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 is

why. >> we are asking the public to look at the clothing worn, and the pants he is wearing and the faded nature down by his calfs and as he leaves the parking garage as he returned and his gate and how he walks, his face cloaked in a white bed sheet, they caught the arsonist in the garage, surrounded by the fire and city streets department. seconds later he exits coming down the road and then coming back pushing a baby stroller and the white bed sheet a cape around his body. >> he is seen a total of six times entering the facility and dousing vehicles with flammable liquid and a t-shirt and pair of shoes were discovered on site. >> he leaves his shirt behind and used it to ignite. >> for some coward to go out there and try to take the lives

of our firefighters and police officers, we need to get that individual off the street. we need to get that individual off the street now. >> reporter: now, police believe this man lives in the area is known to his neighbors and if you recognize this individual. his clothing or manrisms in that video you are asked to call authorities. christie aleto, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. police in allentown are looking for multiple suspects after a man was shot and killed in front of his young daughter, according to officials, four armed intruders burst into an apartment on lyndon street. demanding money from jermaine taylor and then gunning him down. he left blood behind at the scene and police are still looking for three others tonight. the city of philadelphia and the union for the city's police officers have reach aid three

year contract agreement. under that deal the city will get increased pension contributions, police operations will be tweaked to control overtime costs and three officers will live in the city for the first five years of employment and get raises for the next three years and keep their defined benefit plan, a plan that the city is angling to change. >> an atlantic city motel is shut down after an early morning law enforcement raid. officials moved into the bay view inn and suits, forcing out 20 to 40 people. it's unclear why the motel was raided but we know some bizarre things police found a couple of dogs and a 2 to 3 fetal gator found in the pool. that is being sento the cape may county zoo. turning now to accuweather. a damp day around the delaware valley. stepping live now outside. sky 6 hd giving us the view of

the ben franklin bring and the view of the clouds hanging around and also the damp nature. we'll get the chance to dry out though with hotter weather come tomorrow. but unsettled skies return to the area before the week is over. up and down here as meteorologist, cecily tynan, joins us with the details. >> reporter: we have something for everyone this week. today cloudy and damp and double scan live radar showing the north and west suburbs are drying out and still heavy downpours in parts of south jersey and delaware, this is the area that sees most of the action and cumberland and cedarville now heading towards millville. heavier downpours also in bay side, continuing to move across delaware, and moving out as we move through the evening hours, and even where it's not raining and step outside you feel the moisture in the air, that water vapor, dew points don't get higher than this. dew point 73 degrees and millville 76 degrees and that is

a tropical air mass, in the poconos not as intense in the 60s and the dew points drop tomorrow and the sunshine will be back. but it's going to be very hot. and this is what to expect tonight. level over showers are ending from the west to southeast and cloudy and damp and humid and where the winds diminish enough we have patchy dense fog and it's return of more storms later in the week coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> we'll check back in later. all eyes are on washington and what president trump does next in the war of words with north korea. for now it looks like kim jong un is backing up on a threat to send missiles to guam. >> north korea's leader, kim jong un is signifying he may be interested in pausing the escalation and the war of words. but that does not mean the threat is over. even after north korea appeared

to back down, jim mattis confirmed that the u.s. military is fully ready to engage. here at the pentagon we are part of the sentinel for our nation and we stand ready to defend her. >> meantime, rex tillerson says that the u.s. is open to diplomatic talks with leader kim jong un. >> we are interested to get to dialog but that is up to him. >> the trump administration pursued diplomacy, a message of fire and fury and persistent state of military readiness, always warning north korean's that an attack on the u.s. would be suicide. they showed kim jong un meeting with the troops but one sentence indicating that kim is hitting the snooze button of the nuclear threat staying the leader will

watch u.s. stupid behavior a bit longer. >> a change from claiming to strike the waters off of guam in mid-august. the date next is august 21st when south korea and the u.s. have joint military exercises. it's five years since doca the policy was put in place it provides protection for immigrants that entered the country as minor. jim kenney called for the continuation of the program and now faces legal road blocks that immigration advocates today could go unchallenged in the trump administration. the attorney for the philadelphia day care owner and operator accused of sexually abusing children says his client passed a lie detecter test.

katherine scott has the story from center city. >> duncan round left court intenter city. his south philadelphia day care remains closed after being charged with sexually assaulting two 5-year-old children and his attorney maintains his innocence. >> i can't disclose as far as our investigation, that is confidentiality and privilege but he passed a polygraph last wednesday. >> round owned sprout day care for about a decade many one boy and one girl were assaulted multiple times inside of the day care, officers say the incidents were reported on july 25th by a third party. round is out on bail and a british citizen and surrendered his passport. >> right now he is trying to be there for his family, that is who he is worried about now, and his family is extremely supportive along with the community.

>> the next court date is august 30th. all right tuesday night lets get a check of the "action news" traffic report now. >> lets go live to gina gannon. >> i have great news the earlier accident on the northbound side of 95 on bridge street cleared out about two minutes ago. but we still have a delay in that area, about 42 minutes from the vine to woodhaven, that is four times more than what we are used to seeing. a normal travel time is 13 minutes, between woodhaven and the vine. are still seeing delays to washington avenue. southbound side is looking good but the accident did clear we could see clearing in the next few minutes. a look at the big picture, on the vine 9 miles per hour and single digits on the schuylkill expressway i want to show you that. here is a live look at the roosevelt boulevard the

westbound delay and are you jammed a half hour there. rick and sharrie back to you. >> thanks gina. there is more ahead on "action news" at 5:00, the new science putting weight behind the saying don't go to bed angry. >> ahead in health check what a fight before bedtime could do to your health. >> and a warning for drivers that could be on the road during the solar eclipse. how you make sure you are not distracted behind the wheel. ♪ having a baby. caring for your parents. learning you have a condition. these are moments when people realize that where you get your medicine matters. and they look to us. cvs pharmacy. for advice. and ways to save money.

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investigators in nebraska are trying to figure out what sparked an explosion that destroyed a home. two people were seriously hurt and 40 homes were damaged. debris was blown as far as 200 feet from the blast site. firefighters believe that even more people could have been hurt but thankfully nobody was outside or walking by at that time. >> a new jersey congressman has introduced legislation to help korean war veterans suffering from agent orange. tom mcarthur stopped by and veterans that served between april 1, 1968 and august 3rd,

1971 are eligible for commonsation and health care that could change including anyone that served there from september 1st, 1967. >> this legislation started like a lot of pieces of legislation started. it started with a story. a person. >> members of the american legion and the vfw were on hand to show support for the legislation. health check tonight. rough days for seasonal allergy sufferers but not because of ragweed that would be the dominant problem in august but the levels pushed outdoor mold from pollens and grasses and trees up. many people may feel like they have hey fever, if you need medication for ragweed take it now so make sure it's in your system. new study gives creedance to

the age old notion that couples should not go to bet angry. they brought couples into the lab and had them argue, and they were checked for signs of inflammation and surprises for couples that argues on lost sleep. both of those factors came into play we saw a 10% increase in inflammation. >> we worry about in a study like this, is having relatively modest changes in inflammation but persistent over time. >> and chronic inflammation is tied to heart disease, arthritis and type two diabetes. couples that resolve their conflicts calmly and effectively did not show increase in inflammation, your health depends on finding a way to resolve disputes. aaa is warning drivers to be extra cautious on monday august 21st during the solar eclipse we

are waiting for. drivers may be distracted and aaa advises staying off the roads if at all possible. but if you want to see the eclipse make a plan. get to the location and make sure you have plenty of time to watch it. >> make sure you have a safe place to watch. if this is not a priority for you. then you need to make sure that you are aware other people that are on the road and pedestrians that may be at a place like center city or on a main street. they may be out watching you need to keep an eye out for them. aaa suggests keeping your lights on during the rare event and lower your sun visor to block the potential distraction and keep your phones away and don't take pictures or video while driving. >> they celebrated the connection between the sea and life today at the jersey shore. ♪ ♪

the action cam was there for atlantic city's wedding of the sea festival. civic and religious leaders came together to perform a wedding between the city and the ocean. it was all to celebrate the importance of the sea for the areas economic success. more to come on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. the familiar faces that are in atlantic city next month to help crown a brand new miss america. and the new service from amazon making items available from click to pickup in just the matter of minutes. those stories and more when "action news" at 5:00 returns.

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behind the wheel of an ups truck and it aims to make drivers safer and smarter. starting next month trainers move around virtual obstacles. the high tech training gets added next month. the countdown to the crown is on. the miss america competition is less than a month away. and they announced four of the celebrity judges making four of the decisions in atlantic city. including thomas rhett and model molly simms, and jordan sparks and editor of "people" magazine jess cagle. they will host the 2017 miss america competition sunday september 10th, here live on 6 abc. all right there is more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. a check of the forecast for you. >> as you take a live look outside at the center city sigh

line, a gray day today. cecily tynan has the exclusive accuweather forecast. and some changes when "action news" at 5:00 continues.

time for the accuweather forecast. >> cecily tynan is here with all the details and hopefully sunshine soon cecily. >> the sun will come out

tomorrow. bet your bottom dollar. i'm not singing it. lets head over to the "action news" weather center and show you we are live sky 6 hd taking a live look at city hall and you notice haze out there and moisture in the air and you can pretty much see it and the flags barely moving at all. the winds stay light tonight, patchy dense fog developing due to the facts that we have so much moisture and rain today. double scan live radar showing nothing more than a few scattered showers around philadelphia and wilmington but heavy downpours near cumberland county. we can zoom in millville you are getting in on the action. riding along route 49 right now. no thunder or lightning but heavy downpours are continuing to push to the east and it's now leaving delaware and working over the delaware bay.

and we are drying out quickly in the overnight hours, temperatures today thanks to the clouds and rain, definitely on the cool side and the humidity was up. not the heat but humidity. philadelphia 77 now and allentown and reading 75 and cape may 76 and wilmington also 76. satellite and radar showing this plume of moisture today. again the heaviest is still pushing to the east and if you look to the west of pennsylvania you notice the clearing line that moves in the, in the overnight hour. overnight it could cause problems in areas for the morning commute. 64 in the suburbs and 74 for center city. future tracker 6 showing at 8:00 lingering shower activity along the coast and tomorrow morning you wake up and clouds south and east of philadelphia and temperatures in the 70s by the afternoon. lots of sunshine, could get an isolate the shower along the

coast and most areas are dry and it's going be hot with a high near 90. speaking of the coast we have hurricane gert she was formed last night maxtum sustained wins at 75 miles per hour. and it has already made the turn to the northeast. out to sea. but the problem is rip current risk be careful on the beaches. could be dangerous conditions in the water. the five-day at 5:00, the sunshine is back and it's a hot day with a high of 90, dew points in the 60s so not as humid. thursday 86 degrees and spotty thunderstorm possible and a better chance of showers and thunderstorms. and friday evening 87 degrees and saturday warm and 88 and the possibility of a pop-up thunderstorm and sunday also 88. how about monday's weather for the eclipse. adam will talk about that in the seven-day forecast. we'll take a quick break.

"action news" continues with adam joseph, and rick williams and monica malpass. >> here is what is happening on

"action news" tonight. >> there is blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it and you don't have doubt about it either. and if you reported it accurately. you would say it. >> a defiant president trump clashes are the media at trump tower in charlottesville, virginia, asserting that both sides are to blame for what happened over the weekend. and reads residents were forced out of their homes overnight. we begin with more on president trump's fiery news conference at trump tower, the president was initially speaking about a new infrastructure plan. and then questions turned to his handling of the violence in charlottesville over the weekend. he said he waited to issue a statement to make sure he had all the facts but the press

concerns took a turn when he believed that the alt-right and those confronting them were both to blame for the violence. >> you had a group on one side that was bad and a group on the other side that was also very violent, but nobody wants to say that. you had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit and they were very, very violent. president trump was asked about steve bannon and maintains that he was not a quote, racist and was a good person. hundreds of protesters expected gather again along 5th avenue tonight. thousands gathered outside of his residence last evening and shouted at his motorcade. following executives from merck

and wal-mart, and scott paul stepped down today many he tweeted quote, i am resigning from the manufacturing jobs initiative because it's the right thing for me to do. when asked what he thought about those that left. president trump said that he thinks the members don't take their jobso seriously. some white nationalist groups seem to be capitalizing on this. they are planning morallies across the country. >> that started out as a white nationalist protest and led to counter protest and controversy and controversy we could see more of as that group tries to send its hateful message. >> as those opposed to white supremacy fight back some

tearing down a statue. they vow to take their message to rallies across the country. >> if you were to take them from images from this weekend and what you saw in the 60s and 70s, not much has changed other than not wearing sheets. >> the next rally planned at the university of florida. the school's president posting even though he would find one of the movements most visible leaders deeply disturbing, we must follow the law not to discriminate based on content and provide access to a public space. spencer and other nationalists think that white identity is under attack and credit president trump's anti-immigration policies as their rise to mainstream. >> it opened up the door and up to us to take the initiative.

>> they report since 2014, 25 new hate groups formed. trump slow and tem ped to call out the groups by name. >> he was saying vague statements that don't have a lot of meaning to be honest. >> and as you heard in the aftermath of charlesville. so far four business leaders have stepped down from the president's manufacturing counts ill. the only one that president trump called out was merck ceo that happens to be black, he says for err one that steps down there are many to take their place. >> thank you. and as always you can follow the latest on the charlottesville violence and president trump's news conference on your phone or tablet. we posted detailed updates and pictures and videos along with reaction from the area, the 6 abc app is a free download for

your mobile device. a firefighter and two residents were injured in a north philadelphia apartment complex. they are trying to figure out what sparked the fire that forced residented out of their homes. >> i heard a screeching noise, that was the alarm and came out side and saw flames coming outs of of my neighbor's g 5 apartment. >> it was 12:30 in the morning when the fire alarms when off at the canterbury apartments. this video shows what firefighters were met with upon arrival. >> dead sleep and fire alarm and woke up and building was on fire. everyone was outside and we went back in and grabbed the animals. >> firefighters fought the blaze that took an here to get under control. many waited on this septa bus as the red cross assisted on

accommodationses. >> we are waiting for office of emergency management and red cross and also building management and all of those together we'll work together to find housing for all the displaced occupants. >> meanwhile one firefighter was take and to the hospital along with two residents that were seriously injured. >> the fire alarms in this building did go off that alerted the residents well ahead of time. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. channel 6 "action news." firefighters were also busy in ocean city, new jersey, where they battled a fire at a multimillion-dollar home overnight. they were on boulevard overnight and firefighters were able to get control of the fire but say that the home suffered extensive damage and everyone inside was able to get out safely. philadelphia police are looking for the man in this surveillance video taken inside of a logan

check cashing store. the suspect broke in and tried to use a crowbar. eventually the thief gave up on the atm and broke into the main office and took nearly 300 there's and took off. a driver narrowly escaped a crash in south jersey. a "action news" viewer captured the scene on their cell phone at 6:00 this morning in the westbound lanes of the atlantic city expressway. the driver left the roadway and crashed into the guardrail and caught fire. no one was hurt here. look at this messy scene in delaware county. a water main break causing traffic troubles in boothwin it happened along conchester highway and bethel highway. a main burst and thousands of gallons of water shot straight into the the sky. a section of bethel avenue was

closed while chester water company authority repaired the break. a 9-year-old from newark delaware is proving you are never too young to make a difference many joey lives near church road a busy intersection with a four way stop. people are constantly blowing through the stop signs and getting into accidents. joey wrote a letter to the mayor asking that the words stop ahead be painted on the road. >> i thought that would prevent car crashes and beeping and screeching. >> well, joey met with city officials this afternoon to discuss implementing his idea. >> good for joey. >> making a difference. speaking of traffic lets get an update of the highway tonight. >> it's definitely rush hour single digits on the map a majority of your majors, 95

northbound side really still trying to recuperate from the earlier accidents we had and you see 6 miles per hour and 9 miles per hour on the vine street expressway and 8 on the schuylkill expressway, very crowded and we'll show you the backups now and here is the vine street expressway take a look this is your westbound traffic, extremely heavy i would say length to length traveling on the westbound side. it's definitely slow. this is your eastbound traffic and beyond the vine and westbound side. all the cars here trying to make their way on the vine and we see big delays and traveling on the schuylkill eastbound it's 37 minutes now between the blue route and vine and westbound 30, definitely more time needed out therement particularly on the roosevelt boulevard traveling over the twin bridges slow from 76 to 95. and look at the waiting line on the southbound side.

all of those folks are trying to make their way on to the schuylkill. and make sure you are giving yourself more time. >> gina thank you. more ahead on "action news" tuesday nightment the race against time to find survivors under endless tons of mud and debris. there was no safer place to be than in one camden county party today. that is because there were plenty of superheroes hanging around. we'll show you. and adam is tracking our forecast. i hope the humidity is hanging around not for much longer very uncomfortable out there and tomorrow sun returns and we are dealing with downpours in south jersey around millville. and we'll talk about the heat and reduced humidity when we come back. and jaime apody has sports including eagles training camp and phillies and more.

a mudslide and floodwaters in sierra leone is blamed for 400 deaths. people are still missing and thousands of homes are destoried. rescue workers are digging through the mud with their bare

hands hoping to find survivors. israel is sending medical aid. and jaime apody here now to talk sports. >> it rained pretty much all of training camp that did not stop the eagles from training in the muck. i don't watch "action news" and ended up with a bad hair day. >> fletcher cox picked a gloopy day to return to action. back from the back spasms and jason peters was out with a death in the family and nelson agholor is basically being handed the receiver job and many are begging for the top pick to be shipped out of town. but he is earning high praise. >> i feel there are lessons that we all learn and he learned and i don't want to say i see a new

guy but i see a more confident guy out there playing and having fun and doing what he loves. i see more confidence from him. >> in my opinion probably the most talented receiver we have been the thing is getting him to play to that all the time. >> what i see and ofrk observe as a coach is something he worked hard on and looking forward to him playing and getting time with carson the next couple of weeks. >> having a lot of fun. it's visable because i'm prepared and working hard and having fun doing what i'm doing. >> and nick foles put on the pads returning from elbow soreness, i saw him paying ping-pong.

foles doesn't expect to play. >> not rusty but they are training through camp and picked up the speed and picking it back up to speed and reading what the defense is doing and everything is installed by now and there are a lot of things go on. >> i don't need to see a bunch out of him what he has done today and the last couple of days, practicing he is on track. hopefully, you know, we can get him in some of these games the next couple of weeks he is a veteran guy and smart guy and understands the scheme and i am not overly concerned. >> the phillies hope that the san diego sunshine rubs off on them. and last night we saw reece hopkins coming out blasting. his first major league home run and got the rookie treatment in the dugout and high fived himself. the sell bringses continued because in the seventh he did it

again almost the same spot. look at his family partying but the phils fell 7-4. and a softball world series, get set to cheer on our team from bear, delaware as they play a team from waco, texas tonight for a chance to play for it all. we'll have highlights tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. go bear, delaware and bring home that trophy. >> thank jaime. >> hundreds of military children are ready to head back to school. "action news" was there as 500 kids got backpacks and school supplied at ft. dix part of the back to school brigade. the nonprofit provide the almost $300,000 backpacks since it was founded nine years ago. the region's undiscovered

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a special mass being celebrated in labs dale montgomery county. residents here held their version of the blessing of the sea. marking the assumption of the blessed virgin mary. and this was held under a large tent and afterwards flowers were handed out to symbolcly throw into the sea. the weather was perfect for the ceremony today. >> it did not let them stop them from carrying out their festivities. >> they were feeling the humidity out there. everyone felt it today. very tropical and we'll kick that out here as we get into wednesday. we go to the weather center and an ugly look here at sky 6 hd over the ben franklin bridge and dark clouds over the city with rain now falling once again

along 95, the vine street expressway as well as the schuylkill expressway in spots, you see brightening to the sky to the north. and stormtracker 6 live double scan there you see the pop of green moving over the city after temporarily drying out over the last hour and a hit of yellow flaring up over lancaster avenue heading into philadelphia. we'll see that rain intensify briefly here over the next 15 minutes and dealing with heavy steady rain in parts of south jersey moving a way from delaware and malaga picking up there norristown to west of fortescue, and showers to ocean city and areas to the south picking up an inch to more than an inch of rain especially for kent county in delaware. looking at temperatures, 67 and millville and philadelphia 75 and allentown and trenton. so temperatures in the middle 70s sounds cool and you look at

dew points they are also running in the 70s so that humidity is really through the roof. we are talking 90 plus percent relative humidity so it's the tropical humidity that hits you out the door and look at the dew points dropping to the 60s wilmington to the northern and and that is drier air tomorrow. and satellite 6 along with action radar the edge of the clouds coming in from the north and west and everything is about to push off the coast and as we clear it out tonight and damp humid atmosphere and fog setting up philadelphia to the south and 64 to 70 for the overnight low and we quickly jump back into the 80s tomorrow morning, brighter and more sunshine and high clouds and less humid but still hot for this time of year as temperatures jump up to near 90 degrees tomorrow afternoon. thursday a spotty storm very late in the day as the front

starts to lift to the north and that comes through tomorrow you will degrees and lifts through on friday and turns oppressive and stormy to end the week. down the shore mid-80s and lots of sun and clouds and great beach day. watch the rip currents, a moderate risk with swells from gert well off the coast. 84 rehoboth beach. listen to the lifeguards especially tomorrow. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 90 and mostly sunny tomorrow and high clouds around and tad lower humidity and spotty storm at 86 and steamy and sticking with storms developing again come friday afternoon at 87. we dry it out this weekend and stay as above average and the humidity should lower again saturday and sunday. and then for the eclipse monday, partly sunny and 89 degrees and hot and humid tuesday at 90 degrees again. >> a little warm this week.

>> good weather to watch the eclipse. >> yes. we'll try to get the clouds away. >> thank you. some children in camden county are winding down their summer with a bam boom and pow. they held their super hero theme celebration today and kids dressed as their favorite super hero and the families participated in a number of games and festivities and enjoyed the sweet treats and a petting zoo.

philadelphia police hope that newly released surveillance video and new reward lead them to a suspect wanted for trying to set fire to city vehicles. plus, south jersey authorities raid a hotel and now people are looking for a new place to stay after authorities find an unexpected visitor. and their band debtor

retires and the position goes unfilled. now for melissa magee, cecily tynan, sharrie williams and the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams have a nice evening. good night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. tuesday night and a second attorney for bill cosby begs off the case and philadelphia police track down a jeep they believe is part of a deadly hit and run. but the big story on "action news" tonight is new information in the failed attempt to set

philadelphia city vehicles on fire. this is newly released surveillance video of a possible suspect that doused a number of cars in the basement garage in the 12th district building a week ago today. there is now $15,000 in reward money for the person that provides information leading to an arrest and conviction. christie aleto is live at northwest detectives. christie what the latest here. >> police say that the garage at the time is having issues locking as the man goes in doing what he did. the cameras caught the man going into the facet six times in one hour and the real mystery is who is he and why did he do it? issues with the locking mechanism there. they caught