philadelphia cloaked in clouds. it's tuesday afternoon and i'm brian taff. >> i'm sharrie williams, the big story is the weather we have had with heavy downpours on often all day. adam joseph is live at the big board with the latest from accuweather. >> we have clouds and steady showers at times and the tremendous humidity out there. kind of weighing on all of us throughout the day and stormtracker 6 live double scan shows the most of the heavier rain is sliding to the south and east of philadelphia all along a boundary of ripples of energy pushing in from the southwest to the north and east. as we close in closer here in and around philadelphia scattered light drizzle and still pops of of moderate rain in central parts of delaware, no lightning from bay side, smyrna, no bridgeton and elmer is dealing with steady rainfall along 55 as well as 42. anz we head to the east we see this wall of green along the shore.

it has not been a day to be outdoors. from cape may through long beach island and still an hour or two of steady rainfall down there. temperatures in the 70s area wide and because of the clouds and rainfall. but the humidity has spiked through the roof. the dew points are in the mid to upper 70s. what is truly tropical air. and that humidity will start to leave us as we go into the overnight hours tonight into tomorrow. here is the evening planner, temperatures falling from upper 70s to low 70s. as we get from 9:00 until 11:00 the humidity clears out and the temperatures will drop. the temperatures really spike we'll show you that in the full accuweather forecast. >> always the but. hold on for the next sentence. you can get updates on your phone or tablet. including real time views from stormtracker 6 live double scan the 6 abc app is a free download for your mobile device.

developing news from atlantic city where a bizarre discovery led authorities to shut down a motel. investigators found an alligator in the pool of the suites. what are investigators saying about this? >> reporter: well, it's hard to say because investigators are not talking at this point but talking to residents here a peculiar story. a no knock raid, they came in and raided the entire aging motel here and took a number of people down to a local school and there representatives from the county prosecutors questioned them and we reached out to the prosecutors office and they have not yet responded. but most people did come back, but that raid that literally knocked doors off their hinges led to the shut down of this building. >> the sign says that the fading

roadside motel. the bay view hotel and suites sun fit for habitation today. an estimated 20 to 40 residents are put out and they are scrambling to find them temporary shelter for the evening. in the wake of the early morning law enforcement raid that resulted in doors here being damaged and unuseable. off camera a resident told us that the bay view's days were numbered prior to the raid it was due to close august 31st. besides people that had to be relocated. there were several dogs and 2 to 3 foot central america gator. >> they are native to the southern united states, you'll find them from north carolina along the coast all the way around florida into texas. >> he looks pretty good he has

some off growth of the tooth that could be genetic or just an injury that caused his teeth to grow back in a strange angle. >> well, that was a representative of the cape may county zoo. the new home of the little gator, one resident told us the gator was if the pool for the better part of a month when the owner left the state of new jersey. people could often go by and throw chicken and stuff in there so the gator could eat. channel 6 "action news." >> all right, something you don't see every day thank you. a $15,000 reward is offered to help solve an attempted arson that targeted city vehicles in philadelphia. you see the suspect entering a southwest philadelphia parking garage last wednesday and police say he doused the garage with flammable liquid and tried but failed to burn several streets department vehicles and at one point he left the facility on

woodland avenue and came back with a baby stroller and a white sheet covering his body. if you recognize the man or know anything about this crime contact philadelphia police. "action news" has new information about a dice game that turned deadly in west philadelphia. police say that 23-year-old was shot in the head during an argument with another man. chopper 6 hd was overhead at 9:30 as officers responded to the 5800 block of christian street. the victim's young children ages 2 and 5 were there to witness the violence. no arrest ares have been made but detectives found a gun at the scene. 50 people were forced ott of their homes overnight as a massive fire swept through. this was the scene at the canterbury court apartments. the brick building bellies the e accident of the damage inside. look at the flames when

firefighters got there. it took 80 firefighters about han hour to get this under control. >> out of a dead sleep, fire alarms and looked out and the building was on fire. we went back and in grabbed the animals. >> one firefighter was treated for injuries and two residents were hurt but it's not clear how badly and the fire marshall is still investigating is the cause. to allentown where police are searching for multiple suspects after a man was gunned down right in front of his young daughter. walter perez spoke with the victim's girlfriend this afternoon and joins us now with their story. >> reporter: so far one person is arrested. and three others remain on the loose as loved one grieve a senseless death of a loving father. >> johnny curtis says that the murder of her boyfriend. jermaine taylor of allentown is more than she could take. >> he was warm and caring and

giving -- >> it was early sunday morning. witnesses say that four armed intruders burst their way into taylor's lyndon street apartment where he lived with his 8-year-old daughter, according to documents, those witnesses heard them say show me the money before the gun fire erupted. they found taylor's daughter weeping by her father's body. she said that taylor was like a son to her and now the concern is the well being of taylor's daughter. >> send prayers for her. to heal her soul and her mind. investigators discovered shell casings from different guns and they believe that a bullet struck an intruder. the blood trail led to the home of isaac -- and is since arrested with homicide and

robbery. now the search for the three remaining suspects continues, taylor's family are mourning the lots of a man described as a hard worker. >> he overcame homelessness and everything. and trying to make his way for him and his daughter. >> why are they killing each other. why can't we realize everybody's hand doesn't need a gun in it. >> the remaining suspects are described as two young men and a young heavy set woman. anyone with information is asked to call police. walter perez "action news." today the state of delaware took action to protect their correctional officers in the wake of february's deadly prison uprising. governor carnie signed house bill 214 giving employees the

opportunity to bargain. one of several changes in the month since the hostage situation led to the death of lieutenant steven floyd inside of the vaughn correctional center. today a fourth business leader now left donald trump's manufacturing council after his response to racial violence in virginia. scott paul the head of the alike for manufacturing became the latest in a growing list of executives to quit the council. paul tweeted i'm resigning because it's the right thing for me to do. he joins merck under armour and intel who all left the council yesterday for similar reasons. now president trump responded via twitter, for every ceo that drops out of the council i have many to take their place. grand standers should not have gone on. today thomas reed says he justs the reason why but still calls it a mistake.

>> that is an individual choice the ceo's made i am a fan if you want to influence the agenda you need to be at the table and in the room and pitching your vision how to go forward. obviously they chose to leave that table. from my perspective they lost the opportunity to influence the agenda. >> the group was established in january with two dozen members meets to offer the president guys on job growth, the executives leaving say that the message was not enough and there is no place for racism or discrimination in this world. but just this afternoon denise marsden a ceo from campbells soup will remain on the council. >> thanks. time for the "action news" traffic report. gina gannon is in for matt pellman. >> reporter: well, unfortunately the first look is showing us an accident many traveling off into south philadelphia we see a live

look here of an accident scene blocking two right lanes on the northbound side of 95 at the walt whitman bridge exit. a lot of emergency personnel are on the scene and an ambulance and fire truck and pedestrian on the roadway, this is out blocking the two left lanes, if you travel from broad street to this point, expect a major delay but the southbound side not seeing a gaper delay. your travel time if you head out on the northbound side between the blue route to the vine because of this backup, 22 minutes right nowment on the big picture we have slow speeds, d just an accident that wrapped up. once you leave the accident at broad you may hit that one as well. and if you head out on the vine single digits on both sides of the schuylkill expressway. the vine itself showing you we have tapping of the brakes westbound but the eastbound side you are heavy the whole way. back to you. >> gina thank you. >> next on "action news" at 4:00, a followup to an

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north korea appears to be back ago way for the moment from the brink of war. after reviewing plans of a missile attack near guam. kim jong un decided to delay further action and the trump administration remains interested in a dialog from the north and waiting for a sign of interest. and despite the calming interest, the south korean and u.s. military are conducting

military exercises next week. a woman was seriously injured after she apparently tried to protect her young children during a rare and terrifying incident many she was with her young sons when a massive tree fell on them this morning. good samaritans jumped into action working with first responders to pull the woman out from under the tree. two children were in a stroller and baby carrier. the children are also hospitalized in serious condition. none of the injuries is believed to be life-threatening. investigators in nebraska are trying to figure out what caused an explosion that leveled a home. it critically injured two people and damaged other homes. it sent glass, and shingles and pieces of drywall flying and some debris traveled as far as 200 feet.

more people could have been hurt but no one was outside or walk agent that time. healing historical moment for two families once deemed enemies. last week we told you about marvin the marine from portland, oregon who traveled 10,000 mile to return something to the mountains in japan. he saw a flag sticking out of a pocket of a fallen japanese soldier and took it out of his pocket and vowed to preserve it and return it home. that day was today. they identified the soldier based on signatures adorning the silk scarf, all of them well wishes for his safe return. he never made it back but today his flag did. he handed to his brother and sisters, and the rue evenon was

remotional. burying his face in it. smelling it and having a moment with it as tears flowed. >> i had such a moment with your brother, 73 years ago. and i promised him at that time i would return the flag some day to the family. >> and that is what they did today. the flag is a treasure that will fill a deep void for his family, the first trace of their brother whose remains have never been found. today both families say they can finally move on after 73 years. a promise kept by him who says he is overwhelmed by what this flag means to that family many i am following this since friday waiting him to get there with that very special piece of carry on luggage. a special moment of healing thank you. >> a look at wall street tuesday afternoon, the dow up 5.25 and

nasdaq 7.25 and s&p down 1.25 on the day. ups is turning to new technology to help with training its new employees, anyone wanting to be a driver has to pass a virtual reality test before getting behind the wheel of of anyc brown truck. the high tech training gets added to the curriculum next month. and adam is back to talk about the forecast. in short a wet day. >> we'll turn it around as we get into the middle of the week tomorrow. we go into the weather center, this is the scene pretty much everywhere. looking at the commodore barry bridge it looks like haze in the atmosphere and that is the tropical humidity, most of the showers are now south and east

of philadelphia but a few spitting showers here and there even along i-95 and 322, but the dew poin dew poin dew points don't bet much higher than 72 to 77. 73 philadelphia and 71 in reading and these numbers are the numbers you can blame for how uncomfortable it feels out there. but the good thing going the next few days, the trend is going down into the mid-60s and that means drier air is puncturing in tomorrow and most of thursday, but notice the spike again coming in on friday. which would be much like today. and saturday it starts to come back down once again. as we take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan most of the showers are now in southern parts of new jersey, southern tip of long beach island all the way down to atlantic city and sea isle city. and downpours are still drifting along 49 west of millville and smyrna and dover.

there was a thunderstorm there, dover pickp up an inch of rainfall today and the rain breaks apart as you head towards philadelphia. temperatures in the 70s. 4-in allentown un77 in wilmington and philadelphia and at the shore middle 70s there with the ocean warm at 76 degrees. a little bit of atmospheric energy rolling through that brought the rain and it's sliding out and starting to see the clearing trend of the north and west with and the area cleans its acts up. 64 allentown and 67 millville and 68 by tomorrow morning in dover. 8:00 tonight the rain is gone and we may start to try to rip the clouds apart and temperatures in the middle 70s and starting wednesday morning a dry rush and sunshine to the north and west and temperatures 70 degree orz better and tomorrow afternoon just high clouds and a lot of sun and notice temperatures near 90 in philadelphia and mid up toer 80s else where and tracking hurricane gert we see it

positioned itself between bermuda and the east coast. and winds 78 miles per hour drinking dangerous rip currents for our shore line one more day tomorrow. listen to the lifeguards if you hit the beach tomorrow. 90 tomorrow and sunshine and clouds and lower humidity. and 86 on thursday, spotty storm late in the day and most of the day is dry. unsettled and steam bath is back on friday and we clear it in time for the weekend. temperatures 88 and still warm with a late scattered storm. we'll have the seven day in the next half hour. >> thank you. more "action news" coming up right after this.

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center stage it provides opportunities for philadelphia aspiring musicians to get exposure and boost the local economy through music. they can upload videos of them performing original music to phl.org and winners will be chosen from there. and a new partnership with the cancer research. they expect to make this race the largest run in the u.s. dedicated to finding new treatments. mayor jim kenney helped to announce the collaboration today at city hall and tens and thousands of competitors are expected to take part on november 19th. and former lenape high school and ryder university star jason thompson, is back in town to host a summer camp.

the action cam shopped by west depford as thrills were underway, thompson began his nba career in 2008 and it's called live like jt so campers can advocate for change in the world. still ahead, a social media post showing a philadelphia firefighter has gone viral. people were outraged by what he was wearing during a time of protest in america. we'll show you. >> and if you know the man in this video police want to hear from you today. police say he stole cash from a local business and got away. after this.

"action news" continues. >> hello again 4:30 and "action news" continues with makeup for your workout. that is what we are just talking about here. women are buying up these products to put on before they exercise. >> plus, getting your kids to sleep can be a difficult task and one mommy blog posts about the proper time for night night have parents crying no way. and water main breaks in delaware county creates this geyser. and first philadelphia fire commissioner calls it a reprehensible act. one of his firefighters post aid cowboy hat with a confederate

flag. the post comes just days after one virginia town erupted in violen violence with neo nazi pro tetters and counter protesters. bob brooks has more on this story. >> reporter: we are about to see that picture and we'll let the viewers be the judge for themselves. i spoke with fire officials and the union today. the reason the firefighter gave them for why he posted this picture in the first place because it was suppose to be a kind of a joke. he is wearing a confederate flag cowboy hat and holding a tiki torch. and heading to virginia. he posted it after the horrific events in virginia. he is a veteran member of the

philadelphia fire department an investigation into the picture is underway. >> he is not everybody. but it's sad. >> senseless. >> not just outrage from tax paying philadelphians. >> it's disturbing and stupid. i know he regrets it and we regret it also. >> we condemn this highly insensitive photo. >> what happened is that he intended this to be a joke somehow. >> it was over the weekend and he was having a few drinks and sending messages back and forth with a friend of his who is an african-american and he was not offended. >> he took it as a joke and deeply sorry and regretful of what happened. >> and some response commissioner adam teal expressed his thoughts. i am horrified.

racist symbols are -- to our values. and conduct training for our more than 2600 members. marks confirms he is serious about the training. >> when he says there is going to be training he is on board with it. >> and will have to be bunted for. as for the man he is not suspended and still on schedule while is the investigation plays out. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. when you see the video of a fiery crash in jersey shore you will be amazed like we were that no one was hurt here. an "action news" viewer capture tropical disturbance on their cell phone, it happened on the atlantic city expressway in gloucester township. he crashed into the guardrail and the car caught on fire. despite the intensity of those flames no one was hurt.

a man with a crowbar went into a philadelphia check cashing business and tried to pry open an atm. it was rolling at is the chu agent on logan, the suspect was unsuccessful opening the atm and was able to get into the office and take $260 in cash. if you recognize the man in this video philadelphia police want to hear from you. >> repairs are made to a we're main that broke in delaware county shooting water high into the sky. the break happened along chester highway. all the water and the crews on the scene caused traffic delays around that area. officials with the chester water authority says that the main that broke was a 6 inch cast iron main. no injuries were reported and be aware of the road closures if driving in the area. you see what happened earlier today and the effects are still lingering this afternoon. >> a lot of water going into the

air there, and everyone else water coming down. it has been a lousy day out there. adam joseph has the latest and is tracking these gray sky zbrz no one wants to wish time away but lets pass to tomorrow. tomorrow will be so much better than today. if you like the heat and sunshine and lower humidity as well. but yes we are dealing with the steady rain in and around philadelphia down to the south and east. still dealing with heavy downpours around bay side around bridgeton and parts of south jersey here along 47 and parts of 49 a wet drive, and central park, delaware. that has taken most of the rain today. look at stormtracker 6 live double scan most of that steady rain is sliding off the coast to the south and east and we begin to dry out especially west of philadelphia despite the humidity is still very high and the clouds are sticking around and just over a .10 inch of rain and the same for philadelphia,

you start to move the numbers up for wilmington and millville and over a half inch of rain and near an inch and a half of thunderstorms this afternoon in kent county for dover. and 77 in philadelphia and 91 raleigh and near 90 in st. louis. there is summer heat waiting in the wings. we'll talk about more 90s in the seven-day forecast coming up in the seven-day in just a little bit. >> adam thanks. a new religious community moved into atlantic city. the franciscan sisters of the renewal dead waited their new convent in the old saint michael's church that was empty since the parish closed in 2015. four sisters live there trying to make a difference in the surrounding community which they say has given them a warm welcome so far. >> very, very positive. i don't think we have had one incident of anything other than kindness and openness and joy in

seeing us. really sister friendly around here. >> sister friendly, we like that. the order only has one other location in the united states. and that one is in new york city. and they had a special outdoor mass in montgomery county for residents at one senior center for people of canning lick faith. the blessing celebrated the assumption of the virgin mary held on a tent due to the rain outside of the center in landsdale. and inspired and inspiring. a group of college bound teens got together for a pep talk today. 180 members of the class of 2017 got lessons on college life. these students are all philadelphia futures scholars, a program that boasts an incredible 100% enrollment rate. and they got to celebrate their

accomplishments as they celebrate the next chapter. we have heard advice that couples should not go to bed angry. and now rick williams is live in the newsroom with more. >> interesting story, researchers at ohio state university brought couples into a controlled environment and had them argue it out. the researchers took the vital signs of each person and compared how they were feeling before and after the fight. and we have the results and what to watch out for from you in the situation. and also tonight, amazon already has same day delivery but what if you could order something online and get it within minutes. the new service cutting down delivery time even more. some of the stofr stories we are following for you. >> see you at 5:00. still to come on "action

news" at 4:00. a texas man survives a rattle stake bite thanks to medical care and now bitten again this time by a massive helicopter ambulance bill. and david beckham is known for being a soccer pro and model but a dad first. we'll show you how dedicated he is to his kids. especially his little girl there.

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a father in ohio was arrested after his 3-year-old child was found under a pile of trash in a running car. it happened early sunday morning in columbus, three officers were patrolling the area on foot and came across an unoccupied vehicle running. it was full of rubbish that appeared to be pulled from a dumpster and they noticed a small hand in the debris and

they opened the door to find the child asleep. the child's father was found wandering nearby and was taken into custody. a texas man who survived a rattlesnake bite is bitten again this time by a big medical bill. his son was able to drive him to the closest hospital but once there he was told he needed to be air lifted to a bigger hospital 47 miles away. and after being in the icu he was home feeling grateful and he was on the hook for the helicopter ride to the tune of $30,000. >> that was more traumatic than realizing i was actually bitten by a rattlesnake and more angry about the bill and initially refused the ride knowing it would be expensive but felt he had no other choice in a life or death situation. he is trying to negotiate with

the ambulance service. lets start with something that causes stress for households with children. bedtime. everyone seems to have an opinion on this and a new blog is generating a new round of opinions. this bedtime chart was posted on creative child's magazine facebook page. mommy moment. and this breaks down what time they should go to bed by age. 9 years old 8:00 p.m. and 7 years old 7:00 p.m. some feel ashamed and some inspired and some wondered if the writer had children or met children before. speaking of parenting, the ledledge lengths we go for the little

ones are exhausting. david beckham, we are talking toy assembly. he spent six days, building harper a disney castle out of legos, page one of the disney castle. 4,000 people 490 pages of instructions, i look confused but so excited. fast forward a week. here he is, with no help from tinker bell. at 1:00 in the morning, with the finished product in its glory, he writes someone will have a nice surprise in the morning followed by many many z's. he needed a nap after that one. finally when we think of gyms we don't typically think of glamour but a new makeup line to make sure you look good when you sweat. out lasting every crunch and squat and mile.

this is clinique fit. the makeup line for the gym promising to stay put even through a hot yoga class. from face makeup to the eyes, the tag line is life is a marathon look good doing it. it's sweat and humidity resistant but they claim it doesn't clog pores or cause breakouts and you have to have the mascara, the editors tried it saying that the mascara that is part of this line did not run even when they were a sweaty salty mess. the idea of wearing makeup to the gym is polarizing. >> how do you get it off? >> i do love my mascara, you get it off with your makeup remover. >> i heard you need a brillo pad. >> try it on for size. no mangeup for me during a

workout. forget it. >> gina is here with an update on the roads. >> reporter: lets talk about what is happen on 95, we have injure accident out here. if you travel from south philadelphia heading to the northeast you'll find that out here blocking the two left lanes northbound tasker avenue northbound exit. we are delayed all the way back traveling out to broad street out to this point. but then as we get further up ahead traveling around 95 at bridge street another accident there, that one is out there blocking the right lane because of a medical emergency and you see that here, the right lane is blocked. northbound 95 commuter between the vine and woodhaven, 44 minutes, the other accident is at washington, just in general from south philadelphia and heading to this point give yourself extra time. it's going to be a slow go. and also a slow go heading to the northeast as well and taking the northbound side of the

roosevelt boulevard are you jammed from 76 to broad street and now a southbound delay approaching 76 that could slow you down. i want to talk about your travel times, we see a lot of growing volume and muggy outside. on the northbound side of 95 jammed and schuylkill a half hour and blue route about 27 minutes. back to you. >> thank you. adam joseph is standing by with the full accuweather forecast. next.

families who serve this country are getting a small token of thanks today. 500 military kids are receiving backpacks and school supplies at joint base lakehurst. it's all part of operation home front back to school brigade.

dollar tree helped to responser this backpack drive and operation home front started nine years ago and so far provided 300,000 backpacks for military children. adam joseph is joining us now talking about what a lousy day it is, but the good news is tomorrow is better. the rain is almost over and we move through tomorrow and thursday, the sunshine is gaining control once again. as we look at the weather center here we are dealing with the dreary sky and damp roadways and the extremely high humidity. today you don't need to head to the caribbean or tropics to get that feeling out there. we felt it all day long. and as we take a look down here at the ben franklin parkway. not looking at windshield wipers on as the rain has temporarily ended at times in and around philadelphia. but as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we flip it forward here and a couple of

showers west of the city here. they are not going to do all that much. they drop a rain drop here or there. at times delaware county and eastern chester county scoots through center city briefly and dealing with steadier rainfall south of bridgeton in morristown and millville. and you are dealing with the persistent light rain from cape may to ocean city. but if you are at the shore. you have the kids inside all day long. don't worry, a little later this evening the rain will stop and hit the boardwalks to get them outside. 78 in millville. 77 in philadelphia and wilmington as well as dover. mid-70s in allentown and reading. and 70s sound comfortable but when you step out it basically feels like a steam bath out there with the tropical humidity. and some of that tropical humidity is in response to gert a hurricane well off the coast.

kind of pulling in the moisture from the south and energy rippling through and it's warm and muggy and we'll get rid of the clouds overnight but with the damp ground there is late patchy fog developing by tomorrow morning and especially in areas that saw the rain today. 64 to 74 the overnight low and tomorrow sunshine and high clouds and much hotter in fact it's the first day we are back above that normal of 86 degrees in 11 days, philadelphia 90 and 88 wilmington and millville 88 and even though it's hotter the humidity will be much lower, the front about to come through tomorrow on the dry side. 90 degrees and the front sinks to the south on thursday, a spotty storm late in the day south and west as a warm front starts to arrive and turning humid and most of the day is dry and 86 and that opens the door to uncomfortable unsettled weather for friday. a great day to hit the sand and

mid-80s with sunshine and clouds and dangerous rip concerns tomorrow for the jersey shore as well as the delaware beaches because of the swells with gert as it heads out to sea. as we look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 90 or so tomorrow turning hotter and less humid but sunshine in control. most of the day thursday is dry and could be a spotty storm late. friday is an active day and humid as well. 87 degrees and we start to dry it out over the weekend and temperatures remain above normal. and as we get toward the eclipse day, partly sunny and near 90 degrees and 90 again by next tuesday. >> adam thanks. we have breaking news in now. out of new york city where president trump just addressed the violence in charlottesville in virginia once again from the lobby of trump tower. the president was there to discuss infrastructure but questions turned to the weekend violence. and why he waited two days to

call out the white supremacists detectly. >> i had to see the facts unlike a lot of reporters -- unlike a lot of reporters. i didn't know david duke was there and i wanted to see the facts. >> david duke thanks the president's comments blaming again many sides and his first comments on saturday that were widely criticized by democrats and republicans were appropriate. he again insisted there were violence on many sides and the quote, alt left shoulders the blame for what happened in virginia.

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. when you say the alt-right define that for me. lets go. >> senator mccain defined them as the same group -- >> what about the alt left that came charging, do they have any as asemableance of guilt? a tense confrontation with donald trump and reporters, the president spoke to the media in trump tower blaming quote both sides for the violence in

charlesville, virginia. abc news is tracking reaction to statements coming in by the minute and we'll have more from washington coming in at 5:30. it is tuesday night and monica is off and sharrie williams is joining us and we are following the attempt for an attempted arsonist that targeted vehicles in a municipal parking garage. >> workers in woodland avenue smelled gas coming from the underground garage, they found several vehicles surrounded by fuel. and nouveau that police want you to take a close look at and a reward for anyone that helps out. christie aleto is live in west philadelphia with the details. >> reporter: well, police say that the garage at the time was having issues locking that is why they believe the man was getting in. surveillance video is showing that the man entered at least six times within one hour, the real question that remains i