wreckage strewn street leads to the arrest of a police officer. >> and severe storms in the region. >> and severe storms in the region. accuweather, next. are there really...? 25,000 of them? yeah. want more changes to win? go to palottery.com and enter your non-winning tickets for the gold fish second-chance drawing with $10,000 prizes. >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with jim gardner. ♪ >> four vehicles on the 1500 block of north sixth street in north philadelphia. they were sitting ducks for an alleged drunk driver that

bounced off one and then hit another. according to authorities, the man behind the wild wheel was an off-duty cop. it's wednesday night and the big story is a potential case of off-duty, dui. dann cuellar is at police headquarters. what are the details? >> he may have been off duty, but the 22nd district officer is in deep trouble. charges are pending which could spell the end of his short four-year career. >> the intersection looked like the aftermath of a demolition derby. one resident said he was deep asleep when he was awaken by the sound of -- >> boom, boom. >> a honda civic slammed up against a row home on the block. a motorcycle was also hit. one resident ran out to confront

the driver who appeared to be highly intoxicated. >> he couldn't even stand up. he was drunk. >> the off duty officer driving the jeep said it wasn't his fault. >> he said a car hit him and pushed him into everything. >> there was no damage to the back of his car. >> they got spooked when they noticed the driver had a gun. >> we didn't know he was cop. he said it's cool, i'm a cop. >> a off duty cop was taken in by on duty cops that gave him a breathalyzer. .198 blood alcohol content. >> how much is that? >> twice the legal limit. the legal limit is .08. >> residents were dismayed over who the drunk driver turned out to be. >> he's supposed to be a police officer protecting the city. >> the 40-year-old officer has

been placed on administrative duty while the charges are being reviewed by the district attorney's office. jim? >> thank you, dan. a stretch of kelly park was closed down. the cyclist was thrown to the pavement. he was rushed to hineman hospital in critical condition. >> philadelphia police say a daycare owner sexually abused two five-year-old children, a girl and boy. geft vaitors are worried there could be more victims. 53-year-old duncan round has operated the sprouts preschool for the past decade. police are telling parents to watch for signs of withdrawal, or unusual behavior and talk to their children. >> a gloucester county man is

face first-degree murder charges in the death of his wife. 43-year-old michelle long was found dead in the backyard in her pool fully clothed june 15th. prosecutors allege that norman long beat her to death, dumped her in the pool and concocted a ruse to make it look like he wasn't involved. >> she didn't deserve this at all. we are broken without her. >> the couple had been married more than 15 years. >> lightning lit up the skies over the delaware and lehigh valley this afternoon into this evening with hundreds of strikes recorded by storm tracker 6 live. dennis winnington sent us this photograph looking forward the

creek. >> thunderstorms pummeled parts of northampton county with hail. krista duvall sent us this video from nazareth. >> this was the sound of popping in upper dublin after a tree branch took out a transformer. the viewer who reported it says her neighbors got out safely. >> then there was street flood frg the torrential rain. this is how it looked in wilmington as drivers tried to navigate the roads that temporarily turned into streams. some didn't get it and ignored cecily tynan's constant warning, turn around don't drown. they risked going through deep water, stalled out and needed to be rescued. >> let's tune into cecily tynan with the forecast. >> after afternoon and early

evening weather, the weather is settling down now. there is a cluster of weakening storms near harrisburg. we have light showers in cumberland county, millville over the mouth of the delaware bay. no lightning strikes, just showers moving through. we had a variety of everything, heavy rain, ocean county, an inch and a half of rain. hail large as quarter sized in chester brook. a house fire caused by lightning. philadelphia reporting wind gusts of 45 miles per hour. easton reporting a lot of roads closed due to flooding. the storms did something else. they stopped temperatures from reaching 90-degrees today. we were close. what this means, we are not in the sixth heatwave of the year. it will be hot near 90. tracking afternoon thunderstorms

and a cooldown for the weekend including a chance of showers. we talk about that in the seven-day forecast. jim? >> the ride sharing service lyft says they have no record of a havertown woman being picked up and robbed. britney law says her city called the company for a ride home this morning. the driver stopped at a store, a gas station, asked the sister to go in and get him a bottle of water. she did. the driver took off with law inside. >> the driver took her to olney in philadelphia where he robbed her and pushed her out of the car. she was not injured. the city of philadelphia has completed its third day of clearing the conrad tracks in the philadelphia bad lands. they are using equipment to clean out piles of debris from one of the worst open-air drug denies.

good intentions can have unintended consequences. it's causing an addict migration. christie, what about this? >> jim, it's no secret that gurney street needed to be cleaned up. the city has found permanent housing for some that lived there, but others are fanning out to nearby neighborhoods. >> living in the shadows below the bridge at lehigh and emerald, addict laura mull holland says they have seen new people since the cleaning up of gurney street. she chose not to show her face. >> there were four people that came down here yesterday. it's horrible when you have no place to go. >> the city began dismantling gurney street that has for

decades personified the opioid crisis. >> the city has placed two dozen people into permanent houses or long-term treatment facility yes, iies,but for those that dot help -- >> are you seeing them fan out in neighborhoods? >> the abnormal becomes normal. >> if they go to another place, it doesn't treat the problem, right? >> you are right, but like i said before, you have to want to get clean. you have to want to get detox. >> recovering addicts like scott says he's already seeing a change. >> there are a lot more cops on the street walking around. it's been getting better. >> while police are beefing up patrol, the city is making resources available to those that want help. really, it boils down to whether

the individuals want help to get clean. chris christie, "action news." jim? >> great report. a philadelphia neighborhood came together to keep their streets crime free. residents, members of the community organizations and officials rallied on holly street in west philadelphia. they spoke out on the drug activity taking place on their block. participantshope to discourage crime by showing a united front. >> can you help find the norristown attacker. a $10,000 reward is being offered. chopper 6 was keeping an eye on the tree line trails where a 19-year-old runner said she was sexual assaulted at gunpoint yesterday morning. these are new images released today showing possible witnesses to the murder of a man in ard

more township on saturday. they could have crucial evidence in the search for the suspect derek rolllands. we believe there are people that may have information to the case. 45 minutes before the shooting in philadelphia, a man that looked like rolands opened fire on two men in a car. u.s. marshals are offering a $2,500 reward to testimony that brings a conviction bringing the reward money to $27,000. >> president trump signed the bill that puts sanctions against russia and prevents him from lifting sanctions without senate

permission. trump today called testify bill seriously flawed but said he would sign it for the sake of national unity. congress opposed the sanctions in response to meddling in ukraine and syria. >> president trump endorsed legislation by two conservative lawmakers that would cut legal immigration in half. there would be specific preferences for who gets to come to the united states. >> this competitive application process favors applicants who can speak english, financially support themselves and their families and demonstrate skills that will contribute to our economy. >> trump says the plan would prevent new immigrants from collecting welfare and help americans by reducing the number of unskilled workers entering the u.s.

but those opposed say it will hurt industries like agriculture and hurt the american economy. >> video shows a lightning strike hit an airport worker. >> and new details on the train derailment in pennsylvania involving hazardous materials as the whole town has to be evacuated. bottoms up, philadelphia is about to raise prices on liquor and wine. cecily tynan? >> we have a few lingering clouds across delaware with showers. i'll let you know when and where to expect storms and talk about big changes in the forecast. >> ducis rogers has the latest in the pete rosa ga when "action news" continues tonight. ♪ ♪ "feeling alright" plays ]

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csx doesn't know when anyone will be home or how long the clean up will take. it started in behindman a hundred miles southeast of pittsburg when 32 cars went off the tracks. some had hazardous material. several of the train cars are still burning. one has molten sulfur. a mother describes how she was awakened by a freight car hitting her home. >> we had to climb out the window. my neighbors got a ladder and brought me and my daughter down. >> this is what's left after an explosion that left seven people dead. >> the 81-year-old janitor is missing. contractors were working on a gas line that sparked a leak and

exploded. several students were playing basketball in the gymnasium at the time. they were not hurt. >> a suicide bombing killed two american service member in afghanistan. the top general in afghanistan made it a policy not to release combat deaths until day days la. officials aren't saying if anyone else was wounded in kandahar. the taliban is claiming response iblght. newly released video shows the moment an airport worker was struck by lightning. it happened at the international airport in fort miers last month. the victim is now out of the hospital. his family says he suffered third degree burns, bleeding on the brain and has a long recovery ahead. >> they are celebrating on wall

street. you can thank apple for propelling the data to an all time high, the blue chip broke the mile. the rest of the stock market barely budged. the nasdaq fell less than a point, s&p 500 picked up just over a point. >> pp pn state stores are rising prices on 22 types of wine and liquor by the end of the month. they have not hiked prices since the early 1990s but until now have been using a 31% markup. the majority of increases will amount to $1 per bolgd. let's get the late word if a

accuweather and cecily tynan. >> we have a lot of clouds and hazing in the atmosphere. if you have friends on the beach, call your friends and tell them storm are headed their way. an marie posted this on my facebook page. the shelf cloud, the leading edge of thunderstorms, the boundary between the up draft and downdraft. we have intense thunderstorms rolling through. the dewpoints are so high, there is plenty of moisture in the atmosphere. millville, 71. the next two days, rising close to 70-degrees by friday. notice as we head into the weekend, dryer air behind a cold front. that brings much cooler air and a good amount of sunshine for the weekend.

right now, temperatures in the 7 0s, upper 60s. down from 89. allentown, 67. trenton, 69. dover, 68. we have a few leftover showers right now just under my banner. over at cumberland county, moving toward cape may, atlantic county. we have one band of showers through harrisburg. if they survive, we could get thunderstorms in the middle of the night. future tracker, showing 2:30 in the morning, west of philadelphia, 12 hours later, more showers and thunderstorms popping up. a similar situation to yesterday. it's not as widespread as today. morning commute, muggy, patchy fog. partly cloudy, 6:00. 68, 8:00. if you are down the shore

tomorrow, mix of cloud and sunshine, humid, the ocean temperature warm. atlantic city, 83. friday, one more day close to 9. hazy, hot and humid. friday night into saturday morning, a round of showers and dryer air moves in during the weekend. the accuweather seven-day forecast, next two day, warm and humid near 90. saturday, morning showers and sunshine by the afternoon. lower humidity, 86. sunday, beautiful, 82. not muggy at all. monday, unsettled by the afternoon. thunderstorms, 83. chance of thunderstorms tuesday, 85-degrees, and wednesday h sunny and comfortable, 83-degrees. next few days, thunderstorms not as active as today. the bulk of the weekend looking nice. >> thank you, cecily. >> future chefs picked up fun

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>> phillys trying to show mike trout and the angels they are a better ball club, but -- >> there's plenty of time left. the phillies are roughed up by the angels last night. albert pujols drove in five runs. fans rooting for mike trout. man on, that's crushed. two run shot on tompson, 20th of the season, 3-0 angels. later in the inning, t.j. crohn is up. a blast as well. phillies gave up three home runs in the third inning, seven run for anaheim, 7-0 angels, in the fourth. >> phillys are distancing themselves from pete rose. they have canceled a ceremony to

indeduct rose into the hall of fame. >> eagles wide receiver torrey smith returned to practice today missing yesterday's workout due to back spasms. al shawp jeffrey sat again with a shoulder issue. they have been under the microscope, torched at camp. jalen mills sees improvement within his unit. >> everyday, you get that bit much better. that's all you want. >> we are interested in the quarterback competition. it's a daily thing for those guys. we not only need play makers, we need consistency.

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>> what you want to know, jackson? >> hi. >> i just turned 25. my birthday is july 16th. >.-hold are you? >> i'm two. >> who is your favorite player? >> my daddy. >> he's my favorite player too. he's my best friend. >> on the road to victory. ♪ ♪ eagles! >> great job. >> thank you. >> one day on the job and hi has incredible access. may have to get him onboard full time. >> may have to. thanks, ducis. a special concert at the jacob's music company in center city philadelphia tonight. that's just a taste of the amazing talent you can hear next week at the philadelphia young

pianist academy. 20 musicians ages 12-26 have been selected to perform. the event takes place where else, the institute of music. >> two promising students received a help hand with their college expenses. they surprised the students today with a scholarship to help buy their books. mayor kenney was on hand to lend his support. each student received several hundred dollars and a laptop computer. both are headed into their senior year. >> "jimmy kimmel live" next followed by "nightline." "action news" continues at 4:30. now for cecily tynan and ducis rogerses, the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. ♪ ♪

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