"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon sara bloomquist is off. in the news the fate of that

controversial dunes project at the jersey shore may be decided today. and police were investigating after a body was discovered on the atlantic city boardwalk. but the big story on "action news" is the growing tension and escalating threats between the u.s. and north korea. much of the world is on edge after president trump and north korea's leader ramped up their rhetoric. the latest from washington. >> reporter: good afternoon. u.s. intelligence believes that north korea has as many as 60 nuclear weapons far more than once thought. >> north korea best not make anymore threats to the they will be met with fire and fury. >> an overt military threat from president trump turning up the dial on nuclear tensions with north korea and their leader, kim jong un not backing down.

overnight responding saying it's seriously considering a plan to target guam, a small pacific island crucial to military bases and home to 7,000 u.s. forces. >> an attack on guam is a threat or attack on the united states. >> the heightened tensions coming from the u.s. intelligence analysts that now believe that north korea can make small enough warheads to fit inside of a ballistic missile. >> they will be met with fire and fury and frankly power the the likes of which this world has never been seen before. >> it was met with criticism by some. >> does it continue to ramp up or do things begin to calm down, the next few days are critical. >> wednesday morning secretary of state, rex tillerson trying to calm frayed nerve.

>> americans should sleep well at night and have no concerns about this particular rhetoric. and new video showing tens of thousands north koreans rallying to show support of new crippling u.n. sanctions. >> president trump tweeting about the u.s. nuclear arsenal. saying it's stronger than ever but adding hopefully we never have to use this power. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. now the developing news involving are the's former campaign chairman. the fbi has searched the virginia home of of paul manafort. manafort's spokesperson confirmed the news but has not said anything about the search. he denied about his dealings in the ukraine and turned over documents to the national committee into russia's meddle into the 2016 election.

police are serving for the man that shot a 60-year-old man in front of his home. jeanette reyes is live now where the victim is being treated. >> the 60-year-old man was sitting on the steps in front of his home and taken to the hospital but the shooter is still on the loose. >> all the people around here know, you know he was an all right guy. >> 26th district police officers responded to reports of a shooting along the 1200 block of west tioga. chopper 6 hd was overhead as the authorities descended upon the neighborhood. >> philadelphia police say that a 64-year-old black male was found suffering from a gunshot wound to his stomach and transported to temple university

hospital and taken immediately in surgery. >> go to the store and came back home and i said oh, no that is too bad. >> reporter: now at this point, no arrests are made and no motive is known, a firearm was recovered at the scene here and an investigation is ongoing. anyone with information is asked to contact police. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the fate of that controversial sand dunes project in margate could be decided sometime today. the army corps of engineers filed a petition to resume work after a federal judge issued a temporary injunction and the judge is expected to make a decision today. blaming the project for the standing water along the beach after recent heavy rains. turning to accuweather on a nice, comfortable wednesday afternoon. we are enjoying sun and pleasant temperatures at lunch time as we

look live from the sky 6 hd cameras from city hall. karen rogers is in the weather center with the first check of a very nice forecast. >> we told everybody it could be the pick of of of the week and today you can see why. it's simply gorgeous, satellite and radar showing nothing happening and high pressure is giving us the the beautiful weather, the temperatures are warming up quickly. 81 in philadelphia. and 79 in reading and cooler in the lehigh valley and 79 in allentown and 81 in dover and 81 degrees in atlantic city. look at how the day is going to go, lots of sunshine through the afternoon and we bumped up the high because temperatures are warming quickly. 83 for your high at 2:00, 4:00, 84 degrees and at 6:00, 82. before sunset 78 degrees and 74 at 10:00. get out there and enjoy it. a lot of people were saying this week you couldn't go to the

beach or pool. but today you can. it's warm. sunny skies and low humidity at 3:00, 85 and 6:00, 82. it if you head out to musikfest a great night in bethlehem under clear skies and crisp and cool. god smack at 7:00, 76 degrees with sunshine and 8:00, 73 and 9:00, 70 with clear skies and 10:00, 68 and at 11:00, 67 degrees. get out and enjoy it. you have one more of dale of nice weather before it changes for the weekend. >> thank you karen. remember you can be ready for whatever the weather brings us with the 6 abc app. check the seven day and hourly forecast any time along with storm tracker images from across the region. one person was air-lifted to the hospital following an accident at a farm in south

jersey. medics wheeled the victim on a stretcher to a medical helicopter here in glassboro and police believe the man was thrown from a tractor on the property this morning. a death investigation is underway in atlantic city. after a body was discovered on the boardwalk early this morning. police taped blocked off an area near the scene close to boardwalk hall and a starbucks. the man's identity is not released and police do not believe the death is suspicious. an autopsy is being performed to see how the man died . and at the tropicana hotel. hotel staff called 911 saying they found one person dead inside of a room s police are still investigating. nearly hundred people volunteered their time to make a philadelphia neighborhood a little safer, the saws were buzzing along the 2300 block of

brewery town this morning. 95 volunteers were busy on the habitat for humidity project to revitalize the neighborhood. and improvements were made to a 100-year-old recreational center, jim kenney was there to offer support for the project. both the power ball and mega million lotteries are offering jackpots that top three hundred million at the same time. there were no winners last night of mega millions, pushing it to $382 million. the sixth largest prize in that game's history and tonight power ball is $307 million. good luck. still to come police captured the man that allegedly capture aid group of french soldiers near paris. and tiger woods is not attending his arrangement today. how that could affect his dui

case in florida. and karen rogers will be back with your seven-day forecast from accuweather. when "action news" continues in just a moment.

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they were assigned to protect sites during terror attacks. and the suspect was arrested in northern france and still driving the car used in the attack. first responders are rushing to save people trapped in the rubble of a deadly earthquake. the 6.5 magnitude quake struck china. the national park that brings in visitors from around the world. at least 19 people were killed and 250 injured and rescuers are digging through collapsed buildings with their hands. the canadian government says that thousands of immigrants are fleeing the united states through canada and going by way of a back road in upstate new york. 400 migrants passed that way on sunday alone. migrants are arrested as soon as

they cross the line. they are willing to the take the risk in canada rather than being deported from the u.s. the state highway patrol credited ian mccarthy with walking along a state highway. he allegedly killed gary michael during a traffic stop and he is charged with first degree murder. an attorney for tiger woods says that the golfer will not attend the arraignment today under dui charges in florida. the decision not to appear leads to an automatic plea. he was found sleeping behind the wheel of his car in may. at the time he said he was having a reaction from prescription drugs. the practice of bumping airline passengers dropped to the lowest level since the

federal government started to keep track in the wake of the infamous video of a doctor being dragged off a united airlines plane. just one in every 19,000 passengers were kicked off an overbooked flight in the first half of this year. airline offered financial compensation to voluntarily give up their seats. a police officer from texas paraded their patrol vehicle for the bat mobile. damon kohl is using his vacation time to visit sick children dressed as batman. he is traveling across country in his dodge charger. and stopped in missouri and brought a smile to a boy undergoing treatment at a bronx hospital. >> we were discussing a procedure he was about to do. and it was great timing. >> officer kohl is planning a

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clearly see the manufacturers name. many glasses nasa approves cost less than $5. we posted tips on 6abc.com and find a cool fact about the phenomenon and a cool map with the best places to watch it. yt a letter if the u.s. postal service gets approval to raise prices ahead of inflation. it would mark the biggest change in the stamp pricing system in 50 years, a decision is expected next month but it's unclear how much they might go up. t sells for 49 cents. health check another drop in the fertility rate the number of babies born in the u.s. are at an all-time low. the rate continued to fall in the first months of 2017.

the biggest decrease was women in their 20s. two local hospitals were among the 20 best in the country. according to the latest ranking, the hospital of the university of pennsylvania and pen presbyterian came in at number 10 and thomas jefferson ranked 16th nationwide. "action news" is out work on news stories for tonight beginning at 4:00. alicia vitarelli is live with the preview. >> police in upper darby didn't have to try hard to nab an alleged drunk driver and we'll tell you what he said when he showed up at their front door. most of us would not bring down the house with the singing and then again it wouldn't require an apology either. why the organizers of one fair had to issue a statement after one woman's rendition of the national anthem. why sit when you can recline why

this new bike that requires lying down is reportedly good for. we have all of that in today's show see you at 4:00. >> i like that it was good. looking forward to 4:00. looking live outside now at the ben franklin bring on a nice wednesday afternoon, a pretty picture at lunch time. karen rogers has your seven-day forecast when "action news" at noon comes right back.

a young caused quite the scene in california. spend the day hanging out in dana port p eople believe the whale was lost and swam out it sea after the harbor patrol used hoses to steer it in the right direction.

karen rogers is back with the accuweather forecast.ide th morning. >> it was. if you were outside early, running -- >> i was watching you guys this morning on the treadmill. >> cooler out right? stormtracker 6 live double scan i was so excited too --. dry through the area right now it's beautiful. lets do a little flying, chopper 6 hd was doing that up and above checking the center city skyline and looking nice out there from all angles, chopper 6 hd looking up above and things look good out there. look how green it is from the 10 inches of rain last month and some spots a couple of inches of rain came on monday. we are nice and dry and quiet out there. the temperatures 81 degree, the dew point is way down there. people were complaining yesterday too muggy but not the case today. 63 degree dew point and winds from the south and pressure is

rising and the ocean temperature is 73. check out the morning lows, when rick was jogging this morning watching me on tv. it was 47 degrees in mown poconos. and 56 in allentown and 58 in reading and 59 in trenton and millville. 61 in atlantic city. and almost need a sweater early on. quickly temperatures jumped up from there. a lot of people are asking where has august been? saturday's high 79 and sunday 78 and monday 72 and tuesday 80 and the normal high is 86. today' high is 85 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing us clear skies right now, a pretty day and tomorrow is also a nice day. a couple of days before things change a little bit for you. why not head down the shore. more a sea breeze today. you see the wind off the ocean and feeling cool this afternoon and highs in the upper 70s and lots of sunshine and essentially

present, and a low risk of rip currents, and the air temperature not much warmer than the water temperature. 78 for bethany beep. 85 for your high today. 4:00, 84 and 6:00, 82 degrees with abundant sunshine, 8:00 before sunset 78 and clear skies, and that helps the temperature drop quickly 74 in the overnight hours and not quite as cool as last night. tomorrow a nice day. mostly sunny skies, the high over us today. shifting to the east, that allows more cloud cover in the area. a few high clouds, a nice day. things change beyond that. friday through monday it turns unsettled and more humid each day and lots of clouds and sun each day and a chance for a thunderstorm each one or two each day. not looking at any particular

washout. but staying through the weekend, we have news with tropical storm franklin it strengthens in its intensity traveling over warmer waters within the last few hours. it's now 70 miles per hour winds, likely to become a category one hurricane tonight or tomorrow morning when it makes landfall off the coast of mexico. lets take a look at your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, starting with today, it's looking pretty good nice and bright and 85. and thursday mostly sunny and 85. friday it turns unsettled. 82 and chance of a shower. saturday and sunday humid and each day chance for a shower. and 82 on saturday and 84 on sunday. monday mostly cloudy skies and 80 and what is when we have a best chance for rain when the upper level trough moves through and sunshine by day's end and

changes the pattern for us and 82 degrees. a beauty day and not to bad tomorrow. >> there is more ahead on "action news" at 12:30. chip transaction is said to make it secure but what if the tiny technology goes missing. >> and they safely remove a mom seal and baby in hawaii.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with sara bloomquist and rick williams. >> here are stories we are following on "action news" at 1:30. a judge will decide if work on a controversial dune project in a jersey shore town will start-up again. and after days of living in fear one community can breathe easier. and the chip in your credit card could fall out giving thieves access to your money and personal information. now the details, a hearing in federal court in camden over a controversial dune project at the jersey shore. a judge issued a temporary order to stop the work in margate but the army corps of engineers is trying to get that reversed. the work is blamed for