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 yet revealed if any of the

victims are americans. >> well, here at home, there is plent why i have of reaction to the terror attack in barcelona, especially at one of philadelphia's most popular destinations here independence mall. jeff is live along the mall with more on that tonight from old city. folks we spoke with are saddened by the news and disturbed by what appears to be a more popular method of terror. terror by vehicle. >> we are looking as all agencies are at every incident that happens everywhere in the world. >> late this afternoon philadelphia police tried to reassure the public they are on alert as they monitor the attack in barcelona. >> are you not safe anywhere anymore. >> people are reacting to the news after the growing trend of terror by vehicle knowing it could happen here. >> i think about it all the time. i think about it often.

but i try to live me life though, not far from wesley sawyer's mind as he eats with his tamly along market street. >> you have to be looking. >> the use of vehicles increased since the truck attack in nice, france that killed 80 and last weekend one person was killed and 19 injured when a driver drove into a crowd in charlottesville. >> we see that more frequently. >> and the old city district for major events the city uses trash trucks or concrete barriers, around independence mall ballards surround the liberty bell and independence hall and could be used to protect people. >> those types of things that are more common in europe could be introduced at a greater rate in philadelphia. >> and police are looking to root out terrorists before they

strike. >> they monitor the landscape and social media and working with the federal partners and connections overseas to receive intelligence very quickly. >> and police say they do use permanent barriers in the city like large flower pots in select areas they stress it doesn't have to look like a police state to be safe but there is only so much to be done to stop someone intent on doing evil. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. and world news tonight david muir has continuing coverage of the barcelona terror attack. at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00 and jim gardner on "action news" at 11:00 as well. and an ongoing celebration for prescription benefits fraud involving several jersey shore communities. two men appeared in federal court if camden today. both are charged with conspiracy

to commit health care fraud. they admitted to bilking state medicare programs of $29 million by submitting fraudulent claims. and atlantic city and margate and ventnor are under investigation as part of the case. a man is sentenced to 27 and a half years in prison for sexually assaulting a child. tony carter plead guilty to deviant intercourse with a child. and he was arrested after the 6-year-old told police he abused herself times at his home in warminster last year. new information after a double murder in south philadelphia. and both victims were strangled. funeral services will be held tomorrow for the 23-year-old woman caitlyn jayjay, was murdered along with her boyfriend. trish hartman is live from

philadelphia police headquarters. loved ones are searching for answers as police search for a suspect and a motive tonight. >> reporter: that is right rick, we have new information tonight in this case many the medical examiners office released the autopsy results is strangulation. and homicide. the family hopes someone will come forward with information to lead police to an arrest after the couple was found dead in their apartment earlier this week. >> there is no words to describe how it feels, i never thought i would lose a child. and just, it hurts. >> caitlyn's father and sister say they miss her out going and out spoken and sparkling personality they never thought at age 23 they would gather photos of her and say good-bye.

>> she had no enemies that anybody knew. >> that caitlyn and her boyfriend were found dead in their south philadelphia apartment sunday night. investigators found no signs of forced entry but the place was ransacked and the two were bruised and bloody and found in different rooms, something was found around their necks and just before the killings she sensed his young son to stay with a family member. >> she saved his life and she loved him if you look at the pictures of them she loved him and he loved her. >> miranda says her sister struggled with drugs in the past but her commitment to stay clean was to pay off she was about to start classes this fall. >> she was doing well for herself and had a great head on her shoulders and was making all

the right choices. >> her funeral is tomorrow and a go fund me page is set up to help with funeral expenses. reporting live at police headiarity quarts, channel 6 "action news" after 80 years the end has come for the american boy choir school in hope well, new jersey. they learned that the board of truth es decided to not reopen next month and cited declining enrollment and budget. and all tuition deposits will be returned. the school served boys in grade four through eight. should be a good night for forecast football in philadelphia tonight. we are less an hour away from the first home preseason game against buffalo. it should be worth watching if just for a few eagles that are returning tonight. ducis rogers and jaime apody with a preview of tonight's

match-up. >> hey rick, the former eagles, lesean mccoy is here and jordan matthews that was traded last week to the buffalo bills, he will not make the trip because of an injury. they take on the bills at 7:00. >> it's interesting to see shady here and people are excited to see him back at lincoln financial field, you look they are on the field behind us now. the starters should go a series or two. and they are pumped to be back in front of of the home town crowd. it's football debut in 2017. the first time since january 1st at lincoln financial field. >> i can feel it right now, it's going to be exciting and they will be roaring and put on a good show for them. >> a lot of energy and that is the great think about what we have going on great fans and great guys in the build that

want to be successful and working hard. >> we want to get back to the home crowd and show what the young guys what it feels like to be in the linc. >> i'm excited i played in the linc the energy and the practices we just did were awesome. >> for some guys like the rookies and new corner back, darby, this is first first taste of the linc. >> thank you. it was the start of a new era for the newly combined jefferson and philadelphia universities the incoming freshman class was welcomed into jefferson. 600 students took part as a combined university. still to come tonight at 6:00. the eclipse means darkness will take over day. what impact that could have on solar power locally.

we have been heating up over the past few days. yesterday's high 89 and get used to this, we are tracking more heat on the way humidity and storms i'll time it out in the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: and cecily, it is all about fun here down the shore in atlantic city. at the steel pier where surf's up. >> we'll have more on that -- and the accuweather forecast -- back to you. ha, ha, ha! >> no we'll stay on you -- >> that doesn't look fun to me. more when "action news" continues in a moment. nope. some roads could be wet stay with us, wake up to what is happening on "action news" morning.

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the countdown continues to monday's total eclipse. we are three days and 17 hours away. and many would be watchers are hoping for clear skies so too a local company that manages the region's power grid. she tell you it could have an impact on solar energy production. >> fast approaching and preparations are underway. here it requires more logistical work. the last occurred in 1979 before the rise of solar power, we have been preparing for a few months looking at the impact of the solar eclipse. this is not something we have seen before. >> pj is the largest grid operator in the northeast.

solar powered fuel sources will lose power to some degree and up to 2500 mega watts that powers 2.5 million homes and reserve power will make up for the potential loss, ceo likens it to long periods of overcast skies heat waves or severe weather. >> it acts like a cloud and keep its from getting to the solar panel. which we see as a reduction and then in the electricity produced. >> having dealt with hurricanes sandy and irene, they say they are well equipped to handle and looking forward to next week's solar eclipse. >> we prepare for a day to day basis for any events. like a hurricane this is no different we prepare to make sure we have enough stand by generation to turn on when the

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football has rushed to the link and jeff skversky is leer to kick off against the bills. >> returning as well lesean mccoy. >> remember him? the last time he was here he was so upset he was throwing his helmet. and carson wentz may have a perfect passer rating in his last preseason game but he wants to clean up the sloppiness in this game against the buffalo bills. lets go to the linc where wentz will once again have limited time to clean up the mistakes with the starters. >> it's getting loud as the eagles take the field for preseason warm-up. don't expect to see the starters in there too long the priority

is to get them in and get the work in and get them out healthy. >> it's hard to believe that this year at the same time carson wentz was the the third string quarterback. and on the field a short time ago getting ready for the debut in front of the home fans, last week he was perfect against the packers four for four and a touch down in his only series, he plays about the same a severies maybe two. the coach explains why he is so cautious with carson. >> you guard against just, you know, a hit, something in the game that might, you know, might take him out. and so i guard against that a bit but at the same time i want to make sure he is mentally in the right frame of mind. >> it's the coach's decision, you know it starts to slowing and you get a feel when it's right and he will make the right

decision. i want to play as much as he thinks is fit and we'll roll with that. >> here is ronald darby, he was traded here from buffalo three days ago and it's first day as a bird is with his former team the buffalo bills and darby heard about the linc and rapid eagles fans and can't wait to experience it. >> i am excited to just to see how it is, just to be on another team coming out my first two years in buffalo. but i'm excited. >> you see the bills on the other side. >> that is awkward, i was just there a few days ago but i'm excited. >> darby and the eagles will take on the buffalo bills, and kickoff coming up at 7:00. for jaime apody, i'm ducis rogers back over to you. >> thank you guys. >> and jordan matthews did not make the trip injured with a chest injury. and can aaron nola stop the

bleeding in san francisco for the phillies that lost the last 11 of their 15 games and nola is red hot. and little league world series for the kids from jackson, new jersey, trying to play come back kids and down 5 chris cart n knicks and they are down one. ball game and they go down 7-6. tournament double elimination can the kids from jackson come back and make a serious run in the little league world seys. >> a 14-year-old cancer survivor took to the water to raise money for breast cancer research. they ared in middle of a kayak venture to raise money for the university of maryland school of medicine and we cuts up with them in lambertville.

they are making their way down the delaware river ending in baltimore on august 27th. good luck.

cecily is here talking about football, a nice evening for football at the linc. warm and muggy and rain free in philadelphia. let go live on sky 6 hd a good night for a trip to margaritaville. looking at camden. there is a jimmy buffett concert going on tonight and a perfect night for that. and we have the solar eclipse in four days, people will do that with their nasa proved eye gear.

the solar eclipse is when the earth, the moon and sun are in cleat alignment. what happens is that the moon is really small but a lot close toward the earth so when it moves over the sun it looks like they are the same size and the maroon cast two different shadows, the shadow called the upbrol shadow it's on a narrow path and 70 miles long across the coast on monday but a much bigger shadow, that is all the way from alaska to mexico and that is what we are seeing, a partial eclipse close to 80% and sky conditions look good for it and if you look up you need the protective eye gear, we'll have a special report monday afternoon. can i go outside? it's not dangerous just don't look at the sun without the

protective eye gear. 86 degrees and our high is 90 degrees and allentown 85 and wilmington 82 and cape may cooler 78 and dover dropping down to 81 degrees, showers crossed over the delaware bay side fortescue, heading toward morristown and millville. no lightning with this, this is just a warm front moving through. that continues to push through overnight and then we get a cold front late in the day tomorrow night. that has a lot more widespread thunderstorm activity. future tracker 6 showing as we head through the overnight hours, with that warm front limping through we will get scattered showers and a thunderstorm early tomorrow morning. then we get a dry period around lunch time. it's overcast and humid and then the cold front moves through and this could bring us a line of some pretty active thunderstorms for the friday evening commute reaching the coast at 8:30 and any storm can have some heavy downpours.

tropical downpours and dew points in the 70s and a concern for flash flooding during the friday evening commute. if we see enough sunshine and isolated severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and most active teem period is afternoon and evening and it quiets down through the weekend. if you are down in atlantic city head down to melissa magee down on the steel pier enjoying the rides, she has the forecast for us. >> reporter: that got my stomach that ride, it totally threw me by surprise. that was a lot of fun. we have changes on the way and we start with friday at the shore tomorrow. it's mostly cloudy and high temperature of 80 degrees and thunderstorms are likely especially by the afternoon and evening time. tomorrow much better and partly sunny and high up to 86 and sunday cooler a high of 83 and

shout-out to mario one of the owners of the steel pier sun. back to you. >> thank you. bring us back some cotton candy. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow warm and very humid and thunderstorms especially late in the day 88 degrees and the weekend looking nice and lowering humidity on saturday, a hot day and partly sunny and 90 and on sunday 89 degrees and monday for the eclipse looking great mostly sunny skies and a high of 89 degrees and sunday hot and humid and 92 and more thunderstorms on wednesday 88 and a breath of fresh air on thursday with 83. >> thank you. abc world news tonight is next on channel 6. for all of us here on "action news" i'm rick williams we'll see you here tonight at 11:00.

tonight, breaking news. the deadly terror attack. new reporting at this hour. more than a dozen dead, and now more than 100 injured. a van jumping the curb, tearing through a crowded tourist spot in barcelona at speeds of 50 miles per hour. families running for cover. tonight, one suspect is dead and now the urgent manhunt for possible accomplices. our correspondent on the scene. president trump under fire. tweeting today against the removal of confederate statues, calling them, quote, beautiful. the severe weather threat at this hour. more than a half dozen twisters already. the system moving east. and the three tropical systems just in tonight. one now a named storm. the possible track that would affect the u.s. the surveillance out tonight of an