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good afternoon sara is off and the big story on "action news" is breaking news from the city's point breeze section. police say a man was shot and killed by the person trying to repossess his car. it happened at 18th and dickinson streets bob brooks is live with the details. >> you had a repo man with a gun and a man who didn't want his car towed. and that man has been shotted. this is the scene at 18th and dickinson. you see all kinds of police officers out here. what we have had confirmed by police. you see the repossession the pickup truck came to the scene not long ago to toe the main evan behind it. the woman was inside of the van and got out and started to yell at the repossession guy and an argument happened and the

woman's boyfriend was called and he showed up here to the scene and he was armed and there was an exchange of gun fire and we hear that 19 shell casings have been found at the scene and at one point the boyfriend that came here to the scene started to pistol whip the repossession man. then by the repossession man's account. he heard glass shattering he assumed he was being fired at and that is when he started to shoot at that boyfriend that showed up to the scene. again, that man shot in the chest and the arm and he was rushed to the hospital but has since been pronounced deadism want to bring another live look out to the scene. this is 18th and dickinson. we got here to the scene but limited details. both guns are recovered and i can tell that you. the repo guy is cooperating with the investigation and a dog in the area has been shot as well.

no word on how that animal is doing. we'll work to get details on this in the point breeze section. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. we have breaking news to pass along from burlington county, new jersey, chopper 6 hd is live over 295 south where a tractor trailer was involved in a crash in the southbound lanes of 295 just south of route 73 in mount laurel. we are taking a look at the aftermath of the accident here. crews remain on the scene cleaning up from the crash right now, the tractor trailer is off to the side of the road and the traffic seems to be moving without problems, but again just to be aware of an accident here on i-295 south burlington county south of route 73 in mount laurel. we'll keep you posted here as we look live from sky 6 hd at this hour. now to the latest on an investigation into a shooting by

a philadelphia police officer that left a man dead. the police commissioner says that the officer shot the man in the back while he was running away. katherine scott is here with the latest. >> reporter: police do have surveillance video of what they believe is the final part of that incident. the man being shot by an officer as he is running away but right now police are looking for more cameras and more angles trying to glean more details about what happened beforehand finance that final shot followed by the officer followed department protocol. >> emotions ran high in hunting park last night. a fatal police involved shooting at 6:40 p.m. on the 4200 block of whitaker. >> he didn't bother nobody. >> he is your grandson ma'am respect yes. >> a gun on the ground and a dirt bike nearby.

>> he spot aid man recklessly riding his dirt bike, he initially stopped him to drive more safely and that the man ignored the officer and began walking away. >> he grabs the man by the waistline and feel a handgun, a violent struggle followed. and a witness corroborated the account that the police officer told him not to take out his gun. >> it was fully loaded and he pulled away from the officer be that is when the officer initially fired twice and police believe the man was hit then and then he started to run away and surveillance video shows as he rounded the corner the officer fired a third shot striking him. there is no question from the witne witness's standpoint that the officer had a right to show but we don't know about the other

round fired. >> the man that died was in his 30s and that he was known to police, as for the officer, he is taken off the street while the investigation continues, that is department protocol. >> katherine thank you. we learned more information about a fire that consumed a home saturday night here in falls county. that 33-year-old abraham cana threw a fire work into the carport of a home on the 500 block of stevens road and it started a fire. and four teenagers are facing charges as well. the police say that the five stole fire works from the food market earlier that evening and as they were walking home from the store they started to light off the fireworks. >> he did not intend to start the fire at the house but still that is what happened. what do you think is going to happen when you throw something like this at someone's house.

what is the potential. >> the teenagers range in age from 12 to 16 years old and they will be charged as juveniles and police credit neighbors for helping them track down the group so fast. and turning to the weather, enjoy today because it's about to get hot. a nice day and decent start to the weekend. get the a.c. units ready and the heat is on the way. melissa magee is outside enjoying the sunshine and joins us now with the first check of the accuweather forecast happy >> reporter: happy friday to you rick. it's nice, comfortable at this quickly into the 70s. 75 in the city and 77 in allentown and reading and 73 at the coastmay and 68 in beach haven. s thanks to the westerly wind and that dominant west winh today and that will continue as we head into our weekend.ut on

the town we have you covered with our evening forecast. 2:00 p.m and 4:00 today 82, and 79 at 6:00 this evening, and hav mostly sunny skies at 8:00 p.m., and a temperature of 75 degrees next few days. yesterday we were below average with a high of nd today we are 11 degrees above average. 14 degrees above the norm by saturday. and sunday and monday we'll be tracking the core of that heat 22 degrees above average by then and 23 degrees where we should be for this time of year. the sunshine is making a come back today and the heat is on by sunday and tracking the possible of a four day heat wave. we have details coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> yes we'll check back later. use the mobile app to stay informed from tips to staying cool to stormtracker 6 live double scan the 6 abc app is a

free download for your mobile device. the prosecution is hoping to rest today in the sexual assault trial of bill cosby. andrea constand took the stand describing how cosby gave her pills and wine and the comedian says he gave her benadryl to ease her tension during a visit to his home in 2004 however more of his old deposition will be heard where cosby admitted to giving women quaaludes to seduce them. we'll have a live report at 12:30. in washington president trump's legal team is set to file a complaint against james comey after the testimony in front of the intelligence committee after the president broke his silence sending a tweet calling comey, quote, a leaker. >> some referred to yesterday's testimony as d.c.'s super bowl

and prompted a new line of attack from the legal team over who is telling the truth. the president? or the former fbi director? >> it's a case of he said he said that is captivating capitol hill and the country. >> do you swear to tell the truth the whole truth so help you god -- >> dramatic testimony from james comey revealing under only that he documented conversations with the president out of concern i was concerned he might lie about the nature of our meeting and reveals he leaked information he had after trump tweeted comey better hope there is no tapes of our meeting before he leaks to the press. >> shared the memo with a friend who is a reporter. >> it's my judgment that i was fired because of the russian investigation. >> after a long silence the president punched back on

twitter, despite so many false statementses and lies complete vindication and wow comey is a leaker. the one piece of testimony that he and his lawyer have pointed to a solid truth is that the president was not under fbi investigation. >> are you willing to say now that while you were director the president of the united states was not under investigation. >> that is correct. >> but that doesn't mean that the president isn't under investigation now and the truth of the contested conversations may come down to the tapes, president trump tweeted may exist. tapes comey and others in congress are now demanding to here. >> i saw the tweet about tapes, lordy i hope there is tapes. >> they plan to file a complaint asking for an inquiry into comey asking for the details of the flynn conversation. >> also, we should mention that

president trump is expected to hold a news concerns from the white house at 2:45 his first news conference in a while. abc will cover it on channel 6 when it happens at 2:45 this afternoon. overseas a stunner great britain as prime minister theresa may loses the majority in parliam t parliament. today may met with the queen and affirmed her decision to continue on as prime minister and strike a deal with a party in northern ireland and the election results leaves the uk in political turmoil just weeks before the brexit negotiations are set to begin. and still to come on "action news" at noon, in our art of aging report some great information for seniors who are buying new high tech cars. details of a new class that shows people how to use the

gadgets and gizmos. >> and a harrowing hot air balloon ride and a gust of wind picks it up and leaves it slamming into another and dramatic video we'll show you how it ended when we come right back.

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clear it clear it -- >> some scary moments during the launch of a hot air balloon in chads worth, illinois. it was calm and then a gust of wind picked up a balloon and slammed it into another one. the balloon then hit the ground and the operator was left hanging upside down from the basket by his feet. it went flying with two occupants inside and the two people were able to pot out unharmed. >> a school bus crash in north jersey left 15 students with minor injuries. in mawa, new jersey, they were treated by ems worker on the side of the road. two buses crashed into one another. students were on board at the time and because they are so young they are taken to the

hospital for evaluation but once again none of the injuries are said to be serious fort fatally. new cars these days are loaded with lots of technology in this week's art of aging report tamala edwards has classes that can help them be more tech savvy on the road. >> deb xiong bought a new hybrid but is mastering how to drive it. >> learning how to brake was different than other cars we had. >> she signed up for a program called car fit. >> we learn that a lot of people don't know how to use the devices that are meant to keep them safe in the car. >> it takes drivers through a checklist, i squeeze here and it slights up and down. >> to properly fitting the seatbelt and their head rest to how to honk your horn and locate your headlights and high beams.

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health check at noon, one brand of birth control pill is being recalled because it may not work. the pills are show by loopin pharmaceuticals, they issued the recall because of a packaging

error that reversed the order of the tablets in the pack and the first few days contain none hormonal tablets and those taken out of sequence could end up in unintended pregnancy. the "action news" team is out working on news stories for tonight beginning at 4:00. here is alicia vitarelli live in the newsroom with a preview. >> happy freebie friday rick. coming up today what do taco bell and pets and summer hair styles have in common? all things you can get for free but tune in today at 4:00 to find out how. and have you ever wondered one day you may lose your job to a robot. wonder no more, we'll show you how the technology predictions if your occupation is at risk. including mine and yours rick. you don't want to miss that, take us with you on the go, watch our newscast streaming

live on the smart phone or tablet. >> a robot one of these days with this tie on. you never know. >> thank you alicia. quick break and accuweather when we come right back.

meteorologist, melissa magee is back with a closer look at a hot and humid forecast coming up. >> yes, coming up especially the second half of the weekend. right now owe not bad and plenty of sunshine. here is what is going on with stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see we are dry and no issues with precipitation, outside we go. chopper 6 hd high above the skies there in center city. a beautiful shot. as we look at our skyline this friday afternoon. ample sunshine and temperatures are responding nicely. 70s in most locations. 75 in philadelphia.

upper 70s for allentown and coast in cape may 73 and beach haven 68. >> here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have the coastal low and a westerly win and because of that temperatures are responding as you get the westerly wind down sloping east of the appalachians, it compresses the air and warms it as the surface. for that matter as we get into the first half of the weekend tomorrow. the heat will start to build, high temperatures today into tomorrow will be into the 80s and the humidity will stay in check but we have this ridge of high pressure that will slowly be working its way eastward as we get into the second half of our weekend and into early next week. so a cooker is coming starting sunday and lasting through tuesday, dangerous heat on the way, mid-90s likely and the record highs are possible as well. increasingly humid conditions across the region. and something to keep in mind yesterday a high of just 72 in

philadelphia. so the bodies are not completely acclimated to the heat and humidity across the area, and something to keep in mind as we get into the latter half of the weekend and early next week. lots of breaks and drink lots of water as with well. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast mostly sunny today and warmer not bad. high temperature of 82 and partly sunny on saturday, and still a pleasant day. high up to 86 and hot and humid into sunday 92. and heat is on on monday near records. the record is 95 and we are calling for a high of 94. hot and humid on tuesday with a high of 94 degrees and partly sunny and sicky as we get foo wednesday a high of 90 and the eat eases a bit on thursday and warm and humid rick with a high of 89. a lot of people complaining it's too cool we go straight into summer. >> quick break and more news in our next half hour.

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"action news" at 12:30 behinds with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. we begin this half hour with a deadly shooting in the point breeze section of philadelphia. a man was shot to death while a man tried to repossession a vehicle. police say that a tow truck

operator was trying to repossess a minivan when the woman's boyfriend showed up with a gun and there was an exchange of gun fire and the boyfriend was shot twice and he late ever died. a dog in the area was shot during the volley of bullets and the tow truck driver is held by police as they try to sort out the details of of this deadly confrontation. chopper 6 hd was over a tractor trailer crash over i-295 in burlington county just a short time ago in the southbound lanes south of route 73 in mount laurel. crews re main on the scene of the crash and nobody was hurt and traffic is getting by and you should use caution in the area of 295 south in burlington county. the jury in the bill cosby trial heard more of the comedian's own testimony. part of a taped