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medford township in this in tow. it is abuzz with news that one of its teachers is arrested. eric howell has been charged with invasion of privacy. what he is said to have done is worse. the south jersey teacher is accused of taking pictures and videos up the skirts of female students. christie ileto has the full story. >> jim, hi reportedly used a coconut water box to hide the camera and would walk closely to students to try to shoot up their skirts. his lawlessness has left students and former students rattled. >> you never think it will happen in your community.
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>> 43-year-old eric howell is accused of making up skirt videos of his female students. he used a coconut box to conceal a camera. he hit it in the side pouch of his briefcase. he was spotted passing mind the student, extending his arm sideways to pose the camera up her skirt. >> i have to be careful how i walk. >> the school district immediately notified police. judy horner takes a language class with one of the three reported victims. >> it hurts my heart. she's a sweet girl. >> there were six police officers there. >> were they carrying anything out of the house? >> i didn't see that. i didn't see if they were
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carrying stuff out, but they were there. >> authorities are reviewing the video content. howell's actions have left this community unnerved. >> if it's crazy to think is teacher does that. >> there could be more victims involved. so far no bail has been set for hohowell. christie ileto, "action news" at 10:00, wphl-17. >> a seven-year-old girl was found in the basement of her home with a bag over her face. she is in einstein hospital in grave condition. arrested and behind bars is the girl's 18-year-old brother. he has been charged with attempted murder. >> carrying candles and balloons, tonight friends and family of a murdered eighth
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grader gathered out size his home in memory of tymier frasier gunned down 9:30 monday night and investigators have no idea why. a 16-year-old was also shot but survived. they prayed for justice and for the killer to be caught. >> camden county prosecutors plan to retry david creato after a mistrial was declared in the case. after five days deliberations the jury remained deadlocked, couldn't reach a verdict. the father was accused of killing his three-year-old son because the boy was an impediment to him dating a teenaged girlfriend. that's tha allegation. his attorney says there was no evidence tieing his client to the murder. >> the nature of the hung jury
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shows they can't agree on this. >> creato remains in prison for the time being. his son would have turned five tomorrow. >> testimony is under way in the child sexual assault trial of lee caplin the bucks county man accused of sexual assaulting several amish girls given to him by their parents. >> it is another busy night on the russian investigation front. investigators are trying to find out if attorney general jeff sessions had an additional meeting to the russian ambassador of the u.s. at issue whether he met with cis lack at the may flower hotel in
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washington may 2016 where candidate donald trump was delivering his first major policy speech. fbi director james comey will testify maybe as soon as next week. special counsel robert mueller has cleared him to talk about trump. we will soon know whether president trump has decided to pull the u.s. out of the paris climate accord, clurntly including 197 countries. a tweet tonight from the president said he will make the announcement at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow in the rose garden. former vice president joe biden is not staying out of politics
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long. abc news has learned he will form an action committee tomorrow because it's time for big dreams and american possibilities. >> authorities say there is a lot of counterfeit cash in the region and the makers of bogus bills have found out how to avoid detection. dan, what's the story here? >> these bills circumvent detector pens widely used by local businesses. >> the secret service doesn't recommend the marker pen. >> that's the word from the secret service on the counterfeit bill detector pens. the pens reacted to starch in paper. if it's real, the ink turns
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yellow. if it's fake, it turns blue or black. the problem is what counterfeiter are doing with currency. >> they are real notes, $1 or $5 raised to $100 notes. the counterfeiter overbleaches the 1 to 100. the pen detects that the bill is real but can't determine the amount of the bill. that happened over the weekend. both bills turned out to be counterfeit. >> forget the pen? >> the secret service recommends a uv light and water glass. >> blue if it's a $5 bill. red if it's 100 bill. >> now you can see the blue well. that shouldn't be blue on a $100 bill. it should be red. >> correct. moving to lincoln.
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>> there's a lincoln hidden under there. >> there should be a ben franklin not a lincoln, so this is a $5 bill. >> that will remain no matter what they do to the $5 bill, it will re remain on the counterfet bill. >> 45,000 to $50,000 in counterfeit money is passed weekly through the region. the uv flashlights are widely available on the internet for about 5 bucks. dann cuellar, channel6 news. jim? >> thank you, dan. central buck south high school in warington named those that would be added to the wall of honor. each received a certificate thanking them for their service. >> "action news" reporter annie
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mccormick has the story from the tacony section of philadelphia. >> 95-year-old dominic is looking at a front yard of red white and blue thanks to his family and american legion post 735. memorial day weekend, vandals trashed the garden, throwing out the flags. >> i was crying to see the flag in the trash barrel. >> he served three years in world war ii in the army police, traveled to africa and italy, guarded prisoners and dug graves. there are i is a lot of meaning. >> his family placed a call to
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representative mikedridris col's office, they arrived. >> i would love for the individual or individuals who did this to understand what they did and how wrong it was. we want them to know they are out here and they'll be prosecuted. someone will file a report and if it happens again, we'll be back. >> a clear message to the vanned vandals and a solute to them. >> reporting in tacony, annie mccormick, "action news." >> still to come, nasa's wild plan to send a spacecraft into the sun. and newly released body cam video captures the harrowing attempt to save victims of the
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he is in stable condition. this may have been a robbery attempt. he was stabbed in the back. he's in stable condition. there is no word of arrest. david owe, stabbed in the back tonight. a massive truck bomb exploded in kabul, afghanistan. the bomber drove the truck into the diplomatic quarter during the morning rush hour. most of the casualties were women and children. >> there was a terrifying moment on a malaysian airline when a man threatened to detonate a bomb. passengerstackled the man and they returned to australia. the suspect was carrying
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harmless electronics and likely suffers from mental illness. >> i know it's hard to watch. abc news has obtained the video from the orlando nightclub massacre as we approach the one year anniversary. 49 people were killed, 50 others injured. police video show officers rushing in as shooting victims scream for help and the terrorist was holed up inside. outside officers directed victims to safety. >> keep coming. go across the street. >> among those killed a philadelphia teenager, basketball standout graduated from west catholic.
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please stay with us as we have more reporting from brian ross is on "nightline." >> dash cam video of tiger woods arrest on memorial day. at 3:00 a.m. officers found the gotcher asleep at the wheel of his running car. his speech is slurred. he was issued a dui and issued a ticket for improper parking. >> a noose was found inside the african-american history museum in washington this afternoon. the museum called the rope a deplorable act of cowardice and dprafdepravity. >> nba star lebron james spoke out about his los angeles home
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being vandalized, a racial slur spray painted on the front. the property manager painted over it before lebron arrived. >> no matter how much money you have. no matter how famous you are, no matter how many people admire you, being black in america is tough. >> detectives have yet to identify a suspect. the investigation is ongoing. >> the condemnation of comedian kathy griffin has been swift and widespread after she posed with a beheaded president trump image yesterday. griffins lost a commercial deal and casino appearance was canceled. the president called the portrayal sick and disturbing
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and got the attention of the secret service. >> nasa announced its first mission to fly into the sun. the solar probe will not go all the way. it would burn up. instead, it will speed through the outer atmosphere at 430 miles per hour. researchers hope the mission will shed light on why the corona is hotter than the surface of the sun and will better predict solar flairs and winds to impact on earth. they hope to host the probe next summer. >> that's amazing. >> let's talk about the sun. >> we saw sun and clouds. double scan showing we have nothing more than a few scattered showers. there was a complex of storms that brought downpours to bucks
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county and clouds like these. hundreds of people tweeting and sending in photos of the clouds. what was amazing, the storms isolated. because we had clear skies, you could see these for hundreds of miles. the timing was perfect around sun set showing that the top of the building clouds reflected the longer wavelength colors of the sunset. you have red and orange. thank you for the photos. keep them coming. right now, allentown, 71. reading 70. cape may, 63. trinten 69. satellite and radar showing, if you look right, i'll point it out. i want to show you the complex storms right there. that created the clouds.
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that's moved on. we have a few showers to the west. tomorrow morning, bus stop forecast, beautiful, first day of june, bright sunshine, temperatures warming up quickly, 6:00, 58, 54 by 8:00 in the morning. tomorrow, west winds about 20 miles per hour. it will be on the breezy side. with the west wind along the shore, it's a land breeze not sea breeze. boardwalk, 76. philadelphia for the first day of june, 79. allentown, 77. wilmington 77. we hold the nice weather through friday, partly sunny, 79. a weak front moves through friday night, a lot like tonight. storms should be isolated. we start saturday dry and the weekend goes downhill fast sunday. the exclusive forecast, 79-degrees.
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friday, do it again. friday night, saturday, pretty nice, clouds mixing with sun, 7. the rain arrive also midday sunday. a rainy sunday afternoon, sunday night, 75-degrees. scattered showers monday with a high of 76. 71 tuesday and wednesday. we keep the possibility of showers. enjoy the next two days. going to be nice. next week not looking great. >> thanks. >> the boy scout cradle of liberty held their gala in center city tonight. the money raised is used to send boys and girls to summer camp where they learn about leadership and honor. sharrie williams served as m.c. with the help of business and community partners, they raised $608,000. >> the bring philly home
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takes him out. philliess lose 10-2, 6-22 in the month of may. worst may record since 1928. >> the eagles wrap up their latest round of workouts tomorrow. no pads, no hitting -- no fun. >> it may seem they are getting a lot accomplished, but that's not the case. >> we have not had the same quarterbacks since i got into the league. i'm excited to build chemistry with carson. in the run game, making sure the fit is right, everyone knows what they are doing. >> we are working on our plan of attack, how we function as a defense. how everyone's job compliments each other. >> predato predators taking on e
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warriors came up short last time. they are using the disappointment as fuel. >> i don't want to feel what i felt last year. i'm going to do everything in my power to attack every game with that kind of perspective. we have been through a championship, you know, success story where we know what it takes to win. you have to feel the experiences as best we can. >> you can catch every game here on "6abc." game one tomorrow night, coverage begins at 8:30. >> carson wentz popularity is growing. a student at westchester high school tweeted out this picture. a few hours later, wentz posted this. will this do the trick?
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>> kids can party for the summer. >> finally tonight, over a dozen students were inducted into the national elementary honor society. dressed all in white, the young men and women represent the best of hawthorne park elementary school. the national honor society, the nation's oldest and best known student recognition program. "jimmy kimmel live" live next on channel6 followed by "nightline." music from bush. "action news" continues at 4:30 with pamela edwards and karen rodgers with sports. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. goodnight. ♪ ♪
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