all across this region. this is bruce steele age 44. he's the montgomery county -- in montgomery county prison bail set at $1 million cash. he was arrested here at his roxborough apartment residence. he faces nearly three dozen charges of sex trafficking prostitution and involuntary servitude. two of his alleged victims detectives say were found in his apartment. the d.a. says bruce cash steele ran a sophisticated operation that stretched across the five county philadelphia region from essington to delaware county near the airport, all the way to king of prussia horsham and plymouth meeting in montgomery county. on out to chester and bucks counties and into philadelphia. steele allegedly used local hotels as rendezvous locations to place drug add directed women recruitd from philadelphia jails and the streets of kensington. detectives say he was keeping at least seven women in sexual slavery through violence and providing them with heroin. >> women were being arrested

in some of these hotels for engaging in illegal activity and his name seemed to keep coming up plus he was also involved in bailing -- bailing women out of the montgomery county correctional facility. >> reporter: prosecutors say steele advertised his illicit business on the web site back page drawing thousands of dollars per week. his victims apparently accountable to him for every penny they earned. >> the real difficult part about this was tracking down the victims. many of whom are in really difficult terrible life circumstances addicted to drugs, on the streets. >> reporter: rick, the montgomery county d.a.'s office believes there are many more women out there who have been used abused and victimized bicarb steele. he would like them to come forward. he wants to put steele away for many decades. live in roxborough, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news. >> vernon, thank you.

in delaware, police were investigating a home invasion in north wilmington which targeted elderly -- an elderly man and his disabled son. it happened around 12:30 this afternoon on the 700 block of hertford road. police say the suspect forced his way in after knocking on the door injuring the 81-year-old homeowner in the process. chad pradelli is fathering details at the scene and he'll have the late nest a live report tonight at 6:00. >> olympic swimmer ryan lochte has apologized for his behavior surrounding a robbery investigation at the summer games in rio de janeiro. lochte took to instagram today to say he should have been more careful and candid when describing what happened earlier this week after a night of partying with his teammates. lochte and three other swimmers could face sanctions from u.s.a. swimming and the u.s. oc. two of those swimmers are back in the united states after being held for questioning in brazil.

a third has agreed to pay nearly $11,000 in exchange for the ability to leave the country. >> ♪ turning to politics tonight republican nominee ton trump spent at any in flood ravaged louisiana. in the public eye he made another shakeup inside his campaign. now another one of trump's top aides is out of a job. abc's kenneth moton is live in washington with all the details tonight. kenneth. >> reporter: rick, now that donald trump campaign chair paul manafort is out trump officially doesn't have one senior leader who has ever run a campaign, any campaign. humbled trump has appeared on the campaign trail. on the ground in louisiana. donald trump was lending a hand meeting the people impacted by historic floods and touring the devastation. the gop nominee is working to pivot to look more presidential admitting he hasn't always chosen the right words. >> i have done that and believe it or not, i regret it. >> reporter: but trump took

time to criticize president obama who is taking heat for not cutting his vacation short to visit louisiana. >> i heard he was trying to stay under par. >> he'll never be under par. >> reporter: gone bell edwards said a visit from the president and even the nominees would use up vital police resources. he said he welcomed trump to louisiana but not for a photo op. the visit comes after another shakeup in trump campaign management. chairman paul manafort is out resigning under allegations he received payments while representing a pro-ukrainian leader. one of trump's sons said his father didn't wander to be distracted by manafort. hillary clinton's campaign released this is video saying you can get rid of manafort but that doesn't end the odd bromance that trump has with russian president vladimir putin. to counter those images of trump in louisiana the white house just announced that president obama will travel to

the state tuesday. clinton center out an e-mail on how to donate to flood relief. reporting live here in washington, kenneth moton channel6 "action news." >> okay, kenneth thank you. actor sean patrick thomas was in center city today campaigning for hillary clinton. he joined leaders with the pennsylvania avenue americans for hillary. the group they helped launch a grassroots voter registration effort at small businesses. thomas stars in the recently released movie barbershop and at a he fittingly talked with voter at maximillian's gentleman's quarters barber parlor on chestnut street. >> turning to accuweather. we're tracking a hot and humid weekend around the delaware valley. what else is new, right? as we look live from atlantic city tonight we saw some clouds in the skies today and while those clouds are expected to move out the muggy conditions will stick around through sunday. meteorologist melissa magee is

live outside with more on the forecast and a sneak peek at the weekend. melissa, happy friday. >> hi, rick, happy friday to you. and as you mentioned still pretty hot, pretty sticky across the region. we'll show you the numbers right now. in philadelphia officially coming in at 90 so far at a. 88 in trenton. 89 in wilmington. 85 in cape may. 77 degrees there in the poconos. we do have some issues, though, that we are tracking here. you can see storm tracker6 live double scan radar street level. we've got a couple of showers. the only place where we are find something activity is down in south jersey there in atlantic county to the south of egg harbor pressing into mays landing moving to the south and east so if you're traveling between route 30 and also route 50, we are dealing with those showers but these will continue to exit as we go throughout the rest of tonight and we've got a mostly clear sky on the way. so, we'll talk about what we can expect as we look at our day planner. if you're out on the town 7:00 p.m. that temperature 86 degrees, 8:00 p.m. 83. we've got a partly cloudy sky at 9 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. that

number 80 and 79 degrees at 11 o'clock tonight. we've got a bit of a 50-50 split over the weekend. one day is better than the other. it will turn horribly humid on sunday, then an amazing feeling returns as we get into monday. but in between that time we'll be tracking some showers and storms for the second half of our weekend. we'll take a closer look and let you know how that relief comes our way, sharrie, with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> all right, melissa, thank you. at the "action news" big board now with a bridge opening that runners and bikers around valley forge have been waiting more than 20 years for. it restores a vital link between the national historic park and the schuylkill river trail. "action news"'s gray hall is near the bridge in west norriton with the full stormy hi, gray. >> reporter: hi, sharrie. walkers runsers and cyclist showed up a few hours ago for the official opening bridge right behind me. they showed up here by the dozens and it's safe to say no one left disapp pointed.

>> finally opened. >> reporter: bike lifts runnerlifts --bicyclists and wa. the pennsylvania department transportation began construction in 2014. way ceremonial cut of a ribbon the pedestrian bicycle bridge opened to the public. >> we knew that this bridge was going to be a phenomenon addition to our trail system here. not just in montgomery and chester counties but for the entire region, for the entire circuit. hundreds of miles of trails. >> reporter: if you've bravely trekked across the old narrow boardwalk pass on the west side of north 22 which is 4 feet 6-inches wide you can understand the excitement about this new and improved trail bridge. it is a prestressed concrete structure 14 feet wide and 604 feet long a direct link between chester and montgomery counties and will allow visitors to travel between the schuylkill river trails and the trail system in the national park. >> i've been biking around

here for probably 30 years and crossing in one wooden bridge for the last dozen of those, this is a real pleasure to have this bridge opened. >> it was scary. yeah, you'd have to ride fast to not be the one that fell through the cracks. >> reporter: the hope is that the new four span bridge enhances bicycle and pedestrian travel and provides a safer regional connection to the circuit trails which is a vast regional trail network composed of hundreds of miles of interconnected trails. >> we've been waiting all summer. every time we were riding the valley forge trail we would take our bikes over, not done yet and turn around and we were thrilled to find out today it was open so on the inaugural day here we are. >> reporter: all right, so back out live, the bridge now opened for everyone to enjoy. the price tag a little over $9 million. if you were wondering about the name of the bridge, well that was voted on in 2013 and it's actually named after major general john sullivan. he was actually charged by george washington general

george washington to build a wooden bridge over the schuylkill river back in the late 1700's for the continental army. that is the latest from outside the new sullivan's bridge, gray hall channel6 "action news." sharrie, rick. >> gray, thank you very much. it is friday. so let's get a check of our "action news" traffic report for you. >> let's do it and let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. hi, matt. >> hi. let's go to the beach. >> yes. >> each. let's go get a wave. we're watching a wave of traffic here on 42. southbound side it starts on the other side of the walt whitman bridge traffic crawling across the bridge onto 42 southbound on down through 55. nothing we're not used to during a friday afternoon in the summer time. but a couple abnormalities along 130 this afternoon. we've got a pair of accidents. one is in delran near creek road, the other in burlington at beverly road involves a vehicle into a pole there by the stuart's drive in. watch out for the emergency crews there. we're watching slow speeds on 95 southbound from woodhaven on down to this point as you enter the work zone at cottman. the crash just up ahead in the

work zone has cleared as has a broken down vehicle on the roosevelt boulevard extension northbound just beyond the ridge avenue on-ramp but it's still extra heavy coming off the schuylkill expressway. and heading toward the schuylkill on the blue route 476 northbound our crash here approaching 76 has cleared but still some extra delays coming north of broomall up damp we'll check it again rick and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. >> matt thank you. less than two hours ago, the cdc announced a new warning for anyone concerned about zika virus in the united states. coming up tonight in health check, the second hot spot federal officials are now telling pregnant women to avoid in the u.s. >> also, a major sporting event moved. we'll tell you why the nba has decided where next year's all-star game will be less than a year out from the event when "action news" comes right back tonight. >> ♪

>> a second person has died in a crash involving two commuter buses in new jersey. officials say one new jersey transit bus carrying only the driver slammed into another bus around 6:00 a.m. in newark. the driver of the bus with no passengers died at the scene. a female passenger on the other bus died later this afternoon. 17 others were hurt.

investigators are trying to determine if the driver who died ran a red light. >> all right. turning to health check tonight the cdc is now advising pregnant women to avoid another area in florida. >> this comes after officials have confirmed five cases of locally spread zika all connected to an area in miami beach. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman at the "action news" big board with the details. hi, ali. >> hi, guys. this is something who work in hospitality and tourism in florida had been dreading. the governor says just as they did in wynnewood they're working to control mosquitos and the zika virus in miami beach. the cdc announces pregnant women should avoid a second spot in south florida. this time it's inside the touristy hot spot miami beach. officials in florida say five people have been infected with zika virus spread by local mosquitos there. a one and a half mile area has been identified as the infection zone: the governor

says officials are testing people and working to control mosquitos. the first area known to have local transmission called wynnewood is now shrinking. several more blocks have been cleared. congress has still not passed a budget to fight zika. governor rick scott has again asked for those federal funds. he's requesting 5,000 more testing supplies, more lab personnel and 10,000 prevention kits for pregnant women. >> we want to do all we can to assure florida remains safe for our visitors on your families. >> reporter: free zika assessment and testing will now be offered to all pregnant women within the entire state of florida. mosquito spraying will have to stick to the ground by miami beach. there's too many highrises for aerial spraying. education will also continue reminding residents to protect themselves. >> we have to do our part to wear bug spray and dump

standing water. penn medicine is part of a test. they've enrolled 15 volunteers. as for whether zika will spread here, it could. we have the mosquitos that can carry the virus but most experts agree it's unlikely we'll see widespread transmission. still, people should do their best to avoid mosquito bites. and officials are also advising pregnant women and their partners to consider avoiding nonessential travel to the entire miami dade county. they say they would rather err on the side of caution. now, also, if you are pregnant and you visitd that wynnewood area any time after june 15th or the miami beach area any time after july 14th, you should let your doctor know. and we have more information on 6abc.com. rick and sharrie. >> all right, thank you, ali. new orleans will play host to next year's nba all-star game. the league made the announcement today. charlotte north carolina was originally chosen to host the

mid season game but the event was pulled out of north carolina because of a state law that limits protection for lgbt individuals. the nba says the move shows their commitment to communities that value fairness and inclusion. >> well, still to come on "action news" at 5:00, a very special visit to sesame place. >> also, the big award received by this woman that came with her very own meet and greet with her favorite sesame street character, there he is, when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪ he.

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>> four, three, two, one and liftoff. >> there it is. a pair of military spacecraft headed up up and away early this morning. the delta four rocket carried a set of satellites designed to detect threats to other american satellites also known as space mind. they'll orbit about 22,000 miles above ground. nasa's hubble telescope taking a close look at the aftermath of a celestial event thousands of years ago. take a look for yourself. the space agency shared this photo taken by the hubble. it is what's left after a

white dwarf exploded about 160,000 light years away from earth. scientists are calling it stellar shrapnel. >> wow. a woman who spent a lifetime collecting sesame street memorabilia took the trip of a lifetime today to where else but sesame place. it was the first time sheila sestak had ever visited the theme park in langhorne. hard to imagine she's the current guinness world record holder for sesame street memorabilia. she has close to thousand items in her home. today a special surprise. she met her favorite character big bear. quite an exciting day for a woman who first fell in love with sesame street almost 45 years ago and says she has no plans of turning the corner now

>> it time for accuweather at the "action news" big for let's check with meteorologist melissa magee with the hot and humid forecast and the weekend. not much different. >> yeah, certainly not going to be much different as we head into our weekend. we got some 90's on the way at least for the first half of the weekend. then we'll be tracking a flies change as early as next week. so far in philadelphia, coming in at 90 degrees. 89 in wilmington, 87 in allentown, the lehigh valley. at the coast in cape may 85. 87 degrees in dover and 80's

as well in lancaster. look at the dewpoints it's the level of moisture in the atmosphere. dewpoint numbers aren't terribly bad, just moderately humid from the i-95 corridor and points to the north and west but we're still stuck in the 70's the up ar upper 60's ag the coastline and pressing into dover because you're tapping into a south or serial wind at this hour it's bringing in more moisture off of the atlantic. here's satellite6 along with action radar. it's dry and quiet from new england across the midatlantic region as well. if you look off to the west we're finding a lot of activity. you look across the northern plains we've got some moisture that's starting to develop. this will be our cold front. it will be working its way eastward as we get into the second half of our weekend and with that comes the threat of some strong showers and storms but in the wake of that a nice change and a nice recovery head our way. the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight it's still pretty humid underneath a mostly clear sky dropping down to 72 in philadelphia, 65 in allentown, 71 in cape may, 66 in toms river and 64 degrees

the overnight low in lancaster. we'll track the dewpoints over the next four days here. you could see saturday and sunday still very high in the upper 60's but look at this drop-off in numbers as we get into monday. dewpoint numbers monday and tuesday only in the upper 40's so big time relief headed our way for the start of our next work week. at the shore over the weekend at least on saturday 82 degrees sunshine and clouds. in the city tomorrow high temperature close to 90 degrees it will be hot and humid and up in the poconos the temperature coming in at 81 degrees underneath a partly sunny skies. future tracker6 takes you into sunday. you see the changes headed our way so a dry start to our weekend tomorrow but you can see shows showers and storms firing up. you can see gusty winds and drenching downpours with there as well. here's the five day at 5:00 sunshine and clouds tomorrow, high temperature up to 90. it is humid on sunday with those evening showers and

storms. high temperature coming in at 88 degrees. on monday, we will lower the humidity. a high up to 82. that's a good looking day, sunny and pleasant tuesday, 81. then the upper 80's return as we get into the middle half of next week, guys. we'll take a closer look at that seven day coming up at 5:30. >> time to find friend who has a pool. how you doing melissa. where did she go? quick break and we'll be right back. stay with us.

>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist add joseph, jaime apody rick williams and monica malpass. >> monica is off. sharrie williams is joining us tonight. here's what's happening on "action news" this evening. firefighters are gaining ground on that wildfire that's burning out of control in southern california. it's killing more people than gun violence philadelphia right now. what the city is doing to prevent overdose deaths from a powerful drug. also an armed thief storms into a local watering hole demanding everything and anything with value. do you recognize this man? >> southern california's blue cut wildfire continues to char the landscape and light up the sky. more than 35,000 acres of land are destroyed. the fire itself so big that

nasa could take a picture of it from space. >> well, as it stands right now 96 homes and more than 200 other buildings have been destroyed. however, firefighters on the front lines are making headway. >> abc's lauren lyster has the latest tonight. >> reporter: today crews making progress on a wildfire that overnight continued to spread in the california dessert. the tens of thousands of residents ordered to evacuate still being kept from their homes. vehicles destroyed, burned out debris left in the communities they fled. the ski town of right wood evacuated but only half of the residents heeded the warning. >> my husband wouldn't go. he's the basic kind that says i want to protect the house. i want to stay here. >> reporter: 37,000 acres have been charred since the blue cut fire ignited tuesday. more than 50 square miles. helicopters have been working round the which, to halt the flames and make sure they stay put out.

on the ground, responders have made significant progress cutting back the bone dry brush. >> we don't like losing homes and it's challenging when we're up against the fine it's burning so aggressively. >> reporter: some residents have been allowed back in their homes but evacuation orders remain for thousands and according to fire officials the owners of at least 96 homes will be returning to damage like this. lauren lyster abc news california. >> thank you lauren. we now know a natural gas leak caused a deadly explosion and fire at a maryland apartment building last week. federal investigators released their new finding this morning and they've determined the explosion happened in a mechanical room but they don't know what led up to it. the fire then consumed two buildings. police have identified three of the seven victims who were killed. >> the u.s. scrambled fighter aircraft to protect american forces and allies in northeastern syrian cities while that city was under attack.

officials say syrian government planes were battling syrian kurds in that area. the u.s. is increasing air patrols there and has warned the standing syrian regime that it will defend coalition troops if they are threatened. u.s. forces were in the area training and advising syrian democratic forces and no one was hurt. well, the obama administration expects to mark a major milestone in the coming weeks. admitting more than 10,000 syrian refugees into the u.s. within the 2016 fiscal year. a state department official says the administration can and likely will accept more than 10,000 applicants as the goal is not a sealing. david muir will have more on today's top headlines around the world including the continuing fire fight in southern california. you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. >> in other news tonight philadelphia health officials say the city's synthetic

opioid drug epidemic is getting much worse. the drug that concerns them the most is called fentanyl. city health officials updated the public today on the scope of the problem. more than 700 people died from the drug last year up from 460 in 2013. fender until already accounts for about 40 percent of overdoses. officials say people don't realize how poet tender it can be the. >> people are buying this drug from street dealers and as commissioner evans said probably most of the time they think they're buying heroin because it is very similar in its effects. >> officials are using outreach programs in high use areas of philadelphia to get people into treatment programs. the city fire department's 133 first responder teams carry narcan a drug that can reverse the effects of an overdose. >> a delaware apartment complex became an active crime scene when two men were shot. once the sun came up

detectives scoured the grounds of the prides port apartments in newark for clues. they tell "action news" a 19-year-old man an 20-year-old man was slot around 4:00 a.m. both were taken to the hospital for treatment. it's still unclear why the men were shot or who shot them. from our new jersey news room now camden county health officials are warning residents in haddon township to stay alert after a bat found in man's home tested positive for rabies. the homeowner found the animal inside of his residence august 10th. it was taken away by animal control and tested. the man's family was advised to seek treatment for possible exposure. officials are asking residents to contact them at (856)374-6370 if they believe an animal is showing signs of being sick. >> the lehigh valley substitute teacher charged with having sex with a student in a cemetery has pled guilty to the crime.

49-year-old kelly auld ringer admitted. she told authorities her relationship with the teen started the previous fall. she'll be sentenced in december. dramatic surveillance video captured a bar robbery in hunting park. this happened during the early morning hours on wednesday inside of frank's place bar on north 15th street. the suspect pulled out a handgun and pointed it at everyone. he took cash from several people stole one woman's purse and then ran off. if you have any information on the crime, you're asked to call philadelphia police. a woman was hit by a car while walking in the bala cynwyd shopping center along city avenue this evening. happened just outside of the olive garden restaurant. the woman was put on a stretcher and loaded into a waiting ambulance. her injuries are said to be minor fortunately. the driver did stay on the scene. not clear if he'll face charges. >> time to check on the roads on this friday.

>> matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. any weekend plans your way matt. >> down the shore. >> there you go. >> cape play time, yeah. will i see you down there? >> depends on traffic. >> come on down, join us. right now is not the time to go. traffic is a little rough as we kick off this weekend rick and sharrie. 295 southbound had some big delays because of an accident just out of view at 561 in cherry hill take out a couple lanes. that's why that southbound travel time is as slow as it is. i think i would come down the jersey turnpike or even 130 possibly although there's an accident there. also one in southampton along 206 at 38. that involves a pedestrian. there's the crash on 130. it's in burlington at beverly road by the stewart's drive in. a vehicle ran into a pole so you'll see emergency crews on the scene there. seeing some of the slow speeds on 95 southbound in part because of this, a crash on the ramp from street road to the southbound lanes. a lot of emergency crews on the scene and it's mostly off to the side partially blocking

the on-ramp but it is attracting attention in the southbound main lanes. over on the schuylkill speeds in the teens as you head in towards the phils game or maybe the black sabbath concert in camden tonight. it's the philadelphia folk festival this weekend in montgomery county so extra traffic there along salford station road. west pottsgrove there's a crash bad one to watch out for right now. fire police helping around it along manatawny street. chapman road closing all week starting tonight's. head for 273 or old baltimore pike instead. enjoy your weekend. >> if we don't see you, have a nice time at the shore. >> have a weekend. >> thank you. >> still to come, he served philadelphia as our police commissioner nearly 15 years ago. coming up law enforcement in miami florida pay their respects to the late john timmeney. >> good samaritans join forces to save a kitten fighting for his life. how social media made it all possible and melissa is in for adam tonight. >> take out the numbers across the eastern half of the u.s.

it's 90 in philadelphia but 83 in chicago. to the north and west it's 60 in bismarck north dakota it will not get that cool across our region but we'll be tapping into a piece of that relief that heads our way as we get into next week. details in the accuweather forecast. >> jaime apody has eagles and phillies news in sports when "action news" comes right back.

>> a rescue helicopter took two men to safety after the plane they were flying crashed in the florida everglades. the plane landed around noon today on its belly in the marsh land. both men appear to be okay. officials say before landing the pilot was able to make an emergency call. seven homes in all were damaged when a six alarm fire broke out yesterday in staten island. two people were hurt one seriously. 19 firefighters suffered from heat exhaustion. more than 40 people were left homeless. no word yet on what caused this fire. >> members of law enforcement came together in miami today to honor john timoney. he directed miami's police department from 2003 to 2010 and he was philadelphia's police commissioner from 1998

to 2001. timoney died this week after a battling lunn cancer. he was 68. he'll be laid to rest next week in new york state. >> all right. jaime apody is here with another look at sports. >> wip last night. a lot of question marks with that team. >> always is in the preseason. eagles two and zero. last year they were four and oh. we know how that ended up. last night carson wentz did not play but did throw a bit in warmups. trust meed d there we go. carson wentz. the the defense played really well. nolan carol pick six. the steelers didn't start ben roethlisberger or the first team offense but the birds first team did have their way with the backups. malcolm jenkins in the end zone. sam bradford played the entire firefirst half last night.

115 yards no touchdowns to show for it. he did have four interceptions in there first half but the birds managed to shut out the steelers 17-nothing. pederson was pleased but still knows there's a lot more to work on. >> some of the things we got clean up are the penalties. those things are killing some explosive plays right now offensively and we just got to make sure our alignments are right. a couple young guys but just whether it's the excitement of the game or whatever it might be nerves they just got to be a little more focused in those situations but overall again it's a win and happy for the guys. >> surprise appearance in the third quarter by newly required receiver dorial green-beckham how do you feel like you fit in. >> i feel like i'm one of the guys that can come in here and

make roads. >> reporter: is this a fresh start. >> it's a fresh start. still got to compete. still got to learn plays put in extra times make everybody happy. >> relief for ryan howard. though he always main taped his innocence but today the slugger cleared lie major league baseball with allegations made by al-jazeera that he used performance-enhancing drug. with the phils trailing the dodgers howard his 19th home run of the season. he's been playing great. phillies down four-three in the seventh when maikel franco watch him get all of this one, two run home run, 22nd of the year and the phils stave off a series sweep winning the finale five-four. they host the cardinals tonight. sixers have a little more than a month left of summer vic indication. ceo scott o'neill led 150

sixers employees school. sixers classroom kick. o'neill says his organization just loves to give back. >> it's incredible honor, very humbling. tilden middle school is one of those special schools targeted by mayor kenney as a community school get the teachers all geared up and we're doing our little part. >> this is an awesome opportunity for our students and our teachers. they have an opportunity to get every classroom done loafer they wanted to to it. >> sixers also replaced the nets on all the basketball hoops and maybe they can cut down some of their own after all they got a nice court in place. everyone excited to see ben simmons and joel embiid. >> this is starting to happen. it's still early. we're in for a rollercoaster. some nights are going to look like a really young team with a lot of really young players. >> shooting helps. i know someone who is

available. imagine what i would have done if i was wearing shorts and sneaker. >> right. you had high heels on and you were making these. >> nailed it. >> now i need go ice. >> okay. looked good, though. thank you, jamie. the u.s. library of congress is buying more than 250 violins owned by a wilmington man. david bromberg was a traveling musician and began checking the instruments in the 19 60's. some of the violins are on display in bromberg's market street home. others are locked in a vault at his store on sixth and market streets. he's selling the american violin collection for $1.5 million. the library of congress plans to keep the instruments together as parter of a study of american violins. the philadelphia police athletic league celebrated its final day of golf camp today. one young player made a very impressive 5-foot putt at the juniata golf course. more than 80 pal children showed off driving chipping and putting skills. pal presented awards for skills and competitive events.

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commercial crew capsules in the future. space-x and boeing both plan on bringing human space launches back to cape can photographer left lane in a year or two. the company's space ships will use this new door to connect to the station. >> all right. back here on earth now more heat and humidity this weekend. meteorologist melissa magee is here. how is the shore looking this weekend. >> i think the better day to go is definitely going to be on saturday because it's going to be mostly dry but as we go throughout the day on sunday we're tracking those showers and storms guys. >> oh, boy. >> here's storm tracker6 live double scan radar. you could see it's dry, no issues with precipitation. so outside we go. sky6 live in hd as we are down the shore. beautiful shot there lot of folks on the sand and on the beach enjoying themselves in the water before the changes come. as we get into the weekend it's going to be a change that we need because eventually the cooler air will be arriving. the high today in philadelphia coming in officially at 90 degrees. 5 degrees above normal of 85.

the record 94 set back in 2002. outside at this hour it's 89 in wilmington, 87 in allentown, 77 in the poconos. at the coast in beach haven coming in at 82. 85 degrees in cape may. upper 80's up the 95 corridor in trenton. satellite6 along with action radar you can see it's dry and quiet across our region but focus your attention off to the north and west. you can see in between bismarck and omaha we're tracking some activity. this is going to be our cold front that will be working its way eastward. you'll find those showers and storms erupting from a west-east west direction as we get into the second half of our weekend sunday. the call from accuweather mostly clear moderately humid dropping down to 65 in the suburbs and 72 degrees in philadelphia for the overnight low. here's the setup for us on our saturday. high temperature once again coming in at 90 degrees and you can feel the summer soup by saturday afternoon. there could be an isolated shower or thunderstorm. most spots should stay drive. main line of activity comes in

sunday. that cold front comes through. high temperature ahead of that front 88 degrees, turning stormy as we go throughout the day. there's a lot of humidity in the air so almost a bit of a tropical feel. then we have this cold front that comes through. that will fire off those showers and storms some of which will be on the strong if not severe side. high pressure follows in the wake of that. we've got a flies change and a good recovery headed our way for the start of next week. down the shore tomorrow partly sunny, high temperature of 82 degrees. on sunday 82 degrees, clouds and some sun, thunderstorms will be arriving as we go throughout the late day hours on sunday at the shore. up in the poconos tomorrow partly sunny, that's any other a bad looking high a-high temperature coming in at 80 but those showers and storms will be around as we get into sunday arriving first for the poconos and then drifting down to the south and east as were we go throughout the day, a high temperature then at 77. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast showing you tomorrow sunshine and clouds a high temperature at 90 degrees. then on sunday it's humid, evening showers and storms will be around a high

temperature at 88. future tracker six showing you by 4:00 p.m. on sunday afternoon you could see he that moisture starting to fire up and the big concern will be those gusty winds drenching downpours and the possibility of some hail as the cold front comes on through. in the wake of that, though this is the nice change on monday lower humidity, a high temperature and at 82 degrees. it is pleasant by tuesday with plenty of sunshine and at 81 we start to warm up once again on wednesday underneath a mostly sunny sky a up to 87. very warm on thursday, sunny, too, high temperature 89 and as we get into next friday partly sunny turning more humid again, high temperature coming in at 89 degrees so a nice change on the way on monday. it might be a good stretch to wash the car. >> yeah. >> i'll bring mine. >> my car left me a note or somebody left it. [laughter] >> be sure to stay with 6abc/weather throughout the weekend for the latest on the heat and any storms that pop up. of course the power of storm

tracker6 live radar is at your fingertips and be sure to follow each of our meteorologists on facebook and twitter. it's a great way to keep informed. >> the power of social media helped save a kitten from certain peril in kansas. that is the sound of pure relief after being stuck in a drain for at least two days. a woman posted on facebook an urgent plea for a plummer to help get the kitten out. a good samaritan with men he tea of plumbing experience aged the call using some fishing tape and a special cam rat volunteers were able to stag the kitten by its tail and fish him out. the kitten was named piper and lives with his rescuer and her family

>> they aren't medical students yet but they're on their way. today they celebrated an important first step. the philadelphia students from central high and girl's high are the first to graduate from a new medical career

preprogram at einstein medical center. for much of the summer these high schoolers shadowed medical professionals at einstein and today they were congratulated for completing a very challenging program. >> summer well spent. right now the "action news team is standing by with these stories and more next at 6:00. a philadelphia man is charged with trafficking women and using them as sex slaves. and authorities say his crimes span the five county area. plus, a brazen home invasion in the middle of the day in delaware. the victim an 81-year-old with a disabled son living in the home. >> and it's not just students with first day jitters hundreds of new philadelphia teachers were learning the ropes today. that and much more coming up next. now for monica malpass meteorologist adam joseph sharrie williams the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams. join me next for "action news" at 6:00.

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> friday night. jim is off. i'm rick williams. in the news wine is stocked at a pennsylvania grocery store for the first time since hoe prohibition. good samaritans rescue a six-year-old trapped in a burning car. but the big story on "action news" tonight is the arrest of a man who police say targeted women who were addicted to drugs and forced them into sexual slavery. 44-year-old bruce steele is facing almost three dozen felony counts tonight. authorities say he ran a human trafficking and prostitution ring through five counties in our area.