delaware ends up with an arrest in the parking lot. >> and a sixers get ♪ "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. ♪ ♪ >> tropical storm cindy came ashore at the border between texas and louisiana and spent this day battering much of the southeast. she's now a tropical depression and her moisture will move up

the coast with eyes set on the tristate area. it's thursday night and the big story is the approach of the tropical effects of cindy. we could wake up to oppressive humidity and the prospect of thunderstorms and downpours. adam joseph has the latest from 6 radar and accuweather. adam? >> those are the effect, wind and downpour. she's fallen apart, not much of a tropical entity, just a depression sparking severe weather to the east but not a wall of water, scattered and heavy at times out of the gulf of mexico lifting to the north and east. it's going to link with the cold front to the north. the two come together and we'll have periods of on and off heavy downpours through friday and saturday. 9:00 tomorrow morning, you can

see downpours and thunderstorms to start, at least the second half of the rush hour. they lift to the north. it's scattered into the afternoon tomorrow. what to expect the next two days, tropical humidity, half inch to three inches of rain locally. if you get under one of the downpours and thunderstorms, the atmospheres is rich of moisture. that can prompt flash flooding and heavy rain saturday morning. we have more on when the rounds of rain will pass through, jim, and talk about a beautiful second half of the weekend coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you, adam. >> republicans in the senate launched their plan to replace obama care. the effort was met by a protest outside of the office of mitch mcconnell. many of the protesters were in wheelchairs. 43 were arrested and hauled

away. president trump tweeted his full support for the senate bill looking forward to make it special and remember obama care is dead. four republicans won't vote for the bill in its current form and that will scuttle the plan. >> we promised to repeal obama care. the current bill looks like we are keeping large parts of obama care. that's senator rand paul. >> the plan wouldn't penalize anyone for not having insurance. >> we'll repeal the individual mandate so americans are not forced to buy insurance they don't need or can't afford. >> it preserves protections for those with preexisting conditions. how does that afford it? it offers less general subsidies than obama care and rolls back

medicaid in 2021. we'll find out monday if millions would lose their insurance under the plan. the bill would allow states to decide if they can ignore essential services covered by obama care. if the bill passes, it would have to go back to the pass and finding common ground there might be difficult indeed. a protest to the senate plan took to the skies in philadelphia today. activists paid for a banner plane flying over center city saying healthcare not wealth care, tomey. outside of the center city office dozen of protesters protested the legislation he helped to craft in the senate. two robbery suspects are in custody after a chase that ended at philadelphia international airport. the robbers held up a t. mobile

store and made off with cellphones and ipads. the suspect's black mercedes got a flat tire on i-95 so they got out and ran. they were arrested in the economy parking lot. >> sixers drafted 19-year-old markel fultz with a pick in the draft. they can't wait to see them in uniforms for the first time. jeff, a fateful night for this franchise. >> absolutely, jim. how about sixer fans taking over the building and the nba draft chanting trust the process as markel fultz number one over all. markel fulfillments out of

washington. i thank god this is an opportunity from god. >> has it sunk in you are a philadelphia '76er? >> not yet. i'll happy. i know where i'm going. i know the players are great, the coaching staff. i look forward to giving them my all. >> there is a self awareness to markel that i think the great ones, the leaders, the great players all have. so far the human side along with the skill package side is impressive. >> how impressive is this? markel fultz tells me the sixers will be in the playoffs this upcoming season, his rooky

season. we hear from fultz later. >> jeff, let's go live to "action news" reporter christie ileto at a draft watch party in northern liberties. christie, the process must have gotten rave reviews there tonight. >> that's correct, jim. fans say tonight's pick was confirmation that they were right in trusting the process. event organizers say the fans were excited and gave out 5,000 tickets in three hours. >> thousands of fans welcomed markel fultz to philadelphia with roaring cheers. >> why was he the right decision? >> perfect fit to what we are trying to build in philadelphia. >> hands down perfect fit. love it. >> fan excitement was a pulse beating through the piazda.

>za.>> we are due for somethingd to happen. >> trust the process, baby. >> once a rally cry now a reality. >> what do you say to the critics that say trusting the process is an excuse to play poorly? >> the process is here now. >> former sixer will be free. >> they have been struggling for years. we have excitement going. they are getting ready to work. >> the games are selling out for next season. >> i heard. >> a lot of excitement here, jim. if you are one of the season ticketholders, count yourself as one of the lucky ones. sales spiked over the weekend.

sixers are expected to sell out their home games next year. >> christie ileto, channel6 wphl-17. >> jim? >> a delaware county youth football team was robbed of much of their equipment. other materials were scattered across the area. even trophies meant for the kids were stolen. a second cosby juror is speaking out about the case and doesn't think the comedian should face a retrial. he says retrying the case would be a waste of money and cosby's reputation has been tarnished and it's settled. without revealing how he voted in deliberations, he said it was difficult to believe cosby or

accuser andrea constand. i don't doubt what she said happened, but she asked for an apology. he gave her two apologies and she refused any other aid he offered. >> he also called constand well coached. >> he has referred to himself as dirty old santa. it's no surprise the name has stuck. 56-year-old william mckinlay of philadelphia was arrested for allegedly trying to lure an undercover agent for sex. dann cuellar is outside the delaware county d.a.'s office. what are the details? >> this may come as a shock to the hardest observer of the criminal mind. when he wasn't in the department store, he was online trying to

lure a 14-year-old to have sex with. he referred to himself as dirty old santa. >> you hear about stories like this and can't believe it's real. that's from jack wayland the delaware county district attorney that has seen all sorts of deviant behavior. then they learned about this guy, 56-year-old william mckinlay. h >> he held out as i am santa, a bad santa or referred to himself as a dirty old santa. then engaged in explicit sexual language with that child. then sent her pictures that were disturbing from a sexual standpoint. >> authorities say he planned to meet the girl for sex at an ice cream parlor in ridley township.

instead he found officers from the crimes against children unit who took him into custody. >> he had intent to engage that 14-year-old girl in a sexual relationship. mckinlay lives in philadelphia. one neighbor was surprised that he seemed like such a nice guy. that maybe that's the point. >> this is the example of someone preying on our children, interacting with children as sand ta, having them sit on his lap and god knows what else. that's disturbing to think about. >> they have taken his computer to find what they can find to lead to other charges. right now he faces jail time felony one attempt to have sex with a child. he's at the correctional

facility after failing to post $25,000 bail. dann cuellar, "action news." jim? >> a new jersey man has been arrested in connection to a shootout 2016 on the atlantic city expressway. he faces multiple charges including four counts of attempted murder. six others were arrested last year. >> in washington the guessing game is over. president trump says he has no tapes of conversations between him and james comey. this began when trump disputed comey's account of what was said at their dinner at the white house. trump tweeted, comey better hope there are no tapes of the conversation. that led to the appointment of a

special council. today another trump tweet. he has no idea if there are tapes because of the surveillance around but he didn't make any such recordings. new details in the wildwood police officer punch video going viral. we have learned who is involved and who is investigating. new jersey could be the second state in the country to raise the smoking age to the drinking age. >> dewpoints are above the oppressive level. it's only going to get more uncomfortable. >> ducis rogers with more reaction to the sixer draft when "action news" continues tonight. ♪ ♪ >> tomorrow on "action news" morning, clean up in tropical storm cindy's wake is just

beginning down south. we have the latest remnants of the tropical system impacting us. wake up to everything that's happening tomorrow on "action news" morning. ♪

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>> we have breaking news out of voorhees, >> judge: >> judge: new jersey.five ambulr a group of students became ill.

initial reports are that four young people complained of being sick and were transported to voorhees for evaluation. this happened about 9:30. the students were attending an event off school grounds but were transported back to the school when they became sick. none of the cases appears to be life threatening. >> now a look at sunday's incident in slow motion. paroleman lucas bottoms. the incidence is being investigated by the police department. health check at 11:00, new jersey lawmakers today approved a bill for the second time to raise the smoking age in the state to 21.

governor chris christie vetoed a similar measure last year. he has in order said if he will approve or veto this time. the current age for tobacco or e-cigarettes is 19. if the law is signed, new jersey would join hawaii as the only states with a smoking age of 21. >> we have tropical weather moving in. storm tracker double scan showing not much going on. we have shower in the western suburbs. that's the beginning stages of this uncomfortable air. we are at 80 allentown, 80 trenton, 81 philadelphia, down to the south, temperatures in the 7 0s, south jersey, as well as dover. if you walk out the door, you feel the weight of atmosphere

getting worse friday and sunday. there is a spin. this is the low made landfall 3:00 in the morning, eastern part of texas, on the border of louisiana. all of the moisture from the gulf of mexico. it's breaking apart a bit. that links with more moisture from chicago. the two come together and waves of rain push through. it's not a wash out friday or saturday. >> for the morning rush, a wall of humidity passing by along with scattered downpours and thunderstorms. 75 to 77. future tracker showing the first burst of energy in the downpours and thunderstorms at the tail of the morning rush hour. they move on. breaks of thunder move on cooking up additional scattered heavy downpour and gusting thunderstorms at times. that passes by.

final round of heavy rain saturday morning. this is the actual cold front and remnant low passing by to begin the weekend. those are flooding rains that could quickly pileup on roadways. also during the day tomorrow, thunderstorms pop in the afternoon. could have gusting wind and hail with them. 62 the ocean temperature. friday, tomorrow, scattered storms with pops of sun. downpours through the early afternoon hours. the shore is the last to clear out. sunday, 81-degrees, gorgeous and low humidity. the exclusive seven-day forecast indicates again, we have temperatures that are going to be in the 80s for the next couple of days. high humidity, breezy tomorrow with the on and afternoon downpours and storms. heavy rain saturday giving way

to sun west to east. beautiful low humidity sunday, 83. same for monday, tuesday, 79 with scattered showers. comfortable wednesday and thursday next week. a below average stretch. >> we have to get through it. >> thank you, adam. >> a montgomery county woman was honored for her work in the community. "action news" was there as sue guardee arrived for her screening of spiderman homecoming. she feels the winner of our superhero contest. by day, a 911 dispatch operator. she runs hogs and honeys, a fron nonprofit organization helping children in need. we teamed up with her to thank her for all she does and give her a night to remember oosm

people have been e-mailing and calling. people at work have been saying for everything you do. it's overwhelming. >> there was one last surprise tonight. a $5,000 check for the production company for her foundation. >> "jimmy kimmel live" coming up after "action news." tonight, jimmy welcomes the sixer number one draft pick markel fultz and asks him that all important question. >> hi, markel. congratulations. how are you doing? >> i'm doing good. thank you. >> you're welcome. you are going to philadelphia. cheese steak related, which do you like, pats or gino's? >> i have been going to larry's. i'll have to check it out. ♪

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hbo and multi-room dvr service for two years all with a two year agreement. >> just in case you are wondering, markel fultz talked about going to larry's across from st. joe's university. >> i can vouch for that place. he's going to fit right in. it's a dream come true for markel fultz. sixers are betting they are going to feel the same. nba draft, dynamic combo guard. he's a scoring who led in scoring with 23.2 points game

per average. he joins us live in brooklyn new york with more. jeff? >> this is the sixer overall pick markel fultz saying he will make an immediate impact for day number one, rooky of the year, leading the sixers for the first time since 2012. how about that confidence? >> when will this philadelphia '76er team be competitive, a playoff contender? >> this year. why do you believe that? >> the guys are working hard. they believe it. me coming in, i can help them. they'll help me a lot. the coaches there have a good vision and everything like that. that's my belief. >> are you saying the team will be in the playoffs this time next year? >> that's the goal to be in the playoffs. >> you have to love it.

fultz showing up in style. check out the shoes, custom made out of a basketball. he will be in the back court in the starting lineup with ben simmons day number one. talk about a dynamic duo on top of having joel embiid down low. jeff scaversky, channel six "action news." ducis? >> sixers made a trade with the magic for the 25th overall pick. they selected a 7' 2 center, 20. he's going to have to bulk up a bit. considered very skilled, sixers gave up the first rounder to get him. second round they take jonah

boldman from australia. he played one year at ucla before going overseas and jaun evans from oklahoma state. josh hart goes end of roundas so the lakers. we have more after the break.

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>> the phillies wrapped up their series with the cardinals. has rare went through the stop sign and picked off at the

plate. >> tommy joseph, 2-0 phillies. aaron nollan, stellar on the mound. allows one run striking out a season high eight batters. >> thank you, ducis. "jimmy kimmel live" live followed by "nightline." anthony hopkins, chris hardwick and music from queen. "action news" continues tomorrow morning. from ducis rogers, cecily tynan and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner.

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