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good afternoon sara bloomquist is off. in the news donald trump admits president obama was born in the united states. hear what he told a crowd in washington, d.c. and a hearing is underway for people to make their case for speed cameras along the roosevelt boulevard. and a scary confrontation outside a local church. a man tried to rob a pastor and his family but the pastor's wife took matters into her own hands. annie mccormick is live. >> reporter: rick, at this hour, the suspect the 66-year-old suspect is in serious condition at the hospital. when he allegedly approached the pastor and his family, he didn't realize they were both licensed to carry guns. >> i thought i would do with the gun in my face. it took one shot from pastor's

wife's handgun. he did not have his handgun when he returned from a concert with his wife and 10-year-old son and his wife did, the suspect hit him in the head with what felt like a shotgun and demanded cook's wallet. >> i heard drop the gun and drop the gun and i said she has a gun and he turned towards her and i said shoot him, shoot him. and then the leader of the lutheran church took his wife's weapon. >> the suspect made the unusual escape by jumping on the running boards of a moving vehicle happening to be moving on pratt street. >> police tracked down the suspect at a local hospital. he was positively identified by the family and admits. >> we have our guns and hoped to

never have to use them. but if it ever comes up. if it comes down to my family or him, it's him i'm sorry. >> and police say they did recover a weapon and it appears to be a nail gun that was made to look like a firearm. at this hour they have not identified the suspect. rick back to you. >> thank you. new developments in the shooting death of an 8-year-old girl in camden. police arrested a woman for hindering the investigation. that she gave a false alibi. gabby was killed in crossfire playing outside last month. there is a $75,000 reward. if land is convicted she could spend 18 months in state prison. and now legislation that could install speed cameras on

roosevelt boulevard eastbound in philadelphia. they are holding the hearing at city hall and the proposed state law would ticket the speeders $150 if they are caught driving 11 miles per hour over the limit. the fine was be sent to the drivers in the mail. the boulevard already has several red light cameras in place. turning to accuweather, the week is ending on a high night. get out and enjoy it. as we look at sky 6 hd at penn's landing, lots of sunshine and a comfortable afternoon. meteorologist, melissa magee, is outside with the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: it's looking good. at least the start of our weekend, in fact, it was not bad earlier this morning. we had a taste of fall in the air. look at the morning low in philadelphia. we bottomed out at 59 degrees this morning making this morning the coolest night we have seen in three months. it was crisp and cool this

morning and now plenty of sunshine. most spots are in the 70s. the poconos comes in at 64 and allentown and lehigh valley 74 and at the coast in cape may 71 and 73 for wilmington and 72 in dover. if you step out later on this afternoon, we have you covered with the evening commute. mostly sunny at 4:00 p.m., temperatures in the upper 50s. 75 at 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. 73 and plenty of sunshine and 7:00 p.m. the temperature is 71. here is satellite 6 along with action radar you can see it's dry and quiet across our region and just a few scattered clouds across the area thanks to a dominating ridge of high pressure that stays in control today and for that matter the start of our weekend. we'll talk about the weather headlines, another beauty as we close out the work week on friday. it get a touch warmer on saturday and sunday the humidity increases and the threat of a pop-up shower or storm

especially by days end when we close out our weekend. the details are coming up with the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. with hourly forecasts and the latest from accuweather and the power of stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, 6abc.com/weather is your go to authority. and don't forget to check in with our meteorologists by going to twitter and facebook. turning to politics. donald trump just wrapped up a campaign event at his new hotel in washington, d.c. he believes that president barack obama was born in the united states. this comes after trump initially refused to say the president was born in the u.s. >> president barack obama was born in the united states period. now, we all want to get back to making america strong and great

again. thank you. >> trump is also taking credit for successfully getting obama to release his birth certificate in 2011 and the event was focus odd on recognizing veterans and members of the military. and hillary clinton also campaigning at the nation's capital. she address a gathering of the black women's agenda. less than a mile from where trump spoke. and slammed him for changing his tune on president obama's birth place. >> for five years, he has led the birther movement to delegitimize our first black president and his campaign was founded on this outrageous lie, there is no erasing it in history. >> next week the democratic nominee will bring our campaign to philadelphia, on monday actually. the location of the event will not be announced but her speech will focus on millennial voters

and free college. download our app for updates on the campaign. now, to an update from the delaware newsroom. police blame a wrong way driver for a deadly crash on route 1, a 77-year-old man in a chevy was driving north in the southbound lanes and collided head-on with a state police cruiser. it hatched near exit 98 in dover. the trooper is recovering in the hospital and the other driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was killed along with his dog. police are not yet releasing his name. a car hit a person riding a bike in upper moreland, the victim was struck along the 700 block, sometime before 8:00 a.m. the person was taken to abington hospital and police are investigating how the crash

happened. and after dozens of dangerous fires, regulators are issuing a recall for nearly 1 million galaxy note 7 phones. a report now on what happens next. >> reporter: just like many of its customers, samsung feeling the burn over the exploding cell phones, the safety product commission stepping in and warning people to hand in their phones. >> today's message is to take the phone to your carrier or to samsung and take advantage of this recall. >> reporter: scenes like this occurring across america. 92 reports of overheating phones and 22 people one and 55 pieces of property damaged like this one a car bursting into flames. a rush to return the galaxy note 7's after samsung says it was oath this model with a detective

battery but other reports of galaxy phones overheating and smoking and burning. >> i was sitting at my desk at work and it exploded. >> they were getting 31,000 to exchange phones but 800,000 mobile devices are still in circulation with faulty battery. the u.s. president of samsung issues an apology to consumers, the timing could not be worse. as cell phone consumers wait in endless lines for apple's release of the iphone 7. >> samsung promises phones in store by wednesday and bill credits and accessories are also being offered. well, the new iphone 7 is in short supply. walk-in customers will not find the 7 plus in any stores today because they were all snatched up by preorders, the regular

iphone 7 is also sold out in black, people still parked themselves outside of the apple store, wanting to be the first in the door, apple stock has rallied this week on strong presale numbers. still to come on "action news" at noon. a massive sink hole allowed contamination to leak from a florida factory. and a local mail carrier is honored for going above and beyond. how he saved his co-workers life coming up. and meteorologist, melissa magee, is back with a look at the accuweather forecast.

investigators in new york city say a man that shot police after he hit an officer with a meat cleaver. it happen aid block from macy's department store near penn station at 5:00 last night. police say he was trying to remove a boot from his car, when he pulled out a meat cleaver and

ran. the officers asked him to drop the weapon and when he did not they fired. >> they rolled up him and pulled a gun, he was not cooperative. he looked frazzled. >> police fired 18 shots hitting judea twice. one officer is treated for a 6 inch gash from his temple to his jaw. and a massive sinkhole formed in central florida, workers discovered the four foot hole in a waste site for animal feed factory here. officials are monitoring water levels and have activated a recovery well that captures the contaminated water, that could

take months to finish. but the company is insisting that there is no risk to the community's well drinking water. and sea ice affects wildlife and regulates the temperature. it was 900,000 square miles below the average last week. according to the data released by nasa. the lowest level was measured in 2012. closer to home a mail carrier in philadelphia was honored today for saving a co-workers life. >> i'm grateful. i'm grateful. i know without gary i would not be here. >> during a ceremony at the main post office, the staff at the university of pennsylvania hospital recognized officer gary bus. he performed cpr.

and he was to go get the ambulance but went to check on his co-worker instead. >> i said fine someone that knows cpr she needs pr, i was the only one in the station that new it. i felt without a doubt in my mind that god used me that day. there is no coincidences, i was there to be there for her at that time. >> i am lucky i survived. when you suffer a heart attack it's the matter of minutes. she is feeling much better. still to come on "action news" at noon, more than a million vehicles are affected by a recall just ahead. the emmys are just days away. and we hear from a tv star nominated for a top award coming up in our next half hour. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message.

i know more about isis then the generals do. john mccain, a war hero. he's not a war hero, he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured ok. donald trump compared his sacrifices to the sacrifices of two parents who lost their son in war. how would you answer that father? what sacrifice have you made for your country? i think i've made a lot of sacrifices,

built great structures. i've had tremendous success, i think... those are sacrifices?

fiat chrysler issues a recall for 1.3 million vehicles. it's blamed for three deaths and nine injuries. they say it's a potentially flawed computer. some dodge and jeep vehicles are affected by the recall. but the auto maker is still working to finalize a fix. customers will be notified when they should schedule a repair.

brain cancer is considered the deadliest childhood cancer in the u.s. leukemia was considered the deadliest until now but treatment was improved and there has been little improvement with brain cancer. a recent study suggests that using electronic cigarettes could help smokers quit. they believe that switching to e-cigarettes help 18,000 people quit smoking all together last year. it comes with their own health risk but may be a stepping stone to ditch the tobacco habit once and for all. and now the "action news" team is working on stories for tonight at 4:00, like this one that could force a local hospital to shut down. coming up the change that led to the issue of what local law makes are doing to keep the

hospital afloat. and almost a month since the deadly earthquake in italy. what one local restaurant is doing and how you can be apart of it. meanwhile, accuweather is up next. looking live at sky 6 hd in atlantic city. a pretty picture. narrator: terrorism here at home.

fourteen americans killed in a san bernardino mass shooting... but after this tragedy - when pat toomey had the chance to ban suspected terrorists from buying guns - he voted against closing this loophole for terrorists - and with the gun lobby. katie: we have to do everything in our power to keep guns away from terrorists who threaten our way of life. i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message because we can't risk our families' safety on a loophole.

meteorologist, melissa magee is looking at the friday forecast. what a great day to do lunch outside. >> should we do that now? >> lets do the forecast first and then go. >> here is stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see it's dry, no issues with precipitation and high pressure is dominating and it stays pretty comfortable. we'll show you the picture

outside. sky 6 hd from our temple university camera. a beautiful shot and bright, blue sky and a few fair weather clouds. you are looking southbound at broad street towards city hall. a beautiful picture. we are tapping in a northeasterly wind at this hour. 74 in the city, and 71 tore reading and lancaster and lower 70s for wilmington and dover. the poconos 64 at the coast in cape may, coming in at 72. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have dry and quiet conditions, the ridge of high pressure is to the north and east and we are tapping into a northeastly wind today and a few scattered clouds to the west, all in all a nice and dry afternoon. speaking of nice conditions, later on this evening, the phils are at home at citizens bank park, they take on miami, first pish in at 70 and once we get into the ninth inning, the

temperature drops down to 65. another beauty on friday, yesterday's high temperature is 80 and today maxing out at 80 degrees as well. high pressure to the east and low humidity and dew points are in the lower 50s and a comfortable air mass and plenty of sunshine to enjoy. for the start of our weekend on saturday, the ridge of high pressure moves farther to the east and we tap into a return flow, and otherwise we warm up to 83 degrees, and the humidity ramps up into the second half of the weekend by sunday and by then we await a cold front moving through as we get into sunday night and early monday morning. here is the setup down the shore, not a bad day, on our friday, sunny and splendid and temperature of 74 and bright and beautiful at the coast 77 tomorrow and humid on sun with sunshine around and high of 79 and late sunday into monday we track the threat of pop-up

showers and storms. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast mostly sunny and pleasant today. get out and enjoy it. lunch outside, a high temperature of 80 and sun and clouds on saturday, in at 83 degrees and warm and humid on sunday, high of 86, a damp start as the showers flow over into monmorning. high of 84 degrees and humid and tuesday sunny and warm and up to 88 degrees and wednesday in at 87 and thursday still warm and high temperature of 87 degrees, you see the fall leaves will fall officially beginning at 10:21 in the morning on thursday. lots of changes up ahead this week, all in all this looks nice and the weekend not bad either. >> thank you. more ahead in our next half hour of "action news" at 12:30. a movie about edward snowden is coming into the movie theaters. why he thinks everyone should see the movie.

and prince william helps a man that had trouble when he was greeting the duke and dutch he is at an event in english.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist. david murphy. hello again sara is off and here are the stories we are following for you. will speed cameras make

roosevelt boulevard safer for drivers and pedestrians, that is what philadelphia city council is trying to figure out. the samsung galaxy note phones are considered to be so dangerous they are no longer allowing airline passengers to bring them on board. and actress viola davis could win her second emmy for the hit show "how to get away with murder" we have a preview just ahead. and a beautiful day with a comfy temperature. and the beginning of the weekend is look going too. we go outside showing you a nice picture from the jersey shore, it's especially nice here in philadelphia as well. meteorologist, melissa magee, is back at the big board with the details. >> reporter: it's a nice day to head outdoors, take everything you can. maybe you can take work outside