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minister of israel. >> and we are learning more about the man accused of planting bombs in new york and new jersey. what his father revealed in a new interview. and the big story is the out of control car that slammed into a home and killed the owner's son. he was taking out the trash and hit him and kept ongoing right into the dining room. annie mccormick is joining us live from the scene. >> reporter: we learned more about the victim in the past 15 minutes. his sub lings have come outside to look at is the rubble. the structure is not sound and they have to do a lot of work there. this is an out of control vehicle that killed one and put the driver in the hospital. >> jennifer talking to "action news" talking about her brother hit and killed this morning.

danny was a compassionate son, and took care of my mom and dad. >> it drove down edinburgh road and when over the curb. >> it hit a mailbox and debris and eventually the pedestrian in the driveway taking out his trash. >> i go up in the truck and shut it off and the guy asks for the cell phone and came back out and walked around to make sure there was nothing on fire. >> michael lives across the street and took photos before the police arrived. before that he ran into the scene to help and the driver was dazed. >> he was saying something about a baseball game and after driving home he blacked out. >> at this point in the investigation, they do not

believe the driver, 40-year-old jeff scroll was impaired but it's still on going. it wasn't until the police arrived. quinlin's parents realized he was missing and then found him in the debris. the 100 block of edinburgh sees accidents from people not driving the speed limit. >> if you are driving fast and not paying attention to the road, how can you fly over a bush and kill somebody if you are going slow? >> in this case, police have not said if speed was a factor but this is an ongoing investigation. the victim's parents were not injured and we are told that they are going to stay with other family members. daniel was one of nine children and the driver was taken to the hospital where minor injuries. reporting live annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a father is being charged with the death of his toddler son in bucks county.

2-year-old benjamin smith was killed in a shooting inside of a home in milford township earlier this month. they announced the arrest of smith's father nicholas wiley arrested for involuntarily manslaughter and reckless endangerment. >> funeral plans are in place for former israeli president, perez. he died at able 93 weeks after suffering a massive stroke. perez was one of the last of israel's founding fathers and won the liberty medal in 1996. his trial will be held in jerusalem with dignitaries from around the world including possibly president obama. >> he worked tirelessly for israel, from the very first day to the last day of his life. >> katherine scott spoke with some representatives from the

jewish federation of philadelphia about perez's legacy that comes up in our next half hour. turning to the politics now, the race for the white house is running through philadelphia once again today. first lady, michelle obama, is in town, campaigning for hillary clinton at la salle university. you are looking live at the crowd waiting to hear mrs. obama speak. she is expected to lay out what is at stake and encourage voters to register before the october 11 and deadline. we'll stream the first lady's speech for you live at 6abc.com. meanwhile, hillary clinton will stump with hillary clinton in the battleground state of new hampshire. sanders beat clinton in the primary there, and polls though that saners supporters in the state are undecided. the last time she was in the state was in july when she received sander's endorse many. they will talk about college affordability.

donald trump is in the midwest hitting three states. this morning trump spoke to the polish american congress this afternoon and then heads to iowa for a rally. trump is trying to distance himself as what many see as a poor performance in the debate. he said was holding back because i he did not want to embarrass hillary clinton. turning to accuweather, we are turning to gloomy and damp conditions, looking live at philadelphia international airport from sky 6 hd. the rain is moving into the region and david murphy is tracking it all from the "action news" big board. >> most of the area is dry but some places getting steady rain at this point. the northern and western suburbs maybe some drizzle close to philadelphia but nothing more and scattered showers along 95, and moving in our direction and in south jersey and in areas close to center city as well. we are looking at some fairly steady rain and a little band of it pushing through.

this was wider a little while ago, see how it's thinning a bit. we did a facebook live where i was telling you may have to wait 30 to 60 minutes for this to pass. you get to the back edge of it over here. but obviously parts of philadelphia seeing this and the steadier stuff right where route 55 and the a.c. expressway and route 30 and 32 converge into areas of philadelphia. if we go south to the pike, again it's a fairly narrow band, the wider the south we go. slowly migrating to the east and route 55 getting some of this. heavy enough to cause ponding on the roadways. farther south cape may not really getting it just yet but a lot of the county is. and milford, delaware giving up that steadier stuff over the

next half hour to hour. the wide view shows cloud cover out to the west and more scattered showers and we expect the rest of the afternoon to be unsettled with occasional rain and we'll have future tracker 6 showing you that and the potential for steadier rain for parts of the region tomorrow. all ahead in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> thank you. in other news, jurors in the bridge gate trial are hearing testimony from the prosecutors star witness. david wildstein plead guilty and said that they plotted with him to retaliate against ft. lee mayor, the alleged scheme to block the george washington bridge was in retaliation for not endorsing chris christie. the governor denies knowing. authorities continue to question the man accused of planting bombs in new york and new jersey. now his father is sitting down

with abc news for his full length interviews revealing surprising information about his son. >> the father of the accused terrorist ahmad rahami is certain his son acted alone and he does not know the two men in the surveillance pictures sought by the fbi known as witnesses. >> he by everything by himself. he ordered online by himself. >> he explained to abc's brian ross his 28-year-old son had become secretive months before he allegedly planted bombs in new york and new jersey, even changing the locks on his bedroom door in the family's apartment. >> nobody could go in? >> nobody could go in. and one time my grandson went in and he kicked him out. he is only 4 years old. >> but nobody saw this come. >> anybody see him building a

bomb? >> nobody. believe me. i give you gouarantee. >> now federal agents are looking at radical posts by his older sister who he visited in pakistan. >> this is the first timesy saw this. >> the father did however recognize one of the fbi agents at the scene when his son was shot and captured last week, saying the same agent investigated him as a terrorist and without interviewing his son concluded he was not a threat. >> you think they should have interviewed him. >> yes. >> but they never did? >> no. >> even after the father retracting his statements about the son, something the father disputes. crews work to repair a 6 inch water main, the service at 6:15 last night near green

street in west mt. airy section of philadelphia. this is expected to last throughout the day today. folks on lincoln drive are without water service. still to come on "action news" at noon, there is new concern over another samsung product. we have the details in our next half hour. and the mystery deepens with the lone survivor of a mother-son fishing trip. what documents reveal about a police investigation.

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police are questioning a person of interest after a deadly explosion in the bronx. the blast killed a high ranking firefighter. michael fayhi was killed by flying debris. the person that rents the house is asked whether protein tanks were used there for a marijuana growing operation. police in suburban san diego shot a plan at a strip mall and after he pulled something out of

his pocket and assumed a shooting stance. they say the man was acting erratically but witnesses say he was shot with his hands in the air. dozens of people showed up to protest the shooting facing officers in riot gear. the protest was peaceful with most just using their phones to record the scene. investigators conclude that a jet was shot down by pro russian rebels. it was shot down in 2014 killing everyone on board. they determined the missile was brought into ukraine from russia and fired by rebels backing moscow. a lone survivor of a mother-son fishing trip is facing questions. nathan carmen says he jumped on to a life raft when the boat sank and was unable to find his mother, linda. they were looking for evidence of reckless endangerment and

carmen's boat was in need of repairs and doing some of the work himself. there was no may day call or bad weather, the coast guard is releasing its conversation with carmen when he was aboard the cargo ship. >> there bad a funny noise in the engine compartment and i looked and saw a lot of water. >> investigators took a computer modem and a simcard from carmen's home. and now firefighters are fighting a devastating wild fire, it has already burned through three square miles of brush and timber. fire others say as of last night the blaze is only 10% contained. the fire broke out on monday during a statewide heat wave that brought dangerously low humidity and 90 degree temperatures to the area. >> the "action news"

troubleshooters are helping consumers that are having trouble with a certain big box retailer and nydia han has a preview tonight at 11:00. >> reporter: some viewers are complaining about the major appliances as well as the retailers customer service. this viewer says her brand new heater needed repair. >> it kept on breaking and breaking. >> this viewer had a dishwasher that would not stay shut. >> they would not fix it. >> this big box retailers responded well to viewers.

airline pilots start receiving important information from text messages. they are on schedule to switch to text communication by the beginning of this year and the faa believes this will reduce delays and prevent mistakes for quick verbal messages for takeoff. >> there is no hope that congress will approve the long awaited federal funding for the zika virus. leaders have broken a stalemate that will address the flint, michigan water crisis. that will provide $1.1 billion to fight the spread of zika and develop a vaccine. children with autism will be able to get support at a center in philadelphia.

they unveiled additional renovated space this morning on grant avenue, the extra room make its possible to serve 130 additional children and treatment. they added 160 new jobs and the state grant helped to pay for the developments. the "action news" team is out working on stories for tonight at 4:00. >> lets check in with alicia vitarelli with a look ahead. >> reporter: this is a story and a half, an embattled pharmaceutical executive is givening people what they want. a chance to punch him in the face. you may remember martin shkreli, when he upped the medicine used by cancer patients by 5,000%. find out how the punch will help a young boy in need and how much else shkreli is offering in this deal. and this debate sparked

intense debate with families and it can take a toll on relationships, erin o'hearn asks an expert on how to handle the stress in the brand new your life series. and you can take us with you on the go. watch our newscast streaming live on your smart phone or tablet. see you at 4:00. >> thanks alicia. there is rain on the way we'll check the accuweather forecast when we come right back.

meteorologist, david murphy, is here now with a closer look at the accuweather forecast. >> more than a sprinkle down in south jersey now. there you see the rain and it is over a good portion of south jersey shifting east and northern batch coming in from the west. northern suburbs pretty much dry and areas close to i-95. there is that sprinkle rick is

talking about some of you getting a drizzle on the windshield. lets go ahead and take a look outside. pretty pictures on the ac cam from fairmount park earlier, we started out sunny but quickly transitioned to gray skies. so here is that rain from the two dim -- view, philadelphia itself has said good-bye to that little shower that came through earlier. the heavy stuff is mainly on the jersey side of the picture and it's really thinning out and it was much more pronounced over salem county than what you see now. if you are under this in glassboro, it may only be 15 to 20 minutes before it's out of way, a different story farther to the south willmar and millville, a wide area of precipitation, it's taking a lot long toward get through. in millville you start to encounter the steadier rain and

it may be with you for another 45 minutes before it is done and farther to the south, cape may is just about ready to pick up the blob of precipitation coming across the delaware beaches and across the delaware bay and again the movement is generally up to the northeast and you are likely to get clipped with that in cape may county as well. there is additional stuff to the south and west making its way into our direction. temperatures now are staying a bit cool with the rain and thicker cloud cover. 67 in philadelphia and dew point close to the temperature an indication with the saturation of the air and winds from the northeast at 8 miles per hour. coming in off the ocean and injecting more moisture into the picture. 66 in trenton and 66 in allentown and 71 in cape may. satellite and radar shows you once we get past all of this there is cloud cover to the south and 7:00 tonight we'll have some light showers and by

11:00 some heavier rain moving in from the west and tomorrow morning ben we are back on the air the latest model runs indicate it could be rather wet in areas close to philadelphia. lehigh valley 71 and spotty showers and down the shore, we go for spotty rain and cloud there's. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we'll show you that today's high in philadelphia, probably 73 degrees and mainly cloudy skies and at times you'll get some rain, the current batch is moving through, and tomorrow windy and rainy and the first part of the day is particularly wet and the biggest part is west of philadelphia and the new model runs is indicating that the city is drenched at times. 69 is the high and cloudy skies and a few showers left over and 70 is the high there. for the weekend general improvement on saturday. we are think that we'll be down to real spotty showers on saturday and almost entirely dry inching up to 75 degrees, dover racing and phillies and football

and lots of stuff. we hope that the rain holds off. >> quick break.

"action news" continues at 12:30. >> hello again, here are the stories we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30. leaders around the world are paying tribute to the former israeli president and prime minister.

he died earlier today and we have local reaction to his death. a man is shot 10 times on haddize porch and local police hope they lead them to his killer. and accuweather is tracking the arrival of rain if parts of the region. now the details, funeral plans are in place for former leader of israel. perez was a champion of peace in the middle east. >> he died today after a delibtating stroke. his funeral is planned for friday and expected to bring together world leaders and dignitaries from around the globe. >> reporter: the loss of perez is being felt here in philadelphia and his life and accomplishments are being remembered. he was israel's prime minister and he was president and held every major cabinet post. he was known as one of the