damper on today's festivities. folks took the gloomy skies in stride as they spent the day with family and friends and made time to commemorate what the holiday is all about honoring the energy the men and women who fought and died for our nation. john rawlins is live at the korean what are memorial. let's check in with bob brooks live in wildwood where folks were enjoying this unofficial kickoff to the summer season. hey, bob. >> reporter: hey, rick, that's right, they are -- i tell you what it didn't matter that it was a little bit imperfect weather today. they still came out, they still rode the good rides, ate the good food and spent a lot of quality time with friends and family. behind me here you can see in the wildwood boardwalk here once we get a little closer there's a ton of people still out there, they're waving to us having a good time trying to get those last few hours of fun in. >> ♪

>> reporter: michael reese has been waiting his whole adult life he says to hum the "action news" theme song on "action news." so we let him on this memorial day. obviously by his account and so many others, despite this inclement weather this has been a memorial day weekend to remember. reese says he wants to thank our service men and women for that. >> can't express enough gratitude to the men and women hoop serve us. i mean, it goes beyond words. >> reporter: today in wildwood the rides were packed, boardwalk games were being played. we saw a smile just about on everyone's face. it looked like and sounded like good old fashioned fun. >> what have we done. >> we have rided some rides and i beat my daddy at a game. >> yeah, yeah, you don't need to tell the world. >> reporter: in ocean city you can't blame them for not going into the water too cold for that so they ate funnel cake monkey bread you name it. norma owner of curly fries says they've had plenty of sales. >> lineups all day long, fries, funnel cake, lemonade, hot dogs an good time.

>> reporter: as of 2 o'clock this was the scene of wildwood going strong. you would think everyone almost forgot memorial day weekend is just about over. you guys having fun. >> we are. >> reporter: and the fun continues. take a look at that out there on the beach. it actually cleared up enough for people to go down there. all the way out there by the water they're up there flying those kites high in the air. really was a memorial day to remember down here. and everyone wants to remind our service men and women, excuse me, they are so grateful for the work and service they've given to us. for now reporting live in wildwood, bob brooks channel6 "action news." rick. >> all right, that's for sure, bob, thank you. of course today's holiday is about sharing time with family and friends but even more so it's about honoring the men and women whom have fought and died for our country. >> ♪ in the city's lawndale section boy scout troop 160 presented a musical tribute to our nation's heroes of the philadelphia protestant home.

afterwards the scouts along with residents of the home gathered to lay a wreath at the base of the american flag. >> ♪ this afternoon in washington square, a separate wreath laying at the tomb of the unknown soldier of the american revolution. the wreath was laid at the foot of the monument by local members of the daughters of the american revolution. it's a memorial day tradition here in philadelphia dating back more than 20 years. one of the larger memorial day ceremonies in philadelphia takes place along penn's landing. at the vietnam veterans and korean veterans memorials. john rawlins is there tonight and joins us live with details of both of those commemorations today. john. >> reporter: hi, rick. well, there is a school of thought that the significance of memorial day has been deluded with all the emphasis on the beginning of summer and barbecues and such but that was not the case here, not today. >> ♪ taps >> reporter: under an

overcast at times rainy sky. >> kudos to all you guys that came out here today for the reason what memorial day is all about. it's about those men who are on the wall behind me. the names. >> reporter: carved in stone at the vietnam and korean memorials, the names of philadelphia's war dead from those conflicts. >> general patton world war ii when talked about when he talked about memorial day day he said on memorial day we do not mourn those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. we celebrate that they lived. >> reporter: but it was pointed out during the vietnam era neither combatants who died or survived were celebrated by a grateful nation. >> we must remember that we were in large part at one time an ungrateful nation. >> these young men coming back were not warmly welcomed. there was he would thrown at them and names called.

>> the men that died, friends that i knew that i left over there and sometime i get angry. >> reporter: anger john douglas says that has dissipated as society has separated the warrior from the war. >> i'm grateful that people now are finally recognizing the vietnam vets and now when a person see a vietnam vet they say thank you for your service and so i'm very proud. >> reporter: following the formal ceremonies some took in these images and these names and reflected on those who gave their lives. >> i need to come here and appreciate what these veterans have done for all of us, our freedom and the ultimate sacrifice that they made. >> reporter: more than 600 names etched in the stone. 640 additional names in the granite of the philadelphia vietnam veterans memorial just across the street here on

penn's landing. live on penn's landing john rawlins channel6 "action news." rick. >> john, thank you. meanwhile communities paid tribute to the men and women who gave their lives in service of our nation. >> ♪ several hundred people took part in the narberth memorial day parade this morning. from a truck filled with patriotic youngsters to the local boy scout troop everyone took part even uncle sam made an appearance. >> fire. [gunfire] >> a contingent of revolutionary war soldiers showed off their skills at the newtown parade in bucks county. youngsters waved their flag as the parade went by. there were also some other unique forms of transportation here. >> ♪ and this patriotic group led the parade through morrisville in bucks county today. people stood under their umbrellas on the sidewalk and watched the parade as it made

its way through the street. police officers and firefighters also took part along with local boy scout and girl scout troops. in folsom delaware county there was the stark reminder of the cost of freedom. hundreds of white crosses lined up at the v.f.w. post 928 along macdade boulevard. this somber event was sponsored by the v.f.w.'s ladies auxiliary. in other news tonight philadelphia police are trying to find out who killed a woman and her brother inside their home in port richmond over the weekend. neighbors say the woman was a beloved member of the community who attended church most days of of the week. sarah bloomquist is live at police headquarters with the latest on the investigation tonight. sarah. >> reporter: rick, homicide detectives here are working to find surveillance video and follow up on leads as they try to figure out who murdered this woman and her older brother in their port richmond home over the weekend. >> it's sad to see that it was her. >> reporter: neighbors here

on the 1900 block of east clearfield in port richmond are finding very difficult to understand why someone would do harm to florence pompey known as miss tina. >> she was an awesome woman. she was the best. like literally she didn't deserve this. >> it was devastating just to hear, you know, and then i saw them crying and it was really -- it still is devastating. >> reporter: pompey shared the row home with her 54-year-old brother. their bodies were discovered sunday morning. both had suffered gunshot wounds to the head. he was also shot in the stomach. >> something that i can't even imagine. out of all the people in the world i would have never thought that anything would be at miss tina's door like this. >> reporter: neighbors say pompey was a former foster parent known to her kindness generosity and devotion to god. she was a fixture on the front step where a small memorial now stands. >> faith of the family. what do you say? you sorry for their loss but it's

terrible. it's a horrible thing that happened. >> reporter: neighbors began to suspect something might be wrong over the weekend when they didn't see pompey or hear the sounds of the gospel music she so loved to play. >> my godmother told me they didn't hear nothing at all and the last time they saw them it was a friday night. >> reporter: police are also waiting on the medical examiner to determine the exact time of death. that of course will help them pinpoint when exactly these murders happened as they search for a suspect. live at police headquarters, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news." rick. >> all right, sarah, thank you. to would be burglars gave it everything they had but they just couldn't get into a commercial building in the city's lawndale section. but their persistence and their faces were caught on camera. this happened last month and you can see them casually checking out the building here on the 6600 block of hasbrouck avenue. one turns around and tries to use a crowbar to open the

door. that doesn't work so they try another door. the second suspect even tries to pound his way in women bat. but they seem to hear something from inside and stop what they're doing and quickly run away. still to come on "action news" tonight, tragedy at a zoo in the lehigh valley. a giraffe has died after a bizarre burst of aggression. details coming up. and later a fitting place to remember the hard fought beginnings of the united states. how many people revisited the early days of our nation to understand the sacrifice of the past. cecily. >> well, it was a cloudy and cool mohammed with temperatures stuck in the 60's. i am tracking the return of warm sunshine. i'll let you know when in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> also tonight, golfing great tiger woods busted in florida. ducis rodgers has details in sports when "action news" comes right back.

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>> police still have not identified a body found in an alley. police were called to the 900 block of south broad street around 6 o'clock this morning. they have not released whether the victim was a man or a woman much we also don't know how that person died. an investigation is under way at a zoo in the lehigh valley after the death of a young giraffe. the animal died after a burst of unexplained aggressiveness. "action news" reporter walter perez has the story tonight from schnecksville. >> murphy. >> reporter: only "action news" was allowed access to murphy the giraffe one day after the mysterious death of his six-year-old son ernie. the animals arrived in the lehigh valley from the zoo in kansas city last week. the zoo ceo says everything went well at first.

>> when he came into the barn murphy took the side of his face and rubbed it against ernie's neck. >> reporter: but scene officials say it was over this past weekend when murphy and ernie turned aggressive toward each other. while it's not unusual behavior forever rasers their handlers decided to keep them in separate enclosures overnight into sunday as a precaution. when scene officials returned sunday morning, they found ernie was that standing with his head bowed unusually low and they knew something was wrong. the medical staff quickly converged onto the scene. >> as they started taking his vitals ernie fell over and he passed away on his own. that was probably the -- that was probably the most -- i never want to see or experience anything like that again. >> reporter: at the outset it was believed that ernie may have died from a possible neck injury endured while scuffling with murphy. the cause of death remains unknown pending the results of a scheduled necropsy s the lehigh valley expects to open

its giraffe exhibit sometime next month but only if everyone feels comfortable doing so. >> we know that we're not the only ones mourning the loss of ernie. and so we're going to do this hopefully sooner than we expected to do it but again, we really need to make sure that murphy is ready for this. >> reporter: the giraffes were delivered from the kansas city zoo after $3.8 million investment by the lehigh valley zoo to expand its african exhibit. the hope to to bring in another giraffe to join murphy but at this point that idea remains on hold. reporting from the lehigh valley zoo, walter perez channel6 "action news".

>> ducis here with sports. maybe a change of scenery were help the phillies. >> the phillies stand at 17 wins and 31 losses, that is the worst record in all of baseball. tonight they'll look for better fortunes in miami against the marlins. manager pete mackanin shaking things up with his lineup. odubel herrera benched and he

won't start tomorrow either. he's been a mess at the plate. since may 9th he's batting .132. he looks absolutely lost out there. >> obviously he's not swinging the bat well and, you know it's tough mentally when you go through something like this and you have to fight your way out but it's also a good idea, in my opinion, to occasionally take the guy out of the pressure and let him relax a little bit and continue to work so, he'll be getting a few days off here and there. >> yankees and orioles. if you haven't heard of aaron judge you should. this is his 17th home. that leads the majors but the yankees lose three-two. tiger woods was arrested early this morning in jupiter florida for suspicion of driving under the influence. here's his mug shot. woods was arrested around 3 a.m. he was booked into a local jail. he was released just before 11:00 a.m. on his own recognizance. woods is out of action as he rehabs a back injury. we are on fletcher cox

watch. the eagles will open another round of off season workouts tomorrow. we'll have to wait to see if he shows up. cox was a no show for last week's sessions. we are still in the voluntary stage so the eagles can't force him to attend but coach doug pederson admitted he was not pleased. cox did post a picture on his and social media account saying he will be in philadelphia. we haven't talked much about nick foles' return to the eagles. the quarterback is in a much different role now than he was back in 2013. foles is now a backup to carson wentz. he says he's ready to help wentz any way he can. >> he had a great year as a rookie. there's a lot of pressure especially the philadelphia, i've been a quarterback in the city it's the most passionate fan base in the world. that's the big reason why i wanted to come back. i feel like he's handed it real well. going into year two there's always a big jump, you've gone through it, you understand it and now you're trying to capitalize and take it to that next level. >> final fight for lord

stanley's cup begins tonight. sydney crosby and the penguins seeking to make it back to back cup titles. predators led by peter laviolette. he led the flyers to the stanley cup final back in 2010. he also led carolina to the title in 2006. >> two trips to the finals, one of them i'll hold close to my heart and one of them hurts but that's a great feeling to be here and to be able to compete. >> that gets going tonight. >> all right ducis thank you. quick break. meteorologist cecily tynan with that accuweather forecast for the rest of the week when we come right back. stay with us. >> ♪

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>> some folks at the shore started this memorial day by honoring the men and women who served our nation. the action cam was in that avalon for the parade. because it's the beach there was also a boat filled with parade participants rolling down the street. why not? all right, mears cecily tynan is here now and still if you're going to be at the shore enjoy it regardless, right. >> yeah, it's cloudy cool but at least it wasn't pouring rain all day. i'm tracking the return of warm sunshine. i think we all really need to get some of that. >> that's nice. >> storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we are dry despite the clouds and sky6 right now is live at the vietnam veterans memorial on penn's landing where we've got some freshing laid wreaths, flags are blowing in that easterly breeze. notice all the green. we've had more than 6-inches of rain this month, so everything is really blooming. i think a lot of people want some warmer air, though. today's high only 64 degrees.

the coolest memorial day in 14 years. that's 14 degrees below normal. but we can have some pretty hot memorial days. four of the last 12 temperatures were in the 90's. tomorrow, though, another dreary day. we'll be stuck under a pretty thick veil of clouds. temperatures start at 59 degrees at 7 o'clock and we'll struggle to make it up to about 70 degrees by the afternoon with the threat of some showers and thunderstorms to the north. right now 62 in philadelphia, 61 in cape may, the same in allentown, reading 64 and wilmington currently 66. satellite and radar showing what's bringing us this dreary weather, it's an upper level low, it's spinning near the hudson bay so we get spokes of energy rolling through, another one will be moving through late in the day tomorrow. so, tonight lots of clouds, some fog, some drizzle, temperatures dropping into the 50's. 58 in philadelphia. 54 in allentown and trenton. 57 in cape may. and wilmington 56.

so, future tracker showing tomorrow morning plenty of clouds, could even have a few scattered showers down to the south. they will essentially dissipate but then there's a front that moves in to the northwest so future tracker showing at 6 o'clock some peeks of sunshine but we will have a few showers and thunderstorms developing north of philadelphia, the lehigh valley, berks county, the poconos really, the greatest threat. behind that system wednesday finally we get warmer air. 81 degrees. we're in between front. partly sunny skies. that next cold front before ling us the possibility of thunderstorms late in the day on wednesday. behind that, high pressure builds in for the first day of june on thursday. it will bring us dry conditions, partly sunny skies with temperatures in the upper 70's. i think thursday will be the nicest day of the week. so, the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, mostly cloudy skies tomorrow, perhaps a few late peeks of sunshine but again, the threat of some thunderstorms to the north. it will be a cool day with a high of only 70. wednesday, though, we will see some sunshine especially early

in the day, 81 degrees before a round of thunderstorms late in the day and thursday dry, partly sunny, little bit on the cool side with temperatures close to normal with a high of 77. on friday ahead of our next cold front it will be warm again. 83 degrees with increasing clouds and friday night some showers, some thunderstorms. looks like that front will that lift through on saturday, bringing us more showers and thunderstorms, 77 degrees. if it continues pushing to the south, we will dry out on sunday. clouds, some sunshine but some computer models show it stalling. stay tuned on that. 75. and monday partly sunny with a high of 75. nicest day of the week thursday. >> thursday. >> finally dry, partly sunny but wednesday and friday temperatures in the 80's. >> all right, thank you cecily. and finally tonight as our nation pays tribute to those who fought and died for our country some people spent this day remembering how it all began. visitors came to valley forge park to learn more about the revolutionary war and got a firsthand look at the city of huts where that continental soldiers took refuge for the

long winter of 1777. it was here that the tired and cold soldiers of washington's army landed. they stayed here for six months and emerged reef 55ed successfully battling the british forces. a great day to remember how our nation's freedom began. world news tonight with david muir is he next on channel6. "action news" continues on phl17 with brian taff sharrie williams ah adam joseph and ducis rodgers. now for jim gardner meteorologist cecily tynan ducis rodgers, the entire "action news" team, i'm rick williams. have a nice evening. we hope to see you at 11:00. >> ♪

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