"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon, we begin with breaking news of an evacuation of philadelphia's main criminal courthouse. everyone had to leave the justice center because of an elevator accident that shook the

building. katherine scott is live with new details on what went wrong. >> reporter: sara we just received word that operations at the courthouse are shut down for the rest of the day. what exactly happened is unknown. we hear that two elevators were involved here and the issues were connected and two people were injured. these elevators were in the employee elevator area. this is not where the general public area. i was actually in one of the public elevator when the alarm sounded and the building evacuated. there are still people outside and the word is just starting to spread that operations are shutting down here for the rest of the day. initially they said an elevator dropped and now they are saying it was a malfunction. the issue was with two elevators here and two people were injured. this was the employee who was in one of the elevators at the

criminal justice center at 10:20 a.m. when a loud noise was heard. >> we were on the 11th floor and heard a loud commotion, a loud boom. >> it literally made the floor shake. >> it shook. >> first responders rushed to the courthouse at 13th and filbert and alarms sounded inside of building and it was evacuated. damage was found in the elevator with damage to the roof area. >> according to the lady something fell from above when she was in the elevator. we are trying to get information from the elevator company and an investigation. >> police responded to an elevator on the 15th floor, and there was damage and one worker was injured. >> back here live outside, everyone is outside. and they announce that operations at the courthouse are shut down for the rest of the day. as for the two victims, the one

you saw is a court employee, she was taken to hahnemann with minor injuries and taken there for minor injuries. the other is a sheriff'sdeputy, a sergeant we don't know what his injuries are. we don't know anything else yet, but they say some sort of malfunction. >> sounds like we'll follow that throughout the day. thank you. the accidents at the criminal justice septemberer happened just after a former church official was there for a court appearance. monsignor lynn learned his new court date. he was the first american church official ever convicted of covering up child sex abuse and was released on monday when his decision was overturned. seth williams insisted on retrying the case. time now to check the

accuweather forecast. we have another day of comfortable weather before the humidity climbs back up again. going live outside sky 6 hd showing us a beautiful sunny skies over center city this afternoon. david murphy is tracking our latest conditions from the terrace. >> another great day in the neighborhood no doubt about that. sunshine and fair weather cumulous clouds but bright. take a look at satellite and the bigger wider cloud cover is south and west of us, we expect sunshine from start to finish. temperatures are warm, 81 in philadelphia and 80 in allentown and 79 in trep ton and 78 in wilmington and 70 in cape may for that matter. dew points are behaving themselves. and dover, delaware, the more humid it becomes, anything over 60 you start to feel the

humidity. if you take your break at the pool good for you. sunscreen is important and shades too, 2:00, 83 degrees and 5:00, 82 coming down from the high at 3:00 of 84 this afternoon. we are looking at changes as we move ahead, through the afternoon tomorrow, it's not much different, it's sunny, warm and comfortable, as we get into late friday afternoon and friday evening, the humidity will climb and saturday we spike with the oppressive level, 71 wow and then we drop, sunday, monday and tuesday and then climb again next week. this is a good portion of the summer sara where we can say we are in comfortable conditions for the next five or six days. we'll have temperatures for the weekend and details on possible thunderstorms coming up from accuweather. >> thank you. before you head out the door, remember to check 6abc.com/weather, stormtracker 6 live double scan radar gives you a real time view of what is

headed your way. check in with our team of meteorologists on fate book and twitter as well. it's a dead heat for the race for pennsylvania senate seat. in a new poll democrat, katie mcginty has a one point lead. and in the race for the white house, hillary clinton is surging among pennsylvania voters, clinton leads donald trump 49% to 38%. this suggests that clinton got quite a bounce from her convention last week here in philadelphia. both are back on the campaign industrial and donald trump's manager admits there say riff in the team. >> reporter: hi sara, rudy giuliani the former new york mayor and long time friend of donald trump says that there are major changes coming to his

campaign and we heard that confirmation from senior trump officials, they deny it has anything to do with their candidates recent remarks. >> both hillary clinton and donald trump are back on the campaign trail and trading barbs. >> donald trump is unqualified to be present. and continues to pound donald trump on his comments about an american soldier and about a purple heart. >> this is not someone that understands the honor and duty of serving america. >> donald trump focusing on obama and that they swapped cash for iranian hostages. >> we paid $400 million for the hostages, such a bad president but his recollection of watching the top secret event is corrected by his own spokesperson when he told the audience this. >> the tape is of the people taking the money off the plane.

>> his spokesperson confirms that the tape he saw was actually this public one of those hostages being released in geneva. >> and acknowledging the none endorsement of paul ryan and john mccain opened up risks. >> there is an opening in the trump campaign. trump is not backing down from any controversial comments and according to the latest fox news toll and it may be taking its toll clinton opening up a 10 point lead. >> while clinton's poll numbers are good and trump's not so good, his fundraising has increase tremendously raising $82 million in july. >> thank you. police do not believe that terror was a factor in a stabbing spree that killed an american woman in london. a 19-year-old man attacked six

people with a knife in russel square a popular spot for tourists. a woman in her 60s from the u.s. was killed. he remains in custody and british police have increased security around london. the school district of philadelphia is retesting drinking water in schools to make sure it's free of led. samples will be taken at 40 schools to make sure they comply with the epa and department of health standards. it's part of the safe drinking water program and schools in areas where schools have high blood levels and older buildings will be tested. the school last performed water testing in 2010. children in need will get a jump start in the school year thanks to a big donation today. they were on hand to donate $50,000 to the nonprofit group

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we want to update the breaking news now from center city where we reported on an elevator malfunction located at 18th and filbert. one person injured was a worker he is in critical condition sustaining chest and head injuries. we understand that the elevator malfunctioned and went through the concrete flooring and struck a second elevator car below. there was a woman in that car who did sustain minor injuries and she was also taken to the hospital. our understanding here now twro elevators involved.

one falling down into the machine room and then on top of another elevator car holding a woman. but a 50-year-old man in critical condition, a sheriff's department worker. we'll clarify some of this and you can look for the updates at 6abc.com. all operations at the courthouse are closed for the remainder of the day. a turkish court issued a formal warrant for a muslim cleric living in the poconos. they say he was behind an attempt to overthrow the government last month. the coup left 107 people dead. he has denied involvement or prior knowledge of the coup attempt. a smaller plane carrying chemicals to kill mosquitos sprayed a miami area this morning in the winwood area where several zika cases are

confirmed and aerial spraying continues for the remainder of the month. the dubai international airport continues to deal with major delays and cancellations after the crash of an airliners. the busiest airport in the world is reportedly running under restricted capacity. all passengers survived the crash landing. a firefighter responding to the scene was killed. somebody planted a bomb on a maryland police cruiser, the pipe bomb exploded 20 minutes after the officer drove home, parked the car on the street and went into his house. it was under the hood. >> we are not sure if they selected him personally or they just don't like police. >> the atf is involved in the investigation. president obama is spending his birthday discussing how to

defeat isis. the president who turns 55 today has a meeting with the security council at the pentagon, they plan to assess what is working and what is not in the fight against the islamic state and then takes questions before he leaves for his vacation in martha's vineyard. coming up a major clue about asthma prevention, what a new study uncovered and a local couple has just the trick to keep the magic in their marriage 63 years after they tied the not.

health check this noon. the secret to fighting asthma could lie in the amish community. they found that growing up on the farm and being exposed to animals boosted their immune system even barn yard dust with microbes protected the kids. marriage can have ups and downs but in today's art of the aging, tamala edwards found a couple that keeps the magic alive for more than six decades. >> the more you watch, the less you see. >> richard is a magician with

his wife joanne by his side. >> the pair performed their magic in 40 of the 50 states and around the world and even took their act to the ed sullivan show in 1957. >> it was scary the ed sullivan show. >> he did a stint in the army and when to college and earned a ph.d in chemistry. >> i established more than 30 technical papers and patents but it was getsing boring. >> after a dozen years in science he quit his day job and turned his magic hobby into a full-time career. >> they are entertaining the retirement village in new jersey. >> it keeps them happy and it's puzzles, they have to try to figure out the pieces of the puzzles.

>> they love the magic and being fooled and they love to laugh. >> and richard loves to put on a show for the local crowds. >> one, two, three -- >> at age 85 he has no plans to hang up his magic hat. never retire, have you to keep doing something. >> had is the end of our show -- >> the "action news" team is out working on news stories for today at 4:00. summer grilling is delicious but cleaning up can be dangerous. every year the wire brush bristles send people to the er. plus, we are down the shore, alicia vitarelli is live in sea isle city, and we are checking out a renovated landmark in avalon, go inside of the island oasis at 4:00. meteorologist, david murphy will have your seven-day forecast when "action news" comes rights back. (vo) we went to hollywood to ask

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meteorologist, david murphy, is here with a check of accuweather. we were looking at the live pictures of the people at the beach. man am i jealous of those people. >> looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are dry. and look at the beach all the beach umbrellas and folks not only on the sand but in the water. a george yours day across the region and atlantic city and the delaware coastlines are certainly sharing in the good stuff today. 81 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. the dew point is down around 60, that is not very humid air and down in southern and central delaware, it's sticky but other areas are getting a break today. winds out of the east at 8 miles

per hour. 80 in reading and 81 in philadelphia and upper 70s in wilmington and trenton and down to the beach a lot of upper 70s in dover and atlantic city and ocean city et cetera. >> we have a lot of sunshine out there once again, we see the development of fair weather cumulous clouds and more today than yesterday, it's still a nice bright day and a good looking day, it feels good too. up in the lehigh valley, low humidity, a high of 83 degrees and you still need the cool drinks and sunscreen and all of that stuff. the low humidity is comfortable for august and sunny and breezy at the shore and highs of 78 and most shore communities and ocean temperature running at 77 degrees, and we saw the people at the water down at the shore. and rip currents are low in new jersey and not in delaware a moderate risk there. and mostly sunny and low humidity in philadelphia, 84 and winds on the light side.

phillies getting ready to crank up get away day. 1:05 start this afternoon. jin giants and the phillies, in the ninth inning 83. 66 overnight and clear and comfortable, northern one of those evenings if you can crack the window and let the air in go ahead. tonight we are looking at changes and sunny for the most part with clouds filtering in and with a front from the west we circulate more humid air in but during the daytime not all that different than today. but afternoon and evening it will get muggier and a chance of thunderstorms coming in with the front right on top of us. tropical storm earl, which was a hurricane briefly started at 5:00 and fell back down to tropical storm status over the last couple of hours, moving

away from belize and moving towards guatemala. so still creating a lot of rain there in guatemala and belize at this hour. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 84 today and sunny and nice and tomorrow a bit more humid through the day, especially at night. 84 is the high. most models don't show much of anything. saturday, hot and humid, get ready for this one. 90 degrees and dew points in the 70s and it's kind of oppressive again and some thunderstorms and some of which could be strong, scattered storms and be careful of that in the afternoon and evening, by sunday the humidity is dropping again and we are back to 87 for a high and it looks good around here monday, tuesday and wednesday could get another shot of humidity and it gets back to hot and humid and a thunderstorm by thursday. but that is a long way in the future. in the immediate future things look great today. >> what is great thank you. there is more ahead in the

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accident. two people hurt and one of them seriously. john rawlins joins us live from the scene with new information. >> reporter: hi sara, there is still a lot we don't know. two employees were injured. in two separate elevators. they are not public elevators but the elevators used by employees, judges, jurors, both were the individuals injured were employees. one a female employee of the court and one a 50-year-old sergeant in the sheriff's department. what is described to us is a chain reaction situation, a malfunction on the 15th floor where the deputy was located. he has head and chest injuries and that car fell on another car on a lower level and the female employee was in the car at the