in solebury bucks county where local lawmen and the f.b.i. have been digging and digging and digging. they have been looking for clues to help them solve the maddening mystery of four missing men. and we may be on the cusp of having a lot of questions answered. it is wednesday night and the big story on action news tonight the latest from the search site and the latest is this, da matt weintraub says he will announce a major development at midnight tonight. we are not going to speculate with an hour to go before officially finding out. action news reporter dann cuellar has been monitoring the situation all night and dann what is the story? >> reporter: well i can tell you this jim a midnight news conference by the bucks county dc da is unprecedented but search teams uncovered something significant for the first time the search was not called off like it has been, it has not

been broken off until daybreak and chopper six hd is over the scene where it's going on lights and generators were brought in as we saw medical teams rather teams in medical scrubs going in and out of the tents where a considerable amount of digging has been going on all da matt weintraub would say is that they uncovered several important pieces of evidence. he later added this note. >> we are going to find something for sure i have no doubt of that, no doubt of that. can't really confirm more. >> reporter: with key clues said to be uncovered at the 90 acre farm owned by the family of cosmo dinardo action news learned that cadaver dogs have been doing important work that as well as other important tools. >> we have been utilizing just some amazing resources resources that i didn't even know existed let alone we had. >> reporter: in a day of fast moving developments dinardo was rearrested for trying to sell the car of tom meo one of the four missing men the 1996 nissan

maxima had been recovered sunday at a garage owned by the family on ac-aquetong road road and his diabetic commitment which he never leaves home without was in the back seat. >> cosmo dinardo attempted to sell meo's vehicle for 500 to a friend's identity we know and are protecting. >> reporter: in a move to keep him locked up this time as the search for the men goes on prosecutors had a 5 million cash bail for dinardo the highest ever set by judge maggie snow. >> we consider dinardo a flight risk and have enough evidence at this time to make arrest based on probable cause. >> action news learned that dinardo's parents tony and sandra dinardo have been subpoenaed to appear before a bucks grant jury tomorrow and hired high powered attorney fortunato perri jr. and issued this statement as parents mr. and mrs. dinardo sympathize with

the parents with the missing young men and cooperating in every way possible by the investigation by law enforcement. a neighbor reported hearing gunshots and yelling coming from the farm saturday afternoon. >> and i looked at my husband keith and i said was that fireworks? because fourth of july is past. and he said oh, no no no that is a shotgun. and i said well that was very disturbing. >> reporter: now we note the da weintraub refused to confirm or deny anything about a grand jury being empanelled and said he is forbidden to do so by law and meanwhile a prayer vigil that had been scheduled for saturday has been cancelled at the request of the families live in solebury bucks county i'm dann cuellar channel six action news jim thank you dann. >> there were prayers in maryland for jimi tar patrick one of the four missing men where the 19-year-old attends college 50 students and faculty

members gathered at the catholic schools chapel for a candlelight vigil tonight. >> we draw our hope, we draw our comfort from our spiritual prayer and jimi tar patrick's family asked us when they notified us he was missing please pray for us. >> it has been a week since patrick's disappearance and the mom of mark sturgis posted on facebook i just wanted to let everybody know from the bottom of our hearts how touched we are by all the love and prayers and kind words during this nightmare, this was the act of pure evil. all we can do is continue to pray for our loved ones and hope that these boys are found. all week long the story has been the most viewed online and we will cut in on channel six at midnight tonight for this news conference. we will also stream it live on

6abc.com and the 6abc news app and weintraub's news conference with major developments being announced at midnight tonight and of course the action news morning team will have all the latest developments overnight beginning at 4:30. we are two days into the heat wave but tomorrow is going to be the worst of it, we have an excessive heat warning in effect until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night and with good reason we could see a heat index closing in on 105 degrees. let's get the latest information from cecily tynan and accuweather cecily. >> tracking record heat on the way today, today or tomorrow and today and yesterday was hot enough, 91 degrees yesterday, today 91 degrees. the average high this time of the year is 87 we had a heat index in philadelphia in the mid 90s and even now you step outside it feels really hot and still feels 89 philadelphia and trenton and

93 in dover and the heat buster a cold front up to theing to ta getting here you can see all the activity with showers and thunderstorms in new york state and new el b pulling in until f so ahead of it tomorrow this is when the heat wave will be peaking we haveheat warning in effect for all the counties surrounding the i 95 corridor this is where the heat index could c the outlying areas most of them except for right along thet and nose under heat advisories where the heat index climbing up in thed talking about dangerous heat and humidity and tomorrow the hottest day of the year if we hit 97 degrees the hottest day so far this year was back on june 13th when we hit 96. a few isolated thunderstorms possible tomorrow any of them could contain heavy rain, high winds but friday looks to be the most active day and behind that

a big change in our air mass i'll talk all about that coming up, in the few accuweather seven-day forecast jim. >> thank you cecily a 57-year-old woman was killed in a random attack this morning by a man police say may have been high on a drug known as rent and she was beaten with a hammer and stabbed and rosalind wick was in the crescentville section when a man broke in after 7:00 and wick's pregnant daughter was able to run out of the house and find a neighbor to help the neighbor then came face-to-face with the killer. >> when i go to the door the guy slams the door in my face boom so now i'm trying to get into the house. it was just terrifying you know and i just really hope you know he turns himself in. >> reporter: police say they know who the suspect is they have not been able to find him. investigators say a shooting that left a woman and her teenage step daughter dead may have been a case of mistaken identity. it happened just after midnight on 3900 street

in north philadelphia police say the women were in a borrowed vehicle when at least two gunman pulled up and fired more than 20 windows on the vehicle were tinted so the gunman may never have seen who was inside. tonight residents and concerned citizens came together to say that nonviolence can be a way of life in the frankfort section of philadelphia but police say they need people to be their partners. action news reporter christie ileto is live at the 15th police district christie you have the full story. >> reporter: that's right jim organizers say this was more than just a rally but a push to get residents to step up and do their part to make their communities safer. >> peace still lives in frankfort. >> we've had a significant amount of violence in our community. >> peace still lives in frankfort. >> we gathered people together to remind them that peace is a better option. >> reporter: flanked by police about 100 concerned residents

and clergy marched from three different directions carrying one message to the epicenter of drug deals at the intersection of oxford and frankfort. walking down this street you can already see where the different crime scenes have been in the summer. >> i'm trying to raise a kid here you know like it's that is bad in the first place. >> reporter: so far this year 163 homicides that is up 21% from this time last year, frankfort is a hot zone for some of the city's violence. >> there is no questions about it that it's a challenging area. >> reporter: police can only do so much and asking residents to do their part. >> the more people that come forward we will have change here. >> reporter: what do you hope people take away from your presents and markers? >> people in the community who want to stop the violence and willing to rally around and do what we have to do. >> reporter: and for those who live here this is just the beginning. >> more rallies and we are

trying to get people concerned to the point that they will truly come out here and represent peace in a physical way. >> reporter: now organizers tonight were really stressing community involvement so much so this is one of many stop the violence rallies they will be having this summer in that area, the next one is set for august. live in northeast philadelphia christie ileto channel six action news jim. >> thank you christie. new jersey state police are looking for the culprits who have been throwing rocks at cars on the atlantic city expressway and this is the result, the windshields of at least two cars were hit just before 9:30 last night near exit 41 and sicklerville and one suffered minor cuts from slivers and glass but fortunately the rocks didn't breakthrough a construction worker is out of the hospital tonight after a dramatic high angle rescue he was trapped 80 feet up at the croda chemical company on 300

cherry lane in new castle delaware after suffering a back injury firefighters climbed up the tower and hooked up a stretcher to one of the big cranes already on site and hoisted the victim to the ground. well they rocked the beach tonight in atlantic city, the first of several atlantic city beach tests concerts this summer and tonight it was obvious why so many people were wearing pink. action news reporter annie mccormick was there. ♪ eager fans rejoiced as pink took the stage on the atlantic city beach she is the first performer for the 2017 atlantic city beach fest concert series. pink hair and wearing pink t-shirts fans filled the beach. >> amazing. it was so much fun. it's so chill. laid back. everyone is having a great time. >> she is one of us. >> reporter: the doylestown native feels like a hometown

headliner to some and medics were on hand to treat people affected by the heat and humid conditions but it did not stop people from lining up earlier. >> it was pretty hot but i would stand in heat for her. >> i have my sun block and water i'm good. >> reporter: concert series in the fourth year is part of a multi million agreement with the casino to host concerts in atlantic city aiming to draw 30,000 this summer and next. >> look at the shows like today and tomorrow be very surprised if we do not produce 22 million in food and beverage and room sales so great plus plus in the middle of the week. >> reporter: mayor don says the concert series is redefining summer in atlantic city and getting big acts like pink is reflective of that. >> this is the defining moment because pink has not been in performance for the last three years in an east coast per

performance. >> reporter: so the concert is thursday night with gilbert and the tickets are available on the board want annie mccormick 6abc. >> still to come on action news the president comes to his son's defense over the russia meeting scandal plus an experimental treatment that began years ago at penn and chop could get the green light from the government to start saving kids with cancer and it's the size of delaware one of the largest icebergs ever seen and it's just cracked off from antarctica cecily. >> feel steam ahead tomorrow with the heat index climbing above 100 and then i'm tracking stormy changes on the way and have the details in the accuweather seven-day forecast. and ducis rodgers hears from the eagles quarterback after he hosted camp carson back home that and more when action news continues tonight.

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president donald trump was quick to defend his son donald trump junior today speaking to reuters in an oval office interview and doesn't blame junior for agreeing to meet with a woman described as a russian government attorney and referring to natalia-skia according to e-mails donald trump junior released yesterday was coming to trump tower to provide dirt on hillary clinton as part of the russian government's effort to help trump win. said trump quote i think many people would have held that meeting. trump and the first lady are now winging their way to france at the invitation of french president and trump's choice to be the new head of the f.b.i. broke with trump in several ways during confirmation and christopher wray said the probe into possible coordination between the russians and the trump campaign is not a witch

hunt. he also said that he quote sure as heck would not offer a pledge of loyalty to the president. said wray my loyalty is to the constitution and the rule of law. the man considered to be the master mind of a bridge gate scandal will avoid jail. david wildstein has been sentenced to three years probation prosecutors asked for leniency today because biled steen plead guilty and his cooperation help convict to allies of governor kristy naughtonty. health check tonight a treatment for childhood leukemia first tested in philadelphia could soon be the first gene therapy available in the country fda advisory panel voted today in favor of the treatment which is called car t it was tested by children's hospital in the university of pennsylvania. emily white head was given a treatment when she was battling aggressive form of leukemia and she has now been cancer free five years and involves removing

the patient's immune cells and reprogramming the cells to fight cancer cells. it will now be up to the full fda to approve it. an iceberg nearly the size of delaware has broken out from antarctica and is drifting freely in the ocean at more than 2200 square miles and weighing more than a trillion metric tons it holds twice the volume of lake eerie. it is one of the biggest icebergs ever recorded, scientists have been expecting this for months and do not expect this to cause a global sea level rise but worry it may destabilize the ice shelf that it left behind and of course scientists will now try to prove a suspicion that this is the result of global warming. >> and we are going from global warming to local warming climate change to just a heat wave and tomorrow is going to be intense. you really want to take it easy. action cam tonight taking a look

at the center city skyline no rain out there to cool us off tonight and the actual cold front that will bring an end to the heat wave storm tracker six live showing it's well up to the north and has been bringing some severe weather to new york state severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings that is the system that will be slipping in on friday and likely bring a stormy end to the heat wave but until then it's just really hot. the heat will be peaking on thursday, this is when you combine the temperature and the humidity it's going to feel more than 100 degrees and friday is when it gets very stormy with potential for some heavy downpours and even some severe weather right now it's still very warm out there, philadelphia 84 degrees, down from the high of 91, atlanta city airport 83, allentown 79 wilmington 82 and reading 80 degrees but i can't stress enough it's not just the temperature it really is the heat index so this is the way it's going to feel these are the important numbers tomorrow before you go outside for your

lunchtime run think about in the i-95 corridor most of south jersey and delaware it will feel more than 105 degrees. that is dangerously hot. most of our viewing area the northwest suburbs even very a index 100-105 st we are and an areas typically where you can get relief the poconos, the beaches the heat index even there d-1 across the board it will be uncomfortably warm and humid. satellite and radar showing that system will finally slip in on friday, that will drop temperatures in time for the weekend but could bring very unsettled weather during the day on friday the morning rush tomorrow it will be sunny and sultry with no relief at 6:00 in the morning the air temperature already 79 degrees by 8:00, 83 degrees and our high tomorrow if we hit this 97 degrees this is the hottest day so far of the year, only 1 degree shy of the record high but again you add

that humidity feeling more than 100 degrees could get a few pop up thunderstorms late in the day with that front but really most of the activity holds off until friday when the front sags. we get a triple point low developing along that wherever that track that is the best chance of severe weather and we actually bumped the temperature up to 90 degrees storms and most activity should hold up to the afternoon and could make this a four day heat wave but not as intense tomorrow. if you are down the shore even here it's going to be hot and humid. the ocean temperature is 67 degrees but the air temperature atlantic city ocean city haven and low 90s and bethenny is 92-93 and friday we have a risk of scattered severe storms in addition to heavy downpours could have some damaging wind and even some hail. so the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast oppressively hot and humid tomorrow 97 degrees some scattered storms widespread health storms on friday especially late in the

day with a high of 90 and behind it we get relief right in time for the weekend on saturday 86 lower humidity sunday looks pretty nice 89 degrees it will be warm, monday, tuesday and wednesday the heat returns, this could be our fifth heat wave of the year with a high near 90 degrees but tomorrow again dangerously hot and not only listen to your own body and look out for your neighbors when your ups or postal service driver give them some gatorade and water. >> and pets too. >> in with air conditioning and water. >> freckle fest in ocean city tonight young and old align liked up in the music pier to compete in a contest to see who had the most, the best and even the most unique freckles and one youngster tried to fake his way to victory but his blue freckles i'm sorry his blue freckles here we go he is the guy gave him away. organizers say he was easy to

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it's our biggest sale of the year! come celebrate and save. blinds to go. blinds for life. it looks like eagles nest west or northwest has come to an end so far it looks like it has been a good camp for the guys in north dakota and likely no bunk beds but camp carson was found says carson wentz for the past few days he had organized workouts in his hometown fargo north dakota for receivers football chemistry and bonding were on the agenda. >> we had nine of the 11 receivers that are on our roster right now out here and again like i said we got a lot of good work in on the field but then off the field we spent most of the days together with everybody so being able to have that bond off the field as well as on the field getting that dialog running through our plays and building that chemistry definitely was a success. >> it wasn't just football wentz

had teammates do other activities like wake boarding and jet skiing but one activity did not go so well. >> it was golfing there were eight of us and played best ball and took 4 1/2 hours to play 10 holes it was a disaster but we had fun doing it. >> all right after a day off the sixers get back to work in las vegas facing the lakers with lebron james in the building early action bolden gets the rebound and second round pick pushes the ball up and nice pass here the sixers lead right now 57-49

injured phillies second baseman hernandez made a start in clear water 0 or 1 with a walk on out for a month with oblique injury flyers wrapped up camp on a lighter note and hit stone harbor for what they call trial on the aisle water areobics and mixed it up with bubble soccer the perfect name for what that is that is sports. >> jimmy kimmel live next on channel 6 followed by night line and we will be back on at midnight with an update from bucks county da matt weintraub in the search for four missing men he says he will will major developments to disclose action news continues at 4:30 and for

cecily tynan and ducis rodgers and the entire action news team i'm jim gardner, good night.