheerleader and an attack dog on hillary clinton. >> as for hillary clinton the charge of putting herself before america, guilty or not guilty? the first of the former competitors to take the stage for trump on wednesday night and those he dubbed lying ted and little marco, can bring their supporters into the fold. neither has endorsed trump yet. >> but the movement received a fatal blow -- >> it's my honor to throw donald trump over the top. >> when donald trump jr. made the nomination formal. and daughter tiffany whose voice is rarely heard, took the stage

to assure republicans that her dad can take the race all the way to the white house. >> he does it well and his desire for excellence is contagious. >> the other informal theme is family. pence and family holding a welcome family event at the science center today. channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> thank you. meanwhile, democratic presidential hopeful, hillary clinton is reportedly close to revealing her pick nor vice president. tim kaine and tom vilsack are considered the contenders but a spokesperson says she did not make her final decision yet. she is expected to make the announcement this weekend before the democrat national convention kicks off on monday here in philadelphia. >> and our live dnc coverage from the wells fargo center kicks off this friday, the entire "action news" team is ready to bring you every angle

of the convention. in other news, the investigation continues into the shooting death of a young man overnight. he was shot and killed just step as way from his house. the search is on for two suspects. "action news" reporter, katherine scott joins us live from the crime scene from the park side section of philadelphia. >> rick that is right, this man was outside of his home when he was attacked. police could not find surveillance cameras but they do have witnesses being interviewed by police. a 22-year-old man gunned down right in front of his park side home. witnesses told police the victim just parked the car outside of his house on the 2200 block of viola street and went inside. a friend was waiting by the car, when the victim came out it happened. >> two males emerged from a vacant lot. both were wearing ski masks and white t-shirts, according to

witnesses both had guns. >> they started firing and chased the victim. >> when the victim collapsed both of shooters stood over the victim and continued to stand over his body and fire shots from point-blank range. >> police say the shooters fled back through the vacant lot and the victim laid in the street with gunshot wounds to his head and chest. he was pronounced dead. and so far police have not released the name of the victim and family members are still being notified. katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. it appears that explosives discovered inside a minivan were homemade sticks of dynamite, the bomb squad took them away in german town last night. the 31-year-old driver had two young children in the backseat

with the explosives in plain sight. the driver is facing charges including child endangerment. turning to accuweather now we are getting a nice break from the hot and humid conditions, sky 6 hd looking at the jersey shore at cape may, it's nice and comfortable you may want to get out and enjoy it while it lasts. it will only be brief. here with more is karen rogers in for david murphy. >> reporter: seriously everything is going downhill rick. but today a great day. lots of sunshine and really bright and the humidity is down, it feels good. i want to show you what it looks like on satellite 6 along with action radar and hardly a cloud out there. we had clouds and a couple of strong storms that moved south and east of the city this morning and they are long gone and things are looking good for us to the north and west and the dew points are way down there and it's nice and comfortable. any time you get to' below 70

dew point it feels good there. the one point is delaware and cape may, it's sticky there. feeling good in pottstown and just in the upper 70s, 82 in coatesville and 80 in kennett square and 82 in levittown, and in new jersey, brownses mills 80 and in toms river and 80 degrees in dover. here is what you can expect for your evening commute. no weather woes, looking good and by 4:00 it's 85, and by 5:00 p.m. 86, and by 6:00, 86 degrees, that say notch below average for this time of year and by 7:00 p.m. sitting comfortableably at 83 degrees. things are changing and wait until you see the seven-day forecast, we are tracking the

hottest air mass of the season coming your way this weekend. 1,000 bails of hay went up in flames, just before 1:30 this morning on the 1300 block of new garden road in new township. the hay bail were stacked. and crews from lancaster and delaware county were called in to fight the flames. it's not clear what sparked the fire. officers with guns drawn swarmed a camden gas station and crews responded to the gulf express at 2:00 this morning. still no word on what prompted the big response but we know that police questioned one person at the scene and k-9 units were sent inside of the store. a minivan was towed from the scene. still to come on "action news" at noon, another brother in blue has been killed in the line of duty, we learn more about the death of a police

captain in kansas city. and he made americans laugh and cry with his list of hollywood hits, how the film and television world is honoring the late director, gary marshall. and karen rogers is backtracking the next possible heat wave. that and more when "action news" continues in just a moment.

the kansas city police department is mourning the loss of one of its own. captain milton was shot in his car yesterday while searching for a suspect in a drive-by shooting. the suspect was caught a few minutes later. back in may the department lost a detective in another shooting. hollywood is mourning the loss of gary marshall, the famed writer and director died yesterday of complications of pneumonia after suffering a stroke. his hits included happy days and laverne and shirley, he directed pretty woman and beaches. he was called a mentor and one

of the funniest men that ever lived. >> henry winkler remembered him as larger than life and remembers him as a friend. he leaves behind a wife and three children. now 2.5 million gallons of raw sewage leaked out of a pipe in los angeles. it possibly made its way into the water at two popular beaches. signs warn people not to swim until the water can be tested for bacteria. >> there is a real health concern because what we are dealing with is raw sewage and there are signs of symptoms people can get from ear nose and mouth infections. >> they expect beaches to reopen at some point today. in houston, texas, a video shows a woman being removed from

a water basin. she went into the basin after colliding with another car in the costco parking lot. 4,000 pounds of important supplies arrived at the international space station. they were delivered by the way of a dragon capsule delivered by space x, two astronauts used a robotic arm to bring the supplies inside. well, tonight's power ball jackpot is worth $361 million, the ninth largest in the game's history and we know the names of the third and final workers of the 1.6 billion dollar prize, margaret and may acosta bought their ticket from the 7-eleven. they spent the time talking to lawyers and financial advisers. the young couple has two

children and put most of the money into the trust and donated the rest to charity. the other winners in florida and tennessee came forward within days to get their winnings. still to come on "action news" at noon, a new way of shopping is being put to the test, we'll explain what is replacing sales people at one popular department store. plus, is there a connection between breast cancer and ivf, we have results from the largest study yet in health check. i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message.

who do you talk to for military advice right now? well, i watch the shows. i mean i really see a lot of great - you know, when you watch your show and all of the other shows... while donald trump watched tv, as secretary of state, hillary clinton negotiated a cease fire in gaza. a reduction in nuclear weapons... took on vladimir putin... and stood up against the trafficking of human beings. a steady leader in an unsteady world.

> >> it could be the fight of shopping, macy's is testing an artificial intelligence tool to help people navigate the store. like where to find a particular brand or if a particular item is in stock. it's being tested in several locations including the macies in woodbridge, new jersey. they are hoping to make the shopping experience more enjoyable as they deal with sluggish sales. if have you been to the movie you notice it's getting more expensive these days and movie ticket prices have reached an all-time high and the cost last year was 8.43 cents, that supfrom the year before and more for 3-d movies with a 20% increase since to 2014, it's still cheaper than a sporting

event or a theme park. health check this noon, high blood pressure or high blood sugar is already a problem for adults but a new report shows it's also affecting teenagers. it affects booksed one out of 125 kids, a thid of them were not aware they had high blood pressure, that puts them at risk for serious health problems down the line. women that turn to ivf have long worried about it raise the risk of breast cancer, but they found no increased risk among women that had the procedure, they tracked women for 21 years after they started the treatment, and the study found no greater risk of breast cancer from other types of less intensive fertility treatments. the "action news" team sought working on news stories tonight at 4:00. lets check in with alicia vitarelli in the newsroom. >> reporter: just ahead of the

democr democratic convention coming to town, local businesses are getting in on the spirit and offering discounts and specials for our locals. we are talking everything from spas to restaurants and bars a look at some of the dnc deals ahead in what's the deal? >> and in big talkers a creative construction worker is bringing smiles to some children that need him the most. see his life size game of where's waldo. if have you not done loaded the channel 6 "action news" news app, you can watch us live streaming on your cell phone or tablet. a quick break and accuweather when we come right back.

meteorologist, karen rogers back inside with a closer look at the forecast. nicest day of the week do you think? >> i think so. i love the low humidity. if you like the heat and humidity don't worry, your day is coming. looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan around the area we are dry and looking dry and lets head outside and see what is looks like right now. live in atlanta city, and that is the place to enjoy on a day like this. you see the camera shaking a bit with a bit a breeze and a lot of people are on the beach enjoying it. temperature is 84 degrees but feeling good with the low humidity. dew point in philadelphia 55 and cape may and dover, delaware it's sticky. the pressure is holding steady and the winds are out of the east-southeast with a light breeze. and the ocean temperature 66 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you the little cluster there, we had a cluster of pretty strong storms south and east of the city and early

morning and the 65 miles per hour winds, that is long gone and we are clear with just a few cumulous clouds popping up in the lehigh valley, and i want to show you this look at future tracker 6, this is the look at 3:00, this model showing you a sea breeze and enhanced shower developing inland and extreme southern delaware and southwestern, new jersey. this is not exactly what will happen but i want to show you the possibility of a shower just in those locations, the rest of the region is dry and feeling nice. and i think it even stays drive along the shore. 79 in atlantic city, 80 for rehoboth beach and you see the sea breeze factor and it looks enhanced by the dew points that are high here, that is what is prompting to model to suggest a shower further inland. the rest of the area dry and looking good.

by 4:00, 85 and by 6:00, 6-and that is your high today. it's feeling just about right here. by 8:00, 80 degrees, a nice night ahead and temperatures dip once again. 75 degrees at 10:00 and in the overnight hours, temperatures get down to the low 60s, so a morning much like this morning that was pretty nice, things change for us tomorrow with a high of 90 degrees and we heat up and look to the west, we have building heat in the plains where the heating index is over 100, the hottest heat this season is heading our way and you'll feel it in time for the weekend, lets check that now with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. low humidity today and feeling nice, sunshine and the high of 86 degrees, tomorrow it turns warmer, 90 for your high and maybe you start to feel the humidity tomorrow and it's not terrible, but we are certainly heating things up. on friday it's hot and humid and a chance for a strong

thunderstorm late in the day and heating up further to 95 degrees, how about the weekend? on saturday, even hotter and less humid. 97 degrees for your high and on sunday, it's hot and we have the humidity back to the picture and it's a nasty day, 98 degrees, it feels like 105 on sunday, just a slight chance for auto shower. on monday record heat and a thunderstorm possible. 99 degrees we are forecasting, the record is 96 and it looks like we'll hit 99 as we welcome everyone for the dnc. on tuesday we stay hot, 92 degrees and clouds and sun and just the chance for a shower or thunderstorm. we are really heating things up and another heat wave for an extended period of time you could say it's an artistic journey for a fountain and monument that is moving to a new location, it's called free

interpretation of plant forms, in 1967 it was commissioned and installed at the civil center that is being transferred to the art museum in chestnut hill so a new generation can appreciate it. >> wow. still ahead on "action news" at 12:30, we'll look back at the life and legacy of gary marshall. and the pokemon go craze, is that pickchu? i think it was. be the you who r your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. be the you who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara®

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"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. hello again. the republican national convention heats up with strong words from new jersey governor, chris christie, and tonight all eyes and ears will be on trump's pick for vp. and the allegations of sexual assault could make the head of fox news lose his job. and an actress was forced to

leave twitter because of too many racist comments. and america gets the real introduction to donald trump's running mate mike pence, and one of his biggest supporters, chris christie, took to the stage to denounce hillary clinton. >> reporter: chris christie stepped back into his role of prosecutor and turned the convenience into a mock courtroom convicting hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton lying to the american people about her awful selfish judgment in making our secrets vulnerable. what is your verdict? guilty or not guilty? >> the delegate from new york, donald trump's son and namesake gave the announcement that put him over the