"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.

good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and in the news philadelphia describe attorney seth williams shows up for the fifth day in court where he faces corruption charges. and sixers fans are pumped and so the team. markelle foltz arrived in town and we'll hear from the newest member of the sixers coming up. >> but the big story on "action news" is the wet and humid weather outside. we have several showers this morning. you can expect a lot more as remnants of cindy move through the region. as we look live at the camden waterfront it's a soggy friday. melissa magee has the accuweather forecast. may need to keep the umbrella close by. >> for tomorrow we track the remnants of cindy in combination with the cold front to the west and the combination of those two things bring scattered showers and storms, we have that activity earlier today.

stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you we are dry right now for the most part or starting to dry out. to the north and west we are tracking the moisture. lehigh valley county for allentown and slatington and into easton we have light showers. they start to depart before another batch of moisture moves into later today. here is part of the reason it is unsettled. the dew point numbers are quite high. numbers in the upper 60s and 70s it's oppressive. dew point areas and numbers for most locations will be in the 70s for the majority of the day. the tropical air mass overhead. as we go through afternoon and evening 2:00 mostly cloudy a number of 82 and 86 at 4:00 with scattered showers. 6:00 this evening. we'll hole the 86 and mostly cloudy at 8:00 p.m. and the number coming in at 80. future tracker 6 we are not done yet with the showers, we see the scattered showers and storms in

the northwest suburbs, another line we are tracking later on tonight before moisture moves in early tomorrow morning. as we look at the weekend call from accuweather. 88 degrees morning downpours and afternoon sun, we look to clear out by saturday late in the day. and sunday looks to be nice with lower humidity and we'll take a closer look with the full accuweather forecast. >> all right thank you. and this reminder, the latest forecast and detailed updates and storm tracker live radar on your phone or tablet. the 6 abc app is a free download for your mobile device. this is a big day for the 76ers and its fans, the team formerly introduced their newest players, chief among them markelle foltz the number one pick from last night's nba draft. katherine scott joins us live from the practice facility in camden. lots of excitement today? >> reporter: very exciting day

today. they wrapped up inside a few minutes ago markelle foltz took the stage with other sixers draft picks, the sixers are so excited to have him. they believe he is part of the team's future and looking ford to the energy he will bring. >> at their training complex in camden it's sixers rolled out the welcome mat for markelle foltz who went number one if the nba draft. it's an honor to come here and i have been through a lot. and looking for today coming to the city and giving it my all. the washington guard led the pac-12 and finished 6th. you'll look for people to score the basketball around him.

and he can score in a variety of ways, we'll be a fun and energetic and entertaining team. >> a play maker and athlete. and knows his cheesesteaks from being on jimmy kimmel live. he has a local spot. >> which do you like pat's or gino's have you to pick a side. >> i have been going to like larries. the shout-out was heard in winfield where the team at larries was busy serving up hot steaks. >> if you love larries, larry loves him right back. >> believing that fultz will be a perfect fit as the team develops its core. >> a good player. the next dr. jay, we are grad we have young talent. the best player coming out of the draft hands down period. >> who can argue with that?

and how fultz is feeling, it's been a whirlwind and he said he celebrated last night by having sleep. welcome to town. katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. in other news philadelphia police are investigating a deadly accident and a woman in her 50s lost control and crashed her car into a tree this morning. this is the scene on east washington lane in east mown airy. a jackknifed tractor trailer caused delays on the turnpike and chopper 6 hd through over the scene on the westbound lanes of the turnpike near the pennsylvania exit in burlington. and the truck hit a guardrail and the traffic was backed up. testimony continues in the corruption trial of philadelphia district attorney, seth williams and on this fifth day a multimillionaire is back on the stand testifying about the alleged favors he received if return for money and expensive

gifts. vernon odom is live from the federal courthouse if center city with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, muhammad ali, the wealthy bucks county businessman wrapped up his testimony, he was on the defensive all of this morning under cross-examination by seth williams' attorney. at times ali struggled to stick to his story that he bribed seth williams with freebie gifts including a $3,000 couch. >> muhammad ali is a key witness against seth williams. his creditability is under attack from lawyer thomas burke. he is a multimillionaire hoping for a lighter sentence. >> ali testified yesterday that he lavished thousands of dollars worth of expensive gifts on williams to be closer to someone

in power. sew could call him if he needed anything. >> he conceded that seth williams was a long time friend who did him favors before he gave him high end gifts. >> rick philadelphia district attorney seth williams maintained that he has done nothing illegal and accepted ali's largess outs of friendship with no strings attached. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> all right vernon thank you. >> there are new details in the investigation of a wildwood police officer who was recorded punching a man in the face. this is sunday's incident in slow motion that lucas bottoms used force after the suspect kevin pick low refused to follow his demands, it's been handled by the cape may prosecutors office. he will be in court on july 7th,

investigators added that if they find that the officer's actions were excessive he will be held accountable. actor johnny depp angered the white house the commons he made while speaking to a crowd in england. and a torn rips through the south and traps a woman in her home. and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you that tropical moisture from cindy moving northward and a frontal boundary works its way into the mid-atlantic region through the rest of the afternoon and start of the weekend we have the details with the accuweather forecast. when "action news" comes right back. she's nationally recognized

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the best of the best local high school baseball players are facing off today at the citizens bank park. the semi finals for the carpenter cup. the teams advance tomorrow morning. for many players this is their first time on a major baseball field and a chance to play in

front of scouts for the majors and probably earn a college scholarship. and the rain holds off to get the play in at the ballpark. >> there are showers this afternoon and another line that moves through overnight but the weekend looks good. some improvement on the way. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see we are dry for the most part and starting to dry out and spotty showers for reading and to the north of allentown and pressing into the poconos. a break and a few more scattered showers move through this afternoon. we'll show you the picture outside sky 6 hd, it's cloudy looking at the ben franklin bridge this afternoon and terribly humid outside too. 75 right now in philadelphia. as we look at the numbers, 78 in reading and 82 in lancaster and at the coast in cape may. 74 at the marina, and atlantic city coming in at 72. pretty uncomfortable when you factor in the dew point numbers,

they are in the lower 70s impressive overhead with the tropical air mass we are tracking with moisture to the south and cold front sweeping in from the west. here is satellite 6 along with action radar a cold front coming through the great lakes and the nation's heartland you see the moisture because of tropical depression cindy, winds 17 miles per hour from arkansas and kentucky. this swings to the north and catches up with the cold front and that moves through into overnight tonight and into the first half of the day tomorrow morning. future tracker 6 showing you 4:00 today a couple of scattered showers for allentown and reading and lancaster and even later on tonight at 10:00 if you are stepping out on the town, make sure you have wet weather and gear and a couple of showers will be overhead. as you wake up tomorrow morning, 5:30 the front swings through and a rumble of thunder for the poconos and allentown and reading and the big concern is

tropical moisture is local flooding. 8:00 in the morning the moisture moving out of the i-95 corridor and pressing into areas of south jersey and sunday looking like a gem a day. down the shore today. scattered showers and storms especially by the afternoon. downpours likely at the shore high temperature of 81 and gorgeous on sunday 81 degrees under a mostly sunny skies. and the poconos clouds and sun and humid and a high up to 76 and a thunderstorm likely and morning rain to sun on saturday, otherwise a high of 76, pleasant by sunday afternoon and high temperatures in the lower 70s. here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast today it's humid with scattered showers and storms up to 87. and morning rain tomorrow and high up to 88 and sunny and less humid by sunday a great day high up to 83 degrees and clouds and

sun and maybe a shower around and 81 and tuesday 79 for a high. and nice on wednesday 81, a few clouds nice next wednesday with a high of 85 degrees, unsettled today and the first half tomorrow by sunday. >> thank you. >> this man has done something incredible. he visited disney land 2,000 days in a row. you heard that correctly, he has been to the park for every single day for nearly six years, it happened when jeff wrights was given a season pass to brighten his spirits. and now has a job and still visits. >> i'm having fun with this, it was not about going for records, that say bonus. it's just coming in and enjoy the magic of the park. >> jeff's annual pass expires in january. after this he is not sure he will make daily visits to the park he loves.

disney is the parent company of 6 abc. there is more ahead in our next half hour of "action news" at 12:30. dozens of students from a high school in camden county. come down with a mysterious illness attending an end of school year's event and the nation's health care showdown at the capital. we have the latest from here at home.

seth williams returns to court as the defense cross examines a key witness. >> we'll get to the stories in a moment, we begin at 12:30 with a look at the forecast outside. the heat and humidity has given way to rain as the fringes of cindy moves through the area. and a look at the ben franklin bridge from sky 6 hd and right there and that tells the story at this hour. >> it's unsettled across the delaware valley. we have scattered showers and thunderstorms earlier thi