♪ "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon rick is off and in the news this noon. more details on a police

standoff that left a woman dead and a child injured. and word that republicans are exploring a backup plan if donald trump were to back out. and the big news is a plane exploding on the runway just minutes before it erupted into flames. this is video of the fire ball today. the pilot just made a crash landing all passengers and crews survived but we learn that a firefighter was killed while responding. >> reporter: yes sara, this story keeps developing by the hour and in fact the chairman of emright's airlines said that the pilot had more than 7,000 hours of flight experience and now the concern of family members and friends and the passengers that experienced horror. >> watch the terrifying moments

when the flight landed at dubai airport. huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky and onlookers in disbelief and then moments later -- an explosion, the boeing 777 triple shoots deployed after all on board safely evacuated. emergency personnel rushing in to put out the smoke and flames. this man whose wife was on board the flight says he spoke to her an hour before the flight arriving. >> my wife called me an hour before, that they were landing. >> the jet liner was traveling from india to dubai with 282 passengers and 18 crew on board and the flight path appears completely normal -- and through all the chaos on the runway, remarkably officials from emirates say that there were no

fatalities. the main priority was for those concerned family members and friends of the passengers irk the airline says they have dedicated telephone lines active for family members and we learn that the ntsb is sending officials to the crash site in order to assist with this investigation. more developments coming later on. live in new york for channel 6 "action news." >> ray, thank you. new jersey senate president just called for an investigation into the leadership of the state's largest teacher's union. steve sweeney, says that the knowledge education associate threatened to withhold campaign donations this cycle. they want lawmakers to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot concerning state pension payments and they say it's essentially bribery to use campaign donations. they are reaching out to the

union for a response but they planned a protest outside of sweeney's office today. nora muchanic will have more on this story in a live report at 12:30. republican officials are reportedly preparing for the worst when it comes to this year's race for the white house. top leaders in the gop are growing more and more frustrated with nominee, donald trump's behavior, so frustrated they are exploring how to replace him in the november ballot if he drops out. and trump tweeted this morning that unity is better than ever before. hillary clinton, the democratic nominee for president will tour a denver based factory this afternoon and hold a rally in denver tonight. we are hearing from a police officer that ran toward a burning car to save an

unconscious driver. katherine scott is live now in the logan section. >> reporter: the police commissioner says this is the type of work that officers do every day and often goes unheralded. he had bumps and bruises and facial injuries but he is alive. >> i saw what looked like a fire ball. >> joel rice was returning from northwest detectives at midnight when he came across this wreckage on broad street. the mangled dodge charger had crashed seconds earlier. hitting a median and then hitting a parked van and the charger caught fire. >> i noticed flames were accumulating in the engine department and rising up the windshield. >> officer rice also noticed the 47-year-old driver was sprawled across the front seat unconscious, he knew he had to get the driver out through an

open window he was able to open the door and around that time a passing private ambulance company stopped. >> with their help i pulled the male out of the front seat of the car as the flames were growing. >> neighbors watched in har or as the flames grew, many came running after they heard the impact. >> i heard a big crash and came out and a car was on fire. >> the impact was very, very intense because there was no breaking. >> the van is totalled but what is important is that the officer was able to pull the driver out. >> more than luck, it's god send. >> he spoke to officer rice and praised his action. >> officer rice aced heroically and can't say enough about him. he saved the driver's life. >> they have not said how the driver lost control of the

vehicle. >> katherine, thank you. turning to accuweather, the forecast is looking up we have sunny skies and low humidity as we look live outside at penn's landing it's nice out there. meteorologist, david murphy, joins us from the terrace with the latest conditions. >> considering how sticky it has been in general over the last several weeks, sunshine across the region and cloud cover over to the east by the shore. over philadelphia not a lot going on and over all we do expect it to maintain sunny conditions the rest of the way. maybe a passing cloud here or there. 80 in philadelphia and the temperature has zoomed a bit under the sun. 78 in wilmington. and 76 in trenton and 79 in allentown and comfortable if are you out there working or exerting yourself you'll want to keep cool drinks handy and dress appropriately as it is still getting warm. with the lower humidity it's a lot more comfortable, check out the dew points, down in the

upper 50s allentown and reading and 60 in philadelphia is good. anything over 60 is when we talk about humid weather but most areas are just not feeling it. dover is the exception, there say pocket with oppressive humidity. and 84 degrees and 65 the overnight low, clear and comfortable and cool. if you have tickets for the phillies you picked a great night weather wise. when i step inside another good one tomorrow before things start to change heading into the weekend. i'll have that story and the latest on tropical storm earl any southern caribbean. coming up. >> thank you. traffic is once again moving along the southbound lanes of i-95 in port richmond this noon following a serious crash, chopper 6 hd was over the scene of allegheny avenue at 9:30 a.m. it's not clear what led up to the crash and at least two cars were involved and at least one

driver was cut from the wreckage. delaware county authorities have not released the condition of a person hit by the car in prospect park. the driver was taken into custody after reportedly leaving the scene. there has been a set back in the mission to wipe out the mosquitos carrying the zika virus in florida. planes were scheduled to drop pesticide at sunrise this morning but bad weather canceled the morning flights and local officials are trying to reschedule it for tonight at dusk. miami has now confirmed 15 locally infected zika cases. 6 abc is helping to answer your questions about the zika virus. we are hosting a live facebook chat today with 4:30 to 5:30, with health reporter and

registered nurse, ali gorman and an expert from einstein health. log on and join in on the conversation. plus, the king of prussia mall expansion is getting ready to open. we have a sneak peek at the new dining options for shoppers. david murphy has your seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back.

driver his to be rescued from flooded out roads in phoenix, arizona. transportation officials shut down a section of interstate 15 in both directions when cars got stuck. nearly an inch of rain fell in 15 minutes according to the weather service. we are learning more about the police standoff that left a woman dead and her 5-year-old son injured. it happened when officers went to serve an arrest warrant. when they went to the doo

coringaines pointed a pistol at them. >> followers were encouraging her not to comply with negotiators complex that she surrender policefully. >> after five hours gaines threatened to kill them and an officer opened fire and gaines fired shots before she was killed and her son was wounded and it's not clear whose gun the bullet came from. north korea launched a missile toward japan today, it was one of the longest flights of a missile yell it landed in the sea of japan 200 nautical miles offshore. the prime minister called it a serious threat to his country. a new report shows that america paid a price to have american detainees eleased from

iran in january. currency worth $400 million was flown to tehran, and the obama administration denies paying ransom. they say that president obama planned to pay tehran nearly $2 billion. to settle a dispute from the islamic revolution. vice president, joe biden, will be honored in philadelphia tonight. the city council will present him with the atlas award for cancer research. coming up at noon, the new smart phone you can unlock by looking at it, and later a boy from new jersey fights back against bullies and the motivational message to the boy that picked on him at a park. i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message.

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it appears that the dry hot weather kept buyers at home. they blame the weather for declining sales last month. fiat chrysler sales remained flat but honda, nissan and hyundai had a slight increase. the latest smart phone from samsung has a cool new feature. you can open the phone with your eyes, the galaxy note 7 has an iris scanner that opens the phone when it recognizes an eye

pattern. the note became available for preorder today. health check this noon, americans are seeing a much higher number on the scale compared to 20 years ago. adults weigh 15 pounds who than they did 20 years ago. the average woman weighs 168 pounds and kids are also getting heavier. boys weigh 13 pounds more and boy girls 7 pounds heavier. some common procedures could impact fertility. women who had their tonsils or appendix removed have a better chance getting pregnant and higher in women that had both surgeries. researchers are not sure yet what is behind the connection. doctors of childrens hospital of pennsylvania have an

extra reason to be proud. zion harvey, their former patient, threw out the first pitch at the baltimore orioles game in baltimore. the first child in the world to have a double hand transplant. zion developed an infection as a toddler that required his hands and feet to be amputated. his pitch impressed everyone last night at cam ben yards. the news team is working on stories for tonight at 4:00. here is alicia vitarelli with a look ahead. >> love that story. what a great kid. it's awesome. coming up today at 4:00, i hate to burst your bubble. the start of august is time to start thinking about back to school and for parents it's back to school shopping. there are great sales out there right now, today in what's the deal we have the best purchases to make this month and probably some items are already on your

shopping list. and coming up in big talkers, a story all parents want to see a 2-year-old helping to save her mother's life by calling 911. we have a lot of great kids to talk about in our shows today. can you take us with you on the go with the free 6 abc news app. we'll see you at 4:00. >> accuweather is coming up when we come right back. where things come from?

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comfortable too with lower humidity. 80 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. your dew point down to 60. that is where we begin to talk about humid air. really feeling a lot better over the last several days and maybe the last three or four weeks. winds from the east at 8 miles per hour, so breezy at times but not much of a breeze. 76 in reading and 78 in wilmington and 76 in trenton and philadelphia is a warmer spot at noon. 79 at a.c. and 77 in millville. not humid, everywhere outside of dover. satellite shows you cloud cover trying to well up west of the mountains and maybe some of that fair weather cumulous pops through at times. it looks like the center of the cloud cover as well to the west. we wind up mostly sunny in the afternoon. less humid too, 81 degrees is the high today. still warm enough across the region to keep the cool drinks

going and with the humidity it feels so much better, mostly sunny and breezy and ocean temperature in the mid-70s. that is a nice temperature there, 84 is your high and mostly sunny and much lower humidity and winds from the east at 5 to 10 miles per hour. not really all that strong. if you have tickets from the phillies tonight from a weather standpoint you picked the pick of the week, low humidity and 79 for the first pitch and 79 in the first inning, that is the best it gets at citizens bank park and last night they lit it up with double digit runs. clear and comfortable overnight and down to a comfy 65 for an overnight low and some out lies suburbs could get close toward 60. that is pretty nice and a great evening to go out on the town or walk the dog or whatever you want. and tomorrow is a repeat, high pressure is farther to the east and we may get a breeze coming down from the northeast and 4-degrees and low humidity and

the same as today. things will change a bit on friday with an increase in humidity and hotter and more humid on saturday. tropical storm earl still a tropical storm at this point. getting close to hurricane status, another 3 or 4 miles per hour increase we'll see this become a category one hurricane. it looks to be that as it takes the shore of belize later on tonight and in the overnight hours. if you head to cancun, you probably won't be affected. the storm degenerates into an area of low pressure and fall as part over the central mountains of mexico but belize is the big issue tonight and overnight. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast sunny and nice today and 84 and no complaints out there gorgeous night for philly baseball and 84 degrees and day baseball tomorrow and sunscreen and cool drinks and friday warm and gradually more humid and

musikfest begins and we take out the chance of a thunderstorm friday night and that gets off to a great start this year. saturday hot and humid and a high of 90. a chance of thunderstorms around in the afternoon and evening. not a super strong front but it's something you have to look out for and humidity lowers on sunday 87 and staying nice on monday and tuesday. >> i like it. the u.s. olympians are showing off how they measure up. simone biles is on the right 4'11" inches tall. >> will wildwood still be called by another name. will voters decide what to call the popular shore town. and the gop explores their options in case the party needs to replace donald trump on the

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and spent eleven months in a pow vcamp.m what donald trump said about our members of the military being captured is a disgrace. he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. when you fly over enemy territory, the odds might be against you being able to come home. donald trump doesn't understand the weight of sending americans into harm's way. he's unfit to be president. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. breaking news now new jersey senate president, steve sweeney is calling for a federal investigation for the largest teacher's union accusing them of bribery. nora muchanic joins us live from the state house in trenton with the breaking details. >> reporter: hi there sara, senate president, steve sweeney, a union man himself is taking on

the njea, the new jersey education association asking the u.s. attorney and the state attorney general. here is one of the letters here. asking them to investigate saying that the njea is conspiring to corrupt public officials. sweeney promised to host a bill to put on a constitutional amendment to ramp upstate payments to the pension fund. sweeney has not done that yet because he is trying to figure out the funding for the transportation fund that is going broke. at least two have made phone calls to the top democrats, if that bill doesn't get posted the njea will not give contributions until next year he is outraged by this. >> the threats by public employee unions to withhold