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wednesday july 5th, sara is off and rick will be along later this afternoon. president trump heads overseas before his meeting with vladimir putin. >> and a female police officer is shot to death in an ambush style attack in new york city. but the big story is the fire that took a woman's life while she was trying to save her pet. she made it out of the house and ran back in to get her dog and became trapped. walter perez is live at the scene where investigators are looking for the scene of that deadly fire as family members mourn the loss of this family member. >> reporter: such a sad scene in bensalem. the house is completely destroyed and officials tell us there was three people living here a woman and her adult son and the son's wife and it was

the wife that died and fire officials are sending a clear message to never enter a burning home. >> neighbors here are stunned by the death of a 39-year-old woman that lived in this house. >> from what we heard she was out and ran back in to get the dog and cat. >> first responders arrived and quickly started to look for the woman that ran back inside. >> the firefighters immediately went for search and rescue and discovered a female located in the first floor kitchen area and she was deceased. >> this fire started before 6:30 this morning, as you see from this video smoke and flames were rising from the home and the two other people that lived here escaped and were taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns. this case serves a cautionary tale revealing once again you should never enter or recenter a burning home. >> let the first responders know

when they get here where that stuff is. and we'll do our best. once you are out stay out it's important. >> the home say complete loss. reporting live from bensalem, walter perez channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a shooting victim drove several blocks through delaware county before crashing into several parked cars. the man was shot in chester but jumped in an suv and drove until he lost control. a man was found at the same location found dead at the scene. katherine scott will have more on the wild chain of events coming up in the next half hour. >> turning now to the accuweather forecast. storms are in tomorrow's forecast, mostly cloudy but a nice afternoon. take a look at pens landing from

sky 6 hd. david murphy is in the weather center with a first look at your forecast. >> clouds have set up of philadelphia and every now and then we get a break and there are pop-up showers that we start to see show up on stormtracker 6 live double scan i want to go ahead and show you those. most of the region is dry but there are some of those showers down around wilmington in particular and there you see one of the showers highlighted in green and yellows and oranges too, meaning you may get temporarily stuck beneath a slow moving pocket of heavy rain and farther out in oxford, chester county a lighter shower activity. that is also slowly creeping through certain neighborhoods. your neighbors down the road may not see anything out of this and you may be stuck under this and seem like a rainier day than it is. going up wider in lancaster

there are showers that may wind upcoming in in chester county and montgomery county this afternoon. they are few and far between and slow movers. temperatures are warm, 80 in philadelphia, 76 in wilmington and 82 in allentown un78 in cape may and as we look at temperatures rolling through the rest of the afternoon it is going to be warm. 85 by 2:00 and by 3:00 and 4:00 we are on or about 86 that is our high and 84 by 6:00 and down into the low 70s by 10:00. we are a little bit on the humid side as you look at dew points, philadelphia at 60 and allentown not bad. and go south into wilmington and millville. dew point temperatures getting up above 60 indicates slightly humid air and the 70s in cape may and dover it's sticky away from the beach. cool drinks down south. the chance of showers and drenching showers and thunderstorms in the forecast tomorrow.

i'll have more on that with future tracker 6 coming up in the full forecast. now, to a tragic story developing out of new york city where a female police officer is dead after she was shot ambush style in the bronx. the officer was sitting inside of a command post vehicle doing paperwork around 12:30 a.m. just at the end of her 4th of july shift that is when the man ran up and fired through the window shooting 48-year-old officer in the head. the police commissioner calls this is a targeted attack and an assassination. about a block from the crime scene. the gunman 43-year-old alexander bonds was shot to death by officers when she pulled out his revolver and an innocent bystander was shot during the confrontation and that person is expected to survive. president trump is currently on board air force one heading to europe. the president and first lady is

set to stop in poland before going to the g-20 summit. he is expected to sit down with russian president, vladimir putin on friday. the president's european visit comes with escalating tensions with north korea. the launch was capable of coming very close to the united states and now the united nations will hold a meeting to discuss a response. >> reporter: good afternoon, more missiles were fired overnight this time from the u.s. and south korean militaries with officials calling this a united move against north korea. in a show of force and solidity. the u.s. and south korea fired a volley of missiles off the coast of the korean peninsula hours after north korea successfully launched an intercontinental

ballistic missile that could reach alaska. reaching up into the ask a so it did not overfly japan and russia. but experts say that the missile could travel well over 4,000 miles not just in range of alaska but close to the u.s. main land. they have a rocket that could reach the united states but to have the nuke on the rocket survive the high heat of reentry. they are work on this. >> north koreans are applauding the news and the country's leader, kim jong un seen here overseeing the july 4th launch calling it a package of gifts for america on independence day. coming just days after president trump issued this warning. >> strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed. many years and it has failed.

and frankly that patience is over. >> today a powerful statement from a u.s. official saying right now self restraint is the only thing keeping the u.s. and south korea from going to war with north korea. in new york channel 6 "action news." >> after a mistrial the first time around a new trial date is set for a south jersey father accused of killing his young son. david creato was back in court for a hearing and the judge scheduled his new trial for september 11th, prosecutors say he killed his 3-year-old brendon in 2016 and his trial ended in a hung jury. and a man killed in german town shot in the cleft on the 300 block of west seymour street. police are working on the description of his shooter.

officials are looking for the owner of a 9 foot snake found slithering through a south philadelphia neighborhood. the action cam was there were on tasker the snake was spotted in a flower bed. the snake is in animal control's custody. and the unclear where the snake came from or how it got out. still to come on "action news" this noon, police say that a man intentionally drove his car into his ex's apartment building what was carrying in his vehicle that cautioned that explosion. and how vulnerable are your smart home devices to hackers. coming up in the next half hour. and david murphy has your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" continues.

this was the terrifying scene after police say a drive ever loaded his car with propane tanks and intensely drove into his ex-girlfriend's apartment building. the fire spread throughout the complex in fort pierce, florida, the driver was killed but everyone in the building was able to escape through a back

door. >> all the apartments are damaged and the red cross is helping people displaced by the fire. three people died when their vehicle crashed in downtown savannah georgia. they pursued the vehicle when it starts shooting at people on the street and the vehicle took off and crashed into the pole. three people in the suv were killed . an interstate in nevada is reopen after a wild fire spread on to the highway. in a difficult region to rift. the flames broke out west of reno and spreading because of windy dry weather. no injuries are reported and no homes damaged so far. the couple that survived last week's plane crash on the southern california freeway remain hospitalized in stable condition. officers say that they suffered spinal fractures in friday's crash on the 405 in orange

county. the husband and wife were the only people on the twin engine cessna, the off duty firefighter saved them from the fiery wreckage. and turkish airways are the first airline allowing passengers to bring laptops on to u.s. flights. they followed the guidelines from u.s. authorities lifting the ban in place. for fear that terrorists will smuggle explosive devices on electronics. coming up on "action news" at noon, two words, coffee diet. details on a new diet that could be a coffee lovers dream and putting a stop to school lunch shaming the new steps taken to protect students with unpaid male debt.

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more steps are being taken to prevent school lunch shaming where kids are singled out for having unpaid lunch debt. oregon is the latest state that requires schools to provide lunch to all students regardless of ability to pay. and forcing districts new policies for addressing meal debt and working closely with parents on a solution for delinquent accounts. and now may be a good time to buy the car you are wanting.

car sales are dropping and dealerships are getting nervous and offering deals on sedans and compact cars. there is up to 11% off the suggests manufacturers price. and good news for those of you that start the day with coffee. there is something called the coffee diet. the theory is that caffeine burns fat and speeds up metabolism and getting attention because of a new book called the coffee lovers diet. he says that drinking coffee could jump start the diet and now from coffee to liquor, many americans probably raised a glass over the holiday weekend but we are prettiy sure they were not drinking this tequila that sells for $30,000 a bottle.

it comes in hand sculpted hand painted ceramic decanters and some have amber and 24 carat gold built into the bottle. it's for saving and not mixing into the cocktail or downing in a shot. so not for margaritas. the "action news" team is out working on stories for owed at 4:00. from poker tables to chandeliers everything must go from the taj mahal in atlantic city. and what's the deal the ever listing change of food trends we'll keep you ahead of the curve with the latest and greatest healthy options hitting store shelves. and we got to try them too. stormtracker 6 live double scan looking live at the ben franklin from city hall. david murphy has the exclusive

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in honor of his birthday tomorrow the city of philadelphia dedicates this mural of kevin hart the portrait of the funny home town hero was created at max's cheesesteaks just a block from kevin's childhood home. it's the second ever kevin hart day in philadelphia. councilm councilman clark and oh are hosting it. happy birthday to you. meanwhile the sun is taking a break? >> it's a pretty cloudy day the way things are working out and we have stormtracker 6 live double scan alicia and we are mainly dry across the region and there is a little bit of a shower off to the north and west of us. one of these moving to the east of wilmington right now.

and there is a little bit of yellow showing up there too and these are slow movers they get on top of you and sit there for a while. and stuff in oxford pushing slowly through chester county and lancaster county more cells on their way. look outside we are looking at mainly cloudy skies and clouds with limited sun the way we go the rest of the way the farther north in the poconos and lehigh valley. the temperature now is 80 and the dew point is 60 on the cusp of what we consider humid air and not really humid out there. winds 9 miles per hour and ocean temperature at 64. temperatures across the region, 82 in allentown and 79 in reading and 74 in lancaster and 80s in millville and dover and 78 in cape may. that is where you'll stop down the shore. in the lehigh valley today sun mixing with clouds possible to see clouds up north at times and 87 degrees is the high there.

and down the shore clouds with limited sunshine and high temperatures in the upper 70s in most of our areas a low risk of rip currents swim near the lifeguards and upper 70s in bethany beach and rehoboth, re go partly sunny and making it a clouds and sun break 86 is your high, and breezy. there is a pop-up shower around this afternoon as you saw. most of you stay dry. later on in the evening a pop your shower and places we see the rain right now can't be ruled out otherwise a few clouds and 68 degrees and drying overnight. then we get into the late week period thursday into friday. all the heat is trapped under a ridge of high pressure under the western portion of the country you have the ridge there and a trough forms. and we'll get one thursday into friday morning. sweeping right through and

bringing us showers and thunderstorms, on thursday at noon future tracker 6 showing you some of this stuff popping up here and there. i think later in the afternoon the better chance of seeing more of this action. downpours are possible and may even see a strong storm here or there. and then we get into the 11:00 period on thursday night and still looking at action and i think some of this may tail into the early part of friday morning when i'm on the air to track it for you on stormtracker 6 live double scan and by the way tomorrow there is a slight chance in the southern portions of the region. cape may county and southern two-thirds of delaware for an isolated strong storm. that is something to keep in mind. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 86 is the high and some clouds and sun and nice in terms of how it feels and nice on the delaware bay and ocean front and humid and not as cloudy and 78 degrees and we have the rain moving in in the half noon and getting thicker and widespread during the day

and at night. it's still raining in spots and a high of 87. that system clears out of here though and on saturday starting saturday and several days after that. highs in the 80s and lower humidity and a fair amount of sunshine and no sign of precipitation. we'll be watering the potted plants starting saturday alicia. >> thank you. check this out a fascinating discovery that may shake up what you may know about prehistoric predators, it turns out the dinosaur was not the top dog during the jurassic period. it was this guy the bone crushing crocodile. the croc like creature was 23 feet long and weighed up to 2300 pounds and it was at the top of the food chain. 170 million years ago. wouldn't want to mess with that one.

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here are the stories we are following at 12:30, she made it out alive but a bensalem woman's decision to back in her home cost her her life. and a fireworks show went terribly wrong at action park. and coffee could be the thing you need to kick start your diet. and the story out of bucks county where a woman was killed in a house fire. she initially escape the the flames but went back in to save her dog. the call went out at 6:30 on june avenue, there were heavy flames and the victim is 39 years old. tabatha wattecy. fire crews tried to rescue the girl and were unable to. two other occupants were