than two and a half hours today. he started out by saying he believed the president defamed him and that there are phone conversations on the one-on-one conversations they had. that he found to be extremely uncomfortable and he revealed he leaked a memo hoping it would lead to a special council looking to meddling the election. >> he said that president trump lied to the american public when he said the fbi was in disarray. >> those were lies plain and simple and i'm so sorry that the fbi workforce had to hear them and i'm sorry that the american people were told them. >> he testified that trump's conduct was within the scope of the fbi investigation but at the time he was director the president was not specifically under investigation. >> senator marco rubio never said that publically.

>> for you to make a public statement means he was not under investigation you felt it made no sense because that would create a duty to correct if circumstances changed. >> yes, sir. >> there was a stunning revelation, he asked a friend to leak a memo to a reporter and that memo detailing his conversation where he perceived the president was asking him to drop the investigation against michael flynn. >> as a private citizen i felt free to share that and get it out. >> comey was asked why he never told the president it was inappropriate to answer the question. >> it's a good question, maybe if i were strong i would have. i was so stunned by the conversation that i just took it in. >> comey was asked a few times why he felt it was necessary to keep detailed accounts of his

conversations with trump. >> i was concerned that he might lie with about the nature of the meeting. >> lordy i hope there are tapes. >> comey revealed for the first time that he turned over his memos of the conversations he had with president trump to special council robert mueller. earlier white house spokesperson says that the president spent some of his day watching testimony and the rest carrying on other matters. when asked about the testimony that the president lied. i can definitely say that the president is not a liar and i'm insulted by the question. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. meanwhile the president remained quiet throughout the testimony today and he did not tweet as many expected he might. but his personal lawyer issue

aid fiery response in effect calling james comey a liar. staunchly denying that the president ever pressured comey and never sougaute a loyalty pledge. >> he never told comey i expect loyalty. and never said is it in form and never said it in substance. >> and he seized on the testimony that he repeatedly told the president that he was not personally under investigation at that time. >> well, comey's testimony is billed at washington's super bowl at least on social media and as you can imagine it was packed with real time commentary and opinions today. but what is interesting the way that people turned out all over the country to sit and live out this moment together across the country.

in washington, d.c. people lined up to get a seat inside of thome's hearing. for those across the u.s. they gathered for watch parties at bars and restaurants here at london grill in fairmount they took a tongue in cheek appropriate. and people were glued to the testimony silently and they were sipping on white russians with orange twists and munched on cheetos. from california to texas people say that the interest in american government was strong and today so was the turnout. >> it's mostly people yelling it's like the super bowl. it's the comey bowl. >> it's reassuring to me that people are active and interested for a relatively prominent and sort of of of revolutionary moment in american history. >> the most exciting time to live in, isn't it? >> they featured special menus and live in person discussions

after the hearing. and most of those bars opened pretty early some at 6:00 a.m. to a packed house because of a peaked interest in politics. >> the 6 abc app and 6abc.com will have complete conk of today's hearing. and you'll see more of sara bloomquist's reports from d.c. that is all on 6abc.com and our 6 abc app, you can get thatality your app store. now to breaking news at home here today. police are on the scene at pennsauken, where a train has struck a pedestrian. nj transit says that the river line is suspended while the investigation is underway. the train was traveling through 36 street and route 73 when the incident happened. stick with "action news" and 6abc.com for updated as we get them. >> meantime in other news police are investigating a tragic crime in southwest philadelphia. the man is under arrest accused of killing his own 1-year-old

stepson and the boy was sexually assaulted and abused. gray hall is live now on conestoga street with the story. >> reporter: monica, we can tell you that this crime has rattled this community and the investigation is in the initial stages and many in this neighborhood say they are in shock and disbelief by the allegations and saddened that a 1-year-old has lost his life. >> you can't walk down the street with the child. because there is so much shooting going on. it happened in a lot of places and have you to deal with it. >> neighbors are heart broken after hear that a 1-year-old child living in this house on conestoga street has died. >> it's really sad and i pray for the family and the lost of the ones they love. oh god lord forgive us, it's sad to hear that and i do care. very much and i'm sure a lot of

people do care out here. >> officers responded to the home for the report of an unresponsive child. when they arrived they found the 1-year-old victim upstairs on the floor without a pulse. tragically the child was pronounced dead a short time later. >> i don't know how the police got the call they were all around here until late last night and the mother had to go to chop to identify the body. >> and the man identified as the child' stepfather at the home at the time the is-year-old was found unresponsive. facing charges aggravated assault and rape and endatherring the welfare of a child. >> it's strangic and so sorry that this happened. but i think they have to do a further investigation. before you can accuse anyone of a crime. >> reporter: and tonight police have not released the identity of the suspect in this case. all we know is that he is a

24-year-old man identified as the chide's stepfather and there is no information about the child' mother tonight. we are waiting word from the medical examiner for the official cause of death. that is the latest from southwest philadelphia. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> monica thank you. >> an interview with bill cosby is at the center of the trial today. prosecutors read from a transcript where cosby admitted to fondling her after giving her pills at her home. and cosby also says that she never objected to the behavior. vernon odom will have a live report from the courthouse in norristown at 4:30. now to a first check of the accuweather forecast on this thursday afternoon. all right just as promised it's getting better inch by inch. lets go out to adam joseph. a little sunshine? >> a little sunshine and cloud cover as well. especially to the north and west sun and a lot of clouds at the

shore. this is why. satellite and radar. the coastal storm that sneaks by to the east today. it is doing that but spilling some clouds south and east of philadelphia and more filtered sunshine to the north and wet. temperatures though really cool. the eastern half of the country the coolest air is in the mid-atlantic because of the cloud cover with the storm. 68 in philadelphia and 69 in raleigh and 70s in cincinnati and 80s are building in the nation's heartland and parts of the great lakes and northern maine in the 80s as well. as we look at our forecast. high 72 degrees and tomorrow 10 degrees add 14 to the 72 on saturday and add more than 20 degrees sunday into monday with our normal being 81. there is that big jump in temperatures and we are set to sizzle. lots of sunshine in the accuweather forecast. as we even challenge records and that four day heat wave brian.

you may want the clouds just a little bit longer, that heat wave is intense. we'll talk about the numbers in the accuweather forecast. >> all right set to sizzle sounds good. a crash involved a trash truck cause aid mess on the westbound turnpike in bensalem. the 18 wheeler spilled debris all over the roadway. they had to lift the trash into the truck before towing the one involved. it caused a major backup but no serious injuries were reported. time for a check of the "action news" traffic report on a thursday. matt pellman is standing by. >> and the crash is now gone, and the bad news, is that the delays from it are still not clear. westbound side of the turnpike slows from delaware valley to bensalem that is route 1 and route 1 the not so super highway is jammed on the southbound side

past langhorne from this point to neshaminy to bensalem where you get on to the pennsylvania turnpike. so delays on the turnpike and 1. another crash, here in north wales along 309 approaching welsh road toward english village the right lane is blocked. heading up to montgomeriville this afternoon. and on the big picture normal delays on the schuylkill and 95 watching a bad crash in delaware county newtown square at westchester pike at 252 a vehicle into a pole there. and wrapping up an opening at the tacony palmyra bridge and we are slow, jammed solid here in delaware 495 southbound. construction by south street takes out the two right lanes and stay on 95, although it is crowded off 13 through wilmington. and the jam is from the crash

spilling back on to 1 itself. on the northbound side just 10 miles per hour. already we have the plateful and we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> plate is full and dessert to come. up next on "action news" a string of armed robberies has police on alert. trying to figure out if three crimes targeting area 7-elevens are connected. >> and crack down on crimes. we'll explain next. and it's thursday so melissa magee live down at the shore at stone harbor. >> hey brian and monica, it's a little cloudy and a little chilly but always a great day to dine alfresco right guys? they are watching themselves on television right now and i'll tell you what, that is what we are doing we are in the middle of seven mile island stretch of restaurant week with avalon and

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we are getting startling new details today about a murder inside of a northeast pennsylvania grocery store. three employees were shot dead by their co-worker that then took his own life. randy stairs spent the first 90 minutes of the shift planning the attack and blocked entrances and exits to stop people from leaving and someone managed to escape and called 911. police have not explained a possible motive for the crime.

it's almost a month since the murder of a 23-year-old man in wilmington and no arrests thus far. darius jackson paul was shot in the head on may 10th and the victim's mother spoke with "action news" pleading to anyone with information about the crime to come forward. alicia jackson says she has heard that people know who her son's killer is and none of them are talking. >> they are a picture of my son laying on the grown come on you saw this. this generation is so weak. so now i don't have a son. >> if you have any information on the murder of darius jackson paul you are urged to call wilmington police. philadelphia police are trying to determine if a string of 7-eleven robberies are expected all three happened in the roxborough section of the

store. the man walked in and pointed a gun in the clerk's face and once he got $300 cash in a bag he took off and then 20 minutes later the police got a call about another armed robbery another mile down the road. that man in the mask there held the clerk at gun point and took money from the crash drawer. >> and the third incident the man went to ridge avenue. he said he had a gun. and the man refused to give him what was in the cash register and the man left without anything. more than 600 new jersey drivers are getting warning letters from the state. it tells people they were reported for distracted driving and outlines what could happen if caught by police. this is all part of new jersey's campaign launched in april to cut down on dangerous driving and people were urged to call

pound 77 to report other drivers and they will be routed to other police departments. a summons cannot be issued unless a police officer actually witnesses the violation. and if you purchase cleaning products from the honest company. jessica alba's company agreed to pay $1.7 million because of misleading people with ingredients in the soap and multipurpose cleaner. and by the way if you don't have a receipt don't worry you can still get up to $50, but people with receipts can apply for even more. and you can break out the sunscreen, cloud cover is about to break. >> it has not been acting june like but it's about to? >> it will feel like june and beyond. we will go way above normal we are talking records in the four day and seven-day forecast.

live on sky 6 hd yes we had the pesky clouds and sunshine in most areas. but right around philadelphia and here in chester and points to the shore all of this high cloud cover still filtering some sun through is because of the ocean storm we talked about yesterday. that is just to the east. take a look at the temperatures, with the cloud cover and northeast wind only in the low 60s for cape may and atlantic city airport. beach haven and 65 in millville as you head to the north and west away from the wind off the water and a little sunshine, temperatures are much warmer in the low to mid-70s. there you can see the morning sunshine early on and the high clouds spilling in from the south and west. and you know just to the west of dover. clouds are starting to break up the ocean storm is keeping all the precipitation off the coast here. and that is the way it's going to remain in the evening hours. overnight the high clouds continue to move on displaying a

partly cloudy skies and the full strawberry moon and chilly again 40s in most of the suburbs, 55 philadelphia. and 53 in wilmington and mid-50s at the shore. future tracker 6 temperatures going to the races here tomorrow with more in the way of sunshine, 82 philadelphia. 81 in millville. and 81 in wilmington and 78 in millville and this is arm for this time of year. and at the shore temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s. and then as we go into the first part of the weekend on your saturday, temperatures around 85 philadelphia 84 and wilmington and a couple of degrees higher here and the south wind we catch a sea breeze late in the day on saturday, and pleasant at the shore with temperatures in the low 80s. the only thing with the heat coming back the humidity as well. it will be very uncomfortable as we go through the second half of the weekend beginning of next week as it turns more humid as the dew points go from the 40s and 50s back into the mid-60s. your get away forecast here for

your saturday at the shore 78 degrees partly sunny and that is the place where you will break some of that heat here as you go into the weekend and in the city 86 degrees and pleasantly warm and still moderate humidity and in the poconos nice and 78 and a spotty thunderstorm possible in the afternoon. 82 on your friday with sun and clouds and start to heat it up on saturday, 86. and scorching sun and higher humidity on sunday 94 degrees and then hot and humid here 95 feeling like the upper 90s on monday which could be a record setting temperature so we are going from 60s to records in the matter of days and you'll want to take it easy because the body is not acclimated to that kind of heat. and take it easy it's all going to be good. >> thank you. more "action news" coming up after this.

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the transportation worship center to bring a mobile pantry to east 8th street. more than 15 families came to pick up food. they posted flyers and told neighbors. we have more coming up on "action news" at 4:00, more on the sem you'll assault trial for bill cosby. we are live from the courtroom. and i'm nydia han we hope to help you make money for your summer vacation. details comes up in what's the deal.

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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. hello again, 4:30 and "action news" continues with another trip to the shore to preview one of the most popular weeks in avalon. and singer jessica simpson is under fire of sharing these photos of her 5-year-old daughter, why? because the little girl is wearing a bikini. >> these are the scenes that sparked outrage and disgust. where men had mental disabilities were attacked for fun. and now they want those that are responsibility to be charged with hate crimes. and the sexual assault trial of bill cosby is in its fourth day. vernon odom is live outside of

the courthouse in montgomery county. >> reporter: good afternoon brian the court is in recess for over an hour and it remains that way because technicians are trying to set up equipment for a visual presentation by the montgomery county district attorney. never the less the trial is moving along briskly. day four the bill cosby trial and indications are it may be finished far ahead of predictions that is directly from judge steven o'neil and richard schafer was the main witness today detailing his 2005 investigation into andrea constand's alligations of being drugged and assaulted in bill cosby's cheltenham home. schafer read from an old cosby interview from '05 saying he gave constand an over the counter medication to ease her tension followed by a consensual

sexual interlude. >> he admitted the benadryl and admitted providing the pills to her and suggested that it was because of tension, she was feeling tension and had an issue sleeping they had discussed that. >> constand told the jury she became incapacitated and could not resist cosby's fondling. >> he is in good spirits. he is upbeat. and waiting to see the outcome and happy that some of his people are here to support him and you guys are here and getting a fair shake. >> bill cosby says he will not take the stand in his own defense. >> monica again the cosby jury that was chosen from a group in pittsburgh could have this case in their hands and begin deliberations by sometime early next week. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon and our

coverage of the bill cosby sexual assault trial continues at 6abc.com there we continue to have the latest updates for you on the proceedings and we posted a timeline of events leading up to his day in court. and the key figures involved in the case. and now police have released frightening video of an armed robbery at a ridley township wawa the suspect was wearing a ski mask and camouflage you see the robber point a handgun at a man as he is mopping and demands the worker empty money into his unique field and stream backpack. >> he is armed and dangerous and he is probably done this before. it seemed like it was a professional job. it wasn't -- he was in and out of the store in less than a minute. >> the gunman got away with just before $500. if you have any information on

this crime you are asked to contact ridley township police. there is a push to strengthen pennsylvania's hate crime laws to protect people with disability. state senator tom killan and becky corban and tom hogan announced senate bill 749 today. it's an amendment to pennsylvania's hate crime statues of ethnic backgrounds to include people with disabilities. and a man was mocked here and punched in the face and this one in the german town section of philadelphia. four young men attacked a mentally challenged man on a sidewalk. >> when i see a bully, attacking someone with mental or physical disabilities attacking them and hurting them, i would like to reach out and throttle that criminal myself. but i can't do that.

i'm the district attorney. and along with law enforcement we stand for the rule of law. >> hogan says that the change in law would give police and prosecutors the tool they need to appropriately punish predators. conestoga high school is now the subject of a federal lawsuit by parents demanding the principal resign. alleging that the principal and other officials created an atmosphere that allowed a parade of improper conduct. they say their daughter was repeatedly sexually assaulted by an aide at conestoga high. and the rape started when she was 16. and arthur phillips was charged with the crimes and the school categorically denying that the principal or anyone had knowledge before reporting the crime. along 295 in logan township.

the drive of lost control of the truck in the northbound lanes before 8:00 this morning and the truck had extensive damage to the roof. and forget the pomp and circumstance it was about cuteness at this one graduation ceremony this morning -- these little ones sang their hearts out for graduation s sang their hearts out. of course now they are excited to move on to elementary school in the fall. good luck. >> awesome. well, it is thursday which of course on "action news" at 4:00 means we head back down to the shore. >> always fun melissa magee is live in avalon with a look at the upcoming restaurant week. i would love to go down for that. >> reporter: hey monica and brian, you will love it once you come here. we are at the wind drift hotel here in avalon and this week

it's all about eating and getting your money's worth while you eat too. it's restaurant week for avalon and stone harbor and we have quite the selection from chef jim kurtz. >> we are highlighting restaurant week with veal napoleon and roasted pepper and mozzarella with a marsala sauce and highlighting other items, seared fresh number one tuna and a new item from a family member who is korean. it's duck pokey. but not duck it's filet mignon. it's almost like a beef stew. >> it looks good and we have breakfast and lunch items on the menu. check out what is going on down at the shore. >> can you eat them plain or dress them up. donuts are a popular sweet

street and at duck donuts in avalon. >> make anything you like and they are warm and fresh and out the door. >> vanilla ice-cream, oreos and hot fudge drizzle. >> this is duck donuts first summer at the shore and one of several restaurants participating in restaurant week. and they are featuring a sweet and savory item. >> the donut breakfast sandwich. a donut with bacon, egg and cheese on it. >> now, it's time to sample dinner. executive chef, derek clayton says he is ready for big crowds. >> people that are not just foodies but knowledgeable on beer as well. >> here chef clayton says it's about flavor and a twist.

>> we have 20 craft beers on tap and half of them are local beers. >> and included in your dinner option is salmon with quinoa and veggies and a sauce. and mushrooms and fries and locally craft beer. and satisfy your taste buds and soak up the views and save a spot former down at the shore. >> we are celebrating here down at the shore, we are talking about dinner but can have breakfast any time of the day. we are here at duck donuts. tina is retiring as a teacher you get the first donut. grab one and pass it around! save one more me, i may bring you some back if we have any left. >> have fun down at the shore.

restaurant week is from june 11th. have some fun guys. cheers to you tina. >> happy retirement she deserve its. >> still to come on "action news" at 4:00, a brooklyn man is giving new meaning to the word bait and switch. how he is ridding his home of pests. and we are helping you clean house and cash in. and she is putting on sound tan location apparently. >> and bikini backlash, social media is lighting up with opinions about a photo of jessica simpson's daughter.

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house in st. louis, you see the vehicle wedged in the brick turn signal still blinking and the driver ran from the scene and now they are checking the plates to see if the suv was stolen. and now a big debate over bikinis, particularly kids in bikinis and more specifically a celebrity's child wearing one sparked by this picture, jessica simpson posted on instagram with her daughter maxwell posing with her scooter and helmet captioning it safety first. but this debate came. should parents post pictures of their children wearing bathing suits. >> and the bathing suit is too teeny. and too much too soon in a world

filled with perverts. other parents jumped in to her defense calling it innocent and harmless. >> there is a guy in brooklyn named pat, who hassa ants in hi kitchen. but see how he tries to lure them into the the ant traps. the clever signs he made to get them marching in one by one and for the first weeks he walked around the door and then a sign for cheap dvd's and blu-rays. and if these ants are more like book worms, he set up a reading center where they can learn to read. and maybe go places. although i don't know where they are going. ants love picnics and snacks and may have gotten takers in this fresh local produce market.

finally, the one that sent this tweet to super viral status, here he is promising sexy ant dancers, xxx. something for everyone and every ant. >> he tried. >> i suspect the ant problem persists. they would have to read before they could get into the reading center. >> exactly. lets get a check of the roaded right now. over to matt pellman with an update. >> well, something for everyone here and there. on the roadway front as well. unfortunately brian and monica, here is the situation in wilmington i know our camera is a little bit garbled. southbound lanes of 95 are jams by 12th street and same situation as yesterday construction taking out the two right lanes and the good news is, they are starting to pick up their cones and clear out. the bad news is we are jammed solid on the southbound side of 495 with speeds of like 4 miles

per hour. and this is putting extra traffic on 95 through wilmington and there you get 14 and the best bet is 13 through wilmington this afternoon but bear dupont highway an accident close to highway 1 and the speeds are better and that could be in the process of clearing and two bad accidents in new town square a vehicle ran into a pole at 252 but i would use 252 still instead of 320, southbound in broomall a dump truck accident by the popeyes and salad works. just 2 miles per hour there. plenty of of slowing on the schuylkill and 95 and lower gwinnett northbound near english village. that has luckily cleared. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> sounds good thank you. adam joseph is standing by with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast the hot one coming up next.

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all right meteorologist, adam joseph joining us now with the accuweather forecast. one that signifies summer like weather. >> changing gears. we jump from one season to another here. in the matter of days, we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan precipitation is off the coast with that coastal storm. that is just sneaking by off atlantic city. and cape may and bringing high cloud cover especially philadelphia to the south and east some filtered sun to the north and west. as we look at the numbers can you see the clouds coming in from the wind off the northeast. 62 brigantine and 65 in millville and then 70 degrees from wilmington philadelphia to trenton and puncture into the lower 70s for the far northwestern suburbs the warmest spots and suniest spots.

satellite and radar the back edge of the thicker high clouds about to push into the state of delaware so all of this will wrap up to the north and east and see brightening to the sky in the next hour or two. as it moves through philadelphia. the heat starts to build and double barrel pressure from the sound and they come together and push the heat that is right now in the midwest. all the way into new england and also the humidity stays in check for the next two days. and that also goes up sunday, monday into tuesday next week and highs both for your friday and saturday. so as that heat starts to push in here sunday through tuesday. it will be dangerous heat with air temperatures in the mid-90s. record highs are possible and with increasing humidity as well. the mid-90s could feel like the upper 90s are trying to touch 100 for an hour or two here or

there. and our bodies are not acclimated to that kind of heat. especially how cool this spring has been. take it easy sunday, monday and into tuesday. until we get to that time many the shore is always the place to beat the heat. meteorologist, melissa magee, getting the salt air and are you done eating the donuts? are you all done? you going to work? >> i just took a bite. but you are talking about the heat, i could use some heat today down at the shore. adam can you work on that, a little chilly with the east wind and always beautiful and always nice to come down to the shore. the forecast is covered for you as we head into the weekend on friday nice and warm and a high temperature of 80 degrees, here comes the warm-up on saturday, it's pleasant at the coast by then high temperature up to 78 and on sunday sunny and warm and

the ocean temperature right now in the lower 60s and it's nice to know the warm-up is coming our way. in the next hour we are heading to stone harbor they are also celebrating restaurant week so i'll have more eats for you. >> do we have a violin in here for her? she is at the beach complaining it's cold. >> as we look at the poconos a popular place nascar is up there sun and clouds and 72 and saturday for the companion race and 78 and a spotty thunderstorm at a time or two and most of date is sunny and dry and warm and for the big race 84 no problems there. here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 82 turning warmer tomorrow with sun and clouds and heating up saturday and low humidity of 86 degrees, scorching sun and higher humidity sunday and 94 and the peak of the heat and humidity, monday and tuesday record tying highs are possible in the mid-90s and still very muggy and hot wednesday although

the temperature comes down a bit and cold front thursday to try to wipe that humidity away and an afternoon thunderstorm knocking the temperatures back into the upper 80s. so a pretty decent string here of hot temperatures starting in the second half of the weekend guys. >> ready or not here we go. what's the deal how to sell your stuff for money when we come right back. today, we spend a whole lot of time like this. so at citizens bank, we've created banking tools that fit how you're living today. from advanced atms...

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shipping it. and that is where rick martin of delaware comes in. >> tired of paying for this, how about looking around your house for stuff like this. >> we can help finance theirvation by bringing them to our store and selling them on ebay for us. he will do all the work for you. if you have a lot of stuff to sell they even make house calls. >> if they live near our store we can go out and go through the stuff with them. >> and bring it to postal connections. >> and we'll research them on the spot to get enough value to get up. >> things that sell well is electronics especially anything apple. clothes and instruments and sporting equipment. some things that don't sell well, baseball cards post 1970 and certain non-valuable beanie

babies. ourest mer will get 50% to 80% of the value. martin takes pictures and posts and does all the followup. >> we do instant followup with the customers. if a buyer has a question we get back to them within 24 hours. >> martin puts item in the mail 24 hours after the sale is completed and write a check with two weeks to the customer. i'm nydia han channel 6 "action news." >> so run to the closet and check it out. >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00. for alicia vitarelli, adam joseph, i'm brian taff. join us tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on p h l 17. we have this. tough talk from james comey on capitol hill with president trump giving tough talk.

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. i was fired in some way to change or the endeavor was to change the way the russian investigation was conducted that is a big deal. >> it was one of the most anticipated senate hearings in years. today former fbi director, james comey, took center stage on capitol hill to tell his side of the story and it was one of frustration and concern. working as one of the top intelligence officials under donald trump. it's thursday night and the big story on "action news" is james comey's hours long testimony in front of the senate intelligence committee. >> sara bloomquist is live in washington with more. >> reporter: rick and monica, extraordinary day on capitol

hill with former fbi director, james comey, delivering this highly anticipated testimony and he accused president trump of lying and revealed he leaked a memo hoping it would lead to a special council. fbi director james comey began his testimony before the senate intelligence committee by accusing the trump administration of spreading lies about him and the fbi. in the aftermath of his firing last month. >> those were lies plain and simple and i am so sorry that the fbi workforce had to hear them and the american people were told them. >> comey described his intense discomfortable with his one-on-one conversations with the president telling the senators he felt he immediately needed to document the discussions in memo. >> i was honestly worried he may lie about the nature of our meeting and a day when i would need a record of what happened not just to defend myself b