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europe. it happened in lhas been isis hs claimed responsibility. witnesses say that the driver of the van was swerving back and forth seemingly trying to hit as many people as possible. by the time he crashed the van the road was lined with bodies some dead and some in pain. secretary of state, rex tillerson offered condolences to the victim and offered a threat to the planners behind the attack. >> we ask citizens in the area to let your loved ones you are safe. the united states and our alleys are resolved to find you and bring you to justice. >> president trump addressed the attack via twitter, he tweeted quote, the united states condemns the terror attack in barcelona, spain, and we'll do
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whatever is necessary to help. be tough and strong. we love you. >> reaction is pouring in around the world and in our area people are wondering if a similar attack can happen here. jeff is here with that part of the story tonight. >> reporter: sharrie folks here obviously saddened by the attack and they are disturbed by a growing trend of of terror by vehicle. >> you are not safe anywhere anymore. >> it's happening more and more and becoming like a daily thing. in old city people are reacting to the terrorist attack at a popular tourist spot in barcelona, a trend in terror by vehiclement and shows the vulnerability of people in diners on sidewalks. >> i think about it often. but i still try to live my life though. i try not to be scared.
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>> it's not far from wesley sawyer's mind as he eats with his family on market street. >> making noise and speeding and things around you -- >> the use of vehicles as weapons increased since the truck attack in nice, france that killed 80 and an attack near london bridge and last year people were killed and 19 injur injured. during an attack an a white supremacist rally. they point out that for major events like the democratic national convention the city uses trash trucks to block roadways and concrete barriers were installed during the nfl draft on the parkway and reinforce posts called ballards help to protect the liberty bell and independence hall. >> those types of things that are more common in europe quite
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frankly could be introduced at a greater rate in philadelphia and the u.s. overall. >> philadelphia police are about to hold a news conference about this very issue and the terror attack in spain. in a statement they released earlier today. they said that the police are working with local, state and federal partners to ensure the safety of every citizen. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. be sure to visit 6abc.com for the latest on the terrorist attack and the response in barcelona. we'll have the latest on the investigation as well as the international response to today's attack. meantime. president trump is dealing with the fallout from his comments on charlottesville, virginia and now take can aim at members of his own party that criticized him. the president was back on twitter to air his displeasure and went after jeff flake saying he is quote, toxic and attacked
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long time republican senator lindsay graham accusing him of being publicity seeking and they are not letting the comments lie many and now trump is receiving praise from the most hate filled groups in america. and history is watching us all. >> and newt gingrich says the support of the party is grim. >> he has much less support than he thinks he does and much of it is self inflicted and they are calling on democrats to file articles of impeachment because of charlottesville. showing he is uncapable of protecting americans from enemies both foreign and domestic. >> and in bucks county police are looking for the person that
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stabbed a driver in his vehicle. it happened in front of the man's young son and investigators say the man was double parked. john rawlins is live for us with the story in reading. hi sharrie, this happened 24 hours ago. the police investigate is ongoing, there was a double parked car, there were several people alongside the car and came a suv behind it, he honked his horn to move forward and instead of doing that one people around that double parked car came back and assaulted the suv driver. the 200 block of mulberry street in reading a narrow readal lane, someone double parked here and there would be no going around and yesterday at 5:30 at least one car was double parked and a 42-year-old driver of an suv with his young son beside him honked his horn. and someone associated with the
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double parked car went to the suv and opened the door and slashed and stabs the 42-year-old. and the victim drove around the could have beener where the police found him. and denny diaz did not see the incident but viewed the aftermath. >> the noise was getting louder and i came out and it was a guy bleeding on his face, he was like slashed on his cheek. >> reporter: we are told that the 42-year-old driver was slashed in his face and apparently stabbed in the abdomen and his injuries not considered life-threatening and he was treated and released they hope to reinterview the 42-year-old driver to get a description of the assailant and the double parked car. >> thank you. philadelphia police are searching for the thief who they say committed a violent robbery in center city all over a few cans of red bull. this is the suspect police say
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he walked into the 7-eleven earlier this month. grabbed several cans of the energy drink and placed them in a bag and the clerk tried to confront him and he pulled out a razor type knife and threatened the employee and nobody was hurt. turning now to the forecast, it's a bit of a muggy day and it's about to get more humid along with that we look at the chance of storms to kick off the weekend. meteorologist, cecily tynan, here now with a first check of the accuweather forecast. >> we are going from steamy to stormy as we head through the day tomorrow. double scan live radar showing we are seeing a few showers breaking out in parts of delaware. most of the region just mostly sunny and if you look to the west there is a lot of activity. what is going on? there is low pressure across the great lakes and a trailing cold front and that is producing a line of storms and moving through late in the day tomorrow. as the warm front lifts up to the north and the humidity ramps up.
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the dew point 66 and that is a little bit on the muggy side and to the south dew points in the mid-70s that is the tropical air mass than is moving our way overnight into tomorrow. so tomorrow we are back in the steam bath oppressive humidity with dew points well in the 70s. the showers and thunderstorms developing as we head through the day. the good news though, if you head to the linc tonight for the eagles game and it's warm and muggy and likely dry and first quarter 83 and fourth quarter 79 degrees and we'll have timing on the storms and what it means for your weekend. rush hour traffic on i 95 came to a stand still this morning when a dog ran into the the southbound lane of the highway this is the scene from allegheny avenue at 8:45 this morning, some good samaritans tried to coral the dog and get him out of harm's way and they managed to get the dog in the car and he jumped back out and state police responded and brought the dog to a safer
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place. time for a check of the "action news" traffic report. matt pellman is back now in the traffic center and the dog days of summer and trying to get home. >> we can't get by the doggone truck. the northbound side of the new jersey tun pike is where it's blocked and in addition to the delays, there is a crash on northbound 295 approaching the black horse pike, luckily that is on the shoulder but single digit speeds on the approach to it. i would stay locate in south jersey like 130 and 45 and even 47 what you don't want to do is use 30 in at co. they are investigating the crash by dentistry. and many mansfield burlington county a building fire by the pine motel at 130 northbound. and the big delaware delays in
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both directions along highway 1 at the biddles corners toll plaza. or use route 9. and downingtown delay, heading westbound on the 30 bypass in chester county from exton but the crash is long gone. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> still ahead tonight, it's almost back to school time that means more than just new pencils and folders it means vaccinations, in health check a closer look at which shots school expect this year and when. plus, the queen of soul finds a new career, aretha franklin announced her retire many but now we know what she will be doing when she is not singing. that and more when "action news" comes right back.
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congresswoman lisa blunt rochester stopped by this morning to read to children. "action news" was there at west side family health care as the children gathered around to hear the story, afterwards the group headed outside to tour a fire truck, today's event was part of national health care week. >> health check tonight. the maker of epi pen is paying
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big for milking the government for the antidote. and ali gorman at the big board. >> mylana agreed to pay $455 million for allegations it overcharged medicaid for years that they mislabeled epi pen to avoid paying rebates it owed medicaid. they warned the condition many times about the overcharges is that tops a billion dollars over 10 years and mylan came under fire for raising the price of epi pen going up 400% from 2010 to 2016. also, today a busy time for many pediatricians and family health care providers, on ton of regular back to school checkups they are doing some catchup vaccinations, to help families
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comply with pennsylvania's new school immunization law. >> aren't you happy to go to big boy school? >> 5-year-old noah is ready to go to school. >> i got a book bag and lunch box. >> and is up to date on his vaccinations. >> doctors at the childrens hospital of philadelphia many every teen in philadelphia has to be up to date by the first day of school. >> parents need to show a certificate or letter from their provider, showing their child has all the required vaccines or a letter showing they will receive them. in the past parents had eight months to catch up. if you think about it it's the entire school year and that may have allowed more cases of preventible disease fz school. this year there are two other require manies a fourth dose of polio vaccine on or after the
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child' 4th birthday and all 12th graders need a second dose of meningitis vaccine. >> just this week one outpatient with the childrens hospital did 50 polio shots and more than 100 meningitis shots. at saint christopher's hospitals they are calling families to make sure they are up to date and on time. and philadelphia and other county health departments are also holding vaccine clinics we have links to the schedules on 6abc.com/health check. >> thank you. >> still ahead on "action news" hbo is dealing with yet another hack. what has been hit now. plus -- ♪ ♪ >> aretha franklin's second act. the queen of soul announces her
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retail giant said in the past three months their online saled soared 60%. and they spent $3 billion last year to expand their online press enand expardoneding grocery differently to online stores. target says its online sales jumped 32% in its most recent quarter. aspiring cooks can get the training they need to enter the growing industry and they teamed up with dobbins high school to organize a training program for local residents, the action cam is at strawberry mansion high school as they prepped several ingredients for a meal 75% of people graduate knowing they have a guaranteed union job and they are growing faster than health care manufacturing or construction. aretha franklin announced her retirement and now we know
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what she is doing when they puts the mike down for good. and now asking the city for a little respect. >> i think that is where she should have been singing. the queen of soul is planning to open a nightclub in the motor city. not surprisingly she plans to name it aretha's and moving to detroit to help run the club. the 75-year-old grammy award winning singer says she will invite top artists to perform and maybe, just maybe she will take the stage herself from time to time.
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time now for the accuweather forecast thursday night. meteorologist, cecily tynan standing by in the weather center with the latest. >> with what was a nice day today. warm and a little bit on the muggy side and we start to talk about what is happening currently, i'll go ahead. because a lot of people really excited about the solar eclipse. lets talk about this. a lot of people are doing this monday afternoon wearing the nasa approved solar eclipse glasses to take a look at the eclipse. if you don't have them don't look at the sun. it could cause damage.
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this happened everyone to two years someplace on the earth and the earth, moon and sun are incomplete align many. it looks the same side and the moon casts two different shadow. this is the totality that blocks out all the sun it's very small. the path is only 70 miles wide and goes coast-to-coast on monday afternoon. we don't see that, we see the shadow, this means it blocks off some of the sun for a partial solar eclipse. we get close to 80% monday afternoon at 2:44 and the skies darken a little bit but even 20% of the sun is as bright as 60 thousand full moons but if you have the glasses it will will he interesting to see the shape of the sun change. if you don't have them don't worry, we'll have full coverage
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monafternoon. locally starting at 2:00. back to squha is happening now it's warm and humid and 86 in philadelphia and the same in allentown and dover 79 and the reason why they have clouds and we do have some scattered showers, working overthe delaware bay right now beginning to move to fortescue, not thunder or lightning just some showers and it will get more active as we head into tomorrow. sat lie and radar showing what we have first warm front and the increasing humidity and the cold front working out of ohio and that brings us an end to the work week. with the warm front passioning through we see scattered showers and a break in the action before a line of thunderstorms develop in the heating of the day and this model shows some pretty heavy downpours working through the i-95 corridor by 6:00 causing problems for the evening commute and we have the threat of some storms could become severe and that means damaging
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winds and that depends on the sun we see. warm and humid and 88 degrees and saturday hot and 90 degrees and less humid sun and 89 and great weather for the eclipse on monday and mostly sunny and 89 and hot and steamy on tuesday and high of 92 and a great afternoon to join melissa magee hanging around in atlantic city at the steel pier. >> reporter: hey there cecily, it's all about having fun and swinging high up in the sky. so of course we are at atlantic city's steel pier but if you don't want to ride on the swings check out over my shoulder you can fly as high as 220 feet high at the sky with the new observation wheel and more on that and the accuweather forecast as we head into the weekend. we are swinging high. >> she gets paid for that. >> she does, and she is a lucky gal. >> more to come including the
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in barcelona it's known as loss ram ramblas, today attackers inspired by isis drove straight down the middle of it trying to kill as many as they could. we get the latest now from abc news correspondent elizabeth herr in new york with more on barcelona. >> reporter: good evening. isis is taking responsibility this as just minutes ago we learn from authorities the number of people injured is more than 100. terror in spain sending police and paramedics to a major tourist attraction in barcelona,
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stunned eyewitnesss running for cover, confused and terrified. >> someone started screaming and starting to run and everybody ran forward and old people they trampled them. and 80 to 100 kilometers per hour. traveling at high speed knocking people right into the air. >> is happened in the las ramblas district on a boulevard restricted to pedestrian traffic only. but a driver ram aid van into the crowd running people over before apparently fleeing into a nearby restaurant. with police swarming the area and warning tourists and locals to shelter in place or stay away all together. >> i would like to start by acknowledging the incident in barcelona that has the hallmarks it appears of another terrorist attack and teams in in place
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ready to assist americans in spain. and the u.s. will do anything necessary to help and be tough and strong. we love you. >> we learn the man that rented the van is identified as a man named driss oukabir. abc news back to you. >> thank you. be sure to visit 6abc.com for the latest on the terrorist attack and the response in barcelona, there you can view video of first responders on the scene as well as read more on the investigation from spain. >> world news tonight with david muir is here with more on the barcelona terror attack, watch it at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. closer to home a motorcycle was killed in camden county this afternoon. chopper 6 hd was over the scene of the 300 block of white horse pike in atco.
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it's still not clear how baddy the driver of the car was injured. a father and son are facing child pornography and child sexual abuse charges. authorities arrested harry enis and his 29-year-old son patrick. investigators say that patrick uploaded 27 child pornography images to the internet from a computer in his bathroomment it was traced to his home in glen side and police recovered more than 600 disturbing images from harry enis's home office. both are scheduled for preliminary hearing on august 24 and. and police are looking for a killer that shot a man in his car. homicide detectives say that a man was found shot above the eye at 2:00 in the afternoon. the victim's car was still running at the time. he was rushed to temple hospital
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but did not survive. the victim was in his late 30s and police are looking for the weapon and gunman. a portion of of the new jersey turnpike caused headaches in gloucester county today. though the accident happened at 10:00 the right lane is still blocked and the driver was taken to the hospital and we are waiting for information on their condition as well as what caused the collision. the police are asking for the public's help for a hateful act of vandalism. this is the man as he scrawled anarchist symbol on a kiosk. it happened on evergreen avenue. a philadelphia councilman honored first responder today with a free brunch. "action news" was there as they
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served up bacon eggs and fruit and more. councilman bobby heenean was on han to personally thank the first responders for their service. the weekend is almost here and that means there is plenty to do down the shore. meteorologist, melissa magee, is live in atlantic city with the scoop for us. >> reporter: there is plenty to do and plenty to eat. and of course we have a special day because it's shakira's birthday. happy birthday. >> thank you. >> we have the rides and there are 22 rided you can ride but a new attraction. this huge observation wheel. 220 feet high in the sky and 40 gondolas and that means they can seat more than 246 people at a time. and it's a 15 minute ride and it's fantastic, but if you are not at in atlantic city at the
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steel pier we have a lot going on down at the shore this weekend. >> they dribble and drunk and have a few trick shots and this weekend the harlem globetrotters are back in wildwood and they show off their skills on the court. and the family entertainment starts out in the morning with a basketball clinic and then a game at 7:00 p.m. head to the wildwood convenience center to see the fun. >> grab your rod and cast it in the water, the 42nd annual boys and girls real competition happened in atlantic city. it takes place by the ocean city longport bridge. the event is free but you have to register the tournament is this saturday from 10:00 a.m. until noon, prizes and trophies will be awarded and special prize for the person that reels in the largest fish. see you this weekend down at the
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shore. >> reporter: and this is where you get your tickets. can i have my tickets please? i feel like a winner. >> $3 for you. >> she is not giving me my tickets. if you are not in atlantic city, there say lot of fun. we have to pan over and show thison wheel. there are 14,000 led lights. and the shore forecast into the weekend guys. ricky didn't want to embarrass you too much with my dribbles and dunks but i have a few moves like the harlem globetrotters. >> i look forward to seeing those on social media. never ever. this reminder you can get weather updates any time on your phone or tablet including real
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time views from stormtracker 6 live double scan the 6 abc app is a free download for your mobile device. time for the "action news" traffic report. matt pellman in the traffic center on a thursday night. >> our wheels are turning slowly this afternoon. brake lights lighting up on the blue route 76 the whole way from norristown through this point in radnor township down to 95. a broken down truck southbound at villanova and broomall now gone and a lot of people heading to the birds preseason game. and extra busy and northbound side a broken down vehicle approaching the schuylkill and that is off to the side. stop and go on the schuylkill itself eastbound side 202 into grad gladwyne and you hit the brakes into the preseason game. and 95 northbound backing up to the girard point bridge. 15 miles per hour there. and southbound side a solid line from cotman into girard and a lot of people coming to south
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philadelphia and camden as well. the parrot heads for the jimmy buffet concert at 8:00. meantime in delaware avoid highway 1, a mess at the bittles town toll plaza. and southbound just 18 miles per hour and the easy pass express lanes are blocked there. stay with the crowd on 301 or locally use route 9. better news in depford township they finally cleared the overturned truck in the northbound lanes of the new jersey turnpike. and the crash on 295 near the black horse pike cleared you but speeds like 10 miles per hour there. and by atco, dentistry they are clearing the crash and route 30 the white horse pike remains blocked. rick and shory back to you. >> thank you. still ahead on "action news" at 5:00, the eagles are gearing up for the preseason home game.
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this one of course at the linc that is why it's the first one at home. a live report from the linc. >> and the next generation of healers get their uniforms today. we'll take you to their big ceremony in center city. and adam joseph tracking the latest in the weather center. >> humidity dropped a little bit and all changes this evening we have talking for the chance of downpours and thunderstorms and take a look at them on stormtracker 6 live double scan 3-d a severe line in parts of the ohio valley we'll track that for your friday afternoon. >> thanks we'll have those stories and more when "action news" comes rybak.
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lets go live to the linc to ducis rogers and jaime apody for more on tonight's game. >> jeff, it's been seven and a half long months from freezing to sweltering. football is back in philadelphia folks. and we are excited about that. and ironically the eagles play a game that they just made a huge trade with a few days ago. >> they kick off at 7:00 and here is pregame video, new eagles corner back ronald darby will play tonight. last week at this time he was a buffalo bill. here is darby greeting his old teammates. it's less about wins and losses and more about how the team looks. last week preseason other in green bay was a start and the birds explain what they want to see in game two. >> we want to see improvements i think for us, defensively we want to see the consistency,
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some if we can get a turnover early in the game and good for the run and no balls of our head. >> we want to run the ball effectively. well the first game missed a few blitzes and be crisp and score a few times that is the ultimate goal. >> win, first thing is the win, go from there execution and good stuff on tape to learn from and build on. >> nelson aguilar one of those guys they were expecting big things from. >> and here he is being handed the slot job. saying -- ever had before -- they will look at nelson aguilar tonight can he emerge a tap target. >> the first thing i want to see how he adjusts without 81 jordan
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matthews and there is nelson aguilar. there is a big target on his back. the slot position was a security blanket and safety valve and keeping the offense on schedule. can aguilar fill the role we'll find out right away tonight. >> we sure will, one note tonight lane johnson starts at left tackle. that does is for jaime apody i'm ducis rogers jeff back over to you. >> thank you guys. we'll see if they can establish the runs tonight against the bills. >> the phils take their giant slum to san francisco. aaron nola is on the mound. phillies have the worst record in baseball against nls teams. the kids from jackson new jersey trying to play come back kids down five chris cartnick the two-run homer and score twice to get within 1 and then hold the celebration the winning run at
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the plate, new jersey goes down 7-6. it's double elimination we'll see if they can bounce back in the little league world series. >> wish them the best. >> there is food and fun to go around in the wissinoming section. state senator and officers from the 15th police district hosted the event to bring people together with refleshmentses and a d.j. a new crop is of students embark on their journey to become physicians. they received their white coats representing the transition from student to health care provider and the u.s. navy surgeon general addressed the students at the ceremony. ever.
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one of the men next to me ran a lot of miles and one did not. meteorologist, adam joseph, joins us. >> he ran to get to the refrigerator. >> and adam you went for a run and it's on the warm side. >> it is warm but the humidity dropped a bit. >> too warm to run. >> it's something. take a look at the weather center, a beautiful afternoon if
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you like the summer heat, live in camden you see haze in the distance and everything is relative. especially after the beginning of the week after the humidity was threw the roof and that will change again into friday. but then as we go into the weekend after the humidity spikes tomorrow and it comes back down over the weekend and less humid tomorrow and 90 hot degrees and above normal on sunday and 88 and sunshine and humidity dropping even more as we look at present numbers and look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are dealing with a couple of scattered showers in parts of delaware and extreme south jersey and cumberland county and at times trying to clip southern parts of cape may county. there is a boundary through here progressing from the south to the north and this is the introduction to the oppressive air as we go into your friday.
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86 is the magic number and cape may sitting at 80 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar the warm front about to pass through the ohio valley with strong and nasty storms in parts of ohio and bowling ball pressure cutting across the great lakes and future tracker 6 showing as the front drifts through tonight it sparked scattered downpours and the rumble of thunder tomorrow morning and tomorrow lunch time it's dry across the area and hazy sunshine and thick cloud cover and then as we go into the afternoon the main action comes through with the front through the evening rush and torrential rain and could bring flooding and gusty winds and starts to exit the coast until 9:00 tomorrow night. tropical downpours are back with the humidity kind of xcelling here tomorrow. flash flood concerns and isolated severe storm and the most active again you saw on future tracker 6 in the afternoon and evening.
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and the oppressive humidity we'll feel mid to upper 90s like a steam bath out there and that ignites the storms. as we look at the shore melissa magee down in atlantic city. the breeze in her hair on steel pier. >> reporter: it feels nice we are standing in the shade and getting that nice breeze coming up from the ocean. so not bad today. mostly cloudy on friday and tracking the thunderstorms by the afternoon that looks to be the most active time period and high temperature of 80 degrees but we clear out in time for the weekend on saturday, a partly sunny skies and high up to 86 and sunday mostly sunny and high temperature of 83. and the ocean temperature in the upper 70s but there is still a moderate risk for rip currents as we head into the weekend because of that constant on shore wind and the increasing
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wind from the coast. that is the latest right now adam it's gorgeous out here. i have a ride lined up for you in just a little bit and maybe ride it in your honor. >> the crazy mouse maybe? no? >> the crazy mouse? is that what you are going to do? >> crazy mouse or the sling shot i don't know. feeling daring. >> we'll tune in at 6:00 to see. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast as we go into the day tomorrow temperatures again will be in the upper 80s and feeling like the mid-90s with the humidity and tropical downpours, partly sunny and less humid on saturday and 89 on sunday and for the partial solar eclipse on monlooking great sun and a few clouds and 89 degrees and late storm on tuesday and we back off the temperatures and humidity at the end of the next week. so monday shaping up well. couldn't align anything more
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perfect for the eclipse to an almost clear sky. hbo says it has regained of its social media accounts after the latest security breach. the hacking group, our mind took over several accounts including the ones for game of thrones and the john oliver show. unlike the breach dealing out stolen information.
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now for cecily tynan, jeff herndon, sharrie williams and the entire "action news" team. i'm rick williams join me next for "action news" at 6:00. 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.
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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 rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. we continue to follow breaking developments in the deadly terror attack in barcelona, spain. a van careened down the popular district hitting locals and
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tourists. it's an all too familiar scene of terror. the big news is terror in barcelona. 13 people are dead and 80 others were injured after being mowed down by that white van and police have taken two people into custody but police say that neither was the driver and isis has claimed responsibility. the attack happened in the las ramblas district on the wide boulevard for pedestrians only. but at 5:00 p.m. local time witnesses say that a driver sped through the landmark section of townsending people flying into the air. and vice president mick pence condemned the attack during an appearance in panama. >> the latest images of carnage and mayhem sicken us all. as the president said, the united states condemns this terror attack and we will do whatever is necessary to help. >> the u.s. officials have not
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