well, time for a check on sports, jamie apody here, phillies pulling out another one. >> looking good. >> yes. >> they are piling up. i'm like california, here we come. >> coming out of no where. >> yes. >> don't look now but not only is this phillies team really fun to watch but they are competitive and new they are a 500 team too. happy birthday phillies fanatic our favorite green fury fellow celebrated by, flipping out on the trampoline with resident mom on tv to catch him. quite a birthday gift, pitchers dual in the seventh when matt kemp hit a home run for braves. fill boys tie it up in the bottom frame what a eighth inning sees an hernandez

launched one deep to right, gone. two run shot to give phillies the lead. very next batter, aaron altear and that one is out of the park. back to back jacks. and then, pitching change and then came odubel herrera and here's his back to back to back home runs. first time phillies have done that since 2008, do you remember that year? >> yeah. >> we all do plenty of pitching to close out a sweep of the braves, five-two the final. place was rocking. i was down there. phillies, have won four in a row. they are back to 500. >> you know, i was, nervous. hopefully, we can just keep this roll going who would have thought caesar would have hit four home runs all year. there are a lot of good things going on. we will just go from here and see what happens. >> we will have much more on the red hot phillies tonight when i'm joined by 97.5 the

fanatic mike missanelli at 11:45 here on channel six. next time phillies face braves they will see a familiar face. ryan howard made his debut with the triple a braves, and going two for two and reaching base all four times. then he talk about his fresh start and boy, is it strange to see him in this uniform. >> i'm grateful. i'm grateful for the opportunity to be able to get out here and be able to play and hopefully be able to get up to the big club and contribute in anyway i can up there. but, you know, it is just something that came about, and , you know, one of the things where you are always playing against one team and then it is crazy because you are playing for them. i'm just grateful for it. >> and count down continues tomorrow, it is draft week, finally, all of the teams but most of all city of philadelphia busy getting set. here is the scene on the parkway new that we are four days away from an event more than a year in the making.

from the eagles front it is draft dejesus buy of the joe douglass, vice-president of player personnel, he told us how he has been preparing with howie roseman. >> you know, we have a lot of scenarios. we have talk about the last couple of weeks. we had a great process, communicating daily, multiple times a day. there is probably seven or eight different scenarios. we're looking forward to thursday night. >> that is a lot of scenarios. home for your best draft coverage wednesday night we have our "action news" sports festival, draft preview party live from the parkway. ducis and i, ron jaworski and sal pal tone ohio 7:30 right here on channel six. john stevens has been hired as head coach of the l.a. kings. authored believe it is seven years since flyered fired him. he has been with the kings asiana cysttent ever since. nba playoff le bronze james looking to get past paul george and pacers and in the next round. they had a rally in the fourth james with the tough trip toll put cleveland ahead for good.

and, he doesn't like that very much. george, with the chance to tight, time runs out, no. the cavilers win 106-102, look at larry bird. he has a headache. they sweep, the pacers. >> very good. >> yes. he thought of that one. >> yes. >> i'll let it go. >> what can i tell you thanks, jamie. up next on "action news" runners and pay tribute to the friend and fellow runner kill in the accident last year. they remembered him by copying his signature style. meteorologist cecily tynan has the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast when "action news" comes right back pal tone ohio. congressman macarthur promised to protect our health care.

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hundreds of runners in wilmington donned red shorts to remember one of their own. they took part in the running in red shorts memorial 5k. eighty-four year-old schultz well known for running shirt less and wearing red shirts, died last november after being hit by a pickup truck while running home from choir practice. he owned a string of delaware state running recollect centers. proceed will benefit catholic social services. >> really nice tribute to him. they have a nice day for it. >> yes, weather was perfect. >> yes, chilly for no short. >> i used to see john in a lot of races. it was impressive, no matter how cold it was, wow never wear a short. he would wave a bella covea. >> and wear a hat. >> tough guy. >> beautiful day to get outside. things license changing. lets go out live to storm tracker six live double scan showing we are dry for now. it will not stay that way though and sky six taking a look at penns landing.

we did have that bright sunshine earlier but moisture is moving in, first in the form of cloud, and then we will get the rain. but today, we have a nice day, afternoon high, morning low just 1 degree shy of the normal. we have a good amount of sunshine. felt pretty nice after yesterday's rain and yesterday the high was 58 degrees. right now 62 in philadelphia allentown 67. wilmington 57. little bit cool's long the coast in atlantic city airport 53. cape may right now 51. satellite and radar showing high pressure is trying to hold the moisture back, we're getting the cloud and there is plenty of rain, on the way, low pressure that is west of atlanta will continue to move to the northe, so the next two days, a good idea to keep the umbrella on hand. tonight, cloud, thicken, drizzle developing, south of philadelphia late tonight, 43 to 48 degrees. it is battle tonight with the high pressure trying to keep that dry air in place but tomorrow that high pressure moves out. low pressure drifts, to the

about the next few days, we will get an easterly wind pulling in moisture, round of rain, afternoon highs only in the 50's. breaking down your future tracker showing 8:30 tomorrow morning, cloud are here, not a lot of activity, perhaps drizzle to the south, afternoon wet around 5:00 o'clock, some showers, mainly across south jersey and delaware. tuesday, we will do it all over again, some scattered showers in the morning around 8:30 and tuesday evening, actually think this will be the wetest time period around 6:30 some heavy rain especially on i-95 air areas to the south. temperature wise tomorrow, philadelphia, our high only about 55 degrees, more than some degrees cooler then today warm spot will be actually, up to the north, warmer, allentown 62. reading 63. the reason why they could see a few peaks of sunshine, but plenty of cloud elsewhere and again with those showers developing. so the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast next two

days i have highlighted because don't forget your umbrella cloud tomorrow, scatters showers, 55 degrees, tuesday, 58 degrees with period of rain, but look at what happens in the middle of the weeks. wednesday cloud break with sunshine. 70 degrees. and then right in time for nfl draft, we have a taste of summer. 84 degrees on thursday. good amount of sunshine. friday bumping up to 85. possibility of the outside chance of a pop up thunderstorm. i don't think we will have anything widespread. next weekend beautiful. saturday, stays warm 82 degrees. temperatures in the 80's. lit built too warm for you, don't be afraid by sunday, especially if you are pregnant , right jamie, sunny and mild, with a high of 77. >> is jamie pregnant? i didn't know. that. >> okay. good weather for draft though, perfect weather. >> thanks, cecily. telling people to go fly a kite in bucks count and in one minded. people gathered at faun hill

cast until doyletown in celebration of the national tight movement experts were on hand to offer tips on design ing, building and kites of all shape and sizes including one ominous entry, split is, a shark. >> sharknado. >> yes. >> yes. >> we have two of those. abc world news sunday next up on channel six. don't miss "action news" at 10 on phl17 tonight and then we are back here at six abc at 11:00. for cecily tynan, melissa magee, jamie apody, jeff skversky, walter perez and the entire "action news" team, i'm sarah bloomquist. have a great evening. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. (announcer vo) when you have type 2 diabetes

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president trump demanding congress put up the money. but that could trigger a government shutdown. president trump with a 42% approval rating. but 96% of the people who voted for him would do it again. president trump tweeting about the poll as he faced a friday night deadline to keep the government running. here's david wright. >> reporter: donald trump may be the least popular president since the great depression, at this early stage. >> doing a good job for the workers. >> reporter: but if the election were held today he would win the popular vote. that's the conflicting message of this new poll. and it's a reflection of two things, first, the president's core group of supporters stand by him. second, the democrats have a popularity problem too. two out of three americans say the party is "out of touch."

more than half of americans say trump is a strong leader. he gets especially high marks for pressuring american companies to keep jobs here in the u.s. >> we're going to defend our workers, protect our jobs, and finally put america first. >> reporter: three out of four voters, including many liberals, approve. but 61% disapprove of the high-profile jobs he's given his daughter ivanka and son-in-law jared kushner. and 45% say trump is off to a poor start. >> in the grand scheme of things, it's a marathon, not a sprint. >> reporter: this coming week, some major challenges including a tax reform package that's sure to get picked over by both parties and the threat of a government shutdown, midnight friday. the budget battle may hinge on trump's border wall. democrats say they'll refuse to pay for it. >> when the president says i promised a wall during my campaign, i don't think he said

he'd pass the billions of dollars of the cost of the wall on to the taxpayer. >> i can't imagine the democrats would shut down the government over an objection to building a downpayment on a wall. >> reporter: today trump insisted the wall is in the budget, just "so we can get started early," insisting, "mexico will be paying in some form." >> the president, busy on twitter today. david, we also know the president loves to talk about polls, and he's tweeting about the new abc news/"washington post" poll? >> reporter: that's right. cherry-picking a few favorable details, details,. tom? >> david, thank you. we move overseas to the results of the landmark election in france. they're in. a far-right nationalist candidate, one step closer to becoming president. her message, an echo of president trump's.

alex marquardt, in paris tonight. >> reporter: it may be a french election, but the reverberations are being felt around the world. >> voters have been turning out in force. >> ripples could be felt across europe and around the world. >> there are candidates that would like to see france pull out of the european union. >> reporter: the fierce brand of far-right nationalism touted by marine le pen, who is often compared to donald trump. tonight, carrying her into a runoff election. before the results, trump tweeting today, "very interesting election currently taking place in france." but cheers erupting as this crowd learns that le pen is edged out by fellow outsider 39-year-old emmanuel macron, who never held elected office. starting his campaign from scratch a year ago, campaigning on a pro-europe message full of hope and optimism. he also married his former schoolteacher, who is 24 years his senior. >> this is a big loss for marine le pen after leading in the polls for so long. now, many of the anti-le pen forces will band together to

make sure that she loses in the second round. these new york-based macron volunteers motivated by trump's victory to come home to try to prevent le pen from doing the same. >> we wanted to do something and trump gave us the energy we needed. >> reporter: le pen voters are drawn to her anti-immigration, anti-globalist, anti-islamist stance. while macron voters, responding to his youth and uplifting tone. >> he stands for hope and in these tough times people want hope. >> reporter: this race is far from over. the candidates now have two weeks before the final round. no doubt, this is a blow to trump style populism and polls for this head to head matchup have le pen eventually losing out. >> alex, thank you. back here to a deadly fire in new york. two homes destroyed, five dead,

including three children. adrienne bankert is at the scene. >> reporter: flames shooting through the windows, as a fire kills five, three of them children. the first call for help coming at this house in queens, new york. firefighters arrive, as the blaze spreads to a second home. >> all visible fire has been knocked down. >> reporter: neighbors in shock and in tears. >> incredibly difficult to see a family destroyed before their very eyes. >> reporter: we're told the youngest casualty is a 2-year-old. at least one person got out by

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back now with an abc news exclusive. the father of the 15-year-old allegedly abducted by her teacher speaking out for the first time. here's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: tonight, the father of the missing tennessee teen speaking for the first time since being reunited. >> sometimes she'll be happy and laughing and back to the same old girl and then sometimes she'll be in a fetal position crying. it's a rollercoaster for her. >> reporter: 15-year-old elizabeth thomas missing for over a month. her former teacher, 50-year-old tad cummins, in fbi custody facing federal charges for kidnapping the teen. what did she look like? >> like she had really been

through a lot and she was very talkative to us but you could tell, that something wasn't quite right. >> reporter: you said she had lost some weight? >> yes, apparently they had, he had not been feeding her. she said they had been eating flowers and things and just the things they would find. >> reporter: the family now saying getting her back is just the first step in a long journey ahead. >> she's going to actually need trauma therapy. she's had to spend over a month getting ready to just, you know, bolt from wherever she is and she still feels very uneasy. >> reporter: to see her struggling with this now as a dad. >> it's very heartbreaking and i know i'm going to have to really brace myself for things that i'm going to hear and i'm going to hear some things that are very hard and they are going to hurt. >> reporter: the family has been advised by counselors not to ask her questions about what

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finally tonight, nasa calls it the peggy factor. mission control's codeword for the way superstar astronaut peggy whitson always get the job done. about to log more time in space than any other american. breaking the record just after midnight tonight. saying she loves being in space. the major milestone, of course, again tonight. we wish her a safe return in late summer. thanks for watching. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a great evening. good night.

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