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is facing charges after his 9-month-old daughter had to be revived from an accidental drug overdose. and everything inside of the taj mahal is being sold to make way wore a new casino at the jersey shore. and sky 6 hd showing you the view of center city at lunch time. it's a cloudy day so far with rain and thunderstorms moving in right now. meteorologist david murphy is in the weather senter with the forecast. >> we have seen plenty of rain in the region, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you that it is still pretty wet across the area and down south around cape may we have heavier cells that are continuing to pop through the region and i'll go ahead and try to take a closer look on those. and you can see that in and around cape may those are fairly heavy cells popping through over
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the next five or ten minutes, if we start this up the movement is from west to east. from you in sea isle city are you about to get hit by that as well. if you look at areas to the north in philadelphia we are getting kind of a break, lighter cells with occasional slightly higher cell popping in and out to the north and west the wide view shows this as well. add it'sal showers in gettysburg and harrisburg and as we look at the rest of the afternoon we where are look agent chunks of precipitation and a lull coming up later on in the afternoon before spotty stuff develops in the evening. 75 is your current temperature and 73 in wilmington and 74 in allentown and 72 in cape may. as we look at where numbers are going. 84 by 6:00 and 8:0079 degrees we are looking at most areas holding in the 70s and a couple
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may pop up into the 80s but 70s are more like it. what to expect, not as warm and most areas in the 70s and humid out there. spotty showers and spotty storms are possible straight up into the evening hours and maybe more of this coming our way tomorrow. one other almost to tell you about and that is severe weather, there is a chance of isolated strong storm in delaware this evening. more of this coming tomorrow and more on today and tomorrow's storms coming up on stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> all right david thank you. now, to some breaking news. investigators just revealed new information about the discovery of human remains in north philadelphia. on monday someone found a small casket containing the embalmed internal organs from a baby on west clear field street. in the last 90 minutes, the police say that the casket came from a funeral home in new jersey. just before a funeral last week
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the casket broke and the baby's body way transferred to another casket. >> the broken casket was placed in the vehicle and an employee took that vehicle and sometime during the employee being out with the vehicle the casket that was i side a bag was dumped in the area. police are trying to answer questions including why the the baby's organs were separated from the body and why the employee dumped the broken casket in philadelphia. a local man is facing charges after police had to revive a 9-month-old girl with narcan, the baby was unresponsive when they found her last night in manayunk. >> reporter: hi rick, well we
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don't know a lot about what occurred here. there was a call for a medical emergency to the house behind me. police charge aid 35-year-old man from the house. he is steven welsh. he is charged with two charges and this is the home and the suspect is the father. >> and the 35-year-old welsh lives with the baby's mother and father and a grandfather as well. police and medics were called here last night. they found the little girl unresponsive and they had to use the narcan and revived her. she was treated for an accident overdose, and was in bed with her father when the needle stuck in her leg. nobody answered the door today on green lane in manayunk. police at this point did not
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release what was in the needle that led to the overdose situation. >> thank you. a septa police officer is called a hero this noon for pulling a man out of a burning car. dash-cam video shows the scene on june 30th, he and a good samaritan removed the driver trapped under the console of his vehicle. we'll hear from the sergeant coming up in the next half hour. police in south jersey are investigating a crash with a tractor trailer and another vehicle in evesham township. the collision happened after 7:30 at the intersection of marlton parkway and the shopping center, the truck driver was not injured into president trump has arrived in germany for the g-20 summit. air force one landed in germany
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after a stop in poland. he had a conference alongside pola poland's president. he says the north korean regime is acting in a danger your manner. >> we'll see what happens, i don't like to talk about what i have planned but i have some pretty severe things we are thinking about, that doesn't mean we are going to do them. i don't draw red lines. >> president trump addressed the people at the warsaw memorial. he is expected to meet with vladimir putin tomorrow on the sidelines of the g-20. back here everything must go at the former taj mahal in atlantic city from artwork to poker tables and massive chandeliers and everything inside of the building is up for grabbed during a big liquidation sale and items from the guest rooms like coffee makers and ice
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buckets. the sale continues until there is nothing left. and then it will be turned into the new hard rock hotel and casino. kevin hart is returning to his home town for a big birthday celebration and a giant mural in his honor. jeanette reyes is live now in philadelphia. >> reporter: this is your kind of party, these fans are waiting out here since 8:00 this morning for kevin hart and it's his birthday today so it's only fitting he be met with this kind of party. he should arrive any point and he is beloved here and from here and because of the mural on the wall there on the building. celebrations today include performances by local artists that are going on right now. they'll have a special surprise
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from the phillies and the philly phanatic joins in on the fun, all the events are completely free and go on through the afternoonp and then the focus shifts and turn to the stage as hart is honored. the philly native is the highest paid comedian in the world with soldout stadiums, and record breaking movies. and he is honored because of his charitable work, he grew up blocks from here. he has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the philadelphia school district and spearheaded the effort to create the mural of kevin hart. here is his explain ace. >> he gave $400,000 to the schools and is a top notch entertainer, really a great example of someone that came from our neighborhood without any help and found his own tal enand had faith in himself and
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took a positive road and things worked out well. >> the great thing about kevin hart is his charitable work and is committed to giving back to the inner city, schools, playgrounds and neighborhood centers. >> kevin hart is set to speak at 12:35 this afternoon. we'll have that for you and i'll broadcast it live on facebook. and he is also being given or today will be declared kevin hart day and also his birthday. quite the celebration for a philly native here. reporting live, jeanette reyes, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. there is more ahead on "action news" at noon. an arts and crafts store chain is ordered to pay a $3 million fine and the allegations involving merchandise from the middle east to hobby lobby stores into the u.s.
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and an ice-cream tour around the region we'll tell you the best places to grab a cold treat coming up in our next half hour. and david murphy is back with the accuweather forecast. when "action news" continues in just a moment.
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an evacuation order remains in place for hundreds of residents in colorado. authorities ordered people to leave after a wild fire broke out at a popular ski resort. the base includes hotels and restaurants and about businesses but that section is not evacuated yet. that fire is among several burning out west include nevada, washington and california. the investigation continues into that deadly shooting of a new york city police officer yesterday morning. 48-year-old officer familia a veteran of the inch ypd was shot sitting in the squad car in the bronx. and investigators trying to determine why. the gunman who had a violent history was shot and killed by new york police about a block away from the crime. united airlines is once again making headlines for all the wrong reasons, the passenger
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was forced to give up her seat and this time it was a 2-year-old child. shirley says she was forced to hold her 2 1/2-year-old son on her lap for a 3.5 hour flight. she paid for the seat but was taken. she tried to add the problem and she issued an apology and walks away. >> the arts and crafts company is fined for bringing art facts into the united states. the items were purchased from a dealer in the united arab emirates they will forfeit thousands of artifacts. a space x rocket is finally
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soaring high above the earth. >> t-minus 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 -- >> a rocket carrying a communications satellite lifted off from the kennedy space sentner florida. and they initial llie lly plann for sunday but canceled it two days in a row. it's the 10th launch so far in 2017. still to come a tiny device is helping heart patients stay on top of their health. also, a drug freeway to get a buzz. that is how one company is describing a snortable chocolate powder. why some doctors are raising concern when "action news" continues. supplement insurance plan,care insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company.
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health check at noon doctors are raising concern about a new product that doctors are using to get high. cocoa loco is a snortable chocolate powder and an orlando company is marketing the powder as a way to get a buzz. it contains the ingredients you see in energy drinks. it could cause heart palpitations and could be intensifies if a person inhales
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the ingredients. a tiny device is helping doctors quietly keep watch over their patient's hearts. tamala edwards has more in the art of aging report. >> your rhythm today looks pretty good. >> one day last year peter his vision. he had a mini stroke and had a f fib. blood clots can form and briefly block vessels. >> a body's warning sign that something bigger is coming. >> he sent him home with blood thinnering and a recording of loop recorder in his chest.
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>> the the vast majority of patients forget it's there in the first weeks. >> but the information is invaluable. >> it watches every heartbeat of that person 24 hours a day. >> when it's irregular it sends a message saying is he having one of those again. >> it can be increased medication to stop clotting and it's watching so he can enjoy life. >> dr. goldstein says they don't know how many strokes it may have prevented. >> we estimated 25% of patients have afib and now it's 30%. the action cam is out working on new stories tonight beginning at 4:00. in the wake of a deadly road rage incident that killed a
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teenager. we have the details coming up. and down the shore on this cloudy thursday looking at a company that harvests salts from the atlantic ocean. a preview of this weekend's state barbecue championship. and accuweather is next at noon. sky 6 hd is looking live at cape may. david murphy has the seven-day forecast.
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meteorologist, david murphy, is here now to talk about soggy weather. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you that we have rain falling across a good portion of the area. and if we go in closer you see heavier cells highlighted in yellow and one in cape may and some by gettysburg, with you
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don't know you far east that will make it. we'll show you future tracker 6 and talk in more detail about that cell out to the west. outside we have sky 6 hd action cam. showing you clouds and this is university city on the penn campus and damp across the region. 75 in philadelphia and the dew point is at 69 and that has risen a bit since we dawned this morning. we are a little more humid now and no surprise with the rain falling and winds out of the east at 9. and temperatures across the region everybody is stuck in the low to mid-70s from allentown to cape may. and cloud cover just about everywhere but we have a batch of rain coming through and how much of the west is making it and the possible that we get into a lull before it gets wet again. here is what we show you on future tracker 6 fairly wet and dry air injecting into the
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western areas and some rain drying out. and 3:00 the model drying out in allentown and reading and allowing for a pop-up shower and thunderstorm. hard to say where it will be include cloudy and damp through the afternoon. later this evening additional showers are possible and likely we'll have something for you on radar later this afternoon and tonight with adam and cecily. and lehigh valley a lot of cloudsp spotty shower and 79 the rest of the way. down the shore clouds and a spotty shower at times and low risk of rip currents, highs in the mid to upper 70s from north to south to bethany beach. and 78 degrees and clouds and a shower or a thunderstorm. if we do see storms pop up in southern delaware sussex around rehoboth and lewes you may wind up with a strong storm in
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delaware. 6:05 game for the phillies. there is a chance of a spotty shower. if you head to the game i won't tell you not to go. whether or not to bring rain gear? probably a good idea. first pitch 73 and adam and cecily are keeping aan eye on the 69 and a cloud or thunderstorm. and downpours before the end of the rush hour and then the afternoon another lull and tomorrow evening another shot at a shower or thunderstorm up until 11:00. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast today 78 and clouds and showers and storms at times and tomorrow 85 with rain in the morning and another round at night. saturday warm and less humid and looking like it's unsettled on saturday. and we'll see clouds and sun and parts of the day where there are a few showers. sunday is looking great sunshine and more settled weather monday
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and tuesday. getting hot on tuesday could see a midweek thunderstorm next week. >> thank you. there is more to come on "action news" at 12:30, the star of the latest spider-man movie says you ask expect adventure and fun in the film. hear from actor tom holland when we return. and ice-cream is a way of life for people in our area. the journey to delicious ice-cream success. delicious is the word.
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"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. hello sara is off. here are the stories we are following for you now on "action news" at 12:30. >> a female driving the truck said the car is on fire, obviously at that point, you got to get them out. >> a septa police officer pulled an unconscious driver out of his vehicle moments before the car burst into flames we are live with the full story. >> from the poker tables to the chandeliers everything must go at the former taj mahal casino. we are live at the liquidation sale. and philadelphia welcomes back funny man kevin hart with a mural and celebration. and the unsettled forecast

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