"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon we begin with breaking news out of barcelona, spain, you may have heard on abc news a moment ago. police say that a white van jumped a quiet sidewalk there. they are reported on twitter that there are several people injured in this busy popular tourist area, photos appear to show several people on the ground after a van plowed into a crowd of people. police have cordoned off the street and shut down areas and sth stores and restaurants in that area. people on the ground are assisted by officials.

this is a live look now at barcelona. crews have set up perimeters there. once again a white van plowing into the crowd of people in the popular tourist area of barcelona, spain. back here at home the man accused of murdering a 18-year-old girl in chester county. 28-year-old david desper remains jailed for the death of bianca rober son. katherine scott is outside of the courthouse. >> reporter: there were dozens of family and friends of bianca roberson. david desper waived his preliminary hearing. >> we have to wait for the court date. rodney rober andson left the

room after the man accused of muddering his 18-year-old daughter, bianca waived his preliminary hearing. witnesses and evidence can be introduced to see if there is enough evidence to go to trial. >> i don't care why he did it. there was no reason to murder my daughter. >> david desper remains in custody and was taken back to chester county jail. back in july desper of trainer was charge ready related charges for the murder of bianca roberson. she was to head to jacksonville university this month. she had just left the mall after shopping for college clothes with her mother. investigators say that bianca and desper were jockeying for

position to merge into a lane. he pulled out a gun and shot her in the head. he fled and she veered off the road and crashed. this morning bianca's family and friends flooded the courthouse. >> another week she was on her way to college and we were all looking forward to that. >> this was desper's last appear arns at the courthouse and after this the case will be handled by the court of common pleas. the search is on for the suspects th s thas that stabbed in berks county which may be a case of road rage. crews were called to northeast reading at 9:30, a 42-year-old man stopped for a car double parked in the road and the man honked in the car to move on they approached the victim and one stabbed him. the victim's son was in the suv at the time and the double parked car fled the scene and the victim's injuries were not life-threatening. coming up later on "action news" at 12:30, john rawlins has the

latest on the search for the suspects in this case. president trump says taking down confederate statues is a mistake. in a series of tweets this morning, the president said, quote sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. you can't change history but learn from it. robert e. lee, and stone wall jackson, who is next? george washington? he said over the weekend that both sides were to blame for the violence in virginia. heather heyer was bowed down and killed. ♪ this little light of mine i'm going to let it shine ♪ overnight nearly a thousand people marched peacefully during a candle light vigil in

charlesville. they walked the same path that white nationalists walked last friday. her father asked for peace during her memorial service. >> she wanted to put down hate. and for my part, we just need to stop all of this stuff and just forgive each official. >> the vigil held nationwide to support charlottesville and speak out against white supremacists. it was held in sacramento and right here in philadelphia. chopper 6 hd was soefr over the scene as philly tack part in the march here. it started at the synagogue and moved on south street. and the march and rally wrapped

up with no violence and no arrests reported. in montgomery county a father and son from glen side are accused of possessing and distributing explicit child pornography. they traced it online to harry enis and patrick enis. they found 600 sexually explicit video files on harry enis's collect tronnic's devices. and patrick enis was released on bail and harry enis that faces charges remains jailed at this time. an overturned tractor trailer on the new jersey turnpi turnpike just south of interchange 3 in depford township. the extent of his or her injuries are not known at this

time. right now traffic is getting by on one northbound lanes. it's a great day to take your lunch outside on this thursday. sky 6 hd taking a live look at the ben franklin bridge and parts of penn's landing and i-95 at lunch time and the sun is shining and not overly humid and a great day for football as well. david murphy has the first check of your forecast. >> reporter: football coming up tonight at lincoln financial field, and we have cloud cover around and a couple of pop-up cumulous clouds and some moisture in the atmosphere in the eastern shore of maryland and southern delaware, a little more shower in southern virginia. there is a chance that areas south and west of philadelphia pick up a shower or thunderstorm this afternoon. but most of us are enjoying a nice summer afternoon. 82 in wilmington and 80 in allentown un81 in cape may. and humidity has dropped off a bit across most of the region.

87 by 4:00 and a high of 88 at 3:00 this afternoon and see how we are back down into the upper 70s through the 8:00 to 10:00 period. it may start to get more humid as we get later into the evening than is something you want to keep in mind if you head to the eagles game. looks like 81 degrees in the first quarter and 77 in the fourth quarter and warm and perhaps more muggy but we are expecting dry conditions as most of our shower activity later today will be done in time for the game and most of it suppressed to the west of philadelphia. we look at the issue at the shore and better than yesterday. a moderate risk of rip currents heading down to the beach in delaware and new jersey swim near the lifeguards there could be rough surf be a moderate chance of rip currents. >> tomorrow an issue the possibility of downpour producing showers and thunderstorms. i'll have details and the weekend call coming up. >> thank you.

as we mentioned the weather is great for football and eagles fans are gearing up for the second preseason game against the buffalo bills at the linc. jordan matthews is not likely to suit up. and lesean mccoy tweeted pa boy just landed back home. the philadelphia love will always be strong. coach doug peterson plans to have quarterback carson went z play a quarter or two. jaime apody will have a live preview of the game. for the 70 and birthday the health cake is giving a gift. he founded it at the age of 27 with $16,000 in savings since then the company made $1.2 billion in revenue while providing health care. and now he is gifting the company to his children, his son

david. mark will now serve as company chairman to oversee the transition to nonprofit. as of today his son is officially the company's ceo. still to come on "action news" at noon, what crews have found as they search for five missing soldiers after a military crash in hawaii. and a young woman survives after a month long in the wilderness. ♪

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the search continues this noon off the coast of hawaii for five soldiers off the army he helicopter that went down during a training exercise, another lost radio and video contact with the missing black hawk tuesday night. two pilots and three members were on board. they have notified the victim's families. they found pieces of fuselage and a helmet two miles off oahu. an alabama woman mri actually survived after being lost for a month. a woman saw what she thoughts with a dead animal, turns out it

was ferris, a radiology student naked and afraid. she does not have a cell phone and is legally blind. they believe she may have lost 40 pounds out in the wild. >> if it rained, i would have to squeeze the water out of my hair and drink it. it was all about finding a road or a person. >> it's still unclear how she wound up lost in the first place. she was with two men and one allegedly burglarized a cabin. well passengers on board a crew ship watch the solar eclipse they can listen to the hit total eclipse of the heart, performed live. ♪ nothing i can do a total eclipse of the heart. >> bonnie tyler plans to sing the song live on the royal caribbean ship, that plans to sail under the path of the

eclipse. and will be backed by dnce band. and it topped the charts toward two weeks back in 1983. coming up at noon a community center in northeast philadelphia had to get creative to help others while on a budget. that is when a group of knitters stepped in that story coming up in the art of aging report. stay with us.

a judge in delaware put a 90 day stay on automaker takata, the lawsuits filed by hawaii and new mexico and the virgin islands are over the defective airbag inflaters and granted the request to halt individual lawsuits from car manufacturers that installed the airbags, allowing the lawsuits to proceed will halt their rebuilding efforts. and a new cancer thermal they say doubles the risk of death. it looked at survival rates for breast, prostate and lung and colin cancers. that patients that received alternative medicine inreceived

chemo or radiation had a greater risk of dying during it's five year followup period. and in today's hart of aging report tamala edwards introduces us to a knitting circle connecting skills and entrepreneurship to help their community center thrive. >> klein life a commune center in northeast philadelphia offers cultural and medical services but the budget is as you an issue. >> when are you involved in a nonprofit you have to be creative. >> so board members took advantage of what they observed a clutch of ladies already knitting for charity and handbags were born. >> we started with the original five knitters here today and now we have 36. i knew they would feel valued after being introduced to the

concept. >> they take thread enneedles and designs from italian designers. and all proceeds go to kleins. >> it's great for me. >> you can share it with your family. >> the bags are gorgeous and i think we are really proud that we are part of this. >> the handbags are rolling out this year coast-to-coast and even overseas. >> when i saw the handbags i was so impressed. i could not believe i was part of this. >> the enterprise gives the knitters more than they have contributed to others. >> i love to put the panels in the bags. >> they feel valued and they feel they have a goal and a purpose. they have a sense of community now and they are a family. tamala edwards, channel 6 "action news." >> here is alicia vitarelli live at 4:00 with a preview.

hey rick, coning up at 4:00 we have the latest on the incident in barcelona, a number of people are hurt after a vehicle plowed into a popular tourist area, and we'll get you the latest on this story. and on today's show not the reaction you would expect when coming face-to-face with an armed robber but a clerk in new england said he could not help himself. we'll tell you what he did today at 4:00. and all the other headlines as well. >> thank you. quick break and the accuweather forecast when we come right back. 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 you contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee.

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meteorologist, david murphy is here now and a nice day to go out and have lunch inside. you should do that today. >> because tomorrow is more humid rick and under the threat

of occasional showers. tomorrow is when you do not -- whatever -- stormtracker 6 live double scan right now we have got no precipitation out there locally. there has been a sprinkle and shower in southern delaware not a lot of that right now but you see a little bit of that down there in dover. we have sky 6 hd there is the airport and bright sunshine with a few clouds here and there. as of 6:00, 7:00 a.m. the humidity starts to drop and feeling comfortable out there overall. 84 is your current temperature. the dew point is down to 64. and anything over 60 is where we start to talk it feels a little humid but 64 is not bad overall. winds light at 7 and the ocean temperature up to 78. still a bit of an issue in the surf though. we'll talk about that in a moment. 84 currently in the city and 82 in wilmington and 80 on the nose in allentown and 81 in cape may down by the ocean water and dew points behaving themselves well from allentown to the poconos to philadelphia.

as you head south through the region it gets a little stickier as indicated by the higher end numbers impressive by cape may and dover. and the southern area humid not so much in the i-95 corridor. it looks like most of this is suppressed in philadelphia. future tracker 6 showing a couple of showers out to the west in places like delaware. we are talking about reading and lancaster getting this and the model showing this nowment a couple of light sprinkles in the city and the bulk of to the north and west and evening we are dry northern and south and east and west. humid side today and 86 is your warm high and down the shore here is the issue, nice on the beach and nice temperature-wise on the water. like yesterday we have an issue with rip currents, a moderate risk versus yesterday's risk are and there could be water rescues

today and swim near the lifeguards, in rehoboth warmer in bethany beach and philadelphia 88 is the high and sun and clouds and somewhat humid and from the -- the winds are 8 miles per hour. and a spotty thunderstorm and 73 is the overnight low and most of tonight's thunderstorm acts is overnight into the morning. that brings us to tomorrow morning and future tracker 6. at 6:30 on the air here we may have showers and maybe on odd thunderstorm to show you, by the time we get to 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, it looks like clouds and sunny breaks, as the front gets closer taos there say chance of 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 a line of broken showers and thunderstorms coming through and could be gusty winds and drenching downpours and wraps up at midnight tomorrow night. 88 is today's high and not terribly humid away from the coast and partly sunny and warm

and okay for the eagles and temperatures start in the low 80s and may start to feel muggier has the night goes on and humid conditions some in the morning and afternoon and a thunderstorm extending into the evening 77 and in the evening things start to change for the better, a high of 90 and humidity in the morning but starts to drop during the day and feels more comfortable in the afternoon. sunday a nice summer afternoon 88 and less humid and eclipse monday, partly sunny skies and 89 degrees and looks like we are precipitation free until tuesday, so get the special glasses ready. >> good night for football? >> yes. >> thank you. if you want to see what it's like to spend the night behind bars without breaking the law. the hotel in bangkok is prison themed it has metal bars and bunk beds and guests offering

mugshots and includes blackout doors and windows to feel like are you in solitary confinement and a lights out curfew. sounds like fun. not really. more ahead in our next half hour off "action news" at 12:30, we continue to follow the breaking news out of barcelona, spain where there are reports of hostages and a man is rescued after his kayak tips over in one of the most dangerous creeks in alaska. and how a woman's engagement ring ends up wrapped around a carrot.

we are following breaking news of a suspect terrorist attack in barcelona, spain. police say that someone used a van to flowinto eye crowd of people and now they are hold up with hostages in a nearby restaurant. abc news confirm that victims have died and several others are injured. pictures and video from the popular tourist area shows victims strewn along the sidewalk. there are reports that two people ran from the van and those suspected terrorists have taken hostages inside of a turkish restaurant and negotiations are underway with police, and people are told to shelter in place. the street is wide mostly used by pedestrians but cars are able