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was wrongly jailed for murder. the big story on "action news" is the emotional justice in the case of anthony wright. >> wright was set free yesterday after dna evidence proved his innocence. those that acquitted him spoke to the media including vernon odom. is he live in center city with the story. >> reporter: good afternoon monica and sharrie. this case pretty much flew under the radar screen for a quarter century and now a new trial and jury verdict has exploded and put this case out in the open and makes law enforcement in this city look pretty bad. today the jurors that acquitted tony wright after one hour of deliberations came to embrace the man that spent 25 years in the penitentiary for a heinous crime he did not commit. the newly free man is tasting his freedom and he says it's
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sweet. >> it's been an unbelievable 24 hours for me and i am not used to what is going on and just living in the moment. i'm on cloud nine. >> he was tried and convicted for the rape and murder of his nape 77-year-old louise tally, he claims he was railroaded by the police and the d.a. but the innocence project fought for dna evidence three years ago that freed write but the district attorney chose to keep in in prison and try him again. >> the evidence was so compelling, for tony that there really could have been no other verdict. >> there was avess travesty of justice. his father makes no effort to hide his bitterness from the law
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enforcement community. >> i would be lying if i said he was not angry. >> i thank a merciful god. if he forgives people who am i to hold a grudge. >> mr. wright and his family have not yet decided to pursue a civil lawsuit against the city of philadelphia. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> lindsay davis sat down with anthony wright today and she will have more on world news tonight coming up next after "action news." we are following news out of bear, delaware, new video in to "action news" where officials say that a woman fell between 30 and 40 feet, the park is home to the go 8 zip line and tree top adventure. they tell "action news" they are investigating and "action news"
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reporter, dann cuellar is on his way to the scene. we'll provide updates as we get them from the newscast and on our website at 6abc.com. philadelphia police want your help tracking down a sex assault suspect that attacks women from his bicycle, he is accused of attacking four women around south philadelphia early this month. police have released surveillance video of the man that they are looking for. "action news" reporter, john rawlins has more on the investigation coming up tonight at 6:00. more than a dozen people are hurt at a camden concert earlier this month are now suing two rap super stars, the south jersey venue and the promoter, a temporary railing collapsed at the snoop dog and wiz khalifa concert. dozens of fans fell on the concrete below. now seven concert goers, are suing because they encouraged
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them to move closer to the stage before it collapsed . from our new jersey newsroom. beach goers have the all clear now that advisories of bacteria in the water are lifted. gray hall is live in seaside heights with the details. >> reporter: hi sharrie with the all clear the fun continues here at the beach, we should mention the tests are nothing new about 180 beaches are tested weekly along with 35 bay areas and crews are testing the water to make sure the bacteria is not at dangerous levels. what better way to spend a summer day at the beach and sun and fun and the waves. >> the water is cooling so we spend a lot of time in the water. >> water advisories at the jersey shore caused kesh and recent test results revealed they were high enough to close a
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bay area in barnegat light in ocean county and cause advisories in places like seaside heights. lots of dolphins were here and large flocks of seagulls, it could have been something from the seagulls. >> if i heard about it i would have spend time out of water, instead of spending the entire day in it yesterday. >> and wildwood city and long beach township also only had advisories, that means there are potentially unhealthy conditions in the water but not to the point that they have to be colleaguesed. the news was enough to keep people out of the water. >> just the children, they are in the water, the older people in the water. yes, it's worry some. >> the epa gave the all clear and says there is no reason to be alarmed. they constantly monitor it to make sure it doesn't exceed stands. it's only closed if it exceeds
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the safety limit for two days in a row. thankfully that is not the case. >> came down to the boardwalk and saw people in the water and saw people in the beach pass, the water is fine and everything is great, it's been great. >> reporter: all right so back out live again, those advisories are lifted and the tests are done to make sure everything is safe and coming into contact with the bacteria can cause serious illness, talking about diarrhea and skin irritation and a whole lot of things people don't want to deal with. >> thank you gray. new at 5:00, new jersey gas workers put their skills to the test in a mock emergency response. as part of a year round effort to keep the public safe and keep officialed prepared for the worst. nora muchanic has more from hamilton township. >> this was the scene from cypress gardens as pseg
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conducted a gas leak drill income this scenario a crabber has hit a gas line causing a leak and explosion. >> we want to see how the crews work together and see if there say safe enough distance and are they evacuating people and taking readings, the head of the gas operation says that the company responds to 250 gas leaks a day many caused by contractors that don't call 811 first to get the gas lines marked. 50% of our damages are due to contractors digging without a markout request, that is the law. >> this after the explosion in ewing at the south fork development, one woman died and several homes were leveled. these are typically held at a training facility but doing it in a real neighborhood gives them a more realistic setting.
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>> in any emergency situation, there will be missteps, this will make sure those will be eliminated or minimized. >> the power of gas explosions like the one caught on this dash-cam in 2014 is another reminder of the danger these leaks can bose and why response drills make sense. >> it makes you feel better because at least they have some of an idea what they are doing and how to approach it. >> participants join in on a hot wash, a discussion of what went right and what went wrong and how they learn from it. nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> time now for an "action news" traffic report check. >> lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> reporter: hi guys, things are going wrong on 95 because a vehicle doesn't want to run but see the flashing light at the bottom of the screen that is the tow truck towing away the
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vehicle. this is southbound past allegheny, but damage is done stop and go ride from academy to this part of allegheny. serious accident by perkiomen airport. and a crash on 55 southbound, still slow there through the depford area. and cherry hill, a wreck on 38 eastbound approaching the cherry hill diner by cooper landing road, left lane out of commission. and mercer county, speeds in the teens coming south on 1 from princeton to 295. but a crash there is gone. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> okay matt thank you. there are reports of more deaths following a violent earthquake in italy. coming up we'll have the latest developments from overseas, including the local business owner just miles from the center of the shaking.
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>> in health check cheaper ep eye pans that are growing in price. and cecily is live at the philadelphia zoo. >> reporter: hi sharrie and monica, i'm here with apollo, apollo is a sun beam snake from southeast asia, when the scales hit light, they are kind of iridescent and that is why they are call that. the head is like a shovel because they like to dig in soft sand, we'll learn more about this guy, go to my facebook page for a live check and i'll be feeding blacky the alligator.
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developing news at least one person is dead and 18 others are hurt after an attack on the american university in afghanistan in kabul. local officials are calling the responsibility terrorists. it's unclear if there was one or two attackers, police are working to track down the gunman or gunmen. in health check today. officials in florida have dispatched workers to go door-to-door testing for zika in
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yet another area of the state. health reporter and registered nurse, ali gorman, joins us with the details. >> reporter: the good news is there is not a huge spike in numbers but now we see another county possibly affected. one new locally spread case reported in palm beach county and yesterday a case in pinellas county and winwood and miami beach, both in miami-dade county. they have sent teams to all four areas and are visiting residents and testing some for the virus and spraying for mosquitos, 80% of people affected won't have symptoms but the biggest concern is for pregnant women. zika can cause devastating birth defects. the skyrocketing price of epi pens continues to cause
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fire. there is an alternative that is much less expensive. >> daniel hanna has a severe nut allergy, his mother donna makes sure he has an epi pen. >> it's essential he has it with him wherever he goes. >> since mylan purchased the pen the pen has gone up 400%. >> my insure does not cover a copen for the pen. but consumer reports says they can describe another auto injecter. >> called generic gino click. it does the same thing as epi pen. >> there is a slight difference in how they are designed and how they work. with epi pen, the user removes a blue safely release and pushed
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an orange tip get the outer thigh until the pen clicks and waits three seconds until the drug is fully injected with the auto injecter, you remove two gray caps and push a red tip against the thigh until the need needle punctures your skin and wait 10 seconds. >> if you do switch devices you want to make sure everybody knows how to use the injecter you are using. if it's for your child including the teachers and school nurse and baby sitters and grandparents and coaches everyone around that child. >> important information thank you. new employees hired to help guide philadelphia students began training today. mayor jim kenney and the chief education officer otis hackany met with coordinators and
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support staff and they will undergo training boot camp before the school year begins. and a search for a fisherman in the south pacific that could break records. >> and a reminder "action news" is about interaction with you. follow us on social media for the latest headlines, accuweather and breaking news. and of course to communicate with us. on facebook facebook.com/6abcactionnews.
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i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this message. michael hayden: if he governs consistent with some of the things he said as a candidate, i would be very frightened. gillian turner: he's been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our western european allies. max boot: this is not somebody who should be handed the nuclear codes. charles krauthammer: you have to ask yourself, do i want a person of that temperament controlling the nuclear codes? and as of now, i'd have to say no. [bill o'reilly sighs]
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from our delaware newsroom now customers that shop at kenny family shop-rites took a field trip to see where the local produce comes from. they travelled to five family farms including here in newcastle. the shoppers met the families that run the farm and got a look at fresh produce. students and families in west philadelphia kicked off the new school year today way block party, they had a bounce house and a picnic and school supply give away for the kids for the achievement charter elementary school and the parents got a chance to meet with the teachers and school staff and the students head back to class on
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september 1st. scientists in the philippines are trying to figure out if a pearl found in a giant clam is the large of the in the world. take a look. this massive pearl weighs 75 pounds and measures more than two feet long. this was found by a fishman five years ago but keeping it as a good luck charm. and the country's postal service will test out robots in three cities next month. they are made to travel slowly on sidewalks designed to avoid pedestrians and cars. similar robots will be tested this fall in washington, d.c. still to come on "action news" at 5:00, a check of the forecast. sky 6 hd in cape may, new jersey, a beautiful scene, we'll have the accuweather next.
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allentown and reading the same and at the shore it's in the upper 70s as well as beach haven, a nice sea breeze kicked in here this afternoon. but inland locations for philadelphia this month, it has been brutal. 11 days of 90 degrees or more. the average number of 90 degrees for the entire month of august, is seven days, we are running well ahead of schedule and we'll add many more days to that before the month closes out and temperatures so far 4 degrees above normal and record warmest at this point for the year. we are noticing high pressure, in control and the high is pushing to the east and clouds pushing in from the west. and a tornado blasting through parts of indianapolis and taking out a starbucks in that location and we are continuing to watch that severe weather, continue to
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push through parts of indiana and western parts of ohio, locally here it's quiet and a lot of stars and 62 allentown and 63 in reading and 6 8 if philadelphia and they go back up into the 90s north and west and better along the shore and it only gets worse on friday. heat indexes near 100 for the city south and east a little drier air to the north and west but still feeling like the 90s as we round out the week and little in the chance of downpours or storms going into thursday and friday, there will be a couple of spotty ones around and zero percent chance for the weekend. and then it bumps up to 30%. the forecast a lot of 90s, another heave way. heat indexes near 100 on friday, less humid and 91 on saturday, and turns muggy again 91 on sunday and hot and extremely humid monday and 92 with a
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scattered thunderstorm around. meteorologist, cecily tynan, at the philadelphia zoo. you are with a hedgehog, you know i have bushes out front that need trimming. can you do that? >> reporter: exactly. this is an african pygmy hedgehog, they are really cute and one of my favorite animals at the zoo. they have the spines and when they are threatened. they curl up in a ball and their spines stick out. their bellies are really soft and look at that face -- when they are born their spines are soft and they harden off within a few hours. and they eat insents and they are really adorable. i'll be feeding the american alligator, coming up live from the philadelphia zoo. >> a little tiny face how cute. we'll be right back.
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david was proud to be an american soldier. and i know i'm prejudiced because he was my son, but i don't think he had a mean bone in his body. there is not a day that i don't think about david. when i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, i felt such a sense of outrage. "she was standing there, she had nothing to say..." if donald trump cannot respect a gold star family,
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mountous region of central literally leaves towns in ruin and claiming dozens of lived. the suspect that was tow vehicles that "action news" told you about is the subject of a police investigation. that has more people coming forward saying they were victims of the towing trap and a delaware family says they live in fear of their own home because barriers built to protect them from crashes simply don't work. it came in the night without warning, a 6.2 earthquake shook central italy struck with such force it crumbled ancient buildings. rescuers are trying desperately to reach survivors. sara bloomquist is following the latest for us and live in the
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satellite center with more. >> reporter: at least 120 people are now confirmed dead. the number of missing is unknown and uncertain because there are so many vacationsers at this time of the year. rescuers are in a desperate race against time to reach survivors that may be trapped the rubble. rescue workers are in italy after the 6.2 earthquake hit at 3:30 in the morning, villages came crumbling down. you are hear this rescuers trying to calm a woman buried beneath the rubble. asking her if she with breen and telling her to stay calm people are wondering around bloody and ash the debris. >> more than everything it was a terrible sensation of the ground beneath your feet moving and having no clue of what to do. walls were ripped from homes and
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chunks of cement litter roadways, and one by one rescuers are pulling people some alive and some dead from the rubble. >> we are alive because we escaped from the window. >> volunteers are pouring into the area bringing supplies to a sports center turned into a temporary relief center. the co-owner of the center city restaurant. laquilla was 25 miles from the epicenter, he described the tremors. >> he told me that they had quaking and it lasted 40 seconds to a minute. which basically scared everybody in laquilla because they thought it was happening again and basically everyone poured out on to the streets. the center city restaurant came into existence after the original restaurant in laquilla was destroyed by a quake in 2009 and the people in the region were still recovering from it's
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2009 earthquake when this earthquake hit this morning. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news" back to you. >> our coverage continues on the 6 abc news app, with the latest on the search for survivors and the photo gallery of dramatic injuries and the latest video from the scene. now to video that "action news" brought you about a suspected towing trap in philadelphia. police are launching an investigation as people come forward saying they too were victims. chad pradelli has the latest. >> reporter: several people have come to "action news" saying they were illegally towed at broad and alter, and the city is not ready to say that but there are several issues, the main one is the sign. you can see the tow sign there in a bucket it was up about an hour ago and has since blown over. and you see this one on the pole no parking street cleaning
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friday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. it is in both directions indicating that parking over here may be allowed but you see what looks to be what used to be a driveway which would indicate no parking. >> license and inspections oversees the towing industry and they say there is no data base of towing areas and no review of tow agreements between private companies and tow operatorperat >> we immediate to be more compre hencive and strategic on how we go about towing. karen is the spokesperson from lni saying that the task force and police and philadelphia parking authority has been created to discussion changes to tow enforcement. here at broad and alter viewer after viewer has come forward saying they were illegally towed. her office and police are
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investigating but if the location is considered a driveway, the law says a conspicuous sign must be present, as we saw with our own cameras this sign blew over and surveillance images by a viewer shows the sign being down and the toe companies can only charge $175 to toe and $75 day for storage. and lastly the tow company must take a digital picture of the violation. >> when you went to pick up your car did they give you a photograph of the violation? >> no. >> at the end of the day changes need to be made? >> absolutely changes need to be made. the people need protection from predators. >> and they are talking about the parking authority overseeing parking enforcement. they welcome the idea but there
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would be needed funding at for george smith towing the company refused to comment. chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." a woman attacked and robbed and left unconscious in a south philadelphia street had her surveillance video released in hopes of finding the man responsible and he walked up behind her in the 500 block of reed street and started to choke her a few weeks ago and the suspect grabbed the woman's purse and was chased off by two witnesses, a man recovers in the hospital after he was shot inside of his own home in the philadelphia gray's ferry section. this was the 100 block of south 32nd street. the victim was reportedly shot in the back. he was rushed to pen presbyterian. this is 19-year-old thomas lowe, authorities say he has been stealing from people's cars
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in wilmington and newark. they charged him with ten thefts in six different neighborhoods and charged with using a credit card that he stole. he is held on $44,000 bail. a delaware family says they want something done by state road engineers to protect their house after it was hit for the fifth time in seven years. on sunday the car ran through the intersection plowing through the fence and into a pool. thomas and his fiance say they are not safe in their own home. >> you can't use your kitchen or dining room and cars are screeching and everybody is nervous and on edge. neither big signs or boulders stopped the crashes and they asked penndot repeatedly for a guardrail and they say it could seriously injure a driver that hit its, but penndot says they
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will take another look at the intersection. hopefully we are crash free on the roads tonight. matt pellman is here now. >> no crashes in that exact pot but a vehicle fire on the southbound side of 295 and you see how slowly the traffic is moving now, on 95 to past 206 in mansfield township, that is where the vehicle is pushed to the side and it's attracting attention and causing slowing coming south on 295, south new jersey spike would be a better bet. a scratch on the schuylkill eastbound on 202, that is pushed to the side and extra slow getting on to the eastbound schuylkill from 222 and 422, and slowing northbound at delco past the commodore barry bridge that is where a vehicle broke down also now in the shoulder but damage is done and it's extra
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slow. in the lehigh valley, another disabled vehicle on 22 eastbound near cedar crest boulevard and slow speeds there, allentown i would use 78 and bethlehem that is slow with 20 miles per hour and perkiomen airport a crash at college road. still plenty of accidents monica and sharrie. >> thank you. ukraine marked 25 years since it gained independence, and that country's capital today they paraded 4,000 of its soldiers and 200 pieces of military hardware in a show of the country's military power. ukraine's president praised them for bringing down the soviet union a half century ago. and coming up we'll take to you south jersey for this very special lunch. and meteorologist, cecily tynan, is live at the philadelphia zoo with this week's outdoor adventure.
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who is that with you cecily? >> i have danny with me and he is holding phoenix, a harris hawk, they are amazing and they have a large territory all the way south of the united states to brazil. they are intelligent and hunt in packs and they can take down large animals and known to hunt animals as big as young bobcats. i'll feed blacky the alligator and talk about heat wave number six on the way. >> plus, jaime apody has sports including eagles, phillies and the union when "action news" comes right back.
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likely be a ten game suspension and will likely sue the supplement team. >> i am awaiting for results from the sample. stuck in cement now no news. >> did you hear anything about when that might come down. >> it's all a waiting game. not really. i'm waiting like you all are. that is the toughest part you want to have a good season, the mentally frustrating. >> another starter in limbo was jordan matthews, experiencing it's first injury of his life in any sport. he got a bruise on the knee but matthews vows will he be ready for the season opener, and maybe this is a blessing in disguise. >> as i had this time off my
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body feels great, putting socks on in the morning never felt so good. getting inside of my car, i said this is kind of easy. >> it's not easy for me to get in my car. they don't play each other until october. but that did not stop josh norman from trashing sam bradford. hear what the eagles say about this. and a short stint in chicago for the phillies, that may be a good thing, after all the phils allowed 18 runs in the last two games and scored one. yes one. thompson probably want a do over for his career, his first four stops are horrible. his exra is close to 10 and philadelphia union in columbus, they have two matches in four days and i had a chance to check out these guys this morning.
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the soul about to touch down in phoenix for the showdown with the arizona rattlers, and nobody is more excited than captain soul and majority owner, ron jaworsky. >> arizona is a pain of our butt for a long time. we have to go back to phoenix and play in their city and try to beat a good football team. but i love these guys and love this team and i think we'll get it done and have a nice championship come back to philadelphia. >> and jaws a great guy to give the team pep talks so go soul. >> bring it home. thank you jaime. a 5-year-old in south jersey showed his appreciation today for the folks that protect his community. william everetts jr. and his mom delivered a lunch to the williamstown police department. he is a big fan of the police department and asked if he would use his own money to buy the officers lunch. and as we a to say thank you,
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beauty supply are hosting the back to school beauty day today an tomorrow. 18 girls will have their hair and nails done all for free. cecily tynan is live at the philadelphia zoo as our weekly outdoor adventure. you are with the alligator today? you are brave cecily. >> we are at a safe distance and this is a controlled environment because these are dangerous predators in the wild, this is blacky and i have seen the keeper, i have laura houston with me. tell us about blacky, one of the oldest animals at the zoo. >> he celebrates his 50th birthday on september 10th. >> where did blacky come from? >> you'll find him in the southeastern united states all the way down the coast of the united states, you'll fine the gators. and they get about 15 feet long and 500 pounds and they spend most of their time banking on
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the shores or hiding out in the water waiting to ambush prey. >> this as active as i have seen him. i have a trout and he is opening up and i'll throw it to him. oh, no, i don't know if he can get it the way i threw it. that is frustrating and trout is one of his favorite foods and there you go. wow. i have had people ask me is the alligator real? because they come here and they don't move at all sometimes. >> that is important for being an alligator, they either lay in wait for their dinner to go by and that is part of what you see with their -- you'll see their ability to hide in the water and just put a tiny bit of their snout out and that is all part of laying in wait. >> houfrn do they eat typically. >> they don't have to eat every
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day. they have a lot of energy, and energy exerted to hunt, so then he fines food after that. >> we are at a watering hole and there is an adult watering hole at the zoo here. >> we recently opened up our beer garden down in the south end of the zoo, we call it the watering hole sponsored by victory brewery, an opportunity for adults to stop by and have an adult beverage and a snack. open 11:00 until 4:00, good time to celebrate blacky's birthday. >> blacky you will like this, looking at the current temperatures, philadelphia 85 degrees and down from the high of 861 degree above normal and trenton right now 85 and allentown and reading and wilmington 84. a little cooler at the shore,
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cape may currently 78 degrees. and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing mostly sunny skies and a cold front in western ohio and indiana, that triggered a couple of thunderstorms and a torn is in effect there. it's mostly clear and slightly humid here and overnight lows in the 60s so not as comfortable as the past few nights and thursday the cold front is to the west in the ohio valley and we get a southwest wind ahead of it. that means hotter than today with the high of 90 degrees, slightly more humid and could get a stray thunderstorm mainly north and west ahead of that front. on friday we get in the steam bath, the high 95 degrees and feels like 100, and a few spotty thunderstorms with the fronts and behind is the front the high pressure builds in for the weekend and it's not quite as humid. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow 90 degrees and more humid than today. friday the peak of the heat, 93
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degrees and the heat index 100 and saturday hot and less humid and 91 that will likely make it the six and heat wave of the year, continuing on sunday 91 degrees and tuesday hot and 90 and hopefully by next wednesday when i come back to the zoo we'll drop down into the upper 80s. trout is for dinner, one for for you blacky. it didn't hurt i swear. very to work on my pitching arm. back to you guys. >> thank you cecily. well with the higher heat and humidity poised for a come back, rely on 6abc.com/weather for all the updates and the precision of stormtracker 6 live double scan radar when making your outdoor plans, turn to facebook and twitter for the latest.
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the northeast area of wilmington is getting a long awaited makeover. today the city's housing partnership broke ground on a new housing complex near pine street. this is where walt's favor crisp restaurant once stood until its owner passed away in 2011, to commemorate the restaurant's role in the community the new homes are called townhomes at walt's way. >> very nice. up next a woman falls to her death at a state park in delaware. and police are looking for suspects on a bike that they say groped at least four women. i'm just living in the moment. >> a philadelphia man speaks out about his first 24 hours of freedom after spending 25 years
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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. wednesday night and jim is off and i'm monica malpass in the news caesars entertainment holds a job fair foyer casino workers and it's moving day for penn and temple university freshman. but the big story on "action news" is a fatal fall at a
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delaware state park, a woman is dead after plunging 30 to 40 feet this afternoon. the incident happened at lum's state park. dann cuellar is joining us live there. >> reporter: monica, the go ape adventure has been shut down for the day following the fatal accident, an accident that has not been fully explained what we know is this, according to authorities, at 2:38 a woman guest here at the go ape zip line fell 30 to 40 feet off a platform down below to an area that makes up lum's state park. paramedics had to perform cpr on the route to the trauma unit where she was pronounced dead. they are investigating how the woman fell o
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