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putin weighs in over occurrence of russian meddling in the presidential election. those stories, but first let's turn to the accuweather forecast with meteorologist chris sowers. >> reporter: patience is the word this morning, we have a small, little disturbance pushing through. the result is clouds and showers live in cape may. all this is out of here by lunchtime. from that point, it's a nice day, comfortable temperatures and a gentle breeze out of the northwest. just some gray skies this morning. it should not stick around very long. you can see how small it is and quickly racing off to the southeast. it's moving at 40 miles per hour. buffalo, binghamton reporting sunny skies, a couple of hours ago it was raining here. we'll make a quick zoom into the heart of philadelphia. still a couple of spritzes and
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sprinkles leftover, this was here, just an hour ago, so it's racing off to the east. forecast for today, morning showers and clouds giving way to lots of afternoon sunshine. 77 degrees is the forecasted high. now, tomorrow is going to be the opposite. we'll start out with sun and increase clouds during the day. there's a chance of a shower or thunderstorm late. when i come back in just a few minutes we'll focus on that in future tracker 6. >> thank you so much. 901. police say they know who they are looking for in the stabbing of david oh. investigators believe this man on the screen tried to rob oh, stabbed him and ran off. he used to live in the 5600 block of thomas street near the counselman's home. we -- councilman's home. overnight we learned about the charges. >> attempt to imhit -- attempt to imhit -- commit murder,
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robbery and aggravated assault and simple assault. we consider him armed and dangerous. >> he maybe homeless and living house to house. the councilman is recovering at home and went to work yesterday. crews responded to a fire before 4:00 a.m., you can see the flames coming from the roof of the home. when crews got to the scene they found heavy flames coming from the first floor of the house. no injuries reported. the firefighters injuries are said to be minor. no word on what actually caused this fire. the pennsylvania turnpike remains closed in bensalem following a fatal crash involving several vehicles. the crash occurred on the westbound side of the turnpike. the turnpike shut down between the bensalem exit and the willow grove exit on the westbound side of the turnpike. there's no word when that
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section of the turnpike will be reopened stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for the latest information. a person was hit and killed by a car this morning. it happened in delaware county. police were called to the # hundred -- 600 block of south central avenue in marple township at 6:00 a.m. the victim was pronounced at the scene. the driver stopped and is cooperating with investigators. no word on any charges against the driver. this morning a teenager is dead after a day filled with gun violence in chester, delaware county. the teenager was killed during one of four shootings that happened in the city that expand over the course of a few hours. dann cuellar has the details. [sirens]. >> every police officer who is currently working from every division whether inside personnel, records room they are out on the street. >> reporter: the sense of urgency was palpable to the
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police in the city of chester. a city under siege by unending gun violence. a football player wag walking to -- was walking to school when he was gunned down at 10th and fulton. >> it is a devastating loss of life. the smoke barely cleared at 9:18 another shooting men in two cars were shooting at each other. one drove himself to the hospital. all this happened near the high school which was on lockdown. and then it happened again. >> we were going to give the all clear at 10:45. there were shots fired 200 block of west 23rd street at 10:57. the only thing left were bullets casings that littered the street. a busy day for chester police, 12:28 p.m. police were trying to stop a man with a gun 1300 block
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of west 9th. >> police officer saw a gun in his hand there was a brief foot pursuit and shots were fired. >> reporter: nobody was injured and the man was taken into custody. officials pledges to double and triple their efforts to stem the tide of gun violence in this troubled city. >> all of us have a hand in this to bring justice and peace back to the community. >> reporter: there was a desperate plea for the public's help. >> it's more important than ever that the people of chester come together to help us end this. >> reporter: unfortunately it's difficult to see an end to this anytime soon, especially as we approach the beginning of summer and one of america's most violent cities. chester police headquarters, i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> in chester county, the d.a. just announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the man you see on the screen. investigators say 29-year-old barry baker punched a person with cerebral palsy in west
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chester. surveillance video shows baker mocking the victim outside, oh, my goodness you saw the punch there. mocking the victim outside the 7-eleven before punching the victim in the face. three former administrators at penn state will serve jail time for their handling of sex abuse allegations. a judge in harrisburg sentenced gram spanier to 4 to 12 months yesterday. he will spend the first two months in jail, the rest of the time will be served under house arrest. former vice president gary shultz will spend two months in jail before finishing his sentence unders -- under house arrest. former athletic director tim curly will serve two months in jail before finishing up with
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house arrest. penn state fraternities will be under control for greek life own campus, fraternities and sororities had been self governorring. there will be stuff monitoring social events. there are questions whether president trump will invoke executive privilege and stop james comey from testifying before comey. comey is expected to testify about russian meddling in the u.s. election this comes as vladimir putin is weighing in on the situation. david wright is at the white house. >> reporter: with fired fbi director james comey to testify next week, white house officials
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refuse to say whether they will try to block comey's testimony by exerting executive privilege leaving open the possibility of a late intervention. >> i have not spoken to counsel yet, i don't know how they will respond. >> reporter: meanwhile, trump's deputy attorney general tells the associated press he is prepared for the possibility that the fbi investigation into russian meddling and possible collusion by trump associates could well end up focusing on the president's decision to fire comey and his own role and the attorney general in that decision. rod rossenstein said if he needs to recuse he will. vladimir putin said russian hacking is a crack pot
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conspiracy theory. he threw president trump a lifeline amid the dover to withdraw from the paris climate accord. putin reassured environmentalist, there's still tomorrow. >> don't worry be happy. >> that was abc' david wright. protesters, they are gather ing across the united states calling for a march for truth. group fueled up before heading to washington, d.c. to see the memorial. this is the 10th year in a row, the event has been held on behalf ever south jersey honor flight. >> 9:09 a.m. much more to come on "action news" saturday morning, three
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police officers were injured in a shootout at a convenience store in texas. we have details on what an autopsy report revealed about singer's chris cornell's death. >> reporter: gray, here's the headline, we have showers around the delaware and lehigh valleys. overall it looks like a pretty decent weekend. i'll be back with the details, plus the threat of more rain next week. i'll see you in just a couple.
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>> well here you go, if you want to do something and you don't feel like getting out of bed. no problems foraysers in i understanden -- for racers in indiana. they push the bed on wheels as fast as they can. it event is for young people. >> exercise and sleep all at the same time. >> can they lay in the bed or are they pushing? >> some are pushing and some are laying there. let's get you outside and show you what's going on there, live on sky6 live hd, the commodore barry bridge lots of clouds around this morning, gray skies we had showers and other locations are picking up sprinkles or a little bit of drizzle. none of this is too heavy, it's a small disturbance in the process of swinging through. let's flip it over to the radars. a lot of western suburbs are
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starting to clear. this area here a complete shade of green as the system was sliding in here, now a couple of leftover sprinkles west of the delaware river. east of the delaware river, steadier, we'll zoom into gloucester, camden and burlington county. darker greens the steadier rains are falling, south of gibbs borough, route 73. gloucester county, glassboro reporting wet weather, same thing with sewell and williams town. not much going on west of philadelphia. quickly racing off to the east/southeast, upstate new york, binghamton, buffalo, looks nice, pittsburgh, state colleges conditions are beginning to clear, it's a small little ribbon of clouds and showers that we're dealing with this morning. it will not be lasting too much longer. 59 degrees in philadelphia. look at the difference down to the south. two hours south of washington,
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d.c. 74 in richmond, cooler up to the north. a lot of this is thanks to all the cloud cover we're seeing this morning and the scattered showers. once the sun breaks through, the numbers will warm up nicely. future tracker 6, 10:30 you have softball games, expect a lot of clouds out there, it will be damp and leftover shower. north of the pennsylvania turnpike, we're getting sunshine. 1:00 p.m. this afternoon, it's sun and clouds, 4:00 p.m., it's full sun for everybody it's a nice day with a comfortable breeze out of the northwest 5 to 15 miles per hour. jersey shore, look at the arrows here, an easterly breeze, a sea breeze twig knock you guys down a little bit, 70s for everybody, up to upper 0s -- 60s for the jersey shore. we'll see sunshine to start, clouds building and showers north of the pee turnpike late in the day.
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of the pennsylvania turnpike late in the day. we could see a squall line developing. mostly everybody is dry. if you're heading south to dover for the races, sun and clouds this afternoon, 77. partly sunny sunday, high high of 81. jersey shore, the shower threat is north of atlantic city, areas south are staying dry. 73 degrees not a bad day down there. sunday, sun and clouds, 72. the ocean temperature is slowly creeping up there into the 60s. philadelphia and the immediate surrounding suburbs, lots of clouds around with showers, expect a lot of sunshine this afternoon with a comfortable high of 77 degrees. the day planner again shows the idea of cloudy skies, gray conditions and somewhat damp this morning. lots of sun, very bright and sunny later this afternoon. here's the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 77 degrees today. we bump it up a notch tomorrow partly sunny and warm, high of 82. and then it turns unsettled
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again, we can't seem to shake this pattern. monday and tuesday, lots of clouds around both days, 78 degrees monday, the winds are west/southwest, tuesday you tell shifts off the ocean again most areas in the 60s, wednesday, thursday, friday, sun and clouds, temperatures in the 70s and close to 80. this morning rain will not last all day, maybe the next couple of hours. we'll be okay. >> thank you chris. 9:17 a.m. celebrate the largest and most spectacular tricentennial horsham day. the township hosts it's annual celebration in one jammed packed day. there's a monster truck show at carpenter park stay for the fireworks sunset at deep meadow park. head to pennypacker mills in schwenksville, montgomery county for the civil war festival. flag folding ceremony, music and
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system when he died, but it did not contribute to the death. he was found dead after he handing -- hanged himself in his hotel room in detroit. he had sedatives and anxiety drugs in his system at the time. he was buried last week. r&b singer brandy has been released from the hospital after passing out at an airport. no further information about her condition was provided. the time 9:21 a.m., pop performers and other celebrities will be in manchester england for a benefit concert. ariana grande organized sunday's show. overnight social media was flooded with images of her meeting with children in england as a result of the attack. the proceeds from the concert
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will help the victims' families, justin bieber and cold play will perform. abc stands united with the families in manchester and privileged to bring you the entire concert at 1:00 p.m. on the free form channel. highlights from the one love manchester concert will air on 6abc sunday night after the nba finals and late edition of "action news" at 11:00 p.m. still ahead on "action news" saturday morning, joel embiid trading in a basketball for a soccer ball? the sixers player shows off some of his moves coming up in sports. (vo) with thousands of quality pre-owned vehicles...
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giants play this afternoon down in south philly. the giants crushed the phils last night. here's jeff skeverski. >> reporter: after being a giant disappointment in the month of may, their worst may in nearly 90 years, how did the phillies start the month of june? well, let's put it this way, feels like we're in may. phils dig a giant hole starting in the first. hernandez misplays it. phils down 1-zip. manager not happy. eichoff doesn't get out of the first, he has still yet to meet a game. phils walk ten guys last night including the pitcher three times. they have not done that in 81 years. phils lose, 10-0. they have dropped 26 of their last 32.
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yeah this is becoming a giant mess. >> i don't have a lot to say, i don't know what to say, i'm at a loss for words. bad way to start the month. three guys have two hits we got shutout. not a pleasant night. the honeymoon is over, two weeks after attending his wedding, andy reid cuts former eagles first round pick, him ory maclin now a free agent. maclin was two years into his five year contract in kansas. maclin is coming off his worst season in the nfl. the 29-year-old had a career low in touchdown and yards. he was scheduled to make up to $10 million this upcoming season. the union looking to avoid falling into another tailspin they looking to bounce back against new york city fc.
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>> you can't let them walk off the field because they have too many quality players that will punish you. they get a chance, we get a chance, we're going to lose. >> reporter: you can see the union on 6abc at 1:00 p.m. we know he can dribble a basketball and joel embiid can dribble a soccer ball, too, he was attending a celebrity soccer match in wales, he grew up his entire life playing soccer. when asked who would make the best nba soccer player? joel embiid said, joel embiid, who else? that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski have a great day. >> gogglen state warriors will -- golden state warriors will win the nba finals over the cleveland cavaliers thanks to his lucky toaster.
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clay thompson signed his toaster in march, since then they only lost one since he signed the toaster in march. >> he said he does not plan to use the toaster for its intended purpose. i would like to remind you can watch the game two of the nba finals with your toaster tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. on 6abc. there's much more to come on "action news" saturday morning. a philadelphia teenager being called a hero after risking his life to save his nephew. a certain word took the internet by storm this week, you can use it with a popular app we'll explain. we'll get a check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, meteorologist chris sowers says we're starting out
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with rain, but don't cancel your plans, the sun will come out, we'll see you after the break. donald tmeet phil murphy,by former goldman sachs bankers. another wall street banker running for governor, whose firm helped trigger the financial meltdown that put millions out of work and out of their homes. murphy's trying to buy the election, paying off new jersey bosses. my name's john wisniewski, and i'm running for governor of new jersey. john wisniewski, the son of a millwright, who uncovered the bridgegate scandal and exposed chris christie's corruption. the choice -- insider wall street politics or main street, new jersey, values.
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bear. s reaction to seeing the wild animal. outside we go to meteorologist chris sowers and the accuweather forecast. thankfully the umbrella is gone. >> reporter: i told you we would get it out quickly. city avenue is completely dry already, the line of showers pulled through between 5:30 a.m. and 8:30. as we flip it over to satellite and radar there's not much left, it's long off the coast we're seeing leftover showers and patchy drizzle of philadelphia. southeastern into southern new jersey, we'll make a zoom there, a couple of steadier showers across camden gloucester, burlington counties, even there we're seeing things ease up a little bit. southbound on 73 making your way on the atlantic city expressway east into atlantic city year dealing with showers. as you look toward the left-hand side of the screen, you're drying out nicely. woodbury, dry conditions, cherry
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hill beginning to dry out, as well. temperatures with all the cloud cover is fairly chilly. the numbers respond nicely this afternoon once we break out into the full sunshine. kutztown, 52. media, 59. quakertown, 52. sewell, 59. smyrna. 60 and dover, 61. forecast tore today if you have a tee -- for today, if you have a tee time damp this morning, clouds around until 11:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m. temperatures are cool as long as we have the clouds. 1:00 p.m. we get into the sunshine and the temperatures spike into the 70s. how we looking next week? that's the big question this has been a terrible weather pattern for us in the delaware and lehigh valleys. we seem to get a rainstorm every three or four days. we have chance of showers still leftover this morning. another chance tomorrow night. monday and tuesday look unsettled. by wednesday things breakdown a little bit and we start to dry
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out and clear things out a little bit. when i come back i'll focus on how much rain to expect monday and tuesday in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> look forward to the update thank you so much. police identified the suspect accused of stabbing philadelphia city councilman david oh. 24-year-old shawn yarbrea stabbed oh and ran off. he used to live right near the councilman's home. at this point police believe he may be homeless and living house to house. the counselman is recovering at home this morning. -- councilman is recovering at home this morning. "action news" has learned the person hit and killed by a car in marple township was a woman. police say she was walking along sussex boulevard when she was hit. it happened at 6:00 a.m. the victim was pronounced at the scene. police tell "action news," the driver did stop and is cooperating with investigators. no word about charges against the driver.
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happening right now, police are searching for the gunman who ran up and opened fire on a man who was sitting on his fronts porch overnight. the 24-year-old victim was at his home in the 2100 block of gould street in southwest philadelphia around 1:00 a.m. when he was shot. he was taken to penn presbyterian hospital to undergo surgery. this morning there's no word on a motive. 9:34 a.m., a portion of the pennsylvania turnpike in bensalem remains closed this morning after a fatal crash involving several vehicles in bensalem. the crash happened on the westbound side of the turnpike. pennsylvania turnpike, again is shut down between the bensalem exit and the willow grove exit on the westbound side of the turnpike. so far no word on when that section of the turnpike will be reopened, but of course stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for the latest information. in delaware county, the man who robbed a wells fargo bank this week remains on the run,
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surveillance images shows the suspect walking into the bank on the 800 block of butler pike in springfield yesterday afternoon. the man entered the bank and handed the material a note and stated he -- the teller a note and saided he had a gun. cameras caught him going into a light blue or silver hatch back. if you recognize the man in the picture there, call police. we now know how two lancaster county children were burned after drinking what they thought was apple juice, police say what the children believe was juice was actual lye. the 10-year-old an 4-year-old were served the juice in march. there is no evidence that the children were intentionally served the lye. no criminal charges have been filed. protesters voiced their oppositions to so-called stop and go stores in their north philadelphia community last night. the businesses are classified as
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restaurants, but according to community leaders they don't operate as such, now community members claim some of the stores are known to sell shots of alcohol and contribute to the negative environment in their neighborhoods. >> the city, the state, and the people of philadelphia have to take a stand. this has been a long on going problem. this is not something that just started. for years, stop and go have inundated poor neighborhoods. >> the event was organized by civic leaders and residents of the united methodist church. they say they want businesses to follow the law and make the community a safer place to live. from new jersey newsroom, hms host will hold a job fair at 18 new jersey travel plazas. the company is looking to fill five hundred full and participant time jobs on the new jersey turnpike, garden state park away and atlantic city
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expressway. positions include cashiers, managers and utility workers. if you're interested arrived between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. today. this weekend you can fish, crab and lamb -- clam in any delaware waters. the division of fish and wildlife waive all the charges and you don't need a fishing license, but you need what's called a fisherman's identification network number. if you want one get one at delaware-fin.com. a business owner in bucks county got a big surprise when he opened the front door, he found a bear. nora muchanic with the story. >> apparently he was as scared as i was. >> reporter: antiques dealer he had was at work when he had a face-to-face confrontation with the bear, he thought was chewy sniffing at the door.
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>> i reached out to touch the dog and that's where the bear was, i punched the bear in the nose and moved back and banged on the door. >> the bear ran away and climbed up the tree. they showed me the fresh claw marks he left behind as he scratched the bark. >> we've been looking around and we watch him go to the top. >> scary, because this never happened before, this is the first time. >> reporter: you don't want to meet him face-to-face. >> no, no, no. >> reporter: crimmy snatched pictures of the bear as he climbed up the tree. >> 90:00 p.m. residents saw the bear in the rear of the middle school. our officers responded and unable to locate the bear. doylestown borough released this picture take taken in the old or
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chart development. the bear might have thought he was out in the wild because of all the animal statues. >> i think we both scared each other, it was reflex. >> reporter: police say if you do see a bear, don't approach it, call them and get to are a safe place. nora muchanic channel 6 "action news". >> 9:40 a.m. a philadelphia teenager is being called a hero after saving his 1-year-old nephew. he ran into his burning home last weekend risking his life to rescue his nephew from a fire. it happened yesterday, a proclamation was read from city council that described his unselfish and life threatening efforts.
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congratulations to rudy. >> if you're down the shore this summer and you need a place to take your pooch we'll tell you where to go. a family has a place to go after hundreds of hours of hard work. we'll get another check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with meteorologist chris sowers when "action news" comes right back.
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goldman sachs was one of those companies whose illegal activity helped destroy our economy... vo: as a goldman sachs president, phil murphy made his fortune in a rigged system. now the jersey machine has lined up with murphy and his millions. leaders should stand for the people, not the political machine. as a prosecutor, at treasury, and as head of the brennan center, i've taken on the powerful - from the mafia, to the nra, to the dark money that poisons our politics.
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>> reporter: they are moving along pretty good, actually. let's go live on sky6 live hd, that's looks good, william penn standing tall. that's from our center city camera. you see the clouds upstairs, but not seeing the rain falling. that's good news there. let's goat over to storm tracker 6 live make a couple of zooms there. most of the rain is east of the delaware river. it's very, very light. a lot of is not in the form of rain. just a couple of showers or spritz or sprinkle. down the jersey shore, most of it is north of ocean city. if you're traveling along route 9 or the atlantic city expressway into ocean county, seaside heights point pleasant beach, we're seeing showers, but it's on the lighter side. white house pike getting wet. mays landings buena, that whole area. seeing a little bit of light rain this morning. like clock work every time it rains, my little duck friends arrive. they love my pool. they don't jump in, they stand
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there on the inch. every time it rains, give it an hour or so, they show up here. i don't know what to do about this. they enjoy the source household. 59 degrees, pressure reading rising. ocean temperature, 61 degrees, because it's only 61 that will keep the shorepoints on the cooler side all weekend long. inland locations mid to upper 70s low 80s, jersey shore, upper 60s, low 70s both days, cooler down there. 55 in millville. dover, 61. cape may, 66. brigantine, 62. satellite and radar this is swiftly pushing through the mid atlantic states this morning, most of the rain is already off the coast, we're left with a couple of clouds and spritzes and sprinkles north and west of philadelphia in camden and best of your knowledge ton oh -- burlington county.
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we're looking at clouds and showers for another hour or so. after lunch here comes the sun. once we get the sun it will last the whole day. shooting for a high of 77. 10:30, note the clearing line north of the pennsylvania turnpike we're seeing full sunshine. cloudy skies to the south. 1:00 p.m. everybody is picking up the sun mixed with clouds across south jersey, by 4:00 p.m. the clouds disappear even everybody sees bright blue skies. overnight tonight, the skies remain clear and tomorrow, we'll see the sun early with the clouds building during the day, 2:00 p.m. showers broke out north of the pennsylvania turnpike, they transition into thunderstorms by evening. 9:00 a.m. watch out a couple of heavy hitters are possible west of philadelphia. those storms could produce drenching downpours, cloud to ground lightning strikes and
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good gust of winds 50 to 55 miles per hour. rainfall totals sunday night where the downpours set up that's where the heaviest rains will fall. it could be anywhere from a half inch to more than an inch with the thunderstorms as we head into tomorrow night. for today, cloudy skies this morning, lots of sunshine this afternoon. 65 in the poconos. sunday afternoon showers, late-day showers, 68 degrees. jersey shore, cloudy skies right now a couple of leftover showers, breaking for sunshine later on. let's say partly sunny this afternoon, 72. sunday, sun and clouds, 72. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 77 degrees today morning showers afternoon sun. sunday partly sunny warmer, nice day, 82 degrees, monday and tuesday, we get an upper level low that gets cut off from a main flow of traffic and sits overtop us. looks dreary both days, wednesday, thursday, friday we
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hope things move along and clears things out. this past monday and tuesday, wednesday and thursday might not be at nice as what we have there. >> seems like the past several weekends there's a chance of rain. >> reporter: what i have noticed over the last three months every three days we get a rainstorm. it's a crazy pattern. with summer season upon us, karen rogers takes us down the the shore with "shelter me rescue of the week" she has information on spots that welcome man's best friend. >> reporter: head down ocean drive in long port you'll find a beach brimming with wildlife. >> it's popular because there's great beach nesting birds habitat. there's people who come to fish off the beach or the rocks. >> reporter: the official name is malibu beach. but local dog owners dubbed it longport dog beach. >> people feel like they are out in nature and away from things it's a short drive from
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the larger coastal communities. think your hound a beauty take him to ocean city for the show us your paws parade. >> animals from the community walk along the boardwalk. pets dress to impress, there's a ten dollar registration fee. it's a lot of fun and all the proceeds help out the animals. >> reporter: the humane society help animals like chewy and willie. they are very sweet they would do well with kids. >> ziggy is a chihuahua mix. >> dusty was raised in the middle east. a gentleman who worked for the government brought him back to the states. fred is a senior looking for peace and quiet. >> he is a great dog. this is max he is 4 years old. he was rescued from death row in a high kill shelter in georgia, the humane society say he is a
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lovely and i debris. he loves to play with his toys. if you're interested in max visit the umain society of ocean city website. if you would like us to share your shelter success story post a picture to the "fyi philly" facebook page and tells where you adopted your pet and how much they mean to you, we'll be featuring your stories on upcoming "shelter me rescue of the week" segments. with max i'm karen rogers channel 6 "action news." i got a kiss! welcome to maxx you.
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one hero was on a mission to pasave snack time., watch babybel in the great snack rescue. you want a piece of me? good, i'm delicious. creamy, delicious, 100% natural cheese. mini babybel. snack a little bigger. hall of famer, greg allman will be laid to rest in georgia. he was born if tennessee, but settled in georgia. former president jimmy carter, a georgia native will be at the funeral to pay his respects.
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the allman brothers raised money for carter's white house run. cher his former wife will be there, as well. president trump's tweet covefef, you can cruise it in words with friends -- use it in words with friends. people at zinga games have added covafefe defines it as a noun that means auto correct spells you at 3:00 a.m. the seven letter tiles happen to come your way, you can cruise them. okay. a bucks county family was handed the keys to the 104th habitat for humanity home in
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bucks county. the family has sweat equity in their humble abode. >> i would like to present roslyn and her family with the key to her new home. >> reporter: with that roslyn brooks and her children have a place to call their own. >> this is the living room right here. >> reporter: a home her 12-year-old shows off. >> do you love most about the house? >> the backyard. >> reporter: the home was built by habitat for humanity. roslyn and her five children will move in next week. >> i worked i built in-house from the ground up. >> i helped lay the foundation, see -- cement and spackled the walls and painted.
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>> reporter: organizers stress it is a hands up for low income families and not a handout. >> they have to pay their mortgage and taxes. >> reporter: roslyn has lived in a cramp public housing complex, this is she said is the answer to the years of prayers. >> i knew in my heart some day i would have my own single home. i held on to that. >> reporter: that face paying for her family, a woman with a big heart now has a home to match. in levittown, jeff chirico channel 6 "action news."
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change your thinking about buying your next one. >> all right, welcome back everyone, here's the check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we have temperatures in the mid 70s, we have showers around a lot of it should be ending shortly, look for sunshine this afternoon and comfortable with highs in the mid 70s. >> thank you. jack hanna's "wild countdown" next on channel 6. "action news" continues later tonight. we're back tomorrow morning beginning at 6:00 a.m. ariana grande is set to hold a star-studded benefit concert for the victims of the manchester bombing. now for chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm gray hall. make it a great day.
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