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the union and columbus tonight looking to avoid two straight for the first time since early june this is a big one union two points out of the final playoff spot coming into play and they were handed the goal cup and new jersey native john mccarthy and early on mccarthy great save and keeping it scoreless and 65 minute he can't get his hands on it and justin watch closely off a union player and ends. that is the difference. take another look. wow. union lose 1-0 and dropped back to back for the first time in 7
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weeks and will get another shot wednesday at home. how about a round of applause after the greatest round ever at a major brent done grace a relatively unknown golfer shoots the lowest round in the history of a major and have been playing these things for 156 years move over jack arnold and tiger making history in the third round of the british open shooting 62 best score in 442 majors there they were played the south african said he was in the zone eight birdies and tied for fifth barring a major mel down jordan spieth will be celebrating tomorrow with a three shot lead after three a minor mistake or two in the minors and nascar xfinity series and justin runs into his crew the jack was up side down, he is a good sport and he gets up and still does his job. algire he takes off maybe a little too fast because the crew they don't have enough time to
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get the tire on and he has one of the worst finishes of 2:50 and you had a bad day at work sitting next to me. >> thanks and a north philadelphia man celebrating 101 years of life tonight james washington is a world war ii vet who says he has seen a lot in his lifetime and if you want to live a long happy life there is one person in particular you should take advice from. >> my advice to them is you know listen to your grandma. greatest thing i can tell them listen to grandma, grandma have been through it don't you know. >> reporter: washington's family claims he once dated 50s and 60s soul singer etta james and said he has had many friends during his lifetime action news at 11:30 continues next we will be right back.
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♪ action news continues. ♪ news at 11:30 a day after a major shake up in the white house president trump fires off a saturday morning tweet storm showing his anger about a hosted topic plus this heat wave is putting a strain on many air conditioning units and on budgets we have tips on how to save on the energy bill while still keeping cool and a local
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church community spends this saturday taking part in an annual tradition running and walking to help others. and now the details president trump began this morning with a series of tweets ten in all showing his anger on everything from press reports about his attorney general to healthcare and even hillary clinton. it comes a day after a major shake up in his administration and days before his son is set to testify before congress. abcs elizabeth hurr has more. >> may god bless and guide this war ship and all who shall sail in her. >> reporter: president trump sailing ahead with his message to rebuild our nation's military with the commissionering of the aircraft carrier the uss gerald ford as he tries to right the ship among his staff. the commander in chief naming a new communications director former wall street executive anthony scaramucci who wasn't
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always on board the trump train once calling him a hack. >> i personally apologize for the 50th time i love the president. >> reporter: and thanking former white house secretary sean spicer following his resignation saying sean spicer is a wonderful person who took tremendous abuse from the fake news media but his future is bright. the message among a hail of tweets another aimed at the washington post their bomb shell reports that u.s. intelligence intercepted phone calls from the russian ambassador last year reporting discussions with jeff sessions about the campaign. >> i never had. >> reporter: sessions has denied these talks took place and trump reaction quote these illegal leaks like comey's must stop and sessions was already in trouble with trump and days ago the president expressed his frustration at sessions decision to recuse himself from the russia probe telling the "new york times" had he known he would have picked somebody else
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to be attorney general. >> not afraid to throw loyalests under the bus. >> reporter: calling for the resignation of the mayor over the deadly police shooting of a bride to be. [ chanting ] the mayor betsy hodges is defiant saying she will not reside over the shooting death of 40-year-old justin damond the officer accused of killing her is refusing to talk to investigators and last saturday she called 911 to report a possible sexual assault behind her home when police responded they were startled by a loud noise and officer opened fire killing damond and stunning news about a louisiana woman whose family and friends thought died when her house burned to the ground and 49-year-old nanette of saint tamini died from a gunshot wound and what is stunning is her loved ones were
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on the news during her memorial service. >> we kind of expected that family would have been notified or one of us notified prior to release. >> reporter: another firefighter her husband is also the department's chief and was reportedly at work when the fire began. the state fire marshal is looking in the cause of the fire and sheriff department is investigating the gunshot and so far no one named as a suspect. from our delaware newsroom three people recovering tonight after being exposed to carbon monoxide, this morning firefighters were called to 3800 in greenville for a carbon monoxide alarm and 32-year-old unconscious in the building and two others were suffering from dizziness and an altered mental status according to authorities all three are at christian hospital in stable condition no word what caused the leak. out of control driver was a one man wracking crew in hunting park today and struck at least
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nine cars and bystanders and the car's owners tried to stop him but he kept on going. action news annie mccormick spoke to witnesses. >> reporter: witnesses say the driver came through like an maniac and no bystanders hurt. >> worried about kids getting hit he is crazy. >> an out of control driver hit multiple vehicles in the parking lot. >> came this way, smacked the car boom and ran the curb. >> reporter: hit the corner of the restaurant leaving his front bumper behind and jumped cars and hit them head on and reverse and owners of the damaged vehicles tried to stop him. >> this way and he went straight down front street and we are chasing him to get his license plate so he had hit another four more cars. >> sweating in the car with the windows locked up and try to drag him out of the car but the door was locked. all i was thinking about was the little kids. >> reporter: this is video from
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front and tiogo where the construction continued where the out of control driver hit more cars a witness snapped this photo of first responders tending to a man identified by witnesses as the driver. according to police the damage on the burger king was superficial and it remains open and still waiting for information about the driver reporting in hunting park annie mccormick channel six action news. a young father of four gunned down in chester and mother says it's time to bring her son's killer to justice and here is rick williams with tonight's crime fighter's report. >> he was strong willed but a very loving guy, very respected in the neighborhood and his death has affected us like no one can believe. >> reporter: joan gate wood said her son's kyle watson's death was simply senseless. >> someone shot him in the back
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of the head and threw him out the street. >> reporter: on sunday january 22 the 28-year-old was in the area of six and magnolia in chester delaware county where police found watson shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene. gate wood believes her son's death is somehow connected to a few recent acquaintance he made. >> he started a relationship with guys in chester and not too long after i find my son dead. >> reporter: she last talked to watson a few hours before his death. >> around 1:00 in the morning i got a call from my son and he just said mom are you all right, i'm just checking on you. that is the last time i heard from him. >> reporter: the city of chester and delaware county district attorneys office offering up to 15,000 in reward money for information that leads to arrest and conviction of the person responsible. all you have to do is call the citizens crime commission at 215-546-tips all calls will remain anonymous for gate wood
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she just wants to put this behind her. >> i will never have a restful spirit until i know what happened to my son because it's wrong no one has a right to take anybody's life. >> reporter: crime fighters rick williams channel six action news. >> members of the enon tabernacle baptist church took part in an annual tradition today to help raise money and awareness about diabetes the annual sit for trinity walk and run kicked off in german town and congregation walked and ran five miles from enon west to enon east from a tradition of marching from the site of the old church building to the new one and the pastor hopes each step taken is one toward better health. >> we try to keep people aware of how to take care of their bodies because we believe that the god we serve is not just worried about us getting to heaven but living the best life on earth. >> reporter: this is the 12th year for this event all proceeds from the walk will benefit local seniors with diabetes.
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still to come on action news tonight this hot weather has a lot of people keeping their air conditioners running 24 hours a day but if you do that there are still ways to keep your energy bill a bit lower and we will tell you how coming up, melissa. >> sarah we had strong showers and storms around the region and now a few left over showers and looks like it will bring an end to the heat wave by sunday, details for an exclusive accuweather forecast.
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sketchy but confirmed one is dead at the scene the latest on action news beginning at 6:00 tomorrow morning. melissa back with another check of your accuweather forecast and looking for some relief from the heat. >> yes and the good news is showers we had earlier today sarah are starting to move off to the south and east and eventually the relief is coming and we will show you what is going on with storm tracker six live double scan radar and showers north of trenton in mercer county and showers to the south of wilmington as well so we are going to track a little bit of precipitation in the overnight hours and sunday afternoon and all because of the heat and humidity, this is day five today of heat wave five and started out on tuesday with a high of 91, wednesday 96, thursday's high 95 yesterday and today we maxed out in at 93 well of the norm of 87 this time of year, satellite six and action radar with showers and storms and a lot of activity starting
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to move off to the south and east and the heaviest is actually well to the south of our viewing area and looks like once again tomorrow things will set up to the south of philadelphia. so for the rest of tonight we are still tracking a few showers around it stays humid and drop to 68 in the suburbs for the overnight low and 72 in philadelphia with that southwestly wind at 6-12 miles per hour. and tomorrow looks like we will break the heat wave and temperatures not in the 90s and not as hot and a touch unsettled and humid so it's a warm day high of 85 philadelphia, 82 allentown to reading and lancaster and dover and cape may 85 toms river in at 82 and tracking showers and storms because the storm prediction center placed our area in a slight risk of finding some severe weather from allentown to philadelphia and points to the south tomorrow and future tracker six overnight 2:00 in the morning some left over moisture the big concern with any one of the thunderstorms
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that move through is drenching rain and tomorrow clouds and pockets of sun and a spot city shower there in south jersey for millville and atlantic city and things will refire as we get in sunday afternoon when you get the heating of the day adding to the instability then you have moisture coming in from the west those showers popping up for philadelphia also into wilmington and getting close to dover so the big concern as we look at the risk assessment tomorrow across the region lightning a high concern for that same thing for downpours and strong winds and a low concern for large hail and also an isolated tornado exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and break our heat wave tomorrow with a high of 85 and still pretty humid and a pop up possible. on monday mostly cloudy pop up thunderstorm overhead high at 88 and finally refreshing by tuesday with lower humidity in at 83 for the high, still nice on wednesday with a high temperature of 85 degrees then turning more humid on thursday in at 88, friday clouds and some sun in at 88 degrees and next
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saturday it's a seasonable day in at 88 sarah. >> all right melissa thank you. as you know the last few days have been unbearably hot and most of us want to just crank up the air conditioning paying for it might be another problem. abcs jaw they norman has some tips for staying cool without breaking the bank. >> reporter: tonight the temptation to crank up the ac hard to resist. washington d.c. resident luke is beating the heat without breaking the bank. >> just over 40 bucks for your electric bill middle of the summer not too bad. >> no it's not, it's pretty good. >> reporter: over the last two years he has cut his bill in half. rule one temperature matters. raising your thermostat just one degree can lower your bill up to 6%. >> i don't mind a warm house other people like it cooler so i keep that into consideration. >> reporter: and take care of your system. he changes his filter and cleans the coils on his ac regularly that prevents clogging and inefficiencies to raid your
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utility bill and experts also recommend replace your old thermostat with a smart one that can monitor heating and cooling and turn off when not needed and may sound simple but using a fan makes a room feel ten degrees cooler but uses 10% less energy than an air conditioner. one more thing you can do at home is check your rate. 20 states allow consumers to shop around to make sure you're getting the best price on electricity. jaw they norman abc news washington.
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they are booing again kind of wild and jeremy is all dishing for other teams and let's hope opposing scouts have the start up getting ice cream and allow six runs in five innings but the fighting phils fight back trying to make peace with the fans down 8-1 and back in the 8th and a three run game tying homer and they are loving this thing and going nuts in the ninth hector with santana and lose 9-8 ending their three game winning streak and carson wentz will have a ton of new weapons when he arrives at training camp and wednesdayel and roommate in training camp last year says wentz is a true leader and working to make sure he has a big role this year too. >> move it. >> eagles running back small wood is making a big leap in the second season.
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100% healthy from the knee injury he had last year he spent the off season working on pass blocking and conditioning. >> when they draft and resign garrett do you work harder and extra workout here, is it self motivation? >> self motivation for me to get get better and with the competition it's driving everyone in that room. >> reporter: after all the changes the eagles made small believes they are ready to make a run. >> all the work we have been putting in and the guys we brought in to make the team better. >> nobody wants to see this happen more than he does and small wood grew up on this street in wilmington delaware a big eagles fan what would it mean for you to win a superbowl. >> it's funny when people come to me and say i'm in the same boat as you and want to achieve one and for me to want to do it on the team and get the first superbowl it will be a dream
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come true. >> by the way lots of old stories tell me looking at the old house including that front window right there he broke when he was lit with a football and she was mad because she had to pay. >> a local success story already and castle is next on channel six and we continue at 6:00 with gray hall and hall and for walter perez and melissa magee and jeff skversky i'm sarah bloomquist have a great night. ♪
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