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welcome back we want to give you another look at the nfl draft, going on, on the parkway, thinks our camera from the embassy suites high above logan circle, the draft continues now, they are now on pick number 27, they have a while to go before they conclude, on this first night of the draft, and some folks, some fans, are still there as walter perez told us a moment ago a lot of the crowd has left, in the wake of the eagles pick at 14, but the draft continues, in philadelphia. this is day number 98 of the trump presidency and on this day democrats in the senate blocked a quick vote on a short term bill to keep the government opened through may fifth. meanwhile, it does not appear that president trump will get a vote in congress during his first 100 days on the compromise health carry peel
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and replace bill, the new version has support of the hard line freedom caucus but not moderate republicans. word has come that fired national security advisor michael flynn is now being investigated by the pentagon inspector general. did flynn break the law when he accepted payments from foreign sources, including rt a russian sponsored television network. meanwhile the ranking democrat in the house oversight committee elijah cummings of maryland said the white house is stonewalling by refusing to give up any documents. president trump has a full cabinet on his 90th day in office. senate confirmed alexacosta as labor secretary by a vote of 60-38. acosta was not his first choice for the job, the first withdrew on the eve of his confirmation vote last month. u.s. special forces were killed, two and third was injured during a gunfight with isis militant in afghanistan.
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it happened, in the same region where the u.s. dropped a mother of all bombs earlier this month, pentagon officials say that the army rangers were accompanying afghan troops on a raid. and dozens of islam i can state fighters were killed. upper merion police are asking for public's help to catch this bank robber who held up a royal bank in king of prussia this afternoon. wind necessary essay he fled on foot across route 202 into the blue parking garage at the mall, and it appears, that the red dye back in his bag of stolen cash did explode. plan to convert the shuttered atlantic club casino into a water park has gone bus t, the site was first an a wave of closures starting in 2014 in atlantic city but then brought by a florida company last month ventnor based r and r development group announced a 135 million-dollar deal to renovate the site, and then build an indoor water park. it turns out they missed a
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deadline this week to secure financing and the deal is off, at least for now. united has reached a settlement with doctor david doa, the pass evening shore was dragged off of a flight earlier this month but amount of money he will receive has in the been disclosed, and likely never will be. earlier united annoyance aid new policy to never remove a passenger unless a safety or security problem. southwest is trying to avoid similar trouble. they plan to stop over booking flights real soon, hopefully by end of the june. currently the war offender among u.s. carriers having bumped 15,000 passengers off flights, last year. on health check at 11:00 another reason to work out, exercise can even overcome genetics. recently a so-called fat gene was discovered which increases odd someone will be obese but it is not a lost cause. researchers studied people
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with those specific genes and compared to those who were sedentary people who did physical activity had a smaller weigh size, weigh to hip ratio and lower bmi. philadelphia eagles offensive lineman brandon brooks spent this draft night helping to raise awareness of a problem with which he has struggled, brooks who received treatment last season for, anxiety disorder, spoke at the gloucester county wellness and recovery resource fair. brooks went public with his diagnosis, last season, he says no matter how are, it is important to seek help. the postal service is unveiling a stamp that is first of its kind, it is used as special temperature sensitive event so when he you touch it, the heat from your finger turns the blackout sun, into the moon. this in honor, cecily known, honor to the upcoming total eclipse this summer, first to be visible coast to coast nearly 100 years. postal service had a good idea >> eclipse monday, august 21st
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, early in the afternoon, and am i a geek that i'm already excited bit. >> you have a good forecast. >> well, i'll work on that. next seven days definitely going to feel like summer most have the time. storm tracker six live double scan showing we are dry out there, weather like today, makes you think, of the summer , bruce posted this on my facebook page from lbi, beach haven, although, with the ocean temperature in the 50's along the beaches today never made it out of the 60's. cape may in fact 57 degrees but philadelphia 68 degrees, down from our high of 81, allentown 68, reading still very warm, currently at 73. satellite six and action radar showing we have a weak front that is pushing from the west, looking at these showers, they are really breaking up but as they helped through overnight they will bring us some cloud, perhaps an isolated shower or thunderstorm for morning commute otherwise cloud and sun already pretty warm at 6:00, 64.
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by 8:00 o'clock 67 degrees. future tracker really timing it out in the morning at 6:00 lots of cloud, spotty showers, mainly along the coast but sunshine back by the afternoon. we have a better chance of some storms with another front saturday morning and future tracker showing us these could be on the intense side again pretty early in the morning at 6:30 and then next two days definitely on the warm side. tomorrow 84. sixteen above average, behind us, first front, next front moving through on saturday, high of 87 degrees but what that front will do will bring us an easterly flow, lots of cloud and temperatures will be cooler on sunday. so the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast tomorrow for draft day for penn reheys, even warmer then today mostly sunny after a few early morning cloud, the high of 84 degrees. saturday again thunderstorms possible in the morning, noticeably more humid. high of 87. record high is 90.
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we will be close. sunday with that easterly flow mostly cloudy, quite a bit cooler, 72 degrees. we will peak one more time on monday 484 degrees, thunderstorms with a stronger cold front behind this system. temperatures in the 80's too warm for you, tuesday i think you'll love. breezy, cooler, low humidity with a high of 73. wednesday partly sunny, 72 and thursday looks like we could get a good soaking rain much cooler with a high of 68 degrees. two really warm won and then temperatures more seasonal next week. >> it was a celebration of student achievement tonight in drexel hill, partners in education along with the franklin mint honored delco high q team, 10 outstanding students were named winners of the annual scholarship, "action news" reporter catherine scott, was there to lend her support in an mc roll tonight.
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ducis rodgers, all of the predraft talk was about a quarterback or wide receiver, eagles picked a defensive end. >> you cannot predict what will happen in the draft when the chicago bears, blow everything up by moving up to number two to take a quarterback. eagles haven't been higher in 17 in the team sachs last two seasons. that has been a area of concern. they addressed that by going with defense with the first round play. >> philadelphia eagles select derek barnett, defensive end, tennessee. >> as you would expect a mixed reaction from the crowd, barnett was all world at tennessee, 13 sacks last season. he had 32, in his three seasons at school, 6-foot three, 260-pound, he has an interesting connection to the bird, at tennessee he broke reggie white's all time sack record, that is a big deal. lets go to jeff skversky with reaction, jeff, i have to give you credit, on the ride over
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here you kept mentioned barnett to the eagles. >> well, ducis derek barnett says he does in the want to be define by breaking reggie white's college sack record. he is now here, in philadelphia to do this, win multiple super bowl rings. here's barnett moments ago after getting pick 14th overall by eagles. >> i was real nervous, when my phone calls, you know what i'm saying, it is just so, it doesn't feel real yet. i'm so excited. i have been doing it the past few day, it is great town. >> it was interesting for us, and, probably different then we thought it would roll off but at the same time when we did these scenario, derek barnett the more we had him on the board in every scenario was a great scenario for us, really excited about him. >> barnett's last predraft interview was with the eagles and during that time coaching staff toll him he remind him
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of terrell suggs, six time pro bowler who had 114 and a half sacks, not bad, ducis. >> not bad comparison. he will take that. thanks, jeff. still ahead a local star here, interesting call in the nfl draft plus the phillies, all that when we return.
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they took has san reddick. what a moment for this young man from camden a walk on at temple, he worked his tail off and by his senior year he earn his self a scholarship but one of those coveted single digit jerseys. before the draft he said wow buy his mom a house, he can call that real estate agent. reddick's dream are coming true. >> it is very special and it means a lot especially to hear uproar from the crowd when my name got called. that was beautiful. i didn't know it would be that loud. way louder then i expect it. like i said, for all this to happen in philadelphia, it was great. >> cool moment for him. new turning tour to baseball can you believe phillies have the longest winning streak in the majors right now. taking on miami marlins this afternoon brook stasi gets the star, stasi send one to the right field corner.
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michael saunder trying to score from first base. close play at the plate. he just does get his hand in there phillies win three-two. that is six wins in the row, licensinges streak in the year film is head out on a seven game road trip to take on the dodgers tomorrow night in l.a. first round rapping up behind me, round two and three tomorrow, eagles will have 11th pick in round two, forty-third overall, jim, back over to you. finally a west philadelphia school held a star studded benefit tonight at please touch museum. saturday night live alumni jay ferrell entertained hundreds who gathered to support boys latin charter school. tonight's fundraiser was a success before it even started more than half million-dollar was raised through scholarship , and ticket sales. jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers, the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner,
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