search for a suspect after a couple was found dead in a south philadelphia apartment. >> 50-year-old candido gonzalez and his 23-year-old girlfriend caitlin were discovered late last night in their home on the 1300 block of federal street. "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist live at philadelphia police headquarters with the latest on this investigation. sarah. >> reporter: we're still waiting to hear the cause of death, how the 50-year-old south philadelphia man and his 23-year-old girlfriend, this afternoon after all family members were notified, police did release their identities. >> at this point we know just as much as the rest of the media. we just got phone calls this morning saying that there was a double murder down here. >> reporter: family members of 50-year-old candido gonzalez described him as full of life. late last night he and his girlfriend 23-year-old caitlyn jaje were found dead in their apartment in the 1300 block of federal street in south

philadelphia. >> she was a wonderful person. like came into his life about a year ago and she became a stepmother to his son. like she had great energy, too. and they just tried. they tried but on this day god wanted them and he had a better plan for them. >> reporter: around 11:45, police were called out after a family member discovered the couple unconscious. the bodies were found in separate rooms. the victims appeared to have been assaulted. sources tell "action news" something was tied around their necks. there were no signs of forced entry. neighbors awoke to police activity and were stunned when they learned what police were investigating. >> very rare. i mean, it's like -- wow. it's very quiet neighbor, nothing, you know, like very, very good things here but this is very, very rare. >> reporter: gonzalez's 10-year-old son was not at home at the time. family members said his mother was upstairs and heard nothing. compounding her grief, her other son gonzalez's brother was shot and killed on the

steps of this very same home a few years back. >> this is the second tragedy. she has two children, two sons and this would be the second murder at the same address for her. >> reporter: the family is asking for prayers and anyone with information to come forward. live at philadelphia police headquarters, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news." >> ♪ >> sarah, thank you. now to an update on that violence in virginia over the weekend. police in charlottesville just spoke to the media in the past half hour. >> that's right. and tonight officials in the virginia town are calling the deadly violence over the weekend "a tragic tragic weekend." one person was killed when 20-year-old james alex fields allegedly rammed his car into a group of demonstrators counter protesting against a white nationalist rally. tonight police say 36 others were tended to by medics over the weekend including those hurt in the car ramming incidents. two state troopers are also

being remembered after their helicopter crashed while they were monitoring demonstrations over that weekend. both died in the crash. >> meantime strong words from president trump today in the wake of that violence. the president saying "racism is evil. ." for more on his response we turn to megan hughes live for us in and washington this evening. megan. >> reporter: sharrie, rick, good evening. the president today did deliver a much more specific condemnation but for his critics, the problem with the message is in the timing. president trump calling out hate groups from the white house. >> those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs including the kkk, neo nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> reporter: the condemnation coming almost 48 hours after a car in charlottesville plowed into a crowd in a deadly act of hate. after meeting with the attorney general and fbi

director, the president promising justice. >> racism is evil. >> reporter: his initial response had come under fire. the president condemning violence. >> on many sides, on many sides. the backlash swift from members of both parties. >> to call this white supremacist, this white nationalism and let the country hear it, let the world hear it. >> it is hatred bigotry. >> reporter: it isn't the first time the president hesitated before distancing himself from white nationalist s. >> i don't know david duke. >> reporter: merck ceo kenneth frazier an african-american. frazier resigning from a business council advising the president money citing a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism. president trump had no delay in tweeting out this fiery response. frazier will have more time to lower ripoff drug prices:

some republicans have called on the president to describe the violence as terrorism. the president did not use that word today. in washington, megan hughes, channel6 "action news". rick. >> megan, thank you. i'll take it from here. kenneth frazier the ceo of merck who resigned from the president council is a philadelphia native and frazier now lives in bucks county. you can follow the latest on the charlottesville violence on your phone or tablet. we have posted the details, updates, pictures and videos along with reaction from our area. the 6abc app is a free download for your mobile device. new today at 5:00 philadelphia police want your help tracking down a man who was caught on camera vandalizing a house of worship. bob brooks live now in northeast philadelphia with more on the images police want you to see. bob. >> reporter: sharrie, it's terrible. it's video of a man urinating on a local synagogue but the good news is they have him caught on surveillance video.

it is very, very clear video. so, we're going to watch it and hopefully get this guy caught quick. it's 12:30 a.m. yesterday. police say a man in his 20's walks right up to the security camera. he makes no effort to hide his identity. he makes an obscene gesture and proceeds to urinate on the wall. he then jumps into this white bmw and takes offer. it happened at a philadelphia synagogue. the congregation again solomon on tomlinson road. now she needed to find out who this man is. >> that's horrible. that's a disgrace to do that to a synagogue to do that to anything, a place of business, a home, a synagogue a mosque a church, anything like that. i think that's horrible. >> to do something like this there's just no good reason for it. >> reporter: you can hear neighbors are upset and today lieutenant dennis rosenbaum says this is something the philadelphia police department isn't going to stand for. they do believe this is an anti-semitic attack. >> we believe the synagogue was targeteddism neighbor jan channing lives a few homes down at the congregation.

she fears with the violence over the weekend in charlottesville and now this a trend is starting to form. >> i've been upset outraged sick to my stomach since saturday watching everything that happened. >> reporter: the good news you can see the suspect very clearly in this video. if you know who he is call the police. they vow quick action will be explain zero tolerance for any kind of hate. >> reporter: unfortunately this congregation has fallen victim to the several attacks lately. their camera feeds have been cut and the menorah has been stolen just to name a few. too bad this had to happen but again you can watch this video on our web site or our app. please share it and hopefully they'll find the suspect soon. reporting live in northeast detectives, bob brooks channel6 "action news." rick. >> all right, bob, thank you. also new at 5:00 tonight a south jersey man is accused of taking pictures of women in the fitting room of a target store. police arrested 36-year-old francis vain after a woman trying on clothes at the

target on route 73 spotted him trying to take pictures with a cell phone under the dressing room door. the incident happened last wednesday. police say the woman confronted vain and he took off. they later tracked him down at his williamstown home where investigators found additional pictures of women getting undressed in other unknown fitting rooms. vain was that charged with invasion of privacy. he was released on his own recognizance. one person was stabbed on the 3500 block of north fairhill street. investigators have not told us the victim's condition. >> a group of kids in camden are learning all about water safety this week. the action cam stopped by the boys and girls club. this is the fourth year the organization has teamed up with the zach foundation. over the next few days the five to nine-year-olds will get swimming lessons, learn about safety equipment and take part in other hands-on activities. the zach camp is named after

zach carry cone who drowned in 2008. >> turning to accuweather tonight and the return of that summer-like humidity across the region. as we look live outside sky6 hd showing you the battleship new jersey, clear waters on a monday evening. it's only going get more and more humid moving into tomorrow however. that means a greater chance of storms for the delaware valley. meteorologist cecily tynan is live at the big board with your forecast. hi, cecily. >> hi, rick and you notice on the sky6 lots of clouds upstairs. started the day with some sunshine and now the clouds are in place. double scan live showing we have a few areas of light showers within those clouds, a lot of it not reaching the ground but we do have some light showers right now generally moving across new jersey turnpike, crossing route 70, again, not all that heavy. that continues to push to the east and what this is, it's a boundary. it's kind of like a warm front and that is bringing us higher dewpoints. yesterday very comfortable air mass. today definitely does feel like august again. philadelphia the dewpoint 65 degrees. you can see areas to the south

dewpoints close to 70. when you get dewpoints in the 70's, that's that oppressive air mass. that's what we will be rolling in as we head through the overnight hours and tomorrow. so tonight the evening planner, not seeing much sunshine at all. lots of clouds and again a few showers and especially later on tonight. at 7 o'clock, 80 degrees. by 9 o'clock, 76. 11 o'clock, 72 degrees. the temps drop, the dewpoints rise. i am tracking the return of 90-degree weather. i'll talk about that in the five day forecast. back to you guys. >> all right, cecily, we'll check back in later. thank you. >> time for the "action news" traffic report. >> let's go live to gina gannon in for matt pelman this evening in the "action news" traffic center. hi, gina. >> hi, rick, hi sharrie. it's rush hour its a monday. we have delays especially if you're heading out on 95. here's a life look right at the vine street expressway. so, 95 at the vine you can see the northbound delay still piling up there and i would say you're delayed from callowhill street out through to allegheny. and you can see it's just about 20 minutes. typically without any delays it's 14 so just about an

additional six minutes out there. you can see southbound not a problem at all. let's show you the big picture. construction on the westbound side of the walt whitman bridge around the downside. the vine jammed both directions. we have delays on the schuylkill. 13 miles per hour there. the roosevelt boulevard is heavy. and i want to show you the roosevelt boulevard because there we have some delays as we take a live look outside. looks like the camera froze a little bit. this is the roosevelt boulevard up and over the twin bridges that were northbound side going to be heavy from 76 out through to broad street. rick and sharrie, back to you. >> gina we'll check back in a little later. thank you. much more still ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. a pot -- pot potential new road to recovery. >> history at the u.s. military academy. how this woman is changing the face of student leadership at west point. coming up on "action news" at 5:00. >> ♪

>> a jury is is considering taylor swift's allegations that a former radio host groped her during a 2013 meet and greet in denver. friday a judge ruled david mueller failed to prove the pop star personally set out to have him fired after the

incident. he was seeking $3 million. now the jurors will weigh identical allegations against swift's mom and her manager frank bell as well as swift's counter suit where she's seeking one dollar. the drug lord known as el chapo can hire a high profile lawyer but the judge overseeing his case won't guarantee he'll get paid. joaquin el chapo guzman when was that a brooklyn federal courtroom for a pretrial hearing. the accused mexican drug lord was extradited to the u.s. after several daring escapes from mexican jails. guzman wants a private tern to take over -- attorney to take over his case. but his assets are frozen. >> health check tonight. stroke is the leading cause of disability in the u.s. and physical therapy has been the only way to help people recover until now. a small trial is under way in

cleveland ohio to see whether deep brain stimulation can help stroke patients regain movement. dbf is like a pacemaker for the brain. the electrode reactivates connections. the progress began. >> she could move her arm within a few weeks in a way that she had not been able to move since the stroke. and judy has made steady progress after the surgery. >> before the surgery, judy's hand was essentially frozen. but afterward with a few months of physical therapy, she can open her hand to do things she couldn't before. 12 people in all will receive the dbs devices. feeling overworked and physically and emotionally drained. you've got lots of company a new survey by ucl harvard aren't the rand corporation said 75 percent of workers feel physically exhausted at least a quarter of the time.

eight out of 10 have predictable work loads throughout the year but only half have have that stability in their day to day schedule an third have no control over their and schedules at all. >> if you would like to help your kids avoid cancer, researchers say talk to them early about living a healthy lifestyle and lead by example. since cancer takes years to develop, experts say setting healthy habits early in life is the best way for teens to reduce their risk. they believe shifting the focus of cancer prevention to what to do could reap bigger benefits than current campaigns which focus on what not to do. >> well, history is being made at west point. simone askew is the first african-american woman to lead the military academy's core of cadets. the position is like the highest in the cadet chain of command. she's responsible for the overall performance of the academy's more than 4,000 cadets. congratulations to her. >> history being made.

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shonda rhimes producer behind scandal and grey's anatomy is stretching hir wings. she'll begin develops news specifically for netflix. she has a gray's spinoff but says she looks forward to having other places for story telling as well. >> a group of police officers in gloucester county getting big praise online for tracking down a loose animal and it wasn't any loose animal. three woolwich township officers corralled a pig found roaming the neighborhood. the officers used a makeshift lasso and dog treats to lure the pig back to its owner's yards. these photos have gotten plenty of comments. some users congratulated the officers for bringing home the bacon literally. >> uh-huh. >> that's a joke you would have made. >> the pig looks a little disgruntled. >> still to come on "action news" at 5:00 a check of the forecast.

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>> time for the accuweather forecast. >> meteorologist cecily tynan here with the details. maybe get the umbrella out. >> a few showers around a little bit unsettled and

shades of gray. not the book, i'm talking about the forecast. >> gray hall, he's outside. >> we got a lot of clouds. you can see what i'm talking about. the clouds are in place and also the dewpoints are rising. yesterday late in the day dewpoints dropped into the 50's. it felt so refreshing. now they're climbing back up again. there's more moisture in the air. in allentown right now the dewpoint is 64. philadelphia it's 65. cape may notice it's tropical, the dewpoint is 71 degrees and dewpoints will continue to rise overnight and tomorrow dewpoints in the 70's, very humid and then we drop a little bit on wednesday into the 60's. that's also the hottest day of the next several and then dewpoints rise again on friday and late in the day on friday could that get very stormy. double scan live showing we have a scattering of light showers, really nothing all that significant but we do have the highest concentration of some showers right now over the new jersey turnpike, again they're light. it's all associated with a boundary that's pulling

through and what that will do is bring us the return of 90-degree weather on wednesday. haven't had it for awhile. today our tenth day in a row at or below normal with the clouds on the sprinkles, temperatures dropping into the 70's. philadelphia 78. allentown 77, cape may 78 and wilmington 79. so, tonight a few showers around, lots of clouds. it will be warmer than the past two nights, 66 degrees in the suburbs, about 70 degrees for center city. and future tracker showing tomorrow another cloudy day and somewhat unsettled. tonight the clouds here, some showers tomorrow morning, some light showers around. this may a little bit overdone but it shows that we're not going to see the sunshine in the morning. as we head into the afternoon, a few more showers developing across south jersey and delaware. by 5:30 rolling off the coast and we could see a little bit of brightening in the skies but really we have to wait until wednesday to see a good amount of sunshine. we've got tropical storm gert which is really strengthening. it's about 450 miles west-southwest of bermuda.

you can see an eye starting to develop right here. fortunately gert is no threat top land. kind of unusual to see this kind of agreement with computer models but it shows it will be moving out to sea. the impact the next two days, strong rip currents down the shore, be careful. do not go swimming where and when the lifeguards aren't on duty. your five day at 5:00 showing tomorrow some sunshine late in the day but lots of clouds, shower or thunderstorm possible an unsettled day, 85 degrees. wednesday sunshine is back. it's hot with a high of 90. we drop it to 86 degrees on thursday. possible thunderstorm. the stormest period should be on friday. 90 degrees ahead of the storms. behind it saturday clouds and sun, 86. how about monday for the solar eclipse? we'll have the answer in the seven day in a few minutes. >> thank you cecily. >> "action news" at 5:00 will be right back. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again. monica is off. sharrie williams is joining us tonight. here's what's happening on "action news" monday evening. gunfire breaks out near a block party in the mantua section leaving four young

people injured. also a police officer in ohio is put on leave after this video emerged showing him making a violent arrest after a traffic stop over the weekend. and an amazing scene in nepal when elephants step in to help rescue people from flood waters. >> ♪ >> but we begin with breaking news from west philadelphia where chopper6 is live over the scene of what's being described as a marijuana grow house. this is happening on the 4800 block of cedar avenue. fire crews were called to the scene just after 3:00 this afternoon for report of strange fumes. and when they arrived they went into the building to discover a large number of marijuana plants and growing equipment. homeland security and the narcotics division have both been notified. no word yet on any possible arrests but the investigation continues here in west philadelphia. >> philadelphia police are working to piece together a shooting that happened late last night. it happened during a block party in the city's mantua section. the gunman opened fire

spraying more than 30 bullets throughout an area where families were enjoying the night. when it was over, four young people were injured. "action news" reporter walter perez covering the story. he's live now for us at the scene with the very latest today. walter. >> reporter: hi, sharrie. there are surveillance cameras all across this neighborhood but so far investigators have not found any video that can help them with this case. so, at search continues for the gunman, four people are injured and this neighborhood is shaken. the shooting occurred just after midnight as a block party was breaking up a short distance away: cynthia young lives a few feet from the scene of the crime. she says what was a quiet night in this part of mantua ended under a hail of bullets. >> pop pop pop pop pop. that's all i heard. i wouldn't get up. uh-uh, no, squared to get up. >> reporter: we also spoke with a young mother who did not want to be identified who says she was walking across the intersection of 39th and mellon streets moments before the violence erupted. >> i had just came in the house me and my baby and, um,

as soon as i get in the kitchen all i hear is all these gunshots. i didn't know whether to run up the steps or -- or what to do but i know they were real close. >> reporter: when it was over, investigators recovered 31 spent shell casings from the scene. four people, all in their late teens and early 20's, were injured. one of them remains in critical condition at penn presbyterian hospital. we spoke with neighbors here who have grave concerns about their community. >> it needs to stop before it elevates to a higher level of crime. >> this place here nobody is safe. you never know who has a gun. kids, you know, teenagers out here, you never know who has a gun and bullets don't have no name on it. >> reporter: now, in the wake of this case just moments ago, a 16th district police officer was walking around handing out copies of this flier here to organize a prayer vigil and peace walk at this location at 6 o'clock on wednesday night. reporting live from mantua, walter perez, channel6 "action news." back to you guys. >> walter, thank you.

one person was injured early this morning after a gun apparently went off accidentally inside a vehicle on the ramp from the betsy ross bridge to i-95. it happened around 4:00 a.m. in the city of bridesburg section. officials say the whole thing happened inside of that vehicle and appears to have been caused by careless handling of a firearm. no word yet on the victim's condition or whether any charges will be filed. philadelphia police say this is the man who shot another man in front of a target store in northeast philadelphia last week. 30-year-old terrell wright is charged with attempted murder. the shooting happened on friday in the 7400 block of bustleton avenue. investigators say it started as a fight. police say wright fired seven shots hitting the victim once in the back. wright turned himself in later that evening. the victim remains hospitalized in stable condition. >> students in pennsylvania will spend less time taking standardized tests. governor tom wolf announced today that sections of the pssa's have now been removed.

and other sections have been shortened. the governor says he's responding to concerns from that parents and teachers who say students need to dedicate -- were dedicating too much time to taking the test. the pssa's are administered to children in grades three through eight in english math and the arts. >> to the latest on north korea now. when a top u.s. military officer says the united states is ready to use the full range of its capabilities to defend itself and its allies from north korea. the top u.s. general arrived in south korea today as part of an annual joint military exercises. it comes during a time of heightened rhetoric as president trump threatens that the u.s. military is locked and loaded. the president's top military adviser and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff stresses that the u.s. will retaliate with military action but only as a last resort. >> i don't know if they're going to do what they say they're going to do but we're not complacent about it. we're paying attention to everything that they say,

everything that they do and we're preparing accordingly. >> north korea's threatened to launch missiles towards gaum in mid august. tomorrow is liberation day in korea, the anniversary of the end of world war ii and the korean's peninsula liberation from japanese colonial rule. north korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile on july 4th independence day in the united states of course. meantime president trump headed back to new york city later this evening he's expected to be met by protesters who are already marching outside of trump tower. this is only the president's second return to the big apple since taking office. he met with australia's prime minister there back in may. the visit to trump tower will force the city to shut down several streets especially fifth avenue. police officials estimate the cost of securing the president while he's back in town to be around $300,000 a day. that could change, though, depending on how many people he brings with him and where

he decides to go while he's in manhattan. >> a 23-year-old man was out for blood when he allegedly tried to blow up a bank in oklahoma city. that according to authorities. jerry barn nell was arrested saturday morning. according to court documents, barnnell was upset the law enforcement took notice of it. they say he loaded what he thought was a bomb into a van parked it next to a bank and attempted to detonate it. the bomb was fake. it was part of an fbi operation involving an undercover agent posing as someone who could help with this at affect barnell faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. >> a police officer in ohio is on paid administrative leave after video of a brutal arrest was posted on facebook over the weekend. the video shows a violent struggle after the officer pulled man over on saturday morning. investigators say the officer responded to the driver committing a traffic violation. they ordered the man out of the car and tried to take him into custody. police say he began to resist arrest and refused to face

away from the officer and that's when the struggle broke out. lasted about three minutes during which the officer can be seen punching the man in the face. the victim was not seriously injured. officials continued to review exactly what happened. white a mess at a private airport in massachusetts today. when the fire suppression system malfunctioned sending foam flying all around a hangar here. four workers actually got lost inside and couldn't find their way out because they couldn't see the exit. some of those workers were taken to a local hospital to be checked out because that foam is apparently an irritant. no lasting effects are expected and most of the foam will dissolve into the ground eventually. >> today's overcast skies did not stop dozens of people from hitting the golf course in bucks county and all for a great cause. >> ♪ with the sound of bag pipes the 14th annual daniel e. dennis golf outing got under way at the bensalem

country club. proceeds benefit the make-a-wish foundation. of course that goes to help terminally ill children. >> nice cause. >> yeah time for a update on our "action news" traffic report 91 might. >> let's go live to gina gannon. >> hi, rick and sharrie. it's monday. we're seeing a lot of heavy volume right now on 76. here's a live look for you on the schuylkill expressway right at the blue route and you can see this long line of traffic, that's your eastbound delay. so, you are jammed from actually beyond this point from gulph mills all the way out through to the conshohocken curve. then you pick up again as you make your way from montgomery out through to the vine. looks like the travel time we're still in the yellow not bad about 28 minutes between the blue route to the vine. the westbound side looking great here at the blue route but you will see some delays especially from the roosevelt boulevard out through to belmont on that westbound side and it's about 22 minutes right now between the vine out through to the blue route. on the big picture we have slow speeds out there but looks like we're starting to see an end to rush hour but we showed you the schuylkill and right now that's our worse backup.

95 northbound side heavy from callowhill through to allegheny. on the walt whitman bridge westbound around the downside we have some construction there blocking a lane. but you know what, it looks like if you're traveling in and out of center city you'll need time. the vine street expressway really jammed, it's gridlock here. if you're traveling westbound you're heavy from 24th street up through 76 and the entire length on that eastbound side so plan ahead for more time there. rick and sharrie, have a good night. >> gina you too. thank you. >> much more still ahead on "action news" this evening. an amazing show of teamwork between humans and animals. how these elephants helped prevent a tragedy in nepal from becoming much worse. >> plus, we all know that next week's solar eclipse will be a sight to see but scientists are hoping it's more than just a photo op. what they expect to learn about life on earth. >> and meteorologist adam joseph tracking the latest in the "action news" weather center tonight and talking about that eclipse a little bit, too, hm. >> yeah, you want two see sunny days a week from today. big problems. we have that cloud cover today. hopefully we can clean it up in a week from now.

also with that cloud cover we're seeing some showers that are kind of dotting through parts of the area. they'll be a little unsettled over the next 24 hours. we'll talk about heat, humidity and we'll take a look at that seven day which includes next monday coming up in that accuweather forecast. >> all right adam. the eagles continue to prepare as the season gets ever so close. jaime apody coming up with sports when "action news" returns. >> we know, we got you. we know what you're saying. >> ♪

>> an amazing story from nepal where a group of elephants helped prevent a tragedy from becoming worse. the elephants helped rescue tourists from a flooded jungle safari park. the elephants were able to carry hundreds of people to safety. the flooding has already left nearly win hundred people dead and scores more missing. the elephants are from a reserve on the edge of a national park which is home to more than 600 rhinos and elephants. the park is now under water. the animals have all moved to higher ground. >> wow. >> all right. back here jamie is here with sports talking about the eagles next preseason game thursday. it's here. >> right. >> against buffalo and should be kind of interesting. >> the eagles offense probably

felt like they were back in high school after an off day passes broken up lots of false starts doug pederson made them run extra sprints after practice. he told them there's consequences for sloppy play in game so there would be the same at camp too. nick foles could use the extra conditions. he was out there in pads for the first time after missing most of camp with elbow soreness. all eyes on new quarterback ronald darby from buffalo because he was making one play after another. with each pass break up and there were many cheers from the fans. darby getting the hang of it here. getting the hang of things after a couple days out there. >> i still got a lot more to learn but each day i'm learning more and more, you know, getting help from the safeties, so they all helping me and embracing me. >> you broke up a couple plays today. had a good day and people were applauding. did you hear the crowd. >> no, not really. i be locked in during practice. i just try and get the play lined you right make sure i know what i'm doing. >> i heard the crowd. you know who else heard it,

espn analyst sal paolantonio who liked what he saw from the eagles' newest acquisition today. >> if he plays like that they're going to be very happy because that's what they need. they need leadership and aggressiveness at the cornerback position. they were desperate for it. just about every team is desperate for it but this philadelphia eagles team had to get better at corner if they were going to contend for the nfc east. >> how does this affect the wide receiver position given that there's a big spot opened up in the slot. who steps in. >> you see that big crosshairs on the back of number 13's jersey nelson aguilar the target is on his back and it's up to him and mike grow the wide receivers coach who has been on him throughout training camp. that's why you've seen a marked improvement in agholor's improvement. >> as for jordan matthews we won't see him in buffalo at the linc. in a stroke of bad luck matthews is out for awhile.

the former eagles wide receiver suffered a chip fracture in his sternum less than 15 minutes into his very first practice with the bills yesterday. he's expected to be recovered by the time the bills open the season september 10 but might miss the rest of the preseason. buffalo comes to the linc on thursday. fleece back on the west coast. they begin a seven game trip tonight in san diego. phils dropped three to four to the mets and hit a new low yesterday on this play. nick williams flies out freddy galvis trying to score, bluff, does not attempt to score. and odubel herrera maybe he was thinking about where law going to go for dinner because he heads to third anyway. two players can't be on the same base. double play and pretty darn embarrassing, too. >> if you look back on the last six, seven weeks, he has not played -- made many mistakes. today was an innocent mistake. he just didn't keep his head up. that's the only thing he did so i'll take him any day.

>> that's nice. he should run sprints after practice. >> a lot of sprints exactly. all right, thanks jamie. >> jamie, pangs. we'll-- thanks. we'll be right back. you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com

>> next week's solar eclipse sure to create a lot of buzz and amazing pictures but it will generate zero just scientists. nasa and other scientists will

monitor the eclipse to examine what happens to the earth's weather and to the weather in space. they'll also keep an eye on what happens to animals and plants on the earth as the moon totally blocks out the sun. that eclipse of course will take place on monday afternoon. >> what about the humans what happens to us. >> i'll be at lunch. >> hopefully it's not an experiment. >> with special glasses on. >> and where it goes into totality in the midsection of the country especially i've heard that the song birds sing like night birds will sing and the temperature drops almost 10 or so degrees. >> maybe i'll start to sing a little bit. >> please don't. >> oh gosh. >> thank goodness we're not getting the total eclipse . >> [laughter] >> take a look at the weather. live on sky6 kind of a dark picture here as the clouds have rolled into cape may. one or two people there strolling along the shore but kind of losing that sunshine as the clouds are taking over this monday afternoon. and some scattered showers downpours and thunderstorms will be in the forecast for

the next 24 hours. that oppressive -- oppressive -- oppressive feel will be back in the forecast starting tonight and tomorrow. and a couple of 90's on the board in that seven-day forecast. temperatures have been running each and every afternoon at or below normal through much of this month. and in fact we're only in the upper 70's right now. we did cap off in the low 80's in philadelphia this afternoon but the limited sunshine today prevented those temperatures from getting close to that normal which is 86 degrees for this time of year. as we look at satellite and radar, you can see all that cloud cover that spilled in after early this morning. we saw a little bit of sunshine but again those clouds quickly raced in and there's some energy in the atmosphere with the flow in the upper part of the atmosphere coming from the south and west you can look all the way back into kentucky and the clouds do not break up and there's those scattered showers around so that is our forecast tonight into tomorrow. so, a few showers developing tonight. you may hear a quick little pop of a downpour that tries to develop as that more humid

air arrives. warm, though, 66 to 70 for that overnight low. and as we look at the forecast for our tuesday, temperatures in the lower to mid 80's inland upper 70's along the shore so another cooler than average day temperature-wise but when you look at the humidity tomorrow will be down right tropical feeling and that will get us into trouble at times for some hit or miss and scattered thunderstorms both in the morning and afternoon. future tracker trying to give you the idea that there will be some scattered activity around. 2 o'clock in the afternoon the same thing. it won't be raining everywhere but one could pop here or there as the energy comes through but it's gone by the time we get into wednesday. sunshine returns. awaiting a front from the north so it's hot, humid with temperatures back to 90 degrees. tropical storm gert is on the verge of becoming the second hurricane of the atlantic season. winds sustained 70 miles an hour. right now it is between the u.s. mainland and bermuda, well to its east. it will curve out to sea, become a pretty strong

category one hurricane and that is going to stay well off shore but watch along the coastline. those rip currents will become a major concern here tomorrow and wednesday, especially for both the delaware beaches and the jersey shore. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, some sun tomorrow, but a lot of clouds again, high humidity and some downpours and storms. hotter sunnier as we get into wednesday of 90 and then we're in the upper 80's to near 90 thursday and friday. thursday decent amount of sun. friday is your most active day and then we start to dry it out over the weekend with sun and clouds, temps in the middle 80's and the early call for the partial solar eclipse locally here monday partly sunny warm at 86 degrees so we're moving in the right direction as we look long range for monday. >> okay,. >> keep it that way. >> thanks adam. >> we are following some breaking news here at 5:00 out of france where at least one person is dead and seven others are injured. this after a driver plowed into some people outside of a pizzeria. this is all happening in

sept-sorts 60 miles outside of paris. officials say the driver intentionally drove into this crowd of people sitting on the terrace. of the seven people injured five were seriously hurt. officials say the driver has been arrested. a motive at this point unclear. we will have of course updates as we get them on air and on our web site 6abc.com. we'll be right back. >> ♪

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kids in delaware got their hands on them. that's not all. >> now for meteorologist adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody monica malpass sharrie williams the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams. have a nice evening. good night. >> ♪ every year south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to steve sweeney and chris christie. here's the sweeney-christie record eight years of underfunded schools. huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. and homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. don't believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey.

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night, a couple is found dead inside their south philadelphia apartment and surveillance cameras capture a man vandalizing a northeast philadelphia synagogue in the middle of the night. but the big story on "action news" tonight the

ongoing fallout from saturday's racial protest and violence in charlottesville, virginia. much of america is recoiling from the images of the klan members and neo nazis clashing with counter protesters. in court today james alex fields jr. was denied bail. fields appeared by video monitor from jail where he is being detained on charges of second degree murder and other offenses. meanwhile some are now calling emancipation park heather heyer park after the woman killed when fields allegedly plowed into a crowd of counter protesters. at the white house today, perhaps responding to criticism that he hadn't been nearly specific enough in his response to the violence, president trump had another statement where he did call out individual hate groups. >> racism is evil. and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs including the