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9:00 a.m., sunday, july 2. we're following breaking news out of chester county. police believe they have the pickup truck used in the road rage incident that killed an 18-year-old girl. the president doubling down on his war with the media as he defends his use of social media. >> the 4th of july festivities continue this weekend, a look at how people are celebrating, plus the fun ways you can participate. first let's go outside to meteorologist chris sowers for the latest in weather. the best of the weekend is today. >> reporter: especially tomorrow, once the humidity leaves drop off, lots of sunshine. 80 degrees. 77 in allentown. dover, 81. millville, atlantic city you're the warm spots both locations, 72. beach haven, 78. you can see the drier air
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starting to work in from the northwest. we're seeing dewpoints in the mid 60s and mid 70s first thing this morning. we're starting to see the westerly winds do its thing here and dry the atmosphere out. 78 is the exoint in -- dewpoint in dover, millville, 70. beach haven, 72. it's going to be hot today, but unlike yesterday we won't be dealing with the oppressive humidity. call from accuweather, mostly sunny, less humid, nice day, 90 degrees is the forecasted high. one thing make sure you continue to apply the sunscreen if you're laying on the beach, uv index is very high. looking ahead, less humid that's the headline over the next few days, lots of sunshine expecting with high temperatures of 90 degrees. we run the risk of seeing thunderstorms, especially on the 4th of july. i know a lot of you have
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fireworks plans and picnics and things like that. i'll be back and time everything out foy on future tracker 6 and show you cooler numbers in the seven day forecast. >> we begin with breaking news and "action news" exclusive. the search for the red pickup truck involved in last week's deadly road rage incident may have come to an end. >> only "action news" was there as the vehicle police believe was used in the incident was towed overnight to the west goshen township police department. this morning we're awaiting new information from police about the vehicle and the suspect. >> "action news" reporter, bob brooks is live at the west goshen township police department now with more on the latest break in the breaking news. >> reporter: well, alicia and nydia, we hope that the finding of the red pickup truck will lead to the finding of the suspect. no confirmation on that yet, though. the reason we're at the police department and inside you can see behind me a news conference is set to happen in roughly an
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hour, 10:00 a.m. we'll get an update on the details police have gathered so far. here's what we know up to this point. let's take a look. it's been an busy early morning for the west goshen police department. investigators believe this red pickup truck may belong to the suspect from wednesday deadly road rage shooting. "action news" was the only station there when it came in at 1:00 a.m. it was southbound route 100 when the 18-year-old bianca roberson and the suspect were trying to merge into the same lane. it was then that the pickup driver would shoot the teen striking her into the head. bianca robersons car crashed into the side of the road and pronounced at the scene. the driver merged on 202 south riding the shoulder to the paoli pike and exit. this is the sketch of the suspect take a good look at it and keep an eye out for him.
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we hope for more good news from the inference, again it is set for an hour, 10:00 a.m., report be live bob brooks channel 6 "action news." >> the new jersey government remains shut down after lawmakers failed to pass a state budget by midnight friday. governor chris christie and the about him-led legislature returned to the state house to solve the stalemate, but did not succeed. one of the issues including the horizon blue cross and blue into the state budget requiring them to spend reserve funds on health initiatives like combating the state opioid epidemic. >> work with us, protect our citizens from a company who has
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forgotten why we created them in the first place. >> governor christie called for the legislature to ravine at 2:00 p.m. to -- ravine at 2:00 p.m. to break the deadlock. if you're traveling all tourism welcome centers are closed. all motor vehicle and inspection stations are shut down. you cannot review vehicle registrations in person. the department of labor is closed which means some insurance claims cannot be prosed. unemployment insurance is up and running. prisons and halfway houses are open despite inmate serve -- services impacted. there's a list at 6abc.com. the state of delaware is running this morning without a budget in place. lawmakers set to return to dover to hammer out a deal. they worked until daybreak
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yesterday but unable to seal the deal. they passed a temporary measure that keeps the government up and running for 72 hours. the govern threatened to veto a budget he doesn't think will lead to long term change. governor tom wolf has a budget on his desk 32 billion-dollar spending plan friday night. but lawmakers have to wrurn -- return to harrisburg to debate a few options. ranging from taxing gas drillers and liquor licenses and gambling. president trump returned to attacking the quote fake media. he has been hitting twitter in part to defend his use of the social media platform. >> reporter: this morning
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president trump is back at his new jersey golf club. ♪ after making a two hour trip back to washington the night before to honor veterans ahead of independence day. but at that event, the president switching gears. >> the fake media, is trying to silence us, but we will not let them because, the people know the truth. >> reporter: publicly lashing out at the media, amid backlash to his attacks on mism -- mika brzezinski calling them crazy joe and dumb as a rock mika. >> the media tried to stop us from going to the white house, but i'm president they are not. >> reporter: his latest act of president tweeting it's not presidential it's modern day presidential. on the radar, voter fraud the
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push for states to turnover data including voters scattered showers numbers and party -- social security numbers and party affiliation. more than two dozen refusing to comply. the president taking to twitter saying numerous states are refusing to give information to the distinguished voter fraud panel what are they trying to hide. the president staying silent on the senate healthcare battle as republicans spend their recess struggling to find common ground. >> i'm sitting there with a rubik's cube trying to twist the dial to get to 50 to replace this with something better. >> the 4th of july weekend was off a soggy start, but did not stop the people from hitting the boardwalk in ocean city. no boardwalk is complete without
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ice cream. that guy had the right idea. ocean city celebrates the 4th of july on tuesday, with a parade and kite flying competition and fireworks. ♪ the symphony has been underway all weekend, the army band held a concert last night as part of the weekend festivities. the mood was capped off with a vibrant display of fireworks. just a gorgeous scene there were oohs and ahs as red why the and blue lit up the skies. check out 6abc.com for a list of fireworks on the homepage. the museum of american revolution is celebrating the birthday today, at 1:00 p.m., sing happy birthday to america
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and have birthday cake. it's the date that the continental congress declared independence from great britain. just a reminder take us with you this holiday weekend, get real time traffic views and storm tracker 6 live and more at any time on your phone or tablet. it's a free download for your mobile device. summer meals is in effect all of these meals to children. more than 1,000 sites are open across the city. the meals are available to all children ages 18 and younger. >> happening today you can check out the philadelphia museum of art and pay whatever you want for admission. today only visitors can pay as much or as little as they choose to go to the museum admission is free for all active duty military personnel and their families. >> get out and go. much more to come on sunday morning edition of "action news." a woman set a shocking new
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record at a steakhouse in milwaukee. >> if you go to the gym and crash on your couch when you get home, you may be doing your body more harm than good. we'll explain. >> sky6 live hd the platt bridge there, nice day today. meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast including the 4th of july forecast when we come right back. >> so there are carnivors and
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she sat down to eat wards house of prime. nobody imagined what they were about to witness him she ate one slab of meat after another, after another. what a sight to be seen. when she was done she polished off 22 1/2 upon pounds of meat. molly as you can imagine is capitalizing on this. she is excessive eater. >> reporter: why do you do this? >> i'm looking for something i have not had for a long time. something that will challengic challengic -- i can eat over 20 pounds. she is on the honor roll of folks for how much prime rib she can eat. she said she'll be back as long as no one has a beef with it.
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>> how long was the sitting. if she ate over the course of four hours. >> reporter: i think i could do 20 pounds of french fries, you have to get steak fries. >> wedge fries. >> reporter: wedge fries are good. you have to pace yourself you can't just jump right in. live on sky6 live hd get you started here, with a beautiful shot of the commodore barry bridge, look how nicely we have cleared things out this morning. we had a little bit of patchy fog early on. humidity leaves are uncomfortable now we're beginning to see the dry air filter in from canada. it's starting to feel better. especially west of philadelphia where dewpoints have dropped into the mid 60s. philadelphia at 80 degrees that's the official number at the airport dewpoint of 66. we're starting to drop off in philadelphia, as well. 72 first thing this morning. winds out of the west/northwest
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at 3 miles per hour. ocean temperature, chilly. what do we have to do to get the ocean a little bit warmer. i'm not going in when the ocean is in the 50s. normally for time of the year, it should be the 60s. allentown, 77. cooler stuffer to the northwest this is the drier air working in from the north across the mid atlantic states. 68 in buffalo and 70 in syracuse. satellite and radar so we have a series of cold front that will blasting through over the next few days. the first one arrived yesterday. that spawned the severe weather, a couple of locations pick up 2 inches of rain. gusty winds in this part of the viewing area, allentown a plane flipped over. ahead of the front, drier air, this is the secondary front. we'll see a reinforcing shot of
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dry air from canada monday afternoon. future tracker 6, stopping at 4:00 p.m., nothing going on, sunny skies, clouds, that's about it. monday, same thing sun and clouds, that's the general idea, however, that secondary front i showed you on satellite and radar that approached the viewing area, the lehigh valley and the poconos late in the day, one or two scattered showers or thunderstorms. most of that fizzles out until it makes its way into the city. monday, showers and thunderstorms possible. 4th sun an clouds, low humidity again, fairly low considering what we've been through over the last few days, not a bad day. i think what you will notice is more coverage in terms of spotty showers. this model shows dry air. i don't know if i believe that, i think a couple of areas will see pop ups on the 4th. fairly quite conditions through tuesday, maybe scattered showers or thunderstorms. 90 degrees today, mostly sunny,
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turning less humid, 90. 89 in reading, 89 in millville. there's no sea breeze you have a lands breeze, high temperatures in the mid 80s. poconos gorgeous, low humidity levels, sunny skies, 86. sun and clouds tomorrow, 85. right there on the sand there's the chilly ocean temperature, only 58 we dropped the moderate risk for rip currents. mostly sunny, 85 degrees, the wind at your back, sun and clouds tomorrow, 84 degrees once again humidity levels nice and comfortable. here's the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, now it's still going to be hot, we've dropped the humidity, 90 degrees, sunny skies less humid. monday, mostly sunny, hot, 92678 humidity levels comfortable. tuesday, sunshine expected with a few clouds mixed in. maybe a late-day shower or thunderstorm, high of 89. wednesday, clouds and sun, 88. thursday another thunderstorm threat 88. friday and saturday look warm, but sunday that's when the really cool air starts to work its way in and highs in the low
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to mid '80's. getting close. >> thank you. a music loving dog crashed the stage at an outdoor festival in turkey. the lab wandered on stage during the italian symphony. he was so comfortable he plopped down next to the concert master. one musician called this the cutest moment in classical music. the audience clapped. we'll be right back. s back, with incredible offers on the mercedes-benz you've always longed for. but hurry, these shooting stars fly by fast. lease the c300 for $399 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer.
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cardiovascular disease. the sikh virus may -- zika virus may not be as big a threat as last summer, but don't let your guard down. while cases drop from last year's peak, zika has not disappeared from the region and remains a potential threat. for now, pregnant women are urged not to travel to a country or area with even just a few reported cases of zika. snakebites are on the rise according to the center of disease control and prevention which estimates 7,000 to 8,000 people are bit by snakes each year and five of them die. snakebites have begun to rise in in just in just and north carolina. >> reporter: welcome back
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everyone, 9:25 a.m., sunday morning, the flavor of the day today will be less humid. actually that's the set up through monday and tuesday, we're about here across the mid atlantic states, that's the delaware and lehigh valleys. this time of the year, the humidity is dependent upon the direction of the winds. winds out of the south humidity increase, you get a wind out of the west or northwest it down slopes over the appalachian mountains here. this direction is a less-humid wind flow. that's where the wind is coming from over the next few days. we have a series of cold front, the first juan blasted through yesterday, the second one tomorrow evening. both fronts reinforce the dry air over the next few days, it's july it will be hot. high temperatures in the 90s be
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we're not dealing with oppressive humidity levels. we're catching a break there. jersey shore today no sea breeze, a land breeze even the direction of the arrows show a sea breeze. mid 80s, warmer low risk for rip currents, nice day at the jersey shore. >> we want to alert you to a fireworks recall this 4th of july weekend. u.s. consumer safety commission recalled tnt red white and blue smoke fireworks after reports that the devices exploded when they were lit. they are being sold at various vendors, customers should contact american promotional events for a refund. a new research report shows millennials are spending money eating out five times a week and spending too much money on coffee and bar tads.
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bank rate data shows 29% of millennials say they buy coffee 3 times a week. and 50% go to the bar once a week, and 54% eat out three times a week. >> it adds up more quickly than you think. 9:27 much more to come on sunday morning edition of "action news." season music entertainment is -- sonny entertainment is going old -- sony entertained is going old school. amazon will let us know
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handle that it is july. satellite and radar yesterday's heavy weather well off the coast at this point that was cold front number one. the second one is threw here across the great lake states, both fronts ushering in drier air from canada. we'll see the dewpoints drop off. temperatures wise, 80 degrees, wilmington showing 80. 82 in millville. atlantic city, 82. upper 70s in the northwest, lehigh valley the poconos, far western suburbs for the most part you're in the mid 70s by lunchtime, 85 degrees, 3:00 p.m., 89 degrees. 7:00 p.m., temperatures dropping down a little bit we're down to 85 looking at mostly sunny conditions, same setup tomorrow, same setup for tuesday, although some of us could see thunderstorms. i will be back in just a few minutes and time it out for you
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on future tracker 6. >> we continue to follow breaking news and "action news" exclusive out of chester county. police in west goshen township have the pickup truck that they believe was used in the deadly road rage incident last week. only "action news" was there when the red truck was towed to the police department around 1:00 p.m. investigators believe this is the vehicle that was driven by a man who shot and killed 18-year-old bianca roberson on route 100 last week. they say it all began when bianca roberson and the pickup driver were trying to merge into the same lane. highway cameras reveal there was an altercation minutes before bianca roberson spun out of control. she died at the scene. the gunman is on the loose and considered armed and dangerous. we are expecting to get new information on the suspect from police during a news conference this morning stay with us fortunate os developments in --r the latest developments in the days. new jersey state government
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is shut down after lawmakers failed to pass a budget. governor chris christie and the late -- legislature return to the state house to resolve the issue whether to include horizon blue cross blue shield into the state budget. govenor chris christie called for the legislature to reconconvene at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. >> work with me and end this shut down. protect our citizens from this company which, unfortunately, has forgotten why we created them in the first place. during the shut down, nonessential state services like passion and motor vehicle office are are closed. open state police and state hospitals and new jersey transit and prisons. for a list of what's open and
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what's closed head to 6abc.com. an event honoring veterans president trump returned to an old theme what he calls fake news, he is also again hitting twitter hard this week this time to defend his use of it. the president once again attacked two msnbc anchors calling joe scarborough crazy joe and mika brzezinski dumb as a rock. >> the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house, but i'm president and they are not. >> meanwhile, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is spending the long holiday weekend trying to win 50 votes for the republican healthcare bill. he said it is tougher that figuring out a rubik's cube. we're getting more information about the doctor who went on a shooting spree inside a hospital in new york city. we're learning about the fellow doctor he killed who was not supposed to be working that shift that day. abc's stephanie ramos is at the
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bronx lebanon hospital with more for us. >> reporter: in the aftermath of that deadly bronx hospital shooting we're learning about the woman who lost her life. >> multiple people shot at this location, the rifle. >> reporter: dr. tracy lam was not supposed to be there. >> she was very sweet. >> reporter: 6 or 7 shots fired. according to police bello was searching for a specific staffer, after being told the doctor was not there, he opened fire. the intended target speaking out. telling the new york daily news he had no idea why the shooter wanted him dead. the strange thing he was nice with me, i'm shocked he had a problem with almost everybody.
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details from the terrifying moments. >> we ran up to 17 and we pulled patients out literally, dead bodies and blood and gore all over. one survivor coming face-to-face with the shooter, sending a text to her daughter, in case i don't make it out, i love you. >> i ran back into my friend's room and we took cover. >> reporter: hospital officials helping their patients and families. >> nurses took whoever they could arena put them in bathrooms with them, they barricaded the door. >> reporter: a new father eric fisher surviving the ordeal and huddling in the bathroom with his wife and mother-in-law and newborn baby boy. >> i felt today you're in a hospital this should be a safe place. >> this is one of the biggest
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hospitals in new york, they took a chance on bello who went to medical school in the caribbean, but worked under a limited state permit. he was marked with several arrests and sexual allegations and financial troubles. abc news bronx new york. >> this morning it is unclear why a man was shot several times in the stomach in north philadelphia this weekend. police were called to the cumberland street in north philadelphia around 4:45 p.m. that's where they discovered the 21-year-old victim shot in the stomach. he was rushed to the hospital in stable condition. police are searching for a white sedan that witnesses say they saw leave the scene of the shooting. >> 9:36 a.m. sunday morning, happening today in new jersey, mount holly township will host the annual independence day celebration. it will be at iron works park on the unit block of wolner drive.
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admission rides and shows are all free of charge. at sundown, you can watch fireworks. also happening today in new jersey, a concert will be held in riverton, burlington county, camp it at memorial park cedar street and river road. there will be fooled and drink to purchase or concert goers can bring a picnic. the gary pappa run has turned out to be a success raising $282,000 for the foundation of breast and prostate health. it honorses gary pappa who died -- honors gary pappa who died of prostate cancer. we thank the thousands of volunteers who made it such a great success. men are urged to get an annual checkup. for the 4th consecutive year ocean city has been owned
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the favorite beach. ocean city took the top spot with more than half the votes. brigantine took the second spot, and rounding out the top three, margate. >> i like all those places. >> and right in our backyard. >> instagram's new feature give user more control when it comes to blocking offensive comments. a aquarium is now the home of a rescued newborn otter. now looking live flue sky6 live hd looking at center city right now, meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, what is on tap for the 4th of july? find out when we come back.
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rehabilitator for 25 years. she takes in tiny animals, including this small fawn. it is unclear what happened to his mom. she is helping her grow, it's a girl, sorry. jackie can can be released backo the forest. >> i can hear my daughter saying i want a deer. >> reporter: they are cute now, wait until they get really big. let's get you outside and talk a little weather. let's go live on sky6 live hd. here's a way to stay cool, water jump up and get you from the sidewalk there. dewpoints are well into the 60s and 70s. it's an uncomfortable morning, but the humidity drop off in the afternoon. 90 degrees that's what to expect during the month of july.
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here's the storm reports coming in from yesterday's line of storms. yesterday was not that bad until we got into the afternoon. the wicked line of storms barreled through with the cold front that will drop the humidity down today. it's the air mass behind that front. that's what we're waiting for. storm reports over 2 1/2 inches in 35 minutes in smithville. that would have been 25 inches of snow in 35 minutes here. if we flipped it over and it was cold out. lower macungie, 2.5 inches of rain. emmaus water rescue, people were stranded. allentown there were planes flipped over tossed like rag dolls because of how strong the winds were with the line of thunderstorms. it's warm and slightly humid, not as bad as it's been. 75 in pottstown and quakertown. warminster, 70. glassglassboro, 78.
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tuckahoe, 78 degrees. it will feel slightly humid this afternoon. dewpoints have been up here over the last couple of days. now they are at the bottom of the scale, low 60s, slightly humid conditions. not as bad. satellite and radar along with the high pressure planted over top of us us nothing going on. the surface maps looks like there's the first front, winds shift out of the west/northwest. reinforcing front gets in here tomorrow. winds out of the southwest not strong enough to up the humidity, but it will increase the temperatures, we'll say low 90s heading into monday. once this front slams through here late in the day, triggers a storm for the lehigh valley, shifts to the northwest, humidity leaves drop off. imiption of sun and clouds -- combination of sun and clouds
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today, nice day. tomorrow, here comes the secondary front one or two showers or thunderstorms for the lehigh valley. a lot of this will fall a part before it makes it into the city or south jersey, if you want to go swimming tomorrow in runnymede or gloucester county, a lot of that moisture fizzles out. the 4th. one or two showers pop up with the heating of the day. sunny, less humid, 90 degrees is the forecasted high with a light breeze out of the west/northwest at 5 to 15 miles per hour. nose sea breeze for the jersey shore. you'll pick up a land breeze, because of that temperatures are not in the upper 70s. beach haven 85. low risk for rip currents. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, lots of 90s today, tomorrow, low humidity, not as bad. sunny skies this afternoon. mostly sunny tomorrow.
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4th look for showers and pop-up shower. by the middle of the week, sun and clouds, wednesday, 88 degrees. not too bad i've seen worse for the 4th. >> it's sounds great. >> you can find the seven-day forecast and live look at double scan radar at 6abc.com/weather. >> all right more cuteness here, a tiny sea otter pup is under24 hour care at the vancouver rescue center. he was swimming alone in open water. he is estimated to be 2 to 4 weeks old. although he appears healthy he requires care night and day. the staff and volunteers are taking shifts feeding and grooming the newborn pup.
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welcome back on this sunday morning, we're taking a live look via sky6 live hd, you can see the center city skyline. it's a beautiful day, high of 90 degrees and low humidity. we've got a nice 4th of july on tap. cooler than in previous years. amazon day of deals is just around the corner. the ecommerce giant declared july 11 will be fun day, but the saves start earlier. the day of deal kicks off at
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9:00 p.m. on july 10th. for 30 hours it will slash prices on a wide variety of items for its prime membership customers. >> technically speaking, instagram has rolled out a new tool to crackdown on internet trolls cruiser have a label high offensive comments. it hides sexually explicit or offensive comments from anyone's view except for the person who posted it. it's meant to keep trolls from working around or block or hide their posts. sony music entertainment said it will start pressing vinyl records. they stopped making them in 1989 when cat discs became the rage. many music fans are spinning the
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black circles. sales could reach $900 million. love it. posh -- porsche has unveiled their new 911 it has a turbo charged 700-horsepower 3.8-liter 6 cylinder engine. if you're not a gear head it can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in 2.7 seconds. it can reach a top speed of 211 miles per hour. too fast for any of our roads like the schuylkill expressway. if you want a speed demon it will cost $293,000 that's without any options.
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it's not carbonation. those bubbles are celebrating. ♪ right now, get $1 any size soft drink. only at mcdonald's. ♪ taker ago live look through sky6 live hd, penns landing, nice beautiful clear skies, it's going to be a gorgeous sunday an upgrade chris sowers says from yesterday for sure. phillies are hoping to wrap up their series against the mets on a high note. >> the sixers add to their roster and spend a lot of money for a veteran guard. here's ducis rogers with all your sunday morning sports. >> reporter: good morning, the sixers are spending yesterday the team snagged three agent shooting guard jj redick.
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a deal worth $23 million. he averaged 15 points for the clippers. he is deadly from downtown, he has shot 43% from 3-point range. the league aftion -- averages about 36%. joel embiid took to celebrate shortly after the news broke. he said trust the process, trust bc, the gm. johnson spent past few seasons with boston he average 6 1/2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. baseball, one run game it is the phillies citizenship night. phillies and -- cryptonite.
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phillies first baseman tommy joseph. the game tied at 3 apiece. joseph again, a 3-run homer his 14th of the season. the phillies lead 6-3. 4rbi game for joseph. solo shot the phillies still lead, 6-4. pete mccannon pulls hellerson. phillies lose 7-6. hellerson winless in his last 8 starts. flyers front office was busy the team signed goalie brian elliot to the deal. elliot spent last season in cal
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calgary. he had a run of the mill season last season. he told us yesterday he is pumped to join the flyers. >> it's definitely our family is excited about the move what's to come in philly, and you know with a gm like ron hextall calls you, someone you looked up to when you started being a goalie, it's awesome to get that support and know that hey if this guy wants me, i think we should head here. >> that's a look at sports this morning, i'm ducis rogers, have a yourself a terrific sunday. >> it is 9:56. astronauts aboard the international space station got a surprise phone call. >> station this is garth brooks, how do you hear me? >> how cool is that, country megastar garth brooks stopped by nasa picking up a direct line to the international space station alongside his wife county singer
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trisha yearwood he serenaded the hit and hit and run, river. >> pizza in the summertime. staple for many, has one restaurant taken the trend too far. we'll explain the connection between pizza and the beach. >> if you don't have enough money to save dough. you may be wrong. a look at what the experts say ahead in what's the deal. those stories and more, plus, meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast including your 4th of july forecast when "action news" continues. going by fast.
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10:00 a.m., sunday, july 2. i'm nydia han gray is off, individual individual joins us. >> in the news we're following breaking news for you as we await a precise conference said to be -- press conference said to be happening at the west goshing police department as to the investigation into the deadly and gruesome road rage
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incident. >> new jersey government shut down continues, how it could affect you. >> if you have plans outside for the holiday weekend, nice, clear skies we're looking at right now. will the weather cooperate for the full day? >> it's a good question and meteorologist chris sowers is joining us outside, the weather cooperating today. >> reporter: for the first time i'm feeling a change in the humidity, the drier air working in, nice little breeze, it feels more comfortable out here, over the last few days, it's anything but, hot and oppressively humid. thursday, 88 feeling like the low to mid 90s. friday the air temperatures in the 90s, feeling like 96. yesterday, 89 degrees we had a peak feels like temperature of 95. normal high is 87. temperature wise we have not been too far off the mark, but the humidity made it feel lousy over the last few days.
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84 in millville. dover, 83. atlantic city, 85. allentown, reading, 81 degrees, we're no longer seeing the mid 70s for the dewpoints we're seeing mid 60s, the humidity continues to drop. it will continue to drop more so as we progress along throughout the afternoon. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, accuweather says get out and enjoy it. nice comfortable finish to the weekend. 90 degrees the forecasted high under a sunny sky later on, maybe a few high, thin cirrus clouds. that's about it. with the humidity it feels like 89 or 90. around the actual air temperature. let's take a quick sneak peek look at the 4th here. the 4th of july not looking all that bad especially for the parades early on. humidity levels nice and low, temperatures in the 80s throughout the day. look for combination of sun and clouds and slightest chance of pop-up shower or thunderstorm. we have a 30% chance. i think what will happen a
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couple of locations in our entire viewing area see that pop-up shower or storm. so most of us will be okay. nonetheless some of you will see it. when i come back i'll take a closer look on future tracker 6 guys. >> breaking overnights an "action news" exclusive, police in west goshen township chester county have the pickup truck used in the deadly road-rage crash last week. only "action news" was there as the truck was towed in. we're awaiting a press conference set to the happen anytime with an update on the case. >> bob brooks is live at the police department. we're awaiting the news conference that should begin at the moment. >> reporter: alicia and nydia, we hope to find out more good news on top of finding the red pickup truck that that the suspect is caught. this is what it looks like
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inside the police buildings all the local media here, several people sitting down waiting for the d.a., the police chief to give us an update on what happened. let's bring up the video and take a look at the developments overnight. around 1:00 a.m. this morning, west goshen township police investigators believe the red pickup truck belongs to the suspect from wednesday's deadly road wage shooting. "action news" was the only station here when it was brought in on southbound route 100 wednesday evening when 18-year-old bianca roberson and the suspect were trying to merge into the same lane. the pickup driver shot the teen in the head. bianca roberson crashed on the side of the road and died at the scene. after the shooting the driver merged on 202 south riding to the shoulder to the paoli pick exit. the last image police show the shooter ten miles from the paoli pike exit. we were dolled that the news
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conference was going to start at 10:00 a.m. possibly starting a few minutes later. we'll cut in live as it begins. reporting live, bob brooks channel 6 "action news." guys back to you in the studio. >> we look forward to getting back to you live, once it begins. new jersey state government, in the meantime, remains shut down this morning after lawmakers failed to pass a state budget by midnight friday. this is day two of the shut down in the garden state. governor chris christie and the democrat-led legislature returned to the state house to resolve the problem. at issue whether to include horizon blue cross and blue shield into the $34.7 billion state budget. >> reporter: the legislation would require the company to spend reserve funds on public health initiatives like combating the state on open eyed addiction. >> work with me, perfect our
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citizens from this company which has forgotten why we created them in the first place. >> they will meet again this afternoon in an effort to break the deadlock. this is what is closed. state department of environmental protection, that means all travel and tourism welcome centers are closed. all dmv and inspection stations are shut down. departments of labor is closed which means insurance claims are not processed, but unemployment insurance is up and running. prisons and halfway houses are open. we have a complete list at our website 6abc.com. the state of delaware is running this morning, but without a budget in place. lawmakers are set to return to dover this afternoon in an effort to hammer out a deal. they worked until almost
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daybreak yesterday but were unain't to seal an agreement. ledge legislators passed a measure to keep the state up and running 72 hours. meanwhile, pennsylvania governor tom wolf has a budget on his desk awaiting a signature. the legislature sent a 32 billion-dollar spending plan friday night. lawmakers have to return to harrisburg this week to debate a few options taxing gas drillers and liquor license sales and expanding gambling and borrowing money to get the budget signed. the 4th of july weekend may be off to a soggy start, but it didn't stop a lot of people from hitting the ocean city boardwalk. check out the crowd, it was a cool night, sweatshirts and shorts no visit to the boardwalk is complete without an ice cream cone. ocean city plans to celebrate
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4th of july on tuesday, with a parade and kite flying competition and fireworks. >> ♪ but not everyone wants to wait until tuesday to celebrate the 4th. the u.s. army band held a free concert at penns landing as part of the weekend festivities. the music set the mood as the night capped off with a vibrant display of fireworks. lots of oohs and aahs as the red white and blues and colors we know you want in the sky this is part of the celebration. check out 6abc.com for the list of free fireworks displays. museum of american revolution is celebrating today
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marking the 241st birthday on the day that the continental congress declared independence from great britain. a reminder take us with you this holiday weekend get real time traffic views and storm tracker 6 live radar at any time on your phone or tablet. the 6abc app is a free download for on your mobile device. we're awaiting the inference in west goshen -- news conference in west goshen township we'll have that coming up. >> a discovery at logan international airport, what tsa agents found inside a checked bag. >> pretty unbelieve. sky6 live hd showing the "action news" zoo balloon in the distance. it's a nice, clear, day, the skies are clear. chris sowers says it's a winters. we'll have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast
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>> investigators say the doctor who went on a deadly shooting spree at the bronx lebanon hospital in new york city had a history of several arrests, sexual allegations and financial troubles. gunman henry bello shot and killed tracy tam an innocent bystander on the 17 the flew. he searched for -- on the 17th floor. he searched for a doctor he
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claims tried to get rid of him two years ago. hospital staffers get people out of the way. >> they huddled together and barricaded the door. >> bello killed himself. he ranted in an e-mail to the daily news, the hospital canceled my life insurance to a path to success. ricky hammonton a rapper was taken into custody early this morning. 28 people were hurt in the shooting in little rock arkansas two are in critical condition. arkansas officials have taken action against the club, is they suspended the liquor license and will shut it down over a crime abatement program. it's sunday morning, if you're heading out, it's a
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gorgeous one. >> reporter: the humidity is starting to drop off. unlike yesterday we have sunshine out there this morning. sky6 live hd not bad you see the sun glistening down. humidity levels were in the 70s when we went on this morning. they are dropping in the mid 60s, by afternoon they should be in the upper 50s, low 60s which will be nice and comfortable. big, big change. you see we have pockets of high humidity to the west, across the east and down to the deep south. generally speaking a lot of dewpoint numbers have dropped down. we started out between 70 and 75. now we're showing mid 60s on the scale that's considered humid, but it already feels better. those numbers will continue to drop during the course of the day. temperatures will rise, though, we're looking at highs that were to top out in the low 90s or somewhere close to 90. philadelphia presently at 81. millville, 84. 83 in dover, atlantic city at the airport, 85 and cape may,
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78. big change at the jersey shore, over the last few days you've benefited from a nice sea breeze, you will not see that because of high pressure sliding to the north. you will pick you mean a land breeze, tempts on the sand mid 80s. washington, d.c., 85. richmond, 82. buffalo, 72. syracuse, 72. pittsburgh 76 that's the direction the weather is coming from over the next few days, out of the northwest series of cold front barreling through, strong to severe weather in parts of the area. if you look toward the upper left-hand side of the screen across the great lake states that's the reinforcing shot of drier air as that slides through it could touch off a stray shower or thunderstorm across the lehigh valley. the big ticket idea would be for the humidity levels to continue to drop behind the secondary front monday evening and tuesday.
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future tracker 6 combination of sun andy clouds, nice day. tomorrow pretty much the same thing there's the secondary front from the lehigh valley points north and west, keep an eye to the sky after 4:00 p.m. or so. there will be a quick-hitting shower or thunderstorm. note how that fizzles out before it makes its way into the philadelphia area. tuesday on the 4th. same thing mostly sunny skies, clouds mixed in. one or two areas you pick up a brief shower or thunderstorm. for today, 90 degrees, feeling refreshing a lot better this afternoon. trenton, 88. allentown, 88. dover, 90 degrees. cape may, 94. millville, 89 and toms river about 90 degrees. poconos huge change yesterday miserable, lots of clouds, numerous showers and thunderstorms. you'll see a lot of blue upstairs. 86 degrees. sunday look for a combination of sun and clouds, comfortable humidity leaves and high of 85. jersey shore, beautiful day,
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mostly sunny, 85. tomorrow, look for a combination of sun and clouds, 84. ocean water temperatures still chilly, in the upper 50s, we have dropped the moderate risk for rip currents down to a low risk. better in the water. here's the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 90 degrees today look for sunny skies, less humid by afternoon, for tomorrow, more sunshine, hot, less humid, 92. tuesday, that's the 4th. sunshine and afternoon thunderstorm 89 and wednesday looks good. sun and clouds high of 88. alicia. >> all right, chris thank you. in today's what's the deal for many people living paycheck to paycheck is a reality no matter how hard they escape the cycle. you can break it with a quick and easy set of fixes that add up. if you're struggling to pay the rent and pus glass lean in the car, the penny horder said starts saving. >> there's a mental barrier, i
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go to fiosgigabit.com. veterans president trump returned to attacking fake media. abc's gloria rivera in bedminster, new jersey where the family is spending the holiday weekend. >> reporter: this morning, president trump is back at his new jersey golf club after making a two hour trip back to washington the night before to honor veterans ahead of independence day. at that event the president switching gears. >> the fake media is trying to silence us, but we will not let them. because the people know the truth. >> reporter: publicly lashing out at the media, amid backlash to his attacks on co-hosts mika
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brzezinski and joe scarborough. in a recent tweet he called them crazy joe and dumb as a rock mika. >> the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house, but i'm president and they are not. [cheers and applause]. >> reporter: his latest act of president defining his own social media habit. tweeting it's not presidential, it's modern day presidential. voter fraud, the push for states to turnover data including social security numbers and party affiliation met with resistance. with 1 states flat out rejecting the request. the president taking to twitter again saying numerous states are refusing to give information to the distinguished voter fraud panel, what are they trying to hide? but the president staying silent on the senate healthcare battle as republicans spend their
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recess struggling to find common ground. >> i'm sitting there with a rubik's cube trying to twist the dial to get to 50 to replace this with something better. >> we have breaking news right now, we want to go to social corner first, this is where we talk about the latest viral videos on youtube and facebook and more. >> everything that everyone is talking about. the videos, the images the things that are going viral. we have funny ones. >> officer tommy norman he looks like a tough cop, but he has become a social media phenom earning 1 million likes for help people like 7-year-old caiden. he told his mom he didn't want a birthday party because he didn't think anyone would show. he told his followingers about his posting and asked would
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anyone send him a birthday card. he got cards and gifts and food andy new friends ready to celebrate his birthday. the resulting party was just amazing. all thanks to this officer, officer tommy norman. >> tsa agents made a discovery inside someone's checked luggage. this lobster was found at boston logan international airport. live lobsters are allowed, but they must be in clear spill proof containers. this particular lobster was more than 20 pounds. it is not clear if the passenger got to keep the lobster, as you can see the tsa could not help but snap a picture with the huge crustation. the folks at villa italian pizza posted this culinary gem on facebook.
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this two piece was hand crafted from hand braided dough and cheese and sauce made from california tomatoes and pepperoni because there's no idea how it stays on or for how long. swimming is a bad plan. they are only making a phew of them, you have -- a few of them, you have to get custom fitted. it's ten thousand dollars. >> there's avilla italian pizza in philadelphia. inside story is coming up later on 6abc. seth williams pled guilty to corruption charge and resign. reaction what it means for the district attorney office the pennsylvania senate okays a bill to let school workers have guns on school grounds despite the governor's opposition.
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>> time for a check of accuweather it's a beauty today. >> reporter: it is feeling better already. humidity leaves continue to drop, mostly sunny skies this afternoon. less humid, 90 degrees is the forecasted high. tomorrow, sunshine, more comfortable humidity wise, 92. 4th. one or two areas see a pop-up
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thunderstorm, 89. humidity leaves increase a little bit but it's not until thursday they get uncomfortable again. >> this week with george stephanopoulos coming up at 10:30, here's a preview. >> reporter: good morning, nydia and alicia, healthcare stalls in the senate, trump takes to twitter is his use of social media a part of modern presidency or distracting from his agenda? what do people outside the washington make of healthcare battle and trump's twitter habit. i talk to ohio voters to find out. meeting with vladimir putin, we talk about russian competitors what to expect, plus the power house round table coming up up on this this week. back to you. >> breaking news on the road rage killing of the 18-year-old chester county girl, only "action news" was there as police brought in a red pickup truck they believe was the one
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involved in the shooting of bianca roberson. she was shot wednesday evening on route 100. we're awaiting a news conference from officials it will stream live organ 6abc.com. we'll have the latest on the story coming up on "action news" at noon, the narches expected to happen -- news conference happening at any moment now.
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>> announcer: "this week with george stephanopoulos" starts right now. the health care plan on hold. senate republicans failed to rally enough support. >> i think we've got a really good chance of getting there. it will just take us a little bit longer. and now coverage for millions of americans hangs in the balance. the president now urging senators to repeal and then replace on a later date if the bill does not pass. >> the bottom line is we're focused on the end product here. >> what does that end product look like, and what could it mean for you? i traveled to ohio to ask some of the people it affects the most. are you worried that you won't be covered in the future? plus our exclusive interview with the ohio governor pushing back against the bill. is that your only concern really? >> no, no, no, no. my concerns are -- >> would that solve it?
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