the cleanup continues. we see body cam video of last week's confrontation in atlantic county, next. ♪ ♪ "action news" delaware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. ♪ >> the storm is finally gone but not before pelting the jersey shore with rain and causing flooding in the streets and not before causing considerable

damage elsewhere. >> the big story tonight is a powerful storm just before spring turns to summer. we have evidence of the force of the weather system in a number of locations. this was the ominous sight in best of youbest of yourberks co. there are no reports of the tornado touching down. there is much to clean up in autobahn camden county where a tree toppled on to the house. nobody inside was hurt. the car parked out front did not escape without damage. a large limb smashed the roof and trunk. >> watch across the street as a tree splits in half. a viewer sent us security video as the storm hit whiteship.

inentown, a tree snapped landed into the pool. >> utilitymen have a busy night. "action news" found these crews working o after the storm swept through. adam joseph has the latest but first to chester county where lightning strike ignited a house fire. christie ileto was there. what is the situation? >> the home is boarded up on the upper level. fire officials believe a lightning bolt hit the home's chimney starting a three alarm fire something witnesses describe aster phiing. >> it was like lightning, crack. we saw a huge flash and instead of coming to a point, it was

like two bars of the whitest lightning i have ever seen hitting just behind the trees. >> that bolt was spotted as they were driving back from their home two doors down, racing to tame a three alarm fire, debbie took this video. >> there was smoke billowing out of the upstairs windows. >> the lightning strike was to the chimney that went down to compromise the basement and first floor levels. >> a woman house sitting made it out safely telling "action news" off camera she's fine but shaken. the home suffered 3/4s of a million dollars damage. >> they did all of this work on the outside of the house. they finished it about three

months ago. now they have to do the inside. >> fire officials say it's one of five reported lightning strike in chester county this evening. live in chester county, christie ileto, channel6 "action news." >> for the latest on the storm, let's check in with adam joseph and accuweather. >> the storms fired up about 2:00 or 3:00. 11:00 this morning they were to the east of pittsburg. they slammed into the intense heat and humidity and exploded along the squall line 5:00 and this hour. the storms are off the coast with the severe part of this particular frontal boundary. there is lingering light to moderate rain through ocean county burlington county, atlantic, gloucester county. you can see the yellows. we have seen more than an inch

of rain across the area, south jersey right now, a couple of sprinkles and that ice abou and. 55 miles per hour wind gusts in reading. chester county several houses struck by lightning. cape may, the storm came across the bay picking up speed of near 60 miles per hour. delaware county, 55 miles per hour wind gusts. where you have training, storm after storm that passed through, you had intense rainfall totals, an inch in dover, an inch in millville, the atlantic city airport. i-95 storms moved through quickly. much welcome rain but we didn't need severe weather. we talk about the last day of spring being a beauty with the seven-day forecast. >> "action news" morning team will be on the air beginning at

4:30 with the latest on the power outages, storm clean up and any effect of the morning commute. tonight we have learned of tragic consequences of mercer county this afternoon. an off duty hamilton police officer was killed. this was the 2700 block of in orderinnottingham way. authorities are investigating what lead to the deadly wreck. an underground fire in philadelphia tonight. firefighters were first called at 7:30 when smoke was seen coming from a manhole. officials don't know how long it will be before they reopen the street. >> james kauffman was ordered held for trial and held until trial that during a court hearing that saw dramatic

confrontation with police last week. >> annie mccormick has that story tonight. >> that's right, james kauffman is in jail on weapons and obstruction charges. he allegedly pulled a gun on authorities when they went to his office. prosecutors played video of the standoff caught on a police body camera. >> dr. kauffman has a weapon. >> drop the gun. >> body cameras by police show the moments they attempted to serve a search warrant at dr. kauffman's medical practice. authorities say kauffman pulled a gun and threatened to kill himself. seth levy played the video in court where kauffman appeared today. his attorneys argued he should remain out of jail until his

trial. his attorney says he was reacting in fear, thinking he was charged for his late wife's death. >> he was never charged with the homicide. prosecutors call kauffman a flight risk and danger to the community. last week they searched kauffman's homes in atlantic county and philadelphia. >> there are five search warrants. one for healthcare fraud and one a homicide. >> last week i said it did not involve the homicide, but in a way it did. it's like the same from a former t.v. show, it's all connected. >> prosecutors are trying to revoke kauffman's medical

license. his attorneys are appealing this and hope to have a new hearing in a few days. annie mccormick channel6 "action news." back to you. >> opening statements are scheduled for tomorrow morning in the hearing of former da seth williams. ten women jurors, two african-american and two men. williams stands accused of bribes, luxury vacations and other goods in exchange for legal favor. williams did not seek a third team this fall. >> tonight, protesters call for justice for david jones outside the police district in northeast philadelphia. jones was shot and killed by police june 8th. investigators say jones ignored

a police warning not to pull a gun. surveillance video shows jones being shot in the back running from the scene. he was originally stopped for driving erratically. >> voting took place at the leah center in temple. there now is dann cuellar. you have the full story. >> it's called a breakthrough. the teacher union has approved a new detail, three year deal with the school district, one not everyone's happy with but can live with. >> members flock to the center to cast their votes, it was clear teachers were going to sign off on it. >> so the announcement was hardly as surprise. >> i'm happy to report that the membership of the pft ratified the tentative agreement. >> the deal with 12,000

teachers, counselors and staff members offered teachers pay raises in each thre of the three years. they say it fell short in some areas but they went for it anyway. >> is half a loaf worth something or take no loaf? >> it offered pay back for those whose pay rates were frozen. >> we can't wait to start the new contract because we have been froz frozen so long. i think it's the best we'll get. >> of the after years of negots that came up empty, teachers protested five years without a raise. >> i'm happy we are beyond the five years waiting period, happy to have something on the table. >> more than we have had. i'm happy for the younger

teachers. >> the deal will cost the district $395 million much more than officials budgeted over the course of the contract. superintendent dr. wil william height says it offers an important commodity. stability. >> stability means teachers won't go other places. >> they expect to formalize the deal tomorrow. the question is how it will be paid for. it could mean layoffs down the road. >> dann cuellar, "action news." >> thank you, dan. the body of one of the two teenaged swimmers who disappeared in the ocean last week has been recovered. the police officer found the body on the beach just after 5:00 this morning. an autopsy identified the body

of 16-year-olda leah hand. >> like today, there will be intermittent lane closures between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. wednesday and thursday and friday, same time, eastbound and westbound on 76 at the 476 interchange. this is all to get ready for the major repaving and improvement project between city avenue and west of 202. the roadwork will take place between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. penndot says it will be worth it. >> by the end of october, 120,000 motorists using the

corridor each day will have a smoother riding surface. >> the entire project will be completed by next summer. pair us was the scene of a attempted terrorist attack today. only the suspect died. the driver set his car on fire and tried to ram it into a police van. the car contained explosives, gas canisters and rifles. police dragged the driver out of the car but he was severely burned and died in the street. >> one person was kill, ten others hurt during a terrorist attack in london. late last night a van slammed into a group of worshipers leading a group of muslims going

to prayer. >> he said he wanted to kill muslims. >> i said why did you do that? why? innocent people. he go, i want to kill muslims. >> police identified the suspect as darren osborn, a 47-year-old white man from wales, father of four. he was arrested on suspicion of terrorist offenses. >> an american college student held captive in north korea has died. otto warmbier was transfer today a hospital in cincinnati. he had severe brain loss after being in a coma more than a year. otto's parents said he was at peace. he was arrested and sentenced to

hard labor for stealing a poster. >> ther onboard the uss fitzgert was a scramble to save lives and keep the ship afloat. >> we had to fight the ship to keep it above the surface. it was traumatic. >> seven sailors were killed. the navy believes the destroyer can be repaired but it will take months. fourth separate agencies are looking into the accident. >> still to come, an ancient technique gets high marks for relieving back pain. >> and drugs revealed in carrie fisher's body days before she died. >> have you ever heard jared

kushner speak before? he breaks his seeming silence and we hear his voice. adam? >> an eerie look to the schiel line with tropical humidity. big changes coming tomorrow morning. i have detail in the forecast. >> plus, who will be the top pick in the nba draft. that and more when "action news" continues. ♪ ♪

>> the full autopsy report on carrie fisher was released today. it reveals cocaine and other drugs in her system when she fell ill on a plane last year. there was also heroin and opiates in her system. they couldn't determine when the drugs were taken or the impact on her death. her official cause of death was sleep apnea. carrie fisher was 60 years old.

the death toll in the london high-rise apartment fire has risen to 79. that makes it the dez lest blazt blaze in the country's history. authorities are still searching through charred rubble to identify more victims and they are trying to determine what sparked the fire in the tower and why it spread so quickly. >> the headlines today were about president trump's son-in-law jared kushner and that he has never spoiken in public. if you have never heard his voice, you are about to. this is his message. >> we are here to improve the day to day lives of the average citizen. that's a core promise. we are keeping it. together we unleash the creativity of the private sector

to provide citizen services in a way never happened before. >> one news headline was "jared kushner actually has a voice." he will use the voice to negotiate talks between the palestinians and israelites in israel. >> voting districts are drawn to favor one party over the other. this case involves a wisconsin republican. similar cases in maryland where democrats are in charge and other states as well. a lower court struck down wisconsin's voting map as unconstitutional last year.e led a similar case in commonwealth court. researchers pitted physical therapy against yoga to find the best ways to relieve back pain.

the study found yoga just as effective as standard treatment to relieve pain and flexibility. >> researchers checked with patients after three months and again after a year. their overall pain intensity went down. they were able to be more physically active. also, a number of patients were able to reduce or stop all of their pain medication. >> the patient studies were a diverse makeup. all races, income brackets and health problems were receptive to yoga and benefited from it. a new study founds deadly heatwaves are getting more frequent. researchers looked at 2,000 killer heatwaves since 1980. they found that people experience potentially deadly

heatwaves 20 days out of the year, but they say it will be more like 70 if heatwaves back s continue as they are. >> we had a lot of wind, a lot of flooding. >> flooding was the biggest problem. that is now behind us as we look forward, a last day of spring on tap for tuesday. double scan showing lingering showers in delaware, south jersey and a downpour or two left over. you can see most of burlington county and ocean county wet at this hour, right around surf city long beach island with heavy rain. no lightning with this. this is a last area of yellow

shrinking as it heads north and east. a healthy amount of rain through the area today. as the storm passed through, many of you connected with me on facebook and twitter. i appreciate you sharing what was going on in your backyard. this sent into me by emily in new jersey. that is called a shelf cloud, the initial storm with the strong rush of wind. now pictures that look scary like that, but beautiful pictures after the storm passes. this sent in to me from jeff in bucks county. not only a poet ept rainbow. you see the secondary feint rainbow to the northern side of the primary. underneath, glowing red and oranges, sunset, north and west of philadelphia today. temperatures in the lower 70s,

basically everywhere. factor in the humidity, diewchts ido youwantsdo yodewpoints in t. a lot of weight to the atmosphere, high humidity. a front to the east of pittsburg. that is the cold front. once it rushes through, it drops humidity. waking up tomorrow morning, lots of sunshine for tuesday. a tad humid out there. as we go through the morning and afternoon, sunshine drops the humidity in the afternoon with wall to wall sunshine and a high of 85 philadelphia. same for reading. 85 at wilmington. at the shore, 79, less humid and a breeze off the bay. humidity level drops off. today, low 70s, that's tropical dropping 20-degrees, tuesday, wednesday, 30, super comfy air this time of year before it

comes up on the humid side by friday. >> middle 80s the next two days, first day of summer nice with low humidity. heats back up on thursday. humidity in check and it's all back friday with summer soup and afternoon storms, next cold front 90-degrees. the front could move out in time for the weekend or linger saturday with a possible thunderstorm. a week from now, monday, partly sunny and comfortable at 82-degrees. all of next week looking at the long range, doesn't look like major heat returns. >> and sun everyday. >> which we like. >> we do. thank, adam. plenty of well deserved applause for the class of 2017. family and friends packed the high school auditorium in spring garden in philadelphia. a number of students were singled out for special awards. two dozen students received

scholarships to continue their education. the award dinner held at headquarters in northeast philadelphia. the students continue to father judge and st. hiewbt hig school. >> grants were handed out to 53 organizations. individual arts working in film, poetry and visual art. "jimmy kimmel live" live coming up after "action news." here is jimmy with a preview. >> thank, jim. i love philadelphia. here's what we are up to tonight. i invite you to feel the love in the father's day youtube challenge for 2017. >> dad, i love you!

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the name but fultz is the guy they are targeting. he averaged six assists per game. sixers had a lot of draft pick to play with making the deal easier. >> i felt like it was the right time to move forward and apply the assets to a transaction that would basically allow this type of thing to happen. the good news is, we have a plethora of other assets that continue to be available for us and to us as we continue to look at building this team into a championship organization. >> the sixers had a half dozen players in for workouts today. they have four second round draft picks to use thursday. colangelo hints they may not be done dealing yet.

>> a few suiters have made themselves present. they call everyday to wonder what we'll do with the picks. we are lining up alternatives for the picks and selections. we want to be prepared around the clock as the two minute mark moves fast. we have multiple decisions to make draft night. >> still ahead in sports, the flyers are preparing for a draft of their own. there are two top two picks. see what ron hexal thinks about that.

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